An examination of the curriculums of most teacher education programs suggests that, at best, an evolution, not a revolution, is occurring. Most preservice teachers are not being prepared to use the instructional design process. They are now learning, however, to use objectives in the instructional process and to link specific types of instructional strategies to particular learning outcomes. They are not being taught to think about instruction as a systematic process, nor are they provided with the full range of instrutional design skills. It appears that it can be useful to the teachers in at least three situations