Taking teaching seriously / edited by Christopher Bjork, D. Kay Johnston, and Heidi Ross.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bjork, Christopher.

Johnston, D. Kay.

Ross, Heidi A., 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teachers--Training of--United States.

Teachers.

Teachers--Training of.

Evaluation.

United States.

Teachers--Training of--United States--Evaluation.

Teachers--Certification--United States.

Teachers--Certification.

Physical Description:

xiii, 235 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Paradigm Publishers, [2007]

Summary:

Taking Teaching Seriously expands and enriches discussions about teacher preparation in the United States. Its authors describe the unique contexts for teacher preparation offered by liberal arts institutions and analyze the effects of these programs on their graduates and on K???12 schools. They emphasize that the goals and conditions for teacher preparation differ from larger public institutions in several key respects including supervisor-student teacher relationships, philosophical foundations, and approaches to clinical fieldwork. Taken together, the essays provide compelling evidence that educational studies programs in liberal arts colleges and universities constitute a vital component of the teacher education system in the United States.

Contents:

Introduction / Christopher Bjork, D. Kay Johnston, and Heidi Ross

Teaching to higher standards : from managing to imagining the purposes of education / D. Kay Johnston and Heidi Ross

Teacher education in liberal arts institutions : an "intellectual-educational" endeavor / Christopher Bjork

Standardization and its discontents : the standards movement and teacher education in the liberal arts college environment / Irving Epstein

Working the tensions : constructing educational studies within a traditional liberal arts context / Alice Lesnick, Jody Cohen, and Alison Cook-Sather

"The power of a teacher" : teacher education for social justice / Lisa Smulyan

Looking back : liberally educated teachers reflect on their education / D. Kay Johnston

Principles-based teacher education : a liberal arts contribution / Vicki Kubler LaBoskey and Linda R. Kroll

Generally educated teachers : engaging the friction between local and global knowledge / Heidi Ross

Voices from the field : viewing teacher policy from the perspective of New York City teachers / Christopher Roellke and Jennifer King Rice

Urban hurdles and creative strategies : striving to teach the children / Susan Riemer Sacks

A distinctive profile : liberal arts graduates as teachers / Charlotte Mendoza

Conclusion / D. Kay Johnston, Christopher Bjork, and Heidi Ross.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781594513633

1594513635

OCLC:

86117404