The effects of these problems can be seen in the complaints that preservice
teacher education students have about foundations courses that seem disjointed
and irrelevant to practice, or are “too theoretical” and have no bearing
on what “real” teachers do in “real” classrooms with “real” students.
They also complain that methods courses are time consuming and without
intellectual substance. When methods courses explore the theory and research
bases for instructional methods and curricula, the students complain
that they are not oriented enough toward practice.