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Informationen zum Autor Colleen P. Gilrane is a faculty member in the Theory and Practice in Teacher Education Department at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She works with preservice and inservice teachers as well as advanced graduate students in literacy and in elementary education, and serves as Chair of the Institutional Review Board. Her teaching and research interests focus on working with teachers to create communities in which all learners have access to literacy that is rich, powerful, and joyful. Klappentext This book describes a successful approach to preservice teacher education that is designed to help prospective teachers develop the habits of mind for teaching for deeper understanding, even as their lived experiences as novice teachers conspire to encourage them to study for the test of the next day’s evaluation rubric. Zusammenfassung This book describes a successful approach to preservice teacher education that is designed to help prospective teachers develop the habits of mind for teaching for deeper understanding, even as their lived experiences as novice teachers conspire to encourage them to study for the test of the next day’s evaluation rubric. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prelude:The Current State of U. S. Teacher Evaluation Situating Preservice Teacher Education in the Chaos Part I:The Undergraduate Pre-Internship Minor Colleen P. Gilrane Chapter 1:Overview The Spring Block: Practicum and Teaching Methods Planning the New and Improved Spring Block Getting Feedback and Fine-Tuning Did the Four Essential Questions Fit the Rubrics? Course Design Implementing the Plan Course Organization Models of Effective Teaching (2 weeks) Who Are My Students? What Do I Want Them to Learn? (2 weeks) Assessment: What Would Count as a Good Job? (2 weeks) What Resources Are Available to Me? How Do I Organize Them to Support Learning? (3 weeks) Designing Your Learning Plans (5 weeks of Workshop Time) Final Evaluation Conferences Chapter 2:Question #1: Who Are My Students? Who Are My Students: Candidates as Colleen's Kids What Do My Candidates Care About? What Kinds of Help Do My Candidates Need? Classroom/Course Structures Specific Strategies Responses My Candidates Need From Me How Do My Candidates Want/Need to Assessed? To Be Taught? Who Are My Students: Candidates Watching Their Kids Addressing Diversity in our Friday Classes Conferences Addressing Diversity During Workshop Time Class Session Addressing Diversity as a Stand-Alone Topic Who Are My Students: What Did Candidates Learn? List of Readings Used for Diversity Class Session Chapter 3:Question #2: What Do I Want Them to Learn? Specific Supports for Thinking About Content Class Session Addressing Content as a Stand-Alone Topic The Understanding by Design Framework What Do I Want Them to Learn: What Did Candidates Learn? Connecting Students to Content The Process of Identifying Content Worth Learning The Importance of Depth Over Coverage Chapter 4:Question #3: What Would Count as Evidence of Learning? Learning About Assessment by Being Assessed Formative Assessment of My Candidates Summative Assessment of My Candidates Grades for the Friday portion of 422 Friday Class Sessions Devoted to Assessment as a Stand-Alone Topic Performance Assessment Formative Assessment Designing Assessments for Learning Plans What Would Count As Evidence: What Did Candidates Learn? Assessment Beyond Worksheets and Tests Bringing a Critical Lens to Current Practice Bringing Student Experiences to Bear on Designing Assessments as Teachers Chapter 5:Question #4: How Do I Get There? Selecting Instructional Materials Selecting Personnel Resources and Instructional Strategies Making Decisions About Time, Space, Environment, and Pulling It All Together How Do I Get There: What...
