Teacher Preparation in the United States

Starting in New England with academies, seminaries, institutes, and the birth of the state normal schools, Kelly Kolodny and Mary-Lou Breitborde explore the origins of teacher preparation in the United States as these schools expanded geographically, in substance and form, throughout the south and west.

About the author

Kelly Kolodny is Professor of Education at Framingham State University. Her research and writing address the fields of educational biography, the history of state normal schools in the United States, contemporary schooling, and the learning and development of children. She is the past president of the New England Philosophy of Education Society (NEPES).
Mary-Lou Breitborde is Professor Emerita of Education at Salem State University, where she taught courses in the social foundations of education and served as Associate Dean and Chair in the School of Education. Her research, publications and international presentations focus on the social and cultural history of education; the lives and work of social-reconstructionist educators; and global/multicultural education.

Summary

Starting in New England with academies, seminaries, institutes, and the birth of the state normal schools, Kelly Kolodny and Mary-Lou Breitborde explore the origins of teacher preparation in the United States as these schools expanded geographically, in substance and form, throughout the south and west.

Product details

• Authors: Mary-Lou Breitborde, Mary-Lou (Salem State University Breitborde, Kelly Kolodny, Kelly (Framingham State University Kolodny
• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2022
• EAN: 9781800716889
• ISBN: 978-1-80071-688-9
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 459 g
• Series: Emerald Studies in Teacher Pre; Emerald Studies in Teacher Preparation in National and Global Contexts
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries