Preparing America's Teachers
A History
Will be published approx. on 12. January 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-0-8077-4734-6 (ISBN)
Description
The preparation of America's teachers is among the foremost issues facing education in the United States today. In this compelling account, James W. Fraser, an eminent historian of education, takes readers through two centuries of teacher preparation to uncover its development from colonial times to current standards-based models. Fraser examines a broad array of institutional arrangements, such as more familiar ""normal schools"" and less well-known arrangements, including teacher institutes and high school programs in rapidly expanding cities, segregated communities, rural areas, and Indian reservations. For any reader wishing to understand how to prepare teachers and reform schools, Fraser's incisive survey provides much-needed historical grounding.
Reviews / Votes
Fraser addresses the understudied history of American teacher education from a unique and important perspective. This is an insightful and helpful 'read' for the novice and the experienced teacher educator. I will be recommending its use to colleagues across the country. - David Imig, president emeritus of AACTE and professor at the University of Maryland's College of EducationMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 158 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
404 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8077-4734-6 (9780807747346)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
James W. Fraser is Professor at the Steinhardt School of Education, New York University, and founding dean of the School of Education, Northeastern University.
Content
Schooling Teachers for a New Nation, 1750-1830; Educating Women, Women As Educators, 1800-1860; The Birth of the Normal School, 1830-1870; Teacher Institutes, 1830-1920; High Schools and City Normal Schools, 1830-1920; Normal Institutes, Missionary Colleges, and County Training Schools: Preparing African American Teachers in the Segregated South, 1860-1940; The Heyday of the Normal School, 1870-1920; Universities Create Departments and Schools of Education, 1870-1930; Teachers for Cities, Teachers for Immigrants, 1870-1940; Every Teacher a College Graduate, 1920-1965; A New Status Quo and Its Critics, 1960-1985; Preparing Teachers in the Era of A Nation At Risk, 1965-2000; Teachers for a New Millennium, 2000-.