Preparing Teachers for Deeper Learning - Softcover

Darling-Hammond, Linda; Oakes, Jeannie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1682532925 ISBN 13: 9781682532928

Publisher: Harvard Education Press, 2019

Synopsis

Preparing Teachers for Deeper Learning answers an urgent call for teachers who educate children from diverse backgrounds to meet the demands of a changing world. In today’s knowledge economy, teachers must prioritize problem-solving ability, adaptability, critical thinking, and the development of interpersonal and collaborative skills over rote memorization and the passive transmission of knowledge. Authors Linda Darling-Hammond and Jeannie Oakes and their colleagues examine what this means for teacher preparation and showcase the work of programs that are educating for deeper learning, equity, and social justice.
 
Guided by the growing knowledge base in the science of learning and development, the book examines teacher preparation programs at Alverno College, Bank Street College of Education, High Tech High’s Intern Program, Montclair State University, San Francisco Teacher Residency, Trinity University, and University of Colorado Denver. These seven programs share a common understanding of how people learn that shape similar innovative practices.
 
With vivid examples of teaching for deeper learning in coursework and classrooms; interviews with faculty, school partners, and novice teachers; surveys of teacher candidates and graduates; and analyses of curriculum and practices, Preparing Teachers for Deeper Learning depicts transformative forms of teaching and teacher preparation that honor and expand all students’ abilities, knowledges, and experiences, and reaffirm the promise of educating for a better world.

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Preparing Teachers for Deeper Learning answers an urgent call for teachers who educate children from diverse backgrounds to meet the demands of a changing world. Linda Darling-Hammond and Jeannie Oakes and their colleagues examine what this means for teacher preparation and showcase the work of programs that are educating for deeper learning, equity, and social justice. The book depicts transformative forms of teaching and teacher preparation that honor and expand all students’ abilities, knowledges, and experiences, and reaffirm the promise of educating for a better world.

“Darling-Hammond and Oakes provide teacher educators with the twin pillars of rigorous theory and relevant practice. This will be a treasure trove we will plumb for years to come.”
—Gloria Ladson-Billings, professor emerita, University of Wisconsin–Madison

“For educators who seek to reduce disparities in achievement and life outcomes, Preparing Teachers for Deeper Learning will be an invaluable resource.”
—Pedro A. Noguera, distinguished professor of education, Graduate School of Education and Information Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles

“Linda Darling-Hammond and Jeannie Oakes are two of the nation’s foremost authorities on the art of effective teaching. Their book is an excellent resource to help teachers meet the increasing demands of preparing students for our complex and changing world.”
—Richard W. Riley, former US Secretary of Education and former governor of South Carolina

“This volume makes a powerful contribution to our understanding of what is entailed in preparing generative teachers. The cases of teacher training programs are informative in their range of diversity yet embodying a core set of seminal principles, including a commitment to social justice.”
—Carol D. Lee, Edwina S. Tarry Professor of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University

Linda Darling-Hammond is the Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus at Stanford University, where she founded the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education. Jeannie Oakes is Presidential Professor Emerita in Educational Equity at the University of California, Los Angeles. With Steven K. Wojcikiewicz, Maria E. Hyler, Roneeta Guha, Anne Podolsky, Tara Kini, Channa M. Cook-Harvey, Charmaine N. Jackson Mercer, and Akeelah Harrell.

About the Author

Linda Darling-Hammond is the Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus at Stanford University, where she founded the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education. Jeannie Oakes is Presidential Professor Emerita in Educational Equity at the University of California, Los Angeles.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harvard Education Press
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1682532925
• ISBN 13: 9781682532928
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416