Preparing Teachers for a Changing World - What Teachers Should Learn and Be Able to Do (Paperback)

Praise for Preparing Teachers for a Changing World

"This collection of chapters represents the best of contemporarythinking and writing on teaching and is built upon a conceptual framework ofenormous importance to every teacher educator. Relevant to a variety of audiences, this book appeals for greater coherence and consistency across preparation programs.It is essential reading for all teacher educators as they renew preparationprograms and focus on the needs of today's schools."
--David G. Imig, president and chief executive officer, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE)

"Preparing Teachers for a Changing World is by far the most comprehensive, thorough, deeply knowledge-based treatment of teacher education anywhere in the literature.A jewel of a book in a field badly in need of intellectual and moral leadership."
--Michael Fullan, author, Leading in a Culture of Change

"Well organized, meticulously researched, and well written, I haveno doubt that Preparing Teachers for a Changing World will make a significant contribution to the field of teacher education. The authors have done an exceptionally good job of capturing the major trends, differing perspectives, and many challenges of teacher education today, while putting forth a vision for the future that issolidly grounded in research and in current and evolving knowledge."
--Sonia Nieto, professor, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

"The knowledge base for teacher preparation and teaching is maturing andbecoming very relevant to practice. This state-of-the-art compendium is essentialreading for teacher educators committed to preparing professionals who canteach so that allchildren will, in fact, learn."
--Arthur E. Wise, president, National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education

General

Imprint:	Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2007
First published:	August 2007
Authors:	L Darling-Hammond
Dimensions:	234 x 178 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	593
ISBN-13:	978-0-7879-9634-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > Teacher training
LSN:	0-7879-9634-3
Barcode:	9780787996345

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