Teaching in America: The Slow RevolutionHarvard University Press, 30. juni 2009 - 288 sider If the essential acts of teaching are the same for schoolteachers and professors, why are they seen as members of quite separate professions? Would the nation's schools be better served if teachers shared more of the authority that professors have long enjoyed? Will a slow revolution be completed that enables schoolteachers to take charge of their practice--to shoulder more responsibility for hiring, mentoring, promoting, and, if necessary, firing their peers? This book explores these questions by analyzing the essential acts of teaching in a way that will help all teachers become more thoughtful practitioners. It presents portraits of teachers (most of them women) struggling to take control of their practice in a system dominated by an administrative elite (mostly male). The educational system, Gerald Grant and Christine Murray argue, will be saved not by better managers but by better teachers. And the only way to secure them is by attracting talented recruits, developing their skills, and instituting better means of assessing teachers' performance. Grant and Murray describe the evolution of the teaching profession over the last hundred years, and then focus in depth on recent experiments that gave teachers the power to shape their schools and mentor young educators. The authors conclude by analyzing three equally possible scenarios depicting the role of teachers in 2020. |
Inni boken
Resultat 1-5 av 28
Side 11
... mathematics . Only a quarter of those teachers are female in a survey of fourteen countries , but in the United States 48 percent of high school teachers of advanced mathematics are female.3 Teachers of both genders choose teaching for ...
... mathematics . Only a quarter of those teachers are female in a survey of fourteen countries , but in the United States 48 percent of high school teachers of advanced mathematics are female.3 Teachers of both genders choose teaching for ...
Side 13
... mathematics or the sciences said they were now considering careers in teaching. Many of these noneducation majors do their teacher training and certification in master's degree programs.8 Second, until the last decade we had no good ...
... mathematics or the sciences said they were now considering careers in teaching. Many of these noneducation majors do their teacher training and certification in master's degree programs.8 Second, until the last decade we had no good ...
Side 14
... mathematics by teachers who do not have even a minor in mathematics. These teachers are certified but assigned by principals to cover a class out of their field, often because budget restrictions prevent the hiring of an additional ...
... mathematics by teachers who do not have even a minor in mathematics. These teachers are certified but assigned by principals to cover a class out of their field, often because budget restrictions prevent the hiring of an additional ...
Side 16
... mathematics and science achievement.” Progress—or lack thereof—toward these goals, established in 1990 by President George Bush and the nation's governors (including Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas), is reported annually.18 It is now ...
... mathematics and science achievement.” Progress—or lack thereof—toward these goals, established in 1990 by President George Bush and the nation's governors (including Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas), is reported annually.18 It is now ...
Side 20
... Mathematics Perhaps because mathematics is believed to be the most international “language” and lends itself to more precise scoring than do other disciplines, international comparisons have received the most attention from both ...
... Mathematics Perhaps because mathematics is believed to be the most international “language” and lends itself to more precise scoring than do other disciplines, international comparisons have received the most attention from both ...
Innhold
1 | |
10 | |
3 The Essential Acts of Teaching | 31 |
4 Three Questions Every Teacher Must Answer | 57 |
Florences Story 18901920 | 76 |
Andrenas Story 19601990 | 103 |
The Rochester Story 19871997 | 141 |
8 The Progress of the Slow Revolution throughout the Nation | 182 |
9 Teaching in 2020 | 213 |
Research Methods | 239 |
Acknowledgments | 269 |
Index | 271 |
Andre utgaver - Vis alle
Teaching in America: The Slow Revolution Gerald Grant,Christine E. Murray Ingen forhåndsvisning tilgjengelig - 2002 |
Vanlige uttrykk og setninger
academic revolution achieve Adam Urbanski administrators African American Albert Shanker Andrena Anthony High School assessment Brockport budget certification Chicago City School classroom collaboration colleagues committee contract course create Crestview critical curriculum David Riesman decisions Democrat Democrat and Chronicle efforts elementary faculty felt Florence George Martin going grade graduate Hamilton High Hector high school hired homebase improve involved leadership learning Linda Wertheimer major Margaret Haley Marie math mathematics meeting ment mentoring Nancy Collins National normal school OECD parents peer percent performance Performance Appraisal practice principal problem profes profession public schools question reform relationships responsibility Rochester Teachers Association Rochester’s role salaries School Board school districts school teachers school-based planning team schoolwide shared decision-making shared governance skills social standards superintendent Syracuse taught teaching tenure test scores thought tion union University wanted York