Editors Petty, Good, and Putman offer a collection of academic and professional perspectives focused on empirical research and theoretical perspectives on educator preparation and various methods for enhancing the teaching process. They have organized the selections that make up the main body of the text in parts devoted to teacher preparation, teacher evaluation, alternative licensure programs, pedagogical training, pre-service teacher preparation and a wide variety of other related subjects. Teresa Petty, Amy Good, and S. Michael Putman are all faculty members of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)