Taking teaching seriously
By: edited by Christopher Bjork, D. Kay Johnston, and Heidi Ross.
Contributors: Bjork, Christopher.; Johnston, D. Kay.; Ross, Heidi A., 1954-
Publisher: Paradigm Publishers
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Boulder
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781594513633
Subjects: Teachers -- Training of -- United States; Teachers -- Training of -- United States -- Evaluation; Teachers -- Certification -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Christopher Bjork, D.Kay Johnston, and Heidi Ross; title: Teaching to higher standards : from managing to imagining the purposes of education / D.Kay Johnston and Heidi Ross; title: Teacher education in liberal arts institutions : an "intellectual-educational" endeavor / Christopher Bjork; title: Standardization and its discontents : the standards movement and teacher education in the liberal arts college environment / Irving Epstein; title: Working the tensions : constructing educational studies within a traditional liberal arts context / Alice Lesnick, Jody Cohen, and Alison Cook-Sather; title: "The power of a teacher" : teacher education for social justice / Lisa Smulyan; title: Looking back : liberally educated teachers reflect on their education / D.Kay Johnston; title: Principles-based teacher education : a liberal arts contribution / Vicki Kubler LaBoskey and Linda R. Kroll; title: Generally educated teachers : engaging the friction between local and global knowledge / Heidi Ross; title: Voices from the field : viewing teacher policy from the perspective of New York City teachers / Christopher Roellke and Jennifer King Rice; title: Urban hurdles and creative strategies : striving to teach the children / Susan Riemer Sacks; title: A distinctive profile : liberal arts graduates as teachers / Charlotte Mendoza; title: Conclusion / D. Kay Johnston, Christopher Bjork, and Heidi Ross.