Studying Diversity in Teacher Education is a collaborative effort by experts seeking to elucidate one of the most important issues facing education today. The contributors address historically persistent issues such as understanding how to teach diversity, while also providing research and case studies on how the issues are being resolved. Concluding the volume with an agenda for future research, Studying Diversity in Teacher Education is a necessary resource for all educators.
How can Vygotsky and his legacy help us to understand and develop teacher education? In V. Ellis, A. Edwards, & P. Smagorinsky (Eds.), Cultural-Historical perspectives on teacher education and development (pp. ... Boston, MA: Pearson.
"Developing Critical Cultural Competence provides educators with the inspiration, knowledge, and tools to move from theory to action in seeking to eliminate the achievement gap." —Bess Scott, Director of Elementary Education Lincoln ...
Gathered here are distinguished educator Marilyn Cochran-Smith's editorials from the Journal of Teacher Education. Spanning her editorship from May/June 2000 through March/April 2006, these essays track the major issues and...
Gormley, W. T., Jr., Gayer, T., Phillips, D., & Dawson, B. (2005). The effects of universal pre-K on cognitive development. Developmental Psychology, 41(6), 872–884. Heckman, J., & Masterov, D. (2004). The productivity argument for ...
Recognizing the challenges faced by international student graduates in their quest to integrate into the Canadian job ... As exemplified in the SMAs of Ontario's universities, adaptation courses, sheltered courses and bridging courses ...
This book focuses on the writing process in the self-study of teaching and teacher education practices.
This book is about the self-study of teacher education practices at a time when inclusion and diversity are being questioned.
The book evaluates the characteristics of the candidates who enter teacher preparation programs, the sorts of instruction and experiences teacher candidates receive in preparation programs, and the extent that the required instruction and ...
... likely to dominate class discussions and women twice as likely to be silent, there is also a tendency for male students of color to assume a more modest participative role than white males in postsecondary classrooms (Wilson, 2000).
Expertly designed in a vibrant, full-color format, this streamlined text has a strong emphasis on researching, evaluating, and implementing quality books in the classroom, the critical skills needed to search for and select literature.