Overview
- This thoughtfully crafted text offers a much-needed view of the components of reform in education.
- The wealth of knowledge, research-based case studies, and comparisons of various approaches to reform offered through the chapters provide the reader with a realistic view of the processes that will serve the needs of teachers and students.
- This text is a treasure and should be in the library of every K–16 administrator and teacher who wants to better understand approaches to reform and align their instructional programs with the needs of their communities now and in the future.
- The underlying assumption is that teacher quality is the key to the success of education reforms, and that teacher education is a major factor in improving teaching quality.
- The book is based on intensive and informative studies covering several countries and offers an insightful account of teaching and teacher education reforms. We firmly believe that this book will be warmly received by specialists in education, particularly those interested in reforming teaching and teacher education.
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Reforming Teacher Education
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Transforming School Pedagogics
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Reculturing Schools
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About this book
What are the prerequisites for reforming education, and how can these reforms be seen in school development and culture? How should teacher education support this reform process? What are the principles and practices underlying the functioning of the schools of tomorrow? These questions are examined in this unique volume.
The authors in this book argue that the central function of teacher education and education in general is to respond to the challenges brought on by the twenty-first century. According to this approach, the competencies and skills needed in the future are not merely a new addition to school activities, but rather something requiring a comprehensive reform of school culture encompassing teacher education, curricula, and teaching methods. Such a fundamental process of change in the action and thinking models used by schools would be an effort to achieve a complete transformation, the result of which would be schools developing into organizations that are both creative and imbued with a strong sense of community. A central attribute is that the creation of new knowledge is not just restricted to the classroom but also takes place in out-of-school environments. This would link learning to its natural context, eventually leading to an ideal instruction that is actively problem oriented, holistic, and life centered.
This reform-minded volume is divided into three parts. The first part focuses on the reform processes in teacher education, the second on the reforms of pedagogics at schools and teacher education institutions, and the third on the processes of reculturing schools. New prospects for active schools in the United States and Europe, as well as in Japan and China, are discussed.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Reforming Teaching and Teacher Education
Book Subtitle: Bright Prospects for Active Schools
Editors: Eija Kimonen, Raimo Nevalainen
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-917-1
Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-94-6300-917-1Published: 21 March 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: CCLXVIII, 14
Topics: Education, general