Preparing Teachers: Building Evidence for Sound Policy - Softcover

Committee On The Study Of Teacher Preparation Programs In The United States; National Research Council

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0309128056 ISBN 13: 9780309128056

Publisher: National Academies Press, 2010

Synopsis

Teachers make a difference. The success of any plan for improving educational outcomes depends on the teachers who carry it out and thus on the abilities of those attracted to the field and their preparation. Still, teacher preparation is often treated as an afterthought in discussions of improving education. One reason for the neglect of this key part of education may be the many unanswered questions about how teachers are being prepared and how they ought to be prepared. Preparing Teachers: Building Evidence for Sound Policy examines teacher preparation with specific attention to literacy, mathematics, and science. The book explores evidence on the characteristics of the candidates who enter teacher preparation programmes and the types of instruction and experiences they receive in preparation programmes. It describes the existing research on how teachers might best be prepared to teach reading, mathematics, and science and points to the best available guidance for teachers. Preparing Teachers also highlights the urgent need for more complete data on teacher trainees, teacher training programmes, and the characteristics of teacher preparation that lead to improved learning for students. It discusses the research challenges, recommends a model for data collection, and points to the highest priority research targets. Preparing Teachers: Building Evidence for Sound Policy can serve as a guide for policy makers and those involved in teacher training, in making sound decisions about teacher preparation programmes.

Edition details

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0309128056
• ISBN 13: 9780309128056
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 234