Taking Teaching Seriously: How Liberal Arts Colleges Prepare Teachers to Meet Today's Educational Challenges in Schools / Edition 1

by Christopher Bjork, D. Kay Johnston, Heidi A. Ross

Overview

Taking Teaching Seriously expands and enriches discussions about teacher preparation in the United States. Its authors describe the unique contexts for teacher preparation offered by liberal arts institutions and analyze the effects of these programs on their graduates and on K12 schools. They emphasize that the goals and conditions for teacher preparation differ from larger public institutions in several key respects including supervisor-student teacher relationships, philosophical foundations, and approaches to clinical fieldwork. Taken together, the essays provide compelling evidence that educational studies programs in liberal arts colleges and universities constitute a vital component of the teacher education system in the United States.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781594513640
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/30/2008
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	252
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Christopher Bjork, D.Kay Johnston, Heidi A. Ross. Contributors: Irving Epstein, Alice Lesnick, Alison Cook-Sather, Lisa Smulyan, Vicki Kubler LaBoskey, Linda R. Kroll, Christopher Roellke, Jennifer Rice, Susan Riemer Sacks, Charlotte Mendoza.

Table of Contents

• PART I Contested Views of Effectiveness and Professionalism in Undergraduate Institutions
• PART II Cultivating Liberally Educated Teachers: Distinctive Approaches of Liberal Arts Institutions
• PART III Opportunities and Obstacles for Liberal Arts Programs in Recruiting and Retaining New Teachers.

Editorial Reviews

This highly readable book contains important lessons for us all - Katherine Schultz, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania

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