Reforming teacher education : something old, something new /

Teacher education has been subject to both scathing criticism and innumerable efforts designed to reform it or to save it from being dismantled. One of the latest and most well funded efforts aimed at teacher education reform is boldly titled Teachers for a New Era (TNE). Eleven colleges and univers...

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Other Authors: Kirby, Sheila Nataraj, 1946-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA. : RAND Education, 2006.
Series:Rand Corporation monograph series.
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Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. Introduction
  • ch. 2. TNE in the context of the broader teacher education reform effort
  • ch. 3. TNE's theory of change: assumptions, enabling factors, and potential outcomes
  • ch. 4. Profiles of the TNE institutions
  • ch. 5. Implementation progress and thoughts about sustainability of TNE
  • ch. 6. Conclusions
  • Appendix A. Teachers for a new era web sites
  • Appendix B. Implementation progress: first cohort of grantees
  • Appendix C. Second cohort of grantees: sites included in the national evaluation
  • Appendix D. Second cohort of grantees: sites not included in the national evaluation
  • Appendix E. Florida A & M University.