Author : Schleicher Andreas
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 19,10 MB
Release : 2011-11-21
Category :
ISBN : 9264113045
This report presents the best current evidence about what can make teacher-oriented reforms effective and points to examples of reforms that have produced specific results, show promise or illustrate imaginative ways of implementing change.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 28,73 MB
Release : 2010-07-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 0309128056
Teachers make a difference. The success of any plan for improving educational outcomes depends on the teachers who carry it out and thus on the abilities of those attracted to the field and their preparation. Yet there are many questions about how teachers are being prepared and how they ought to be prepared. Yet, teacher preparation is often treated as an afterthought in discussions of improving the public education system. Preparing Teachers addresses the issue of teacher preparation with specific attention to reading, mathematics, and science. The book evaluates the characteristics of the candidates who enter teacher preparation programs, the sorts of instruction and experiences teacher candidates receive in preparation programs, and the extent that the required instruction and experiences are consistent with converging scientific evidence. Preparing Teachers also identifies a need for a data collection model to provide valid and reliable information about the content knowledge, pedagogical competence, and effectiveness of graduates from the various kinds of teacher preparation programs. Federal and state policy makers need reliable, outcomes-based information to make sound decisions, and teacher educators need to know how best to contribute to the development of effective teachers. Clearer understanding of the content and character of effective teacher preparation is critical to improving it and to ensuring that the same critiques and questions are not being repeated 10 years from now.
Author : C. Emily Feistritzer
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 32,41 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Education
ISBN :
This book presents the evidence gleaned from people who have been at the forefront of working with alternate route programs. The authors describe lessons learned in key areas of demonstrated success in building a quality teaching force through alternate routes to teaching: Recruitment and selection of candidates for successful teaching Mentoring and support Program content and curriculum Candidate assessment Organization and management The book is designed to assist those creating and/or implementing programs for the preparation of teachers primarily in field-based settings.
Author : Howard P. McKeon
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 40,84 MB
Release : 2001-05
Category :
ISBN : 0756710073
Witnesses: Emily Feistritzer, Executive Director, Center for Educational Information, Wash., DC; Katrina Robertson Reed, Associate Superintendent for Administrative Services, District of Columbia Public Schools, Wash., DC; Robert Strauss, Professor of Economics and Public Policy, The H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA; Beverly Young, Associate Director for Teacher Education and K-12 Programs, California State University, Long Beach, CA; and Marci Kanstoroom, Research Director, Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, and Research Fellow, Manhattan Institute, Washington, DC.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce. Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training, and Life-long Learning
Publisher :
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 26,41 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Education
ISBN :
Author : Schleicher Andreas
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 18,32 MB
Release : 2016-02-22
Category :
ISBN : 9264252053
If the quality of an education system can never exceed the quality of its teachers, then countries need to do all they can to build a high-quality teaching force.
Author : Christine E. Sleeter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 25,45 MB
Release : 2014-07-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 1317816536
Diversifying the Teacher Workforce critically examines efforts to diversify the teaching force and narrow the demographic gap between who teaches and who populates U.S. classrooms. While the demographic gap is often invoked to provide a needed rationale for preparing all teachers, and especially White teachers, to work with students of color, it is far less often invoked in an effort to examine why the teaching force remains predominantly White in the first place. Based on work the National Association for Multicultural Education is engaged in on this phenomenon, this edited collection brings together leading scholars to look closely at this problem. They examine why the teaching force is predominantly White from historical as well as contemporary perspectives, showcase and report available data on a variety of ways this problem is being tackled at the pre-service and teacher credentialing levels, and examine how a diverse and high-quality teaching force can be retained and thrive. This book is an essential resource for any educator interested in exploring race within the context of today’s urban schools.
Author : American Federation of Teachers. K-16 Teacher Education Task Force
Publisher :
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 16,23 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Teachers
ISBN :
"The American Federation of Teachers believes that the best way to bring an adequate supply of well-trained teachers into the classroom is not by avoiding collegiate teacher education but rather by strengthening it (by bringing higher quality, greater resources, and more coherence to how teacher education screens and prepares teacher candidates). In 1998, the AFT created a task force of K-12 and higher education leaders to examine issues related to improving teacher education. It found that while some teacher education programs had taken significant steps to reshape curricula and raise standards, many were still beset by serious problems (e.g., difficulty recruiting the most able students and underinvestment by the university in teacher education). Recommendations include: require core liberal arts courses, institute higher entry criteria, institute a national entry test, require an academic major, develop core curricula in pedagogy, strengthen the clinical experience, institute a rigorous exit/licensure test, take a 5-year view, strengthen induction, and require high standards for alternative programs"--Educational Resources Information Center.
Author : Linda Darling-Hammond
Publisher : Harvard Education Press
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 36,27 MB
Release : 2021-02-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 1682532941
Preparing Teachers for Deeper Learning answers an urgent call for teachers who educate children from diverse backgrounds to meet the demands of a changing world. In today’s knowledge economy, teachers must prioritize problem-solving ability, adaptability, critical thinking, and the development of interpersonal and collaborative skills over rote memorization and the passive transmission of knowledge. Authors Linda Darling-Hammond and Jeannie Oakes and their colleagues examine what this means for teacher preparation and showcase the work of programs that are educating for deeper learning, equity, and social justice. Guided by the growing knowledge base in the science of learning and development, the book examines teacher preparation programs at Alverno College, Bank Street College of Education, High Tech High’s Intern Program, Montclair State University, San Francisco Teacher Residency, Trinity University, and University of Colorado Denver. These seven programs share a common understanding of how people learn that shape similar innovative practices. With vivid examples of teaching for deeper learning in coursework and classrooms; interviews with faculty, school partners, and novice teachers; surveys of teacher candidates and graduates; and analyses of curriculum and practices, Preparing Teachers for Deeper Learning depicts transformative forms of teaching and teacher preparation that honor and expand all students’ abilities, knowledges, and experiences, and reaffirm the promise of educating for a better world.
Author : American Federation of Teachers
Publisher :
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 33,43 MB
Release : 2012
Category :
ISBN :
The American Federation of Teachers Teacher Preparation Task Force was established to examine the research on what works and what does not work in the field of teacher preparation as a basis for making policy recommendations. Just as important, the task force considered how best to implement such policy recommendations in a way that takes into account all stakeholders--teacher education institutions, K-12 schools, teacher accrediting agencies, state education boards, federal government regulators, education associations and unions--and leads to real improvement in the field as measured by the quality of new teachers entering the profession. The task force recommends three significant changes that must be made to truly improve teacher preparation and, by extension, improve teaching and learning in schools. These changes include: (1) alignment and coherence of teacher preparation standards, programs and assessments; (2) rigorous and universal assessment; and (3) a profession governed by professionals. To drive these changes, the AFT shares recommendations, and the principles and design features on which they are based, that are essential to building the kind of professionalism, alignment, and coherence needed for high-quality teacher preparation. Appended are: (1) Information about the AFT Teacher Preparation Task Force; (2) AFT Survey of New Teachers; (3) AFT Principles and Standards For Effective Teacher Preparation; and (4) Inventory of State-Level Teacher Candidate Entrance Exams. (Contains 1 figure, 2 tables, and 20 endnotes.).
