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Handbook of Research on Teachers of Color and Indigenous Teachers

Author : Conra D. Gist
Publisher : American Educational Research Association
ISBN 13 : 093530293X
Total Pages : 1167 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (353 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Research on Teachers of Color and Indigenous Teachers written by Conra D. Gist and published by American Educational Research Association. This book was released on 2022-10-15 with total page 1167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teachers of Color and Indigenous Teachers are underrepresented in public schools across the United States of America, with Black, Indigenous, and People of Color making up roughly 37% of the adult population and 50% of children, but just 19% of the teaching force. Yet research over decades has indicated their positive impact on student learning and social and emotional development, particularly for Students of Color and Indigenous Students. A first of its kind, the Handbook of Research on Teachers of Color and Indigenous Teachers addresses key issues and obstacles to ethnoracial diversity across the life course of teachers’ careers, such as recruitment and retention, professional development, and the role of minority-serving institutions. Including chapters from leading researchers and policy makers, the Handbook is designed to be an important resource to help bridge the gap between scholars, practitioners, and policy makers. In doing so, this research will serve as a launching pad for discussion and change at this critical moment in our country’s history. The volume’s goal is to drive conversations around the issue of ethnoracial teacher diversity and to provide concrete practices for policy makers and practitioners to enable them to make evidence-based decisions for supporting an ethnoracially diverse educator workforce, now and in the future.

Research on the Education of Our Nation's Teachers

Author : David M. Byrd
Publisher : Corwin
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Research on the Education of Our Nation's Teachers written by David M. Byrd and published by Corwin. This book was released on 1997-02-05 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fifth Annual Yearbook of the Association of Teacher Educators focuses on a topic vital to the welfare of our country: the education of our nation's teachers. This volume provides you with the latest research and guidelines for improving the education of preservice and inservice teachers. This edition of the ATE Yearbook examines four aspects of teacher education: context, process, curriculum, and communication. Each section focuses on one of these themes and includes a chapter that provides the framework and overview, topic and subject studies, and a closing chapter that discusses the theme's implications.

Research on the Education of Our Nation's Teachers

Author : David M. Byrd
Publisher : Corwin
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Research on the Education of Our Nation's Teachers written by David M. Byrd and published by Corwin. This book was released on 1997-02-05 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Aptly addresses state-of-the-profession issues. Thoughtful, scholarly papers followed by multifaceted reflections and implications sections help the reader answer 21st century questions. This yearbook should be must reading for teacher education faculty and students." Elaine Jarchow, Dean College of Education Texas Tech University "Bravo! These authors carve new mind-sets in education by examining what is important to us (purpose and vision); what ideals, norms, and practices generate high-quality intellectual growth for students and ourselves; and what challenges and struggles help transform teaching, learning, and leading." Mary John O'Hair, Associate Dean College of Education University of Oklahoma The Fifth Annual Yearbook of the Association of Teacher Educators focuses on a topic vital to the welfare of our country: the education of our nation's teachers. This volume provides you with the latest research and guidelines for improving the education of preservice and inservice teachers. One of the most recent goals added to the Goals 2000 program emphasizes the professional development of teachers. In order to be successful, educational reform and increased student learning must be linked to the continued professional development of teachers. This edition of the ATE Yearbook examines four aspects of teacher education: context, process, curriculum, and communication. Each section focuses on one of these themes and includes a chapter that provides the framework and overview, topic and subject studies, and a closing chapter that discusses the theme's implications. Researchers and practitioners examine the following topics: Multicultural education and diversity Subject perspectives of new and experienced teachers School and university partnerships Local communities and global perspectives The information in this yearbook is designed to offer insight and spark debate about the current state of the continuum of professional development.

A Nation at Risk

Author : United States. National Commission on Excellence in Education
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book A Nation at Risk written by United States. National Commission on Excellence in Education and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Teacher Education and Black Communities

Author : Chance W. Lewis
Publisher : IAP
ISBN 13 : 162396699X
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (239 download)

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Download or read book Teacher Education and Black Communities written by Chance W. Lewis and published by IAP. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of education has been and will continue to be essential to the survival and sustainability of the Black community. Unfortunately, over the past five decades, two major trends have become clearly evident in the Black community: (a) the decline of the academic achievement levels of Black students and (b) the disappearance of Black teachers, particularly Black males. Today, of the 3.5 million teachers in America’s classrooms (AACTE, 2010) only 8% are Black teachers, and approximately 2% of these teachers are Black males (NCES, 2010). Over the past few decades, the Black teaching force in the U.S. has dropped significantly (Lewis, 2006; Lewis, Bonner, Byrd, & James, 2008; Milner & Howard, 2004), and this educational crisis shows no signs of ending in the near future. As the population of Black students in K-12 schools in the U. S. continue to rise—currently over 16% of students in America’s schools are Black (NCES, 2010)—there is an urgent need to increase the presence of Black educators. The overall purpose of this edited volume is to stimulate thought and discussion among diverse audiences (e.g., policymakers, practitioners, and educational researchers) who are concerned about the performance of Black students in our nation’s schools, and to provide evidence-based strategies to expand our nation’s pool of Black teachers. To this end, it is our hope that this book will contribute to the teacher education literature and will inform the teacher education policy and practice debate.

Teacher Education Around the World

Author : Linda Darling-Hammond
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136729968
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)

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Download or read book Teacher Education Around the World written by Linda Darling-Hammond and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-19 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teachers are the most important single element of the education system but what does it take to create high quality teachers in today’s world? Around the world, countries are struggling to understand how to change their schools to meet global demands. International comparisons have shown that schools in Finland lead the league tables, but why is this, what new policies and practices in teacher education have they developed and how do they support the changes? A number of European and Asian countries also top the list when it comes to providing high quality teacher education, but there is little information about what and how they are doing the work and how they have made changes. The leading international contributors to this book describe the systemic policies and practices of teacher education in eight high-achieving countries and how they are dealing with teacher quality, equity, and the changing global society. Among the countries that are doing well – Finland, Singapore, the Netherlands, the UK, Hong Kong, Canada, Australia and the USA – there is an interesting diversity of policies and practices that support their changes in education, including: emphasis on the preparation, induction, support and assessment of new teachers focus on teacher retention, teachers’ professional knowledge and continuing professional development curriculum change and critical policies. In addition the chapters highlight the local cultural imperatives that influence and shape the preparation of quality teachers and make change both possible and problematic. Teacher Education Around the World examines what can be learned from the different countries, what policies and practices seem transferable; and which seem embedded in the particulars of the culture of the country. It describe themes that cut across all the countries, documenting not only what they are, but how the countries go about supporting and sustaining changes in teacher education. This book will prove itself an absolute essential for all those involved in teacher education, teaching and educational policy.

Observational Research in U.S. Classrooms

Author : Hersholt C. Waxman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521891424
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (914 download)

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Download or read book Observational Research in U.S. Classrooms written by Hersholt C. Waxman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-01-26 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

Teacher Education Policy and Research

Author : Diane Mayer
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 981163775X
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book Teacher Education Policy and Research written by Diane Mayer and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-08-05 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, leading teacher education researchers from Australia, Belgium, Canada, England, Finland, Hong Kong SAR, the Netherlands, New Zealand, North Ireland, Portugal, Scotland, the USA and Wales examine teacher education policy and research in each of their contexts. The book highlights the connections and disconnections between teacher education policy and research. It examines contemporary challenges and issues in teacher education including how high-quality teacher education is framed, how teaching quality is framed, and the role of teacher education research. It also considers future policy and research possibilities and opportunities for teacher education research, equity and preparing teachers for work within contexts of super-diversity, and early career teaching.

Normalites

Author : Kelly Ann Kolodny
Publisher : IAP
ISBN 13 : 1623966906
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (239 download)

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Download or read book Normalites written by Kelly Ann Kolodny and published by IAP. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Normalites: The First Professionally Prepared Teachers in the United States is a new original work which explores the experiences of three women, Lydia Stow, Mary Swift and Louisa Harris, who were pioneers in the movement in teacher education as members of the first class of the nation's first state normal school established in Lexington, Massachusetts in 1839. The book is biographical, offering new insights derived from exceptional research into the development of the normal school movement from the perspectives of the students. While studies have provided analysis of the movement as a whole, as well as some of the leaders of the initiative, such as Horace Mann and Henry Barnard, there is a lack of rich, published information about the first groups of students. Understanding their accounts and experiences, however, provides a critical foreground to comprehending not only the complexity of the nineteenth century normal school movement but, more broadly, educational reform during this period. Arranged chronologically and in four parts, this book explores the experiences of Lydia Stow, Mary Swift and Louisa Harris during their normal school studies, their entrance into the world and commencement of their careers, the transitions in their personal and professional lives, and the building of their life work. Throughout these periods, their formal educational experiences, as well as broader moments of transformation, are considered and how life paths were shaped. This book will be of interest to undergraduate and graduate students and faculty connected to teacher preparation programs. More than 100,000 students are currently awarded baccalaureate degrees each year in Education. Over 80,000 of these students are women. Their experiences are rooted in the pioneering efforts of Lydia Stow, Mary Swift, and Louisa Harris at our nation's first state normal school. It is a particularly fitting time to share their experiences as the 175th anniversary of the start of formal, state sponsored teacher education, the normal school movement, will be celebrated in 2014.

Who's Teaching Your Children?

Author : Vivian Troen
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300105209
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Who's Teaching Your Children? written by Vivian Troen and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The shortage of qualified teachers in our nation's classrooms is critical, and it is getting worse. This thought-provoking book reveals the reasons for the crisis and offers concrete, affordable solutions. “A practical vision of how our children can get the high-quality teaching they deserve—a vision worth pondering and even implementing.”—Ted Fiske, former Education Editor of the New York Times and coauthor of When Schools Compete: A Cautionary Tale “This book should be read not just by teachers and teacher educators but also by parents, citizens, and policy makers—by all those who need to speak out for children.”—Deborah Meier, Educational Leadership “Why do so few people go into teaching, or once they have begun a career in public school teaching, abandon it? Kitty Boles and Vivian Troen, teachers both, investigate that question and then propose considerable and thoughtful changes that would bring great benefit to our beloved profession.”—Theodore Sizer and Nancy Faust Sizer, authors of The Students Are Watching: Schools and the Moral Contract

The Professors of Teaching

Author : Richard Wisniewski
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780887069017
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (69 download)

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Download or read book The Professors of Teaching written by Richard Wisniewski and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Professors of Teaching nine scholars pool their insights and their divergent experiences within the profession to discuss and elucidate the origins, productivity, dilemmas, and future of the professorate. Emphasizing the need for professors of education to satisfy the norms of scholarship appropriate to the university, the contributors also underscore the need for the education faculty to work closely with those in the practicing profession--teachers in our nations' schools. The result is a frank and candid exposé which provides a clear sense of what must now be done in order for professors of education to be not only accepted but also respected within the academy and the teaching profession. Professionals, administrators, policy-makers--all those concerned with teacher preparation and practice will be challenged by the authors of The Professors of Teaching.

Teacher Education in Industrialized Nations

Author : Ivan Z. Holowinsky
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135561265
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (355 download)

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Download or read book Teacher Education in Industrialized Nations written by Ivan Z. Holowinsky and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The original essays in this volume examine reform-related issues in teacher education in Great Britain, Canada, Japan, Ukraine, United States, and Western Europe. A distinguished group of educators reviews the social context of the teacher, the economics and value of teaching, the pace of change, government policy and teacher control of the profession, and the evolving role of the teacher and education system in the face of political and social upheaval.

Blame Teachers

Author : Steven P. Jones
Publisher : IAP
ISBN 13 : 1681232200
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (812 download)

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Download or read book Blame Teachers written by Steven P. Jones and published by IAP. This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a story going around about the public schools and the people who teach in them—a story about how awful our nation’s teachers are and why we should blame teachers for the poor state of our public schools. But is the story about teachers right or fair? Why do so many people point fingers at teachers and seem to resent them so much? Blame Teachers: The Emotional Reasons for Educational Reform examines why many people blame teachers for what they understand to be the poor state of our schools. Blame comes easily to many people when they read about poor student performance and how “protected” teachers are by teachers’ unions and tenure policies. And with blame comes resentment, and with resentment comes demands for all kinds of educational reform—calls for more standardized testing, merit pay, charter schools, and all the rest. And we expect teachers to like and accept all the reforms being proposed. Conceiving educational reform out of blame and resentment aimed at teachers does no good for teachers, students, or schools. Blame Teachers outlines many of the strange and unacceptable assumptions about teaching and the purposes of education contained in these educational reforms. Intended for teachers, teacher education students, policymakers and the larger public, Blame Teachers suggests much better and more productive conversations we can have with teachers—conversations much more likely to improve teaching and learning in classrooms. The book argues for conversations with teachers that don’t begin or end with blame and resentment. In this lively, personal meditation on what it means to be a teacher, Steven Jones demonstrates how an emotional, unreasoned ‘blame game’ directed at teachers by educational reformers today is undercutting the future of the nation’s children. It is doing so by threatening to deprive them of teachers as contrasted with by?the?numbers technicians. Today’s reformers neglect the philosopher Spinoza’s time honored insight, that a person in the grip of emotion is “in human bondage” and simply cannot see the truth of things. Can educators themselves, in tandem with knowledgeable members of the public, transform the reformers’ dogmatic, harmful narrative about our teachers? Jones’ thoughtful study will surely help in this much?needed effort. ~ David T. Hansen, Weinberg Professor in the Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Education, Teachers College

Handbook of Research on Teacher Education

Author : Marilyn Cochran-Smith
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113561833X
Total Pages : 1393 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (356 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Research on Teacher Education written by Marilyn Cochran-Smith and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-02-19 with total page 1393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Co-Published by Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group and the Association of Teacher Educators. The Handbook of Research on Teacher Education was initiated to ferment change in education based on solid evidence. The publication of the First Edition was a signal event in 1990. While the preparation of educators was then – and continues to be – the topic of substantial discussion, there did not exist a codification of the best that was known at the time about teacher education. Reflecting the needs of educators today, the Third Edition takes a new approach to achieving the same purpose. Beyond simply conceptualizing the broad landscape of teacher education and providing comprehensive reviews of the latest research for major domains of practice, this edition: stimulates a broad conversation about foundational issues brings multiple perspectives to bear provides new specificity to topics that have been undifferentiated in the past includes diverse voices in the conversation. The Editors, with an Advisory Board, identified nine foundational issues and translated them into a set of focal questions: What’s the Point?: The Purposes of Teacher Education What Should Teachers Know? Teacher Capacities: Knowledge, Beliefs, Skills, and Commitments Where Should Teachers Be Taught? Settings and Roles in Teacher Education Who Teaches? Who Should Teach? Teacher Recruitment, Selection, and Retention Does Difference Make a Difference? Diversity and Teacher Education How Do People Learn to Teach? Who’s in Charge? Authority in Teacher Education How Do We Know What We Know? Research and Teacher Education What Good is Teacher Education? The Place of Teacher Education in Teachers’ Education. The Association of Teacher Educators (ATE) is an individual membership organization devoted solely to the improvement of teacher education both for school-based and post secondary teacher educators. For more information on our organization and publications, please visit: www.ate1.org

Transforming the Multicultural Education of Teachers

Author : Michael J. Vavrus
Publisher : Teachers College Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807742600
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book Transforming the Multicultural Education of Teachers written by Michael J. Vavrus and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2002-09-06 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recognizing the responsibility institutions have to prepare teachers for today's diverse classrooms, Vavrus shows us how to incorporate transformative multicultural education into teacher education curriculum, pedagogy, and evaluation. Placing race, racism, antiracism, and democracy at the center of his analyses and recommendation, this volume provides: - Concrete structural suggestions for including transformative multicultural education in higher education and K-12 in-service programs. -A multicultural critique of new NCATE accreditation standards for teacher education programs that offers reconceptualized assessment procedures. -The historical roots of transformative multicultural education that incorporates issues of white privilege and racialized color blindness, anti-racist pedagogy, racial identity among teachers, and critical race theory. - A discussion of globalization that emphasizes its contemporary economic effects on social and educatonal inequities.

Research-Proven Best Knowledge Systemic School Reform

Author : Dr. Floyd McDowell
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1514453347
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (144 download)

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Download or read book Research-Proven Best Knowledge Systemic School Reform written by Dr. Floyd McDowell and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-03-03 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: RELEVANT VALUE-LADEN QUOTATIONS Our nations education decision-makers should put top priority on investment in the human potential of our children and youth as they are one hundred per cent of our future. " Any nation that expects to be ignorant and free expects what never was and never will be."...President Thomas Jefferson " One form of insanity is to do the same thing over and over and expect different results."...Dr. Albert Einstein " One very important objective of education is to help our children develop a lifelong love of learning so they will effectively educate themselves throughout their lives." " Human potential, though not readily apparent, is there waiting to be discovered and invited forth."... Dr. William W. Purkey, Co-Founder of the International Alliance for Invitational Education " The four broad goals of education are competency and confidence in personal adequacy, social competency, economic efficiency and civic responsibility." " We learn and retain: 10% of what we see; 15% of what we hear; 20% of what we both see and hear; 40% of what we discuss with others; 80% of what we experience directly or practice; and 90% of what we attempt to teach others."...National Training Laboratory Students are diverse people to be unfolded by best knowledge educational practices, not things to be molded by superimposed, unconnected, costly, winners-losers, one-size-fits-all standardized test driven projects. To predict students scores on standardized tests, simply check the postal mailing zip code which show the sociio-economic level of their home and communities." Children and others do not care how much we know until they know how much we care. " Excellence can be achieved if one: Cares more than others think is wise; Risks more than others think is safe; Dreams more than others think is practical; and expects more than others think is possible." " There are limitations on what we can do alone; There are few, if any, limitations to what we can do together." " Our minds are like parachutes and umbrellas: They won't work unless open." The height and stability of the pinnacle is directly related to the breadth and strength of the base. Overheard in a teachers lounge: One of my jobs is to help kids keep lids on their ids. " The only title in our democracy superior to that of President is the title of Citizen."...Former Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court

The SAGE Handbook of Research on Teacher Education

Author : D. Jean Clandinin
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1526415461
Total Pages : 1308 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book The SAGE Handbook of Research on Teacher Education written by D. Jean Clandinin and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2017-06-14 with total page 1308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The SAGE Handbook of Research on Teacher Education offers an ambitious and international overview of the current landscape of teacher education research, as well as the imagined futures. The two volumes are divided into sub-sections: Section One: Mapping the Landscape of Teacher Education Section Two: Learning Teacher Identity in Teacher Education Section Three: Learning Teacher Agency in Teacher Education Section Four: Learning Moral & Ethical Responsibilities of Teaching in Teacher Education Section Five: Learning to Negotiate Social, Political, and Cultural Responsibilities of Teaching in Teacher Education Section Six: Learning through Pedagogies in Teacher Education Section Seven: Learning the Contents of Teaching in Teacher Education Section Eight: Learning Professional Competencies in Teacher Education and throughout the Career Section Nine: Learning with and from Assessments in Teacher Education Section Ten: The Education and Learning of Teacher Educators Section Eleven: The Evolving Social and Political Contexts of Teacher Education Section Twelve: A Reflective Turn This handbook is a landmark collection for all those interested in current research in teacher education and the possibilities for how research can influence future teacher education practices and policies.