Full Description
Teacher education faces challenges that are immediate and demanding. Adapting teacher education to the changing needs of educational systems is an imperative. This book offers engaging, thoughtful, and sometimes provocative ways of engaging in the debate around what is and can be in teacher education. This book responds to such things as the economic limitations associated with "fast track" routes to teacher certification, while also considering challenges such as the introduction of technology, teaching core instructional practices, as well as the place and nature of teacher education in preparing teachers for an ever-changing world.
Contents
Foreword: John Loughman
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Alternatives in Teacher Education: What Differences Make a Difference?
Sharon Feiman-Nemser
Part 1: Alternate Routes in Teacher Education
Chapter 1: The First Alternate Route to Teacher Certification in the U.S.: Realities and Misconceptions
Eran Tamir
Chapter 2: The Impact of Alternative Routes on the Work and Identities of Teacher Educators: The English Case
Jean Murray, Gerry Czerniawski and Warren Kidd
Chapter 3: The Case of Hotam Naomi: More Than a Teacher Education Program
Edith Tabak, Michal Shany and Sara Shadmi
Chapter 4: Employment-Based Teacher Education: A Partnership for Meeting the Needs of Underserved Learners in New Zealand
Ngaire Hoben
Chapter 5: Recruiting High Performing Candidates to the Teaching Profession in Israel
Zipora Libman
Part 2: Practice-Centered Teacher Education
Chapter 6: Centering Teacher Education on High Leverage Practices
Francesca Forzani
Chapter 7: Building Teacher Education Practices Grounded in Foundational Knowledge, Visions and Context
Karen Hammerness and Bill Kennedy
Chapter 8: Building an Urban Teacher Residency in a Third Space Partnership
Monica Taylor and Emily Klein
Part 3: Special Challenges: Technology and Inclusion
Chapter 9: Teacher Education and Digital Learning: Reconceptualizing the University's Role
Jae-Eun Joo and Bob Moon
Chapter 10: Creating an On-Line Teacher Preparation Program
Melora Sundt, Margo Pensavalle and Karen Gallagher
Chapter 11: Addressing the Challenge of Inclusion: Disabled Students in a Physical Education Teacher Preparation Program
Ronnie Lidor
Index
About the Editors and Contributors
