Issues And Problems In Teacher Education

Author : Miranda Lin
Publisher : IAP
ISBN 13 : 164113724X
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Critical Issues in Early Childhood Teacher Education written by Miranda Lin and published by IAP. This book was released on 2020-06-01 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years there have been significant changes in education across the globe, largely as a result of changing demographics, technological developments, and increased globalization. Relatedly, the changing needs of societies and families, along with new research findings, provide new directions in early childhood education. Consequently, early childhood teachers today are faced with higher and more complex expectations to help ensure that their students achieve their full potential. Such expectations suggest that early childhood teachers should be professionals who are able to draw on a robust knowledge base in making educational decisions. It follows that teacher education programs should develop and implement innovative programs that can potentially enhance the quality of our future teachers. An awareness of pressing issues in the field of early childhood teacher education led the editors to develop this volume. The chapters in these two volumes bring together scholars from across the US and the globe who are interested in improving the quality of early childhood teacher education. The chapters present their experiences, perspectives, and lessons learned as they addressed some of the challenging issues concerning the education and preparation of future early childhood teachers. The various issues and perspectives from different states in the US or countries across the globe provide insights into current issues and dilemmas facing the field. The contributions of these scholars should inform the discourse on early childhood teacher education and help those who work with preservice teachers improve the quality of their work.

Author : Wioleta Danilewicz
Publisher : Verlag Barbara Budrich
ISBN 13 : 3847412574
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Teacher Education for the 21st Century written by Wioleta Danilewicz and published by Verlag Barbara Budrich. This book was released on 2019-09-09 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on current trends, potential challenges and further developments of teacher education and professional development from a theoretical, empirical and practical point of view. It intends to provide valuable and fresh insights from research studies and examples of best practices from Europe and all over the world. The authors deal with the strengths and limitations of different models, strategies, approaches and policies related to teacher education and professional development in and for changing times (digitization, multiculturalism, pressure to perform).

Author : Thomas E. Scruggs
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1597492744
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Personnel Preparation written by Thomas E. Scruggs and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2008-05-19 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advances in knowledge of effective strategies for the treatment of learning and behavioral disabilities are of little use without highly trained and effective personnel to implement these strategies. This volume discusses a wide range of important issues in the preparation of those personnel.

Author : Silvia Edling
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429952155
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Democracy and Teacher Education written by Silvia Edling and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-04-06 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book connects the dilemmas educators experience in daily practice with key theories, research and policy about democracy, ethics and equity in education. Illustrated through vignettes from practising teachers, as well as suggested questions and supplementary readings for each chapter, the authors recognise and explore the complex nature of the insoluble problems that face practising teachers in their everyday lives and how they can be understood in order to address them in a more elaborate manner. Divided into eight concise chapters, this book provides a much-needed comprehensive exploration of issues within the education discourse, as seen from a global perspective, such as: Teachers’ understanding of their profession Political demands and the complexities of practice Schools’ democratic values Performance and accountability Minority needs and majority rule Countering radicalisation, terrorism and misinformation. Democracy and Teacher Education is a fantastic resource for students in teacher education programmes, as well as teacher educators, who are looking to develop a critical understanding of the choices made within the education field in a more thoughtful and sensitive manner.

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309070333
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Educating Teachers of Science, Mathematics, and Technology written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2001-01-18 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each new headline about American students' poor performance in math and science leads to new calls for reform in teaching. Education Teachers of Science, Mathematics, and Technology puts the whole picture together by synthesizing what we know about the quality of math and science teaching, drawing conclusions about why teacher preparation needs reform, and then outlining recommendations for accomplishing the most important goals before us. As a framework for addressing the task, the book advocates partnerships among school districts, colleges, and universities, with contributions from scientists, mathematicians, teacher educators, and teachers. It then looks carefully at the status of the education reform movement and explores the motives for raising the bar for how well teachers teach and how well students learn. Also examined are important issues in teacher professionalism: what teachers should be taught about their subjects, the utility of in-service education, the challenge of program funding, and the merits of credentialing. Professional Development Schools are reviewed and vignettes presented that describe exemplary teacher development practices.

Author : Barbara Levin
Publisher : ASCD
ISBN 13 : 1416600906
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Energizing Teacher Education and Professional Development with Problem-Based Learning written by Barbara Levin and published by ASCD. This book was released on 2001-04-15 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can we help both beginning and experienced teachers engage students in today's diverse classrooms? How can we focus on actual problems that teachers face? This book offers a learning tool--problem-based learning (PBL). PBL is an instructional method that encourages learners to use critical thinking and problem solving as they apply content knowledge to real-world problems and issues. Editor Barbara Levin and the book's contributing authors believe that if teachers are to use PBL effectively with their K-12 students, they need to personally experience PBL themselves. Levin provides field-tested examples of how teacher educators have used PBL in many professional development settings. Based on actual PBL units and activities contributed by various authors, the book describes how teachers tackled authentic problems that required them to find, evaluate, and use resources to learn, just as they expect their students to do when using PBL. A brief introduction explains why and how to use PBL with teachers. Chapters 1-5 focus on how the chapter authors used PBL in different teacher preparation courses at several universities. Chapters 6 and 7 show how the authors, working with experienced teachers, used PBL in inservice and staff development settings. The final chapter offers answers to frequently asked questions about using PBL with teachers.

Author : Magdalene Lampert
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300099478
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Teaching Problems and the Problems of Teaching written by Magdalene Lampert and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book an experienced classroom teacher and noted researcher on teaching takes us into her fifth grade math class through the course of a year. Magdalene Lampert shows how classroom dynamics--the complex relationship of teacher, student, and content--are critical in the process of bringing each student to a deeper understanding of mathematics, or any other subject. She offers valuable insights into students and teaching for all who are concerned about improving the learning that happens in the classroom. Lampert considers the teacher's and students' work from many different angles, in views large and small. She analyzes her own practice in a particular classroom, student by student and moment by moment. She also investigates the particular kind of teaching that aims at engaging elementary school students in learning fundamentally important ideas and skills by working on problems. Finally, she looks at the common problems of teaching that occur regardless of the individuals, subject matter, or kinds of practice involved. Lampert arrives at an original model of teaching practice that casts new light on the complexity in teachers' work and on the ways teachers can successfully deal with teaching problems.

Author : P. Calogiannakis
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443886378
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Education and Teacher Education in the Modern World written by P. Calogiannakis and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-25 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses current problems and policies, approaches, trends, and recruitment conditions within the education of teachers in the modern world. It investigates new research within this area, and explores various aspects prevalent in teachers and in their own and general education today. The contributions to this volume approach the topic of modern teachers from various geographical and contextual perspectives, discussing the challenges facing teachers from educational, cultural, socio-political, demographic, and economic points of view.

Author : American Council on Education
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Major Issues in Teacher Education written by American Council on Education and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Valerie Hill-Jackson
Publisher : Stylus Pub Llc
ISBN 13 : 9781579224370
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transforming Teacher Education written by Valerie Hill-Jackson and published by Stylus Pub Llc. This book was released on 2010 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This volume is the one of most comprehensive and deeply analytical works on teacher preparation to appear in decades. As a teacher educator, I deeply appreciate this thoughtful and critical examination of the issues, dilemmas, and trenchant problems of teaching and teacher education in America. This is a work well worth reading!"-Peter C. Murrell, Jr., Founding Dean, School of Education, and Professor of Educational Psychology, Loyola University Maryland "We need the best research, theories, and practices to make the kind of changes needed in the field of teacher education. This volume helps us take a major step in this direction. Teachers, prospective teachers, educational planners, and policy-makers will all benefit from engaging this book. Hopefully they will engage the chapters with open minds, and begin to challenge 'business as usual' approaches."-Peter McLaren, University of California, Los Angeles "This book is provocative, insightful, precise, and vital to our profession. Those whose lives intersect with teacher education will understand that this 'must read' text does more than merely encourage a transformative momentûit insists that a critical transformation is essential for the very survival of teacher education."-David Whaley, Associate Dean and Director of Teacher Education, Iowa State University EXTRACTS FROM THE TEXT: Why are fifteen million children and youth in poverty not achieving when we know that low-income students excel in the classrooms of "star" teachers (who comprise approximately 8 percent of the teaching force)? Whose needs or interests are being met in education reform today? Teachers who empathize with students and the life challenges they face soon realize that the dysfunctional bureaucracies will not permit them to meet the needs of their students. The expert advice dispensed by schools of education regarding what future teachers should do is not connected to any theory of learning, or to any reality of life in school classrooms. Does a qualified teacher equate to a quality teacher? This book offers a hard-hitting, thoroughly researched, historical, and theoretical critique of our schools of education, and clear recommendations about what must be done to ensure all children can achieve their potential.