Preparing Teachers for a Changing World
What Teachers Should Learn and Be Able to Do
1. Edition August 2007
640 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
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.
Committee on Teacher Education Members xi
Acknowledgments xiii
About the Authors xv
1. Introduction 1
John Bransford, Linda Darling-Hammond, Pamela LePage
2. Theories of Learning and Their Roles in Teaching 40
John Bransford, Sharon Derry, David Berliner, Karen Hammerness With Kelly Lyn Beckett
3. Educating Teachers for Developmentally Appropriate Practice 88
Frances Degen Horowitz, Linda Darling-Hammond, John Bransford With James Comer, Kathy Rosebrock, Kim Austin, Frances Rust
4. Enhancing the Development of Students' Language(s) 126
Guadalupe Valdes, George Bunch, Catherine Snow, Carol Lee With Lucy Matos
5. Educational Goals and Purposes: Developing a Curricular Vision for Teaching 169
Linda Darling-Hammond, James Banks, Karen Zumwalt, Louis Gomez, Miriam Gamoran Sherin, Jacqueline Griesdorn, Lou-Ellen Finn
6. Teaching Subject Matter 201
Pamela Grossman, Alan Schoenfeld With Carol Lee
7. Teaching Diverse Learners 232
James Banks, Marilyn Cochran-Smith, Luis Moll, Anna Richert, Kenneth Zeichner, Pamela LePage, Linda Darling-Hammond, Helen Duffy With Morva McDonald
8. Assessment 275
Lorrie Shepard, Karen Hammerness, Linda Darling-Hammond, Frances Rust With Joan Baratz Snowden, Edmund Gordon, Cris Gutierrez, Arturo Pacheco
9. Classroom Management 327
Pamela LePage, Linda Darling-Hammond, Hanife Akar With Cris Gutierrez, Evelyn Jenkins-Gunn, Kathy Rosebrock
10. How Teachers Learn and Develop 358
Karen Hammerness, Linda Darling-Hammond, John Bransford With David Berliner, Marilyn Cochran-Smith, Morva McDonald, Kenneth Zeichner
11. The Design of Teacher Education Programs 390
Karen Hammerness, Linda Darling-Hammond With Pamela Grossman, Frances Rust, Lee Shulman
12. Implementing Curriculum Renewal in Teacher Education: Managing Organizational and Policy Change 442
Linda Darling-Hammond, Arturo Pacheco, Nicholas Michelli, Pamela LePage, Karen Hammerness With Peter Youngs
13. References 480
Name Index 567
Subject Index 583
"Preparing Teachers for a Changing World is by far the most comprehensive, thorough, deeply knowledge-based treatment of teacher education anywhere in the literature. A jewel of a book in a field badly in need of intellectual and moral leadership."--Michael Fullan, author, Leading in a Culture of Change
"Well organized, meticulously researched, and well written, I have no doubt that Preparing Teachers for a Changing World will make a significant contribution to the field of teacher education. The authors have done an exceptionally good job of capturing the major trends, differing perspectives, and many challenges of teacher education today, while putting forth a vision for the future that is solidly grounded in research and in current and evolving knowledge." --Sonia Nieto, professor, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
"The knowledge base for teacher preparation and teaching is maturing and becoming very relevant to practice. This state-of-the-art compendium is essential reading for teacher educators committed to preparing professionals who can teach so that all children will, in fact, learn."--Arthur E. Wise, president, National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
Linda Darling-Hammond is the Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education at Stanford University, where she has served since 1998 as faculty sponsor for the Stanford Teacher Education Program and codirector of the Stanford Educational Leadership Institute. While serving as William F. Russell Professor at Teachers College, Columbia University, she was the founding executive director of the National Commission for Teaching and America's Future, the blue-ribbon panel whose 1996 report What Matters Most: Teaching for America's Future catalyzed major policy changes to improve the quality of teaching and teacher education. She is past president of the American Educational Research Association. Among her more than 200 publications are Teaching as the Learning Profession (coedited with Gary Sykes), recipient of the National Staff Development Council's Outstanding Book Award for 2000, and The Right to Learn, recipient of the American Educational Research Association's Outstanding Book Award for 1998.