Imagining a renaissance in teacher education
By: edited by Cheryl J. Craig and Louise F. Deretchin.
Contributors: Craig, Cheryl J.; Deretchin, Louise F.; Association of Teacher Educators.
Series: Teacher Education Yearbook -- 16
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Education
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lanham, MD; Toronto; Plymouth, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 439
ISBN-13: 9781578867165; 9781578867172
Subjects: Teachers -- Training of -- United States.
Notes: Published in partnership with Association of Teacher Educators.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: value: Division 1: The Root of Renaissance; value: Overview and framework; value: Schwab's call for a renaissance: a teacher education perspective; value: Preparing urban educators for the twenty-first century: what the research suggests; value: Summary and implications; value: Division 2: Shifting Perspectives and Practices; value: Overview and framework; value: Daring to care: adding caring to our vision of teacher education; value: Spiritual voices of preservice teachers; value: Teachers' thoughts about the rewards and joys of teaching: a neglected component in teacher education programs; value: Educating for inquiry through a reflective portfolio process: what are the imperatives for teachers or students to think well in contexts?; value: The wisdom of fifth graders: a voice in the Renaissance; value: Star Tech: the Net Generation!; value: Summary and implications; value: Division 3: Altering content; value: Overview and framework; value: The reimagination of a graduate reading program: roles and responsibilities, themes, reflections, and implications; value: ^Preservice teachers' beliefs about curriculum theory: is it meaningful and/or useful?; value: Professionalism vs. Reality: student awareness of legal rights and responsibilities; value: Student teachers' diversity rights: the case law; value: Summary and implications; value: Division 4: Problematic conditions; value: Overview and framework; value: Preservice teachers leading the way: improving field experiences by cultivating candidates' voice and agency; value: Fence sitting: preservice teachers' agreement with tenets of economic responsibilities and social justice; value: The categories that bind: connecting teacher education to teaching practice; value: Encountering relational complexity: on "the arts of the practical" in learning to teach; value: Summary and implications; value: Division 5: Renaissance in action; value: Overview and framework; value: Calling for a renaissance of care; value: Small steps: moving toward a renaissance in teacher education; value: ^A renaissance of the arts in classrooms: a collaboration between a college, a public school, and an arts institution; value: Cultivating parent-child collaboration concerning mathematical learning: a necessary objective for teacher preparation programs; value: Minimizing barriers in teacher diversity professional development; value: Valuing narrative authority, collaboration, and diversity in revitalizing a teacher education program; value: Summary and implications; value: Division 6: Lessons learned; value: Overview and framework; value: Teacher education that makes a difference: developing foundational principles of practice; value: Questioning what we know about teacher education; value: Summary and implications; value: Afterword.