Preparing Teachers for a Changing World : What Teachers Should Learn and Be Able to Do

by Darling-Hammond, Linda; Bransford, John

• ISBN13: 9780787974640
• ISBN10: 0787974641
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-02-16
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

Based on rapid advances in what is known about how people learn and how to teach effectively, this important book examines the core concepts and central pedagogies that should be at the heart of any teacher education program. Stemming from the results of a commission sponsored by the National Academy of Education, Preparing Teachers for a Changing World recommends the creation of an informed teacher education curriculum with the common elements that represent state-of-the-art standards for the profession. Written for teacher educators in both traditional and alternative programs, university and school system leaders, teachers, staff development professionals, researchers, and educational policymakers, the book addresses the key foundational knowledge for teaching and discusses how to implement that knowledge within the classroom. Preparing Teachers for a Changing World recommends that, in addition to strong subject matter knowledge, all new teachers have a basic understanding of how people learn and develop, as well as how children acquire and use language, which is the currency of education. In addition, the book suggests that teaching professionals must be able to apply that knowledge in developing curriculum that attends to students' needs, the demands of the content, and the social purposes of education: in teaching specific subject matter to diverse students, in managing the classroom, assessing student performance, and using technology in the classroom.

Author Biography

Linda Darling-Hammond is the Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education at Stanford University, and executive director of the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future. She lives in Stanford, California with her husband and three children.

John D. Bransford is Centenniel Professor of Psychology and Education and co-director of the Learning Technology Center at Vanderbilt University. He is co-chair of the National Academy of Education's Committee on Teacher Education.

Collaborating editors Pamela LePage, Karen Hammerness, and Helen Duffy served as staff of the National Academy's Committee on Teacher Education.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Committee on Teacher Education Members	xi
Cooperating University Liaisons	xiii
Acknowledgments	xv
About the Authors	xvii
Introduction	1	(39)
John Bransford
Linda Darling-Hammond
Pamela LePage
Theories of Learning and Their Roles in Teaching	40	(48)
John Bransford
Sharon Derry
David Berliner
Karen Hammerness
Kelly Lyn Beckett
Educating Teachers for Developmentally Appropriate Practice	88	(38)
Frances Degen Horowitz
Linda Darling-Hammond
John Bransford
James Comer
Kathy Rosebrock
Kim Austin
Frances Rust
Enhancing the Development of Students' Language(s)	126	(43)
Guadalupe Valdes
George Bunch
Catherine Snow
Carol Lee
Lucy Matos
Educational Goals and Purposes: Developing a Curricular Vision for Teaching	169	(32)
Linda Darling-Hammond
James Banks
Karen Zumwalt
Louis Gomez
Miriam Gamoran Sherin
Jacqueline Griesdorn
Lou-Ellen Finn
Teaching Subject Matter	201	(31)
Pamela Grossman
Alan Schoenfeld
Carol Lee
Teaching Diverse Learners	232	(43)
James Banks
Marilyn Cochran-Smith
Luis Moll
Anna Richert
Kenneth Zeichner
Pamela LePage
Linda Darling-Hammond
Helen Duffy
Morva McDonald
Assessment	275	(52)
Lorrie Shepard
Karen Hammerness
Linda Darling-Hammond
Frances Rust
Joan Baratz Snowden
Edmund Gordon
Cris Gutierrez
Arturo Pacheco
Classroom Management	327	(31)
Pamela LePage
Linda Darling-Hammond
Hanife Akar
Cris Gutierrez
Evelyn Jenkins-Gunn
Kathy Rosebrock
How Teachers Learn and Develop	358	(32)
Karen Hammerness
Linda Darling-Hammond
John Bransford
David Berliner
Marilyn Cochran-Smith
Morva McDonald
Kenneth Zeichner
The Design of Teacher Education Programs	390	(52)
Karen Hammerness
Linda Darling-Hammond
Pamela Grossman
Frances Rust
Lee Shulman
Implementing Curriculum Renewal in Teacher Education: Managing Organizational and Policy Change	442	(38)
Linda Darling-Hammond
Arturo Pacheco
Nicholas Michelli
Pamela LePage
Karen Hammerness
Peter Youngs
References	480	(87)
Name Index	567	(16)
Subject Index	583