- God, the Absolute - humanity, the human condition in its universal characteristics, - male and female, though different, equal in rights and dignity, - the cosmos, especially the planet earth
available, with its limited resources, for all humanity - the planet's ecology as common essential
source of life and hence of concern for all humans, present and future, - the human conscience guiding each one interiorly would be known only to each one personally, - the each group of humans has a history and a religio - cultural background of its own is a universal factor that makes for particularity and different contexts for theology, - the realization that the present increasing globalization of relationships, economy and culture impinge on theology and spirituality
universally, though differently.
While the field of teacher preparation has made significant advances in recent decades — creating stronger clinical partnerships, developing better performance assessments, making better use of newly
available data
sources, meeting more demanding state approval and national accreditation standards, and developing new models and patterns of preparation — not all of these advances have been
universally adopted at the program level.3 To consolidate the gains and to overcome challenges to implementing universal high standards for admission and academic rigor in teacher preparation, states, school districts, and teacher preparation programs must work together to enact key policy changes.