Teacher beliefs and classroom performance
Subtitle: the impact of teacher education
By: edited by James Raths, Amy C. McAninch.
Contributors: Raths, James D.; McAninch, Amy Raths.
Series: Advances in teacher education -- v. 6
Publisher: Information Age Pub.
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Greenwich, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
Subjects: Teachers -- United States -- Attitudes.; Teachers -- Training of -- United States.
Description: How can professional development for teachers be more efficient and effective? This essential question lies at the heart of this timely and useful book. In an era marked by a heightened emphasis on school reform, the education and professional development of teachers is widely regarded as the keystone to educational improvement. Recently a bewildering array of online professional development programs has arisen. But how effective are these programs and how do they compare with one another? Inspired by a recent conference on usable knowledge at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, this book offers clear and practical answers to these and other questions about online professional development. The authors look closely at exemplary online programs, compare them carefully with one another, and draw helpful conclusions about themâboth for those who develop online programs, and for teachers and administrators in search of professional development programs that make a difference.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preservice teachers' beliefs / Virginia Richardson; title: Prompting the development of preservice teachers' beliefs through cases, action research, problem-based learning, and technology / Mary Anna Lundeberg and Barbara B. Levin; title: Teacher beliefs, performance, and proficiency in diversity-oriented teacher preparation / Peter C. Murrell, Jr. and Michèle Foster; title: Is realism a better belief than nominalism? : reopening the ancient debate / Richard S. Prawat; title: At the heart of teaching : the role of emotion in changing teachers' beliefs / Patricia Ashton and Michele Gregoire-Gill; title: Teacher education and teachers' beliefs : theoretical and measurement concerns / Maria Teresa Tatto and David Bryan Coupland; title: The impact of schools on teacher beliefs, influence, and student achievement : the role of collective efficacy beliefs / Roger D. Goddard.