Democratic Teacher Education: Programs, Processes, Problems, and Prospects (SUNY series, Democracy and Education) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0791419274 ISBN 13: 9780791419274

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 1994

Synopsis

This book captures the spirit, richness, and diversity of democratic teacher educators as they put their ideas into practice in creative and persistent ways. Using a diverse group of democratic educational projects from throughout North America, this volume taps into varied ways teacher educators from large state institutions, small rural colleges, urban private universities, new academic programs, special teacher development centers, and public voluntary citizen organizations are working to create the resources and opportunities for teachers to develop the skills and confidence necessary to promote sustained democratic processes.

About this title

About the Author

John M. Novak is Professor of Education at Brock University where he also served as Chair of Graduate Studies. He is co-author of Inviting School Success, and Education: By Invitation Only, in addition to being editor of Advancing Invitational Thinking. Since 1984 he has served as editor of Insights, a publication of the John Dewey Society for the Study of Education and Culture.

Edition details

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0791419274
• ISBN 13: 9780791419274
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 262
• Editor: Novak John