Political Transformations And Teacher Education Programs

Author : Miriam Ben-Peretz,Sharon Feiman-Nemser
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781475814613

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Political Transformations and Teacher Education Programs by Miriam Ben-Peretz,Sharon Feiman-Nemser Pdf

Political transformations have a decisive power to shape education systems in general and teacher education programs in particular. How these processes unfold is especially interesting in educational systems which are not generally known to Anglo-Saxon educators, like Germany, Russia, or China. Several chapters in this volume discuss the impact of statewide political transformation on teacher education programs. Political transformation is one of the important features of societies in the second half of the 20th century. Political transformations and changing ideologies are part of the history of teaching and teacher education. It is important to be aware of this process in order to keep the accumulated experience of the teaching profession alive and contribute to present day education policy and practice. Bringing ideological-political perspectives to bear on teacher education can deepen our understanding of the relation between society and teacher education. Moreover, it highlights the pivotal role that teachers play in any society. This volume presents different ways of analyzing teacher education programs through the lens of different ideologies and the influence of societal transformations.

Author : Viv Ellis,Lauren Gatti,Warwick Mansell
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2024-01-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781447359098

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The New Political Economy of Teacher Education by Viv Ellis,Lauren Gatti,Warwick Mansell Pdf

Viv Ellis, Lauren Gatti and Warwick Mansell present a unique and international analysis of teacher education policy. Adopting a political economy perspective, this distinctive text provides a comparative analysis of three contrasting welfare state models – the US, England and Norway – following the 2008 Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Arguing that a new political economy of teacher education began to emerge in the decade following the GFC, the authors explore key concepts in education privatisation and examine the increasingly important role of shadow state enterprises in some jurisdictions. This topical text demonstrates the potential of a political economy approach when analysing education policies regarding pre-service teacher education and continuing professional development.

Author : Beverly Lindsay,Mark B. Ginsburg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135399498

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The Political Dimension In Teacher Education by Beverly Lindsay,Mark B. Ginsburg Pdf

First Published in 1995. This collection of papers was shaped by a variety of colleagues who attended the panel sessions on this topic, organized at the annual meetings of the American Educational Studies Association (1992), the Comparative and International Education Society (1993), and the American Educational Research Association (1994). The inspiration for this volume are the many policy makers, teacher educators and teacher education students around the world who have struggled and continue to struggle about and in programs to prepare teachers formally. Reading this volume will benefit the individual in that they will not only understand better the challenges they face but also be encouraged and empowered to pursue their ‘political’ goals, particularly those aimed at creating a world in which power and resources are distributed in a just and equitable manner.

Author : Josef Huber,Pascale Mompoint-Gaillard
Publisher : Council of Europe
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9287170207

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Teacher Education for Change by Josef Huber,Pascale Mompoint-Gaillard Pdf

What is the main role for teachers today? Why is the Council of Europe dealing with education, and teacher education in particular? How is educational thinking guided by visions of a future society desirable for all? How, in the midst of a fierce battle for curriculum time, can education for human rights, democracy and mutual understanding be embedded in the existing curricula? What are the values underlying our educational visions? The aim of this publication is to offer a few answers to these and many other questions. Above all, its purpose is to contribute to the ongoing debate, more necessary than ever, on the role of teachers and teacher education in the broader context of teaching and learning for a sustainable democratic society.

Author : National Commission on Teaching & America's Future (U.S.)
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2000-04-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 0761976787

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The Politics of Teacher Education Reform by National Commission on Teaching & America's Future (U.S.) Pdf

Yearbook of the Politics of Education Association A competent, caring, and qualified teacher for every student in the United States! This audacious goal is taken right from the opening pages of the report of the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future (NCTAF)-What Matters Most: Teaching for America's Future. The NCTAF findings are so powerful and unique that The Politics of Teacher Association (PTA) uses them as the basis for this 2000 Y=yearbook. Editors Gallagher and Bailey, along with leading educators, explore the controversies and ramifications of the Commission's major recommendations: Get serious about standards-for both students and teachers Reinvent teacher preparation and professional development Overhaul teacher recruitment and put qualified teachers in every classroom Encourage and reward teaching knowledge and skill Create schools that are organized for student and teacher success The contributors to this book speak to the underlying assumptions, research bases, and values found in the recommendations. Long-time and persistent issues about teaching, teacher education programs, and public policy making are examined under the new light of the latest research. Real-life successes of the recommendations in action are shown in two state-level stories and an urban school partnership. This PEA 2000 yearbook will prove a valuable resource for students, researchers, and all educators interested in teacher education reform in the 21st century.

Author : Judy Williams,Mike Hayler
Publisher : Springer
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-09
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319220291

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Professional Learning Through Transitions and Transformations by Judy Williams,Mike Hayler Pdf

Through a narrative inquiry approach, this book examines the personal professional journeys of teacher educators who have undertaken self studies, and/or researched the professional development of teacher educators. The theme of the book is how change, through professional transitions and transformations and notably, through self study research, has shaped the professional identities and practices of these teacher educators. Each chapter is an exploration of how the author/s ‘became’ teacher educators in relation to personal and/or professional transitions, such as transitioning from teacher to teacher educator; moving between different institutional and geographic contexts; or from changes in philosophical, policy and/or pedagogical understandings over time. Each narrative draws on the author’s self study experience, and develops their knowledge further by presenting the wisdom they have gained over their career as teacher educators. The book concludes with a discussion of the connections between the diverse experiences of the authors, and what can be learned from their accumulated wisdom about what is means to become a teacher educator in a dynamic and ever-changing educational landscape.

Author : Amanda Datnow
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2002-11-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135714789

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The Gender Politics Of Educational Change by Amanda Datnow Pdf

What is the relationship of gender to the micropolitics of school reform? This book explores this timely research question, revealing the everyday struggles that happen between different factions of teachers with different definitions of what school means for students. The focus of this struggle, however, may not be on education, but rather on such underlying issues as gender. Using case studies, the author shows how gender politics can be used by teachers to delay reform.

Author : Susan E. Elliott-Johns
Publisher : Springer
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2015-02-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789462099326

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Leadership for Change in Teacher Education by Susan E. Elliott-Johns Pdf

Leadership for Change in Teacher Education: Voices of Canadian Deans of Education presents a rich sampling of diverse perspectives on the topic in a unique collection of reflections contributed by Canadian deans of education. The focus of the inquiry, “What would we hear from deans of education invited to share their perspectives on leadership for change in contemporary teacher education?” invited deans of education to reflect on the research, policies and practices currently informing their leadership. The results, fourteen engaging and provocative essays, offer important insights and increased understandings of the complex nature of their work and explore concerns raised in relation to lived experience and the multi-faceted processes of leading change for teacher education in contemporary contexts. Reflections in these short essays underscore the critical role of deans in provoking, supporting and championing new ideas and approaches to pedagogy for teacher education, and make clear the complexities inherent in leading the change. The Coda highlights the limited scope of related research available in the current literature and recommends urgent attention, in both research and practice, to the preparation of deans and support for their ongoing professional learning and sustainable leadership. This book will be of great interest to scholars, deans of education, teacher educators, university administrators and other policymakers. “Leadership for Change was a catalyst to immersing myself in this book, promising as it does the “Voices of Canadian Deans of Education”. A member of the Association of Canadian Deans of Education (ACDE) for over a decade, I have been honoured to join these voices around many conference tables and other informal sessions. The promise of important insights these voices can share is fulfilled within every one of the compelling chapters. The book reminds us of the diverse geographical, political, and theoretical contexts that enhance understandings of multiple perspectives on leadership and the complex educational challenges inherent in contemporary teacher education. A deep commitment to public education and a profound work ethic towards stellar, relevant teacher education resonates across the work of these deans of education. This thought-provoking book makes a valuable contribution to the literature on reconceptualising leadership for teacher education.” – Professor Fern Snart, Dean of Education, University of Alberta

Author : Terri Seddon,John Levin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780415529143

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Educators, Professionalism and Politics by Terri Seddon,John Levin Pdf

This title brings together contributions from around the world that analyse and reflect on the way curriculum is configuring and reconfiguring that world.

Author : Maurice Kogan
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Education
ISBN : 0719007097

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The Politics of Educational Change by Maurice Kogan Pdf

Author : Nikola Hobbel,Barbara L. Bales
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351252287

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Navigating the Common Good in Teacher Education Policy by Nikola Hobbel,Barbara L. Bales Pdf

Navigating the Common Good in Teacher Education Policy examines the changing relationships between the state and the common (or public) good. Using teacher education policy as the frame of analysis, the authors examine history, cultural context, and lived experiences in 12 countries and the European Union to explicate which notions of justice, social inclusion and exclusion, and citizenship emerge. By situating teacher education policy within a larger philosophical framework regarding the relationship between the state and conceptions of the "common good," this book analyzes the ideological and political desires of the state---how the state understands the common good, the future of national identity, and to what end schooling is imagined.

Author : Julie Gorlewski
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 1003198252

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A Case for Change in Teacher Preparation by Julie Gorlewski Pdf

"This book describes a reconceptualized teacher preparation program based on a teacher residency model. Through a combination of rich description, and qualitative and quantitative program data, the authors make the case that university programs focused on the communities they serve can ensure more effective, learner-ready teachers who remain in the profession longer. By providing a detailed blueprint for program development, the contents of this book will be of value and interest to educational leaders, policymakers, and researchers"--

Author : Donald K. Sharpes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000057218

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International Perspectives on Teacher Education by Donald K. Sharpes Pdf

The preparation of suitably qualified teachers is vital for political, social and economic growth in developing countries. Some major problems have been caused by the enormous growth in primary enrolment and by the need to train more teachers without reducing standards, exacerbated by the fact that in many cases the structure of teacher education is still in its formative stages. However, these problems can lead to innovative options and solutions. Originally published in 1988, this book reports on research and practice in teacher education around the world. It examines, for example, what happens to teacher education at times of great social change or political unrest, as in South Africa or Cyprus, how programmes in, for example, Nigeria or China approach minority education and how teachers are prepared for the teaching of indigenous populations such as the Saskatchevan Indians in Canada. These examples of international teacher education practice are presented within a specific national, regional and cultural context and provide important perspectives on the traditional views of how teachers are and should be prepared and professionally maintained. The book will be of interest to all involved in teacher education, adult education and curriculum design as well as to students of development studies.

Author : M. F. Wideen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351040600

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The Struggle for Change by M. F. Wideen Pdf

Originally published in 1994. The story of Hansel and Gretel is familiar to many people. Most believe that the witch was wicked. But has this issue ever been seriously challenged? In the Introduction to this book, Marvin Wideen describes the day he saw this well-known fairy story being taught and through it draws us along a path of education reform in Lakeview School, British Columbia, and shows how, by this process of reform, the school changed from within. He considers the ideology supporting educational change, what change means to those who undertake it, and how the experience relates to the larger social and political context. The book effectively demonstrates that change will always create anxiety; needs careful and sensitive implementation, and occurs in isolation or as a result of activity within a larger context.

Author : Barry Down,John Smyth
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789400739741

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Critical Voices in Teacher Education by Barry Down,John Smyth Pdf

We live in dangerous times when educational policies and practices are debated largely in terms of how they fit with the needs of the free market. This volume is a collection of writing by teacher-educators that draws on their unique biographies, experiences and perspectives to denounce these misguided norms. It explores what it means—practically and intellectually—to teach for social justice in conservative times. In a globalised world where the power of capital holds sway, the purposes of social institutions such as universities and schools is being refashioned in ways that are markedly instrumental and technicist in nature. The consequence is that teachers’ work is increasingly constrained by regimes of control such as standardised testing, accountability, transparency, and national curricula. In the meantime, large numbers of students and teachers are disengaging physically, emotionally and intellectually from learning. The contributors to this edited volume present both a powerful critique of these developments and a counter-hegemonic vision of teacher education founded on the principles and values of social justice, democracy and critical inquiry. Teacher education, they argue, involves a commitment to critical intellectual work that subjects some deeply entrenched assumptions, beliefs, habits, routines and practices to closer scrutiny. The contributing authors expose how ideology and power operate in seemingly blameless, rational ways to perpetuate social hierarchies based on class, gender, sexuality, race and culture.