The trouble with ed schools / David F. Labaree.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Labaree, David F., 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teachers colleges--United States.

Teachers colleges.

Teachers--Training of--United States.

Teachers.

Teacher educators--United States.

Teacher educators.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

American schools of education get little respect. They are portrayed as intellectual wastelands, as impractical and irrelevant, as the root cause of bad teaching and inadequate learning. In this book a sociologist and historian of education examines the historical developments and contemporary factors that have resulted in the unenviable status of ed schools, offering valuable insights into the problems of these beleaguered institutions.David F. Labaree explains how the poor reputation of the ed school has had important repercussions, shaping the quality of its programs, its recruitment, and the public response to the knowledge it offers. He notes the special problems faced by ed schools as they prepare teachers and produce research and researchers. And he looks at the consequences of the ed school's attachment to educational progressivism. Throughout these discussions, Labaree maintains an ambivalent position about education schools-admiring their dedication and critiquing their mediocrity, their romantic rhetoric, and their compliant attitudes.

Contents:

Introduction, the lowly status of the ed school

Teacher ed in the past : the roots of its lowly status

Teacher ed in the present : the peculiar problems of preparing teachers

The peculiar problems of doing educational research

The peculiar problems of preparing educational researchers

Status dilemmas of education professors

The ed school's romance with progressivism

The trouble with ed schools : little harm, little help.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-233) and index.

ISBN:

9786611729158

9781281729156

1281729159

9780300128819

0300128819

OCLC:

952732422