Learning to teach in urban schools
Subtitle: the transition from preparation to practice
By: Etta R. Hollins
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 108
ISBN-13: 9780415893855; 9780415893862; 9780203815502
Subjects: EDUCATION / Professional Development; Children of minorities; Urban schools; EDUCATION / Multicultural Education; Training of; Teachers; Education; School improvement programs
Description: "This book is about the transition from teacher preparation to teaching practice in urban school settings. It provides a clear presentation of the challenges, resources, and opportunities for learning to teach in urban schools; examples of the experiences, perceptions, and practices of teachers who are effective in urban schools and those who are not; a detailed account of the journey of a team of teachers who transformed their practice to improve learning in a low performing urban school; an approach that can be used by novice teachers in joining a teacher community and making the transition from preparation to practice; and perspective on leadership that can be used to create a context for transforming teacher professional development in an urban school district. Learning to Teach in Urban Schools offers rare insight into how teachers can transform their own practice and in the process, transform the culture of low performing urban schools"-- Provided by publisher.