National standards
Subtitle: a catalyst for reform
By: edited by Robert C. Lafayette ; in conjunction with the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.
Contributors: Lafayette, Robert C.; American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.
Series: ACTFL foreign language education series
Publisher: National Textbook Co.
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Lincolnwood, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
Subjects: Language and languages -- Study and teaching -- United States; Education -- Standards -- United States; Language teachers -- Training of -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: National standards : a catalyst for reform -- Robert C. Lafayette and Jamie B. Draper; title: Using standards to improve education : a way to bring about truth in teaching and learning -- John F. Jennings; title: Professional policy in foreign language education: what it is and how we get it -- Helene Zimmer-Loew; title: Standards and foreign language teacher education : developing new professions during a time of reform -- Audrey L. Heining-Boynton; title: A collaborative approach to professional development -- Eileen W. Glisan; title: New learners and new environments : challenges and opportunities -- Russell N. Campbell; title: Technology, reform, and foreign language standards : a vision for change -- Mel Nielsen and Elizabeth Hoffman; title: The programmatic implications of foreign language standards -- Walter H. Bartz and Margaret Keefe Singer; title: Assessment : from content standards to student performance -- Judith Liskin-Gasparro; title: Reactions to the catalyst : implications for our new professional structure -- June K. Phillips and Robert C. Lafayette; title: Appendix : standards for foreign language learning.