"This book teaches us that, if the improved learning we require forall students in a democracy is to be accomplished, both thepolicymakers and the professionals must take joint responsibilityto craft a new alliance.... Readers of this book will discover thatwithin its pages lies an impressive array of findings, analyses,interpretations, and proposals that can guide the needed efforts todesign such settings. Teaching as the Learning Profession is farmore than a superb book title. It is a mandate for the stakeholdersin whose hands lies the future of America's teachers, and throughthem, the future of America's students." --from the foreword by LeeS. Shulman, president, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancementof Teaching<br /> <br /> "It's common knowledge--and common sense--that the quality ofteaching strongly affects student achievement. Teaching as theLearning Profession rightly advocates enhancing instructionalquality by providing teachers with meaningful professional learningopportunities that allow them to continually improve their practiceand enable their students to excel." --Sandra Feldman, president,American Federation of Teachers<br /> <br /> "No education topic is more important than how to raise the qualityof teaching in America's schools. This book eloquently makes thecase for reshaping teacher preparation and professional developmentto enhance student learning." --Bob Chase, president, NationalEducation Association

"No education topic is more important than how to raise the qualityof teaching in America's schools. This book eloquently makes thecase for reshaping teacher preparation and professional developmentto enhance student learning." --Bob Chase, president, National Education Association Leading educational thinkers and researchers deliver an in-depthoverview of the issues and challenges facing the teachingprofession today. This book is the first in over a decade tosynthesize the most important research in the fields of teachingand teacher education. This research is also the basis forrecommAndations found in What Matters Most, a landmarkreport from the National Commission on Teaching and America'sFuture. The authors explore promising approaches to both policy andpractice in teacher learning. They also provide the substancebehind policy recommAndations, examining the implications of schoolreforms for teaching, current knowledge about teacher preparation,and the kinds of learning opportunities teachers will need. Teaching as the Learning Profession includes case studiesof innovative approaches to school improvement, principles forbetter staff development, proposals for the reform of unions, andpractical as well as conceptual advice on recruitment, licensing,redefining the teaching career, enhancing diversity, developingleadership, and expanding such innovations as networks and othersustained forms of teacher-to-teacher learning.
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* Leading educational thinkers and researchers deliver an in-depth overview of the issues and challenges facing the teaching profession today. * This book is the first in over a decade to synthesize the most important research in the fields of teaching and teacher education.
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Part One: Rethinking Teacher Education 1. Developing Practice, Developing Practitioners: Toward a Practice-Based Theory of Professional EducationDeborah Loewenberg Ball and David K. Cohen 2. Aligning Teacher Education with Contemporary K-12 Reform VisionsMagdalene Lampert and Deborah Loewenberg Ball 3. The Role of Preservice Teacher EducationMary M. Kennedy 4. Preparing Teachers for Diversity: Historical Perspectives, Current TrAnds, and Future DirectionsGloria Ladson-Billings Part Two: Rethinking Teacher Professional Development 5. The Essentials of Effective Professional Development: A New ConsensusWillis D. Hawley and Linda Valli 6. Teacher and Student Learning: Strengthening Their ConnectionGary Sykes Part Three: Rethinking Organizations for Teacher Learning 7. Teacher Recruitment, Selection, and Induction: Policy Influences on the Supply and Quality of TeachersLinda Darling-Hammond, Barnett T. Berry, David Haselkorn, and Elizabeth Fideler 8. Organizing Schools for Teacher LearningJudith Warren Little 9. Investing in Teacher Learning: Staff Development and Instructional ImprovementRichard F. Elmore and Deanna Burney 10. Networks and Reform in American EducationAnn Lieberman and Maureen Grolnick Part Four: Rethinking Policy for Teacher Learning 11. Organizing the Other Half of TeachingJulia E. Koppich and Charles Taylor Kerchner 12. The Frame and the Tapestry: Standards-Based Reform and Professional DevelopmentCharles L. Thompson and John S. Zeuli 13. Investing in Teaching as a Learning Profession: Policy Problems and ProspectsLinda Darling-Hammond and Milbrey Wallin McLaughlin
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Teaching as the Learning Profession is the first volume in over a decade to offer a comprehensive, research-based overview of the changes and challenges facing the teaching profession. These are the ideas that informed the recommendations presented in What Matters Most, a groundbreaking report from the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780787943417
Publisert
1999-06-15
Utgiver
Vendor
Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
Vekt
898 gr
Høyde
241 mm
Bredde
181 mm
Dybde
30 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
464

Biographical note

LINDA DARLING-HAMMOND is Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education at Stanford University and executive director of the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future.

GARY SYKES is professor of educational administration and teacher education at Michigan State University.