Powerful Teacher Education: Lessons from Exemplary Programs
Linda Darling-Hammond
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Description for Powerful Teacher Education: Lessons from Exemplary Programs
Hardcover. Powerful Teacher Education describes the strategies, goals, content, and processes of seven highly successful and long-standing teacher education programs - Alverno College, Bank Street College, Trinity University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Southern Maine, University of Virginia, and Wheelock College. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JNMT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 37. Weight in Grams: 832.
Powerful Teacher Education describes the strategies, goals, content, and processes of seven highly successful and long-standing teacher education programs - Alverno College, Bank Street College, Trinity University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Southern Maine, University of Virginia, and Wheelock College. All these colleges and universities have succeeded in preparing teachers to teach diverse learners to achieve high levels of performance and understanding. In discussing the common features of these programs, Linda Darling-Hammond shows what outstanding teacher education models do and how they do it, and what their graduates accomplish as a result. Powerful Teacher Education also examines the policies, ... Read more
Powerful Teacher Education describes the strategies, goals, content, and processes of seven highly successful and long-standing teacher education programs - Alverno College, Bank Street College, Trinity University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Southern Maine, University of Virginia, and Wheelock College. All these colleges and universities have succeeded in preparing teachers to teach diverse learners to achieve high levels of performance and understanding. In discussing the common features of these programs, Linda Darling-Hammond shows what outstanding teacher education models do and how they do it, and what their graduates accomplish as a result. Powerful Teacher Education also examines the policies, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
448
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780787972738
SKU
V9780787972738
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99-50
About Linda Darling-Hammond
Linda Darling-Hammond is the Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education at Stanford University and former sponsor of Stanford's Teacher Education Program. She is also founder and co-director of the Stanford Educational Leadership Institute and the School Redesign Network. Among her many publications, she is author or editor of The Right to Learn, Teaching as the Learning Profession, A License to ... Read more
Reviews for Powerful Teacher Education: Lessons from Exemplary Programs
"This book offers the tools teachers and teacher educators need to improve the teaching profession." (Childhood Education, Winter 2007-2008)