| Description |
xx, 208 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Jossey-Bass education series |
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Jossey-Bass education series.
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: 1. The Subject Matters, but the Academics Just Don't Get It -- Part One: New Ideas in Teacher Education -- 2. Preparing Students for the Real World of Teaching -- 3. Can the Disciplines Work Together? -- 4. Guarding the Gates to the Profession -- 5. The Impact of State-level Reform -- 6. New Pedagogies, Old Environments -- 7. Research into Practice, Practice into Research -- 8. What Is Ideal in Teacher Education? -- Part Two: Obstacles to Reform -- 9. Working Conditions for American Teachers -- 10. An Unregulated Monopoly -- Part Three: Prospects for the Future -- 11. Who Really Wants Reform? Who Will Pay? -- 12. The ̀̀Velvet Revolution''Teachers as Reformers |
| Summary |
In this book, Harriet Tyson fixes a shrewd, unblinking, nonconformist eye on what is wrong and right with teacher education in America. The popular wisdom is that teachers don't know their subject matter because they take too many foolish education courses instead of studying real subject matter. Tyson debunks that common notion, showing that the kind of "knowing" that future teachers need in order to transmit their knowledge to students is all too often not transmitted to teachers in their own undergraduate education. Tyson shows that in the most successful colleges, teachers-in-training learn how to convey knowledge to students while they themselves are acquiring that knowledge. The best teacher training is an energetic synthesis of content and pedagogy, and of theory and practice, throughout college and beyond certification. The heart of Tyson's book is her report on five schools of education and one state system noted for serious attempts at reform. Tyson's report details the barricades to reform thrown up by institutions, teacher unions, government bodies, politicians, and society - all of which must be overcome if good teacher education and its benefits for students are to become universal |
| Notes |
"Sponsored by the Council for Basic Education." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-201) and index |
| Subject |
Education -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States.
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Teachers -- Training of -- United States.
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| Author |
Council for Basic Education.
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| LC no. |
93036595 |
| ISBN |
155542600X |
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