Rethinking Teacher Education - A Bold Alternative to Pre-Service Programs

The book offers concrete and specific suggestions for improving teacher education programs.

List of contents

Preface: The harpsichord theory of learning to teach
Acknowledgements
Introduction: What's wrong with teacher education?
Chapter 1: Where do we start?
Chapter 2: Connecting means with ends
Chapter 3: To Know, to understand, and to know how: a theoretical framework
Chapter 4: Some Radical Ideas
Part II: Developing Competence
Chapter 5: Introduction to Part II
Chapter 6: Developing Competence: Kids: Learning to observe, diagnose and deal with individual behavior
Chapter 7: Developing Competence: Teacher-Student Interactions
Chapter 8: Developing Competence: The teacher as curriculum maker
Chapter 9: Developing Competence: Student teaching
Chapter 10: In retrospect
Appendix
Bibliography

About the author

Selma Wassermann has long and extensive experience with teacher education programs and is a founding member of the innovative Professional Development Program at Simon Fraser University. She is the author of more than 20 books and articles about teacher education, including Mastering the Art of Teaching (Rowman & Littlefield, 2021), This Teaching Life (Teachers College Press, 2004), and "Changing Course: Re-thinking Teacher Education Course Design" (Childhood Education, 2017).

Summary

The book offers concrete and specific suggestions for improving teacher education programs.

Product details

• Authors: Selma Wassermann, Wassermann Selma
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781475863352
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-6335-2
• No. of pages: 118
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / Professional Development, teacher training, Teaching skills & techniques, EDUCATION / Teacher Training & Certification, EDUCATION / Teaching / General, preservice;teacher education;teaching tips