Teacher Education for the Changing Demographics of Schooling - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Teacher Education for the Changing Demographics of Schooling write by Lani Florian. This book was released on 2017-04-09. Teacher Education for the Changing Demographics of Schooling available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The book takes as its premise the argument that diverse learner groups are a fact of demographic change that should be considered foundational in the preparation of teachers rather than be problematized as a challenge. It promotes the idea of teacher education for inclusive education based on a consideration of what it means to educate all children together. Divided into four parts, the book considers key issues for teacher education, teacher agency, teacher education for diversity, and a research agenda for the future. In today’s world, the demographic profile of students in schools is more complex than ever before, and the increasing cultural, linguistic and developmental diversity of today’s classrooms, along with the pressure to achieve high academic standards for everybody has significant implications for how classroom teachers should be prepared to meet these demands. This book advances a new understanding of inclusive education that addresses the limitations inherent in current approaches that problematize differences between learner groups by promoting a view of difference as an aspect of human individuality. It considers the implications of the research evidence underpinning teacher education for diversity and makes suggestions for future research in the field.
Language, Culture, and Community in Teacher Education
Language, Culture, and Community in Teacher Education - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Language, Culture, and Community in Teacher Education write by Maria Estela Brisk. This book was released on 2013-09-13. Language, Culture, and Community in Teacher Education available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Published by Routledge for the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education This volume addresses the pressing reality in teacher education that all teachers need to be prepared to work effectively with linguistically and culturally diverse student populations. Every classroom in the country is already, or will soon be, deeply affected by the changing demographics of America’s students. Marilyn Cochran-Smith’s Foreword and Donaldo Macedo’s Introductory Essay set the context with respect to teacher education and student demographics, followed by a series of chapters presented in three sections: knowledge, practice, and policy. The literature on language education has typically been discussed in relation to preparing ESL or bilingual teachers. Typically, needs of culturally and linguistically diverse students, including immigrants, refugees, language minority populations, African Americans, and deaf students, have been addressed separately. This volume emphasizes that these children have both common educational needs and needs that are culturally and linguistically specific. It is directed to the preparation of ALL teachers who work with culturally and linguistically diverse students. It not only focuses on how teachers need to change but how faculty and curriculum need to be transformed, and how to better train teacher education candidates to understand and work efficaciously with the communities in which culturally and linguistically diverse students tend to be predominant. The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) is a national, voluntary association of higher education institutions and related organizations. Our mission is to promote the learning of all PK-12 students through high-quality, evidence-based preparation and continuing education for all school personnel. For more information on our publications, visit our website at: www.aacte.org.
New Directions in Teaching English
New Directions in Teaching English - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook New Directions in Teaching English write by Antero Eidman-Aadah. This book was released on 2015-03-25. New Directions in Teaching English available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. New Directions in Teaching English: Reimagining Teaching, Teacher Education and Research attempts to create a comprehensive vision of critical and culturally relevant English teaching at the dawn of the 21st century. This book is multi-voiced. It includes perspectives from classroom teachers, teacher educators, and researchers in language and literacy, positioned to respond to recent changes in national conversations about literacy, learning, and assessment. These variously situated authors also recognize the rapidly changing demographics in schools, the changing nature of literacy in the digital age, and the increasing demands for literacy in the workplace. This book is critical. At all times education is a political act, and schools are embedded within a sociocultural reality that benefits some at the expense of others. Therefore the approach advocated through many of the chapters is one of critical literacy, where English students gain reading and writing skills and proficiency with digital technologies that allow them to become more able, discerning, and empowered consumers and producers of texts.
Beginners in the Classroom
Beginners in the Classroom - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Beginners in the Classroom write by Susan Headden. This book was released on 2014. Beginners in the Classroom available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Public school teaching is a profession in transition. Already the largest occupation in the United States, it is expanding faster than the nation's student population. Teachers of color are entering the profession at twice the rate of white teachers, reversing an exodus after civil rights victories opened many other doors to African Americans. And women are again entering the profession in greater numbers after years of bypassing the field for other opportunities. But what may be most significant--to students, schools, and the nation--is that teachers today are younger and markedly less experienced than a generation ago. Experts consider teachers with five or fewer years of experience to be still learning their craft. Although the recent recession pushed back the tide somewhat, and has likely raised the level of experience, the sheer number of novices in public school teaching has serious financial, structural, and educational consequences for public education--straining budgets, disrupting school cultures and, most significantly, depressing student achievement. Yet there has been scant discussion of the phenomenon by education policymakers. This report explores the causes, conditions, and consequences of what may be a permanent shift towards a less-experienced profession. It examines escalating levels of teacher attrition in public schools, a major source of the beginning teacher challenge. And it points to promising solutions, especially teacher induction strategies that provide the sort of targeted training and intensive support that recognizes the first years of teaching as the make-or-break opportunities they are.
The Nexus of Teaching and Demographics
The Nexus of Teaching and Demographics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Nexus of Teaching and Demographics write by Boyd L. Bradbury. This book was released on 2020-11-24. The Nexus of Teaching and Demographics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Nexus of Teaching and Demographics: Context and Connections from Colonial Times to Today provides an overview of the evolution of education in the United States within the context of teacher preparation and demographics. Boyd Bradbury argues that the key to equitable education for all, including marginalized and underserved populations, is the nexus of teaching and demographics. Bradbury examines the history of education in the U.S., the relationship between minorities and education, the current state of teacher preparation, supply, and demand, and the potential impact of pedagogical dissonance, resilience, and best practices can have on creating diverse educational settings.
