Report: Application of child/adolescent research problematic

The National Institute on Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) recently collaborated on a child and adolescent development project involving roundtables of knowledgeable researchers and teacher educators. They found that researchers in child/adolescent development lack mechanisms for disseminating new research findings and information to sources readily available to teachers, administrators, and other school personnel. Consequently, application of the research and knowledge base about child and adolescent development is a missing element in many teacher preparation programs. Read the full report at NCATE's website.