Teaching as the Learning Profession: Handbook of Policy and Practice Contributor(s): Darling-Hammond, Linda (Editor), Sykes, Gary (Editor) |
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ISBN: 078794341X ISBN-13: 9780787943417 Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: July 1999 Annotation: Teaching as the Learning Profession is the first volume in over a decade to offer a comprehensive, research-based overview of the changes and challenges facing the teaching profession. These are the ideas that informed the recommAndations presented in What Matters Most, a groundbreaking report from the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future. Click for more in this series: Jossey-Bass Education |
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BISAC Categories: - Education | Administration - General - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - General - Education | Research |
Dewey: 371 |
LCCN: 99019781 |
Series: Jossey-Bass Education |
Physical Information: 1.33" H x 7.29" W x 9.57" L (1.83 lbs) 464 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Index |
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Publisher Description: No education topic is more important than how to raise the qualityof teaching in America's schools. This book eloquently makes thecase for reshaping teacher preparation and professional developmentto enhance student learning. --Bob Chase, president, National Education Association Leading educational thinkers and researchers deliver an in-depthoverview of the issues and challenges facing the teachingprofession today. This book is the first in over a decade tosynthesize the most important research in the fields of teachingand teacher education. This research is also the basis forrecommAndations found in What Matters Most, a landmarkreport from the National Commission on Teaching and America'sFuture. The authors explore promising approaches to both policy andpractice in teacher learning. They also provide the substancebehind policy recommAndations, examining the implications of schoolreforms for teaching, current knowledge about teacher preparation, and the kinds of learning opportunities teachers will need. Teaching as the Learning Profession includes case studiesof innovative approaches to school improvement, principles forbetter staff development, proposals for the reform of unions, andpractical as well as conceptual advice on recruitment, licensing, redefining the teaching career, enhancing diversity, developingleadership, and expanding such innovations as networks and othersustained forms of teacher-to-teacher learning. |
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