The Role of the Community College in Teacher Education: New Directions for Community Colleges, No. 121

by Editor: Barbara K. Townsend; Editor: Jan M. Ignash

• ISBN13: 9780787968687
• ISBN10: 0787968684
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-04-01
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

A community college role in teacher education is not new. But there is a new--or, more accurately, renewed--interest in this role. A national conversation about how community colleges can help us alleviate the teacher shortage has truly begun, with many believe that an expanded community college role is critical to meet the nation's need for well prepared teachers. This volume illustrates the extent to which community colleges have become major players in teacher education, not only in the traditional way of providing the first two years of an undergraduate degree in teacher education but in such more controversial ways as offering associate and baccalaureate degrees in teacher education and providing alternative certification programs.This is the 121st issue of the Jossey-Bass higher education series New Directions for Community Colleges.

Table of Contents

Editors' Notes	1	(5)
Barbara K. Townsend
Jan M. Ignash
Community College Roles in Teacher Education: Current Approaches and Future Possibilities	5	(12)
Barbara K. Townsend
Jan M. Ignash
Transfer Issues in Preservice Undergraduate Teacher Education Programs	17	(10)
Joyce Lindstrom
Katherine D. Rasch
Taking the Golden State Path to Teacher Education: California Partnerships Among Two-Year Colleges and University Centers	27	(10)
Linda Serra Hagedorn
Fran Newman, Janet Duffy
A New Degree for the Community College: The Associate of Arts in Teaching	37	(10)
Maureen L. McDonough
High Schools, Community Colleges, and Universities: Partners in Teacher Education and National Efforts	47	(12)
Fred Gaskin
Steven R. Helfgot
Sue Parsons
Anna Solley
The Role of Community Colleges in Offering Baccalaureates in Teacher Education: An Emerging Possibility	59	(8)
Thomas E. Furlong Jr.
Alternative Teacher Certification Programs and Texas Community Colleges	67	(12)
Paul B. May
Stephen G. Katsinas
Lin Moore
Accrediting Standards Affecting Mid-Level Teacher Education Preparation in the Community College	79	(12)
David G. Imig
Mary Harrill-McClellan
The Role of State Postsecondary Education Policy in Supporting Teacher Education at the Community College	91	(10)
Tricia Coulter
Edward Crowe
Sources and Information: Teacher Education at Community Colleges	101	(10)
R. Dean Gerdeman
Index	111