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Book SynopsisSchools derived of learning community cultures consistently provide students better learning outcomes than traditional schools. The book argues that the current approach to preparing teachers as independent agents via on campus classes is not only ineffective, but deprives teachers of extensive development opportunities. The proper location of teacher induction and development is in local schools that are derived of a learning community culture where teachers have a full career of professional development.
Table of ContentsPart 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
