Betraying Teachers, Betraying Students - Higher Education''s Malpractice in Teacher Preparation

The point of this book is to re-conceive schools as the primary places of teacher learning because, for better or worse, research tells us that is where teachers actually learn to teach.

List of contents

Part I Confronting the Failure of Higher Education in Teacher Preparation

Not Higher Education, A New School Model

The Emergence of Teacher-Collaborator-Leader

Toward an Intentionally Developmental School

School Culture, Human Development, Teacher Development

The Primacy of Culture and the Promise of Professional Learning Communities

Part II The Promise of Professional Development Schools

Professional Development Schools Interrupted

Professional Development Schools Foreshadow a New School Model

The Path to a New School Model

Tina's Story

Part III Tina Betrayed: Higher Education's Refusal to Change

Understanding Higher Education's Betrayal as Revealed in Low Student Achievement

Understanding the Betrayal as Revealed in Higher Education's Fraud

Understanding the Betrayal in Higher Education's Willful Blindness

Understanding Higher Education's Betrayal in Poor Teacher Development

The Future Darkens for Tina: Higher Educations Plan for the Future

About the author

By Rich Waters

Summary

The point of this book is to re-conceive schools as the primary places of teacher learning because, for better or worse, research tells us that is where teachers actually learn to teach.

Product details

• Authors: Rich Waters, Waters Rich
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2022
• EAN: 9781475868517
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-6851-7
• No. of pages: 238
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; teacher training, Higher & further education, tertiary education, EDUCATION / Teacher Training & Certification, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, clinical experience;teacher development;teacher training