Changing Times in Teacher Education: Restructuring or Reconceptualising?

ISBN-13: 9780750701822 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 244 str.

Marvin Wideen; Marvin F. Wideen; Peter P. Grimmett

Opis

Pressures for reform in teacher education have begun to take on the same sense of urgency as school reform. Those faculties of education who have been strong advocates for change in the schools now find themselves the subject of similar pressures from governmental policy makers. Attempts at change have taken place in many different countries and jurisdictions around the world.; This book details, through a series of international vignettes, how teachers are responding to the changing times and social contexts in which they do their work. The authors hold the view that changes are inevitable in teacher education but what is not clear is who will control the changes and whether the end result will actually improve the preparation of teachers. The theme of the book is that the reform of teacher education should be informed by intelligent debate and that any attempt to restructure teacher preparation should result from a careful reconceptualisation of it purposes and processes.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Teacher Education at the Crossroads, Marvin F. Wideen; Part 1 Opportunities and Troubling Times in Teacher Education; Chapter 2 The United States: The Context for the Restructuring and Reconceptualization of Teacher Preparation, Kenneth R.Howey; Chapter 3 Readjustments, Reorganization or Revolution? The Changing Face of Teacher Education in Australia, Richard P.Tisher; Chapter 4 The Commodification of Teaching: Teacher Education in England, DavidPimm, MichelleSelinger; Chapter 5 Teacher Education in Norway: Images of a New Situation, Trond EilivHauge; Chapter 6 Ways into Teacher Education: The Case of Portugal, IsabelAlarcão; Chapter 7 Teacher Education in Canada: A Case Study of British Columbia and Ontario, NancySheehan, MichaelFullan; Part 2 Policy Directions for Change in Teacher Education; Chapter 8 Rescuing Teacher Education: A View from the Hut with the Bananas, JaapTuinman; Chapter 9 Stirring the Embers: Reconsidering the Structure of Teacher Education Programs, Alan R.Tom; Part 3 Changes at the Ground Level: The Wedge of Progressive Practice; Chapter 10 Teaching with Cases: Teacher Educators and Preservice Teachers in Professional Preparation, SelmaWassermann; Chapter 11 Reflective Practice and a Reconceptualization of Teacher Education, Terrance R.Carson; Chapter 12 Foxfire and Teacher Preparation: Practising What We Teach, AllanDittmer, JohnFischetti; Chapter 13 Reframing the Clinical Professor Role: The Faculty Associate at Simon Fraser University, A.J. (Sandy)Dawson; Chapter 14 Collaborative Teacher Education: A Merging of Agendas, Judith A.Scott, HughBurke; Chapter 15 Reconceptualizing Teacher Education: Preparing Teachers for Revitalized Schools, Peter P.Grimmett;

O autorze

Marvin F. Wideen, Peter P. Grimmett