Hugging the Middle---how Teachers Teach in an Era of Testing and Accountability

by Torres, Carlos Alberto

• ISBN13: 9780807749364
• ISBN10: 0807749362
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-12-12
• Publisher: Teachers College Pr

Summary

Larry Cuban's How Teachers Taught has been widely acclaimed as a pathbreaking text on the history and evolution of classroom teaching. Now Cuban brings his great experience as a classroom teacher, superintendent, and researcher to this highly anticipated follow-up to his groundbreaking work. Focusing on three diverse school districts (Arlington, Virginia; Denver, Colorado; Oakland, California), Hugging the Middle offers an incisive portrayal of how teachers teach now. It is a revealing look at a range of current, workable pedagogical options educators are using to engage students while satisfying parents and policymakers-options that succeed by creating hybrid practices that combine both teacher-centered approaches (e.g., mostly direct instruction, textbooks, lectures) with student-centered ones (e.g., team projects on real-world problems, independent learning, small-groupwork). This book serves as a state-of-the-profession assessment in an era of top-down educational policy

Author Biography

Larry Cuban is a professor emeritus of education at Stanford University.