Counternarratives: Studies of Teacher Education and Becoming and Being a Teacher (S U N Y Series, Teacher Preparation and Development) - Softcover

Bullough, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0791473147 ISBN 13: 9780791473146

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 2008

Synopsis

Relying on local, self, and historical studies, the author argues for better―not best―practices in teaching and teacher education.

Representing more than two decades of Robert V. Bullough Jr.’s research into the problems of teaching and teacher education, this book presents a set of guiding principles that hold promise for achieving increasingly powerful teacher education.

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Representing more than two decades of Robert V. Bullough Jr.'s research into the problems of teaching and teacher education, this book presents a set of guiding principles that hold promise for achieving increasingly powerful teacher education.

"This is a truly engaging book--what a change from the literature in teacher education. Bullough uses historical analysis, empirical research, and deeply intellectual and ethical reflection to present the usefulness of small-scale local research in teacher education. This book should be read, carefully, by all those who treasure the process and work toward the improvement of teacher education." -- Virginia Richardson, editor of Handbook of Research on Teaching, Fourth Edition

"Rich with meaning and ideas relevant to both historical and contemporary teacher education, Counternarratives should become a seminal text in and among teacher education dialogue and practice. Bullough has compiled a masterpiece with this work, and I applaud his efforts and contribution to the field." -- Thomas Nelson, editor of Teacher Education Quarterly

"This book offers hope and renewal to teacher educators in these times of increased standardization, external controls, and neglect of the moral aspects of education. It reminds us of what is truly important in teaching and teacher education." -- Kenneth M. Zeichner, Hoefs-Bascom Professor of Teacher Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison

At a time when teaching and teacher education are undervalued and, in some quarters, poorly understood, Bullough reminds us all of the centrality of identity and the shaping factors that impact the journey of coming to know as a teacher and teacher educator." -- J. John Loughran, coeditor of Enacting a Pedagogy of Teacher Education: Values, Relationships, and Practices

AUTHORBIO: Robert V. Bullough Jr. is Professor of Teacher Education and Associate Director of the Center for the Improvement of Teacher Education and Schooling at Brigham Young University. His previous books include Stories of the Eight-Year Study: Reexamining Secondary Education in America (coauthored with Craig Kridel), also published by SUNY Press.

About the Author

Robert V. Bullough Jr. is Professor of Teacher Education and Associate Director of the Center for the Improvement of Teacher Education and Schooling at Brigham Young University. His previous books include Stories of the Eight-Year Study: Reexamining Secondary Education in America (coauthored with Craig Kridel), also published by SUNY Press.

About this edition

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0791473147
• ISBN 13: 9780791473146
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264