{"product_id":"powerful-teacher-education-9780787972738","title":"Powerful Teacher Education","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePowerful Teacher Education\u003c\/i\u003e describes the strategies, goals, content, and processes of seven highly successful and long-standing teacher education programs - Alverno College, Bank Street College, Trinity University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Southern Maine, University of Virginia, and Wheelock College. All these colleges and universities have succeeded in preparing teachers to teach diverse learners to achieve high levels of performance and understanding. In discussing the common features of these programs, Linda Darling-Hammond shows what outstanding teacher education models do and how they do it, and what their graduates accomplish as a result. \u003ci\u003ePowerful Teacher Education\u003c\/i\u003e also examines the policies, organizational features, resources, and relationships that have enabled these programs to succeed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book offers the tools teachers and teacher educators need to improve the teaching profession.\" (\u003ci\u003eChildhood Education\u003c\/i\u003e, Winter 2007-2008)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface.  \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART ONE: INTRODUCTION.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Creating Powerful Teacher Education.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Why Teacher Education Is Important-and Difficult.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Addressing the Dilemmas of Teacher Education: Evidence of Success.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART TWO: CONCEPTUALIZING KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND PRACTICE.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Conceptualizing the Knowledge Base for Teaching.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Developing and Assessing Teaching: Constructing Performances of Understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Constructing the Clinical Experience: The Glue for Powerful Preparation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART THREE: BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. The Double Helix of Teaching: Managing the Dialectic Between Students and Subjects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Educating for Equity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Preparing Teachers to Reach All Students.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART FOUR: ISSUES OF CONTEXT AND CHANGE.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Transforming Teacher Education: Institutional Challenges.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Developing Professional Policy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix A. Study Methodology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix B. Survey Results.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix C. Program Structures\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405047701847,"sku":"9780787972738","price":29.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780787972738.jpg?v=1730488495","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/powerful-teacher-education-9780787972738","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}