R&L Education / Association of Teacher Educators (ATE)
Pages: 460
Trim: 6 x 9
978-1-57886-717-2 • Paperback • December 2007 • $59.00 • (£45.00)
Cheryl J. Craig, Ph.D., is a professor in the College of Education at the University of Houston and serves as the director of elementary education and coordinator of teacher and teacher Education. Louise Deretchin, Ph.D., is an educational consultant, former director of Higher Education for the Houston A+ Challenge, a fellow in the Association of Teacher Educators Leadership Academy, founding member of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Houston P-16+ Council, and co-founder of Regional Faculty.
Part 1 DIVISION 1: THE ROOTS OF RENAISSANCE
Chapter 2 Overview and Framework
Chapter 3 1. Schwab's Call for a Renaissance: A Teacher Education Perspective
Chapter 4 2. Preparing Urban Educators for the Twenty-First Century: What the Research Suggests
Chapter 5 Summary and Implications
Part 6 DIVISION 2: SHIFTING PERSPECTIVES AND PRACTICES
Chapter 7 Overview and Framework
Part 8 3. Daring to Care: Adding Caring to Our Vision of Teacher Education
Chapter 9 4. Spiritual Voices of Preservice Teachers
Chapter 10 5. Teachers' Thoughts about the Rewards and Joys of Teaching: A Neglected Component in Teacher Education Programs
Chapter 11 6. Educating for Inquiry through a Reflective Portfolio Process: What Are the Imperatives for Teachers or Students to Think Well in Contexts?
Chapter 12 7. The Wisdom of Fifth Graders: A Voice in the Renaissance
Chapter 13 8. Star Tech: The Net Generation!
Chapter 14 Summary and Implications
Part 15 DIVISION 3: ALTERING CONTENT
Chapter 16 Overview and Framework
Chapter 17 9. The Reimagination of a Graduate Reading Program: Roles and Responsibilities, Themes, Reflections, and Implications
Chapter 18 10. Preservice Teachers' Beliefs about Curriculum Theory: Is It Meaningful and/or Useful?
Chapter 19 11. Professionalism vs. Reality: Student Awareness of Legal Rights and Responsibilities
Chapter 20 12. Student Teachers' Diversity Rights: The Case Law
Chapter 21 Summary and Implications
Part 22 DIVISION 4: PROBLEMATIC CONDITIONS
Chapter 23 Overview and Framework
Chapter 24 13. Preservice Teachers Leading the Way: Improving Field Experiences by Cultivating Candidates' Voice and Agency
Chapter 25 14. Fence Sitting: Preservice Teachers' Agreement with Tenets of Economic Responsibilities and Social Justice
Chapter 26 15. The Categories that Bind: Connecting Teacher Education to Teaching Practice
Chapter 27 16. Encountering Relational Complexity: On "The Arts of the Practical" in Learning to Teach
Chapter 28 Summary and Implications
Part 29 DIVISION 5: RENAISSANCE IN ACTION
Chapter 30 Overview and Framework
Chapter 31 17. Calling for a Renaissance of Care
Chapter 32 18. Small Steps: Moving Toward a Renaissance in Teacher Education
Chapter 33 19. A Renaissance of the Arts in Classrooms: A Collaboration between a College, a Public School, and an Arts Institution
Chapter 34 20. Cultivating Parent-Child Collaboration Concerning Mathematical Learning: A Necessary Objective for Teacher Preparation Programs
Chapter 35 21. Minimizing Barriers in Teacher Diversity Professional Development
Chapter 36 22. Valuing Narrative Authority, Collaboration, and Diversity in Revitalizing a Teacher Education Program
Chapter 37 Summary and Implications
Part 38 DIVISION 6: LESSONS LEARNED
Chapter 39 Overview and Framework
Chapter 40 23. Teacher Education that Makes a Difference: Developing Foundational Principles of Practice
Chapter 41 24. Questioning What We Know About Teacher Education
Chapter 42 Summary and Implications
Chapter 43 Afterword