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Teacher Education The Key to Effective School Reform
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Book Code: H729
ISBN: 0-89789-729-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-89789-729-7
216 pages
Bergin & Garvey
Publication: 10/30/2001
List Price: $106.95 (UK Sterling Price: £59.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: The authors summarize the perspectives of nine prominent educational critics who collectively represent a broad spectrum of educational thought in 20th-century America:
  • John Dewey
  • Robert Hutchins
  • Arthur Bestor
  • James Conant
  • Theodore Brameld
  • Charles Silberman
  • Ivan Illich
  • Albert Shanker
  • Chester Finn
    Each critic tackles, in a distinctive and provocative way, some of the perennial questions that should be considered in any effort to reform schools and teacher education. In Part II the authors analyze the present-day status of teacher education and suggest how it might be improved. In Part III the authors speculate on what the future holds and how that will impact teacher education. The book concludes with an epilogue directed especially toward policymakers.
  • Table of Contents:
    • Prologue: Thinking with Perspective
    • Past (1900-2000)
    • John Dewey (1895-1952), the Progressivist
    • Robert Hutchins (1899-1977), the Medievalist
    • Arthur Bestor (1908-1994), the Academician
    • James Conant (1893-1978), the Compromiser
    • Theodore Brameld (1904-1987), the Utopian
    • Charles Silberman (1925- ), the Neo-progressivist
    • Ivan Illich (1926- ), the Radical
    • Albert Shanker (1928-1997), the Unionist
    • Chester Finn (1944- ), the Conservative
    • Present (2000)
    • Recruitment and Retention of Teachers
    • Pre-Service Training of Teachers
    • In-Service Training of Teachers
    • Future (2000-2100)
    • Quality and Teacher Education
    • Educational Reform and Teacher Education
    • Trends in Teacher Education
    • Epilogue: A Note to Policymakers
    • Bibliography
    • Index
    LC Card Number: 2001035636
    LCC Class: LB1715
    Dewey Class: 370
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