The Professional Teacher: The Preparation and Nurturance of the Reflective PractitionerISBN: 978-0-7879-4560-2
Paperback
240 pages
July 1999, Jossey-Bass
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"This is a well-researched and lively treatment of a new standardfor preparation and induction into teaching. It also encourages theassumption of leadership roles for teachers in the educationalrenewal and change dedicated to democratic principles and servicewithin a complex whole community." (Patterns, published byASCD)
"This book is comprehensive in its account of what goes into thesubstance and process of preparing the professional educator, fromselection to induction into teaching. The story that unfolds in thecollaboration of the University of Connecticut and several schoolsis one of redesigning virtually every component into somethingquite different from what existed before without stopping thetraffic of future teachers from crossing the bridge to practice."(from the Foreword by John I. Goodlad, codirector, Center forEducational Renewal, University of Washington, and president,Institute for Educational Inquiry)
"If you are looking for a stimulating treatment of how to improveschools and programs for preparing future teachers, this book is amust read. The authors know what they are talking about; their tenyears of collaboration in the Hartford public schools ensures that.As you read, you will discover a bonus: an interesting,well-written, helpful treatment of the moral dimensions ofteaching." (Steven C. Baugh, superintendent, Alpine SchoolDistrict, Utah)
"This book tells a compelling story about learning and teaching intoday's complex and diverse classrooms.... Teacher educators willfind this an important contribution to their work, generally, andto their thinking, specifically, about teaching as a profoundlymoral and ethical act." (Jill Mattuck Tarule, dean, College ofEducation and Social Services, University of Vermont)
"This book is comprehensive in its account of what goes into thesubstance and process of preparing the professional educator, fromselection to induction into teaching. The story that unfolds in thecollaboration of the University of Connecticut and several schoolsis one of redesigning virtually every component into somethingquite different from what existed before without stopping thetraffic of future teachers from crossing the bridge to practice."(from the Foreword by John I. Goodlad, codirector, Center forEducational Renewal, University of Washington, and president,Institute for Educational Inquiry)
"If you are looking for a stimulating treatment of how to improveschools and programs for preparing future teachers, this book is amust read. The authors know what they are talking about; their tenyears of collaboration in the Hartford public schools ensures that.As you read, you will discover a bonus: an interesting,well-written, helpful treatment of the moral dimensions ofteaching." (Steven C. Baugh, superintendent, Alpine SchoolDistrict, Utah)
"This book tells a compelling story about learning and teaching intoday's complex and diverse classrooms.... Teacher educators willfind this an important contribution to their work, generally, andto their thinking, specifically, about teaching as a profoundlymoral and ethical act." (Jill Mattuck Tarule, dean, College ofEducation and Social Services, University of Vermont)