Holy crap, ain't that the truth! And most of the time the professor hasn't taught in a school in 10 years.
Teacher education needs to be: okay, here's a wide variety of sample lesson plans and methods we're going to try.
Teacher education is all learning theory (and only the theories the particular professor likes) and pedagogical terminology (which is just an attempt by the learning theories people to sound like they know more than they do), and not enough practical application.
Perfect example: the anticipatory set. All that is is the practice of getting the kids' attention before you start teaching to get them thinking about what it is you'll be teaching about. Simple, common sense idea, right? So instead of making me read 5 chapters on the anticipatory set and why Madeline fucking Hunter thinks its so goddamn important, how about actually showing me some attention getting activities that work????
There's a reason most teachers suck for the first 2-3 years.
I should have you talk to the head of the Teacher Education Department at my college.