Full Description
Comprised of contributions from distinguished education scholars, Teachers, Teaching, and Reform takes a critical look at evidence about systemic efforts to identify excellent teachers and promote excellent teaching practices. Organized to include diverse and often contrasting perspectives on the topic, this book provides insight into some of the most vexing historical issues affecting the policies that shape current reform initiatives focused on teachers, teaching, and educational outcomes. Educational scholars, policy makers, instructors, and graduate students will come away with a keen understanding of different perspectives about the assessment of teachers, teaching, and teacher education programs, as well as strategies for improving educational outcomes for students.
Contents
1 Improving Educational Outcomes: Contrasting Perspectives
Ralph P. Ferretti and James Hiebert
2 Promises and Pitfalls for Teacher Evaluation
Drew H. Gitomer
3 Evaluating Teachers and Teacher Preparation Programs
Robert Floden
4 Does VAM + MET = Improved Teaching?
James W. Stigler, James Hiebert, and Karen B. Givvin
5 Teacher-Student Interactions: Measurement, Impacts, Improvement, and Policy
Robert C. Pianta
6 Using Data to Inform Decisions Regarding Teacher Preparation
George H. Noell and Kristin A. Gansle
7 Designing Systems for Continuously Improving Instruction: The Case of Teacher Preparation Mathematics Courses
James Hiebert, Robert M. Wieman, and Dawn Berk
8 How to Reform Reform
Mary M. Kennedy
Conclusion: Improving Educational Outcomes: Reflections and Prospections
Ralph P. Ferretti and James Hiebert
