Learning to Teach in an Age of Accountability; Contents; Preface; Part I- CHOOSING TO BECOME A TEACHER; Part II- TEACHING AS AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ACT; Part III- ENCOUNTERING CLASSROOMS AND SCHOOLS; Part IV- NEW TEACHERS AS DECISION MAKERS; Part V- CONFRONTING THE AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY; Author Index; Subject Index
Summary
This work documents the "brave new world" of teacher, administrator, school, and student accountability that has swept across the US in recent years. Its particular vantage point is the perspective of dozens of new teachers trying to make their way through their first months and years working in schools in the New York City metropolitan area