Full time initial teacher education programmes may be "concurrent" or "end-on" with other academic studies. In addition, to subject studies of a specialist nature, most programmes of professional training for teachers in colleges or universities traditionally contained some elements of educational theory, some teaching methodology and varying amounts of exposure to classroom experience.
They should be encouraged to try out some STL activities

In recent years, practical classroom professional studies have tended to take precedence over the more abstract components of education. Theoretical educational material may be found embedded into discrete modules of curriculum and teaching studies. Student teachers are more likely to be asked to compare different methods of teaching a specific topic than to write an account of a pedagogical theory. This is specially true of part-time, in-service or school-based distance teacher education programmes, where practical constraints of time and resources require a sharp focus on classroom realities and the local environment - very suitable for STL.