Teaching as the learning profession : handbook of policy and practice / Linda Darling-Hammond, Gary Sykes, editors ; foreword by Lee S. Shulman.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Lee S. Shulman -- Introduction : teaching as the learning profession / Gary Sykes -- Developing practice, developing practitioners / Deborah Loewenberg Ball and David K. Cohen -- Aligning teacher education with contemporary K-12 reform visions / Magdalene Lampert and Deborah Loewenberg Ball -- Role of preservice teacher education / Mary M. Kennedy -- Preparing teachers for diversity / Gloria Ladson-Billings -- Essentials of effective professional development / Willis D. Hawley and Linda Valli -- Teacher and student learning : strengthening their connection / Gary Sykes -- Teacher recruitment, selection, and induction / Linda Darling-Hammond, Barnett T. Berry, David Haselkorn, and Elizabeth Fideler -- Organizing schools for teacher learning / Judith Warren Little -- Investing in teacher learning / Richard F. Elmore and Deanna Burney -- Networks and reform in American education / Ann Lieberman and Maureen Grolnick -- Organizing the other half of teaching / Julia E. Koppich and Charles Taylor Kerchner -- Frame and the tapestry : standards-based reform and professional development / Charles L. Thompson and John S. Zeuli -- Investing in teaching as a learning profession / Linda Darling-Hammond and Milbrey Wallin McLaughlin --

Foreword -- Introduction: Teaching as the Learning Profession -- The Editors -- The Contributors -- Pt. 1. Rethinking Teacher Education -- 1. Developing Practice, Developing Practitioners: Toward a Practice-Based Theory of Professional Education -- 2. Aligning Teacher Education with Contemporary K-12 Reform Visions -- 3. The Role of Preservice Teacher Education -- 4. Preparing Teachers for Diversity: Historical Perspectives, Current Trends, and Future Directions -- Pt. 2. Rethinking Teacher Professional Development -- 5. The Essentials of Effective Professional Development: A New Consensus -- 6. Teacher and Student Learning: Strengthening Their Connection -- Pt. 3. Rethinking Organizations for Teacher Learning -- 7. Teacher Recruitment, Selection, and Induction: Policy Influences on the Supply and Quality of Teachers -- 8. Organizing Schools for Teacher Learning -- 9. Investing in Teacher Learning: Staff Development and Instructional Improvement -- 10. Networks and Reform in American Education -- Pt. 4. Rethinking Policy for Teacher Learning -- 11. Organizing the Other Half of Teaching -- 12. The Frame and the Tapestry: Standards-Based Reform and Professional Development -- 13. Investing in Teaching as a Learning Profession: Policy Problems and Prospects -- Name Index -- Subject Index.

"In Teaching as the Learning Profession, a commission of leading thinkers and researchers in education delivers an in-depth overview of the issues and challenges facing the profession today." "Teaching as the Learning Profession includes case studies of innovative approaches to school improvement, principles for better staff development, proposals for the reform of unions. It offers conceptual as well as practical advice on recruitment, licensing, redefining the teaching career, enhancing diversity, developing leadership, and expanding such innovations as networks and other sustained forms of teacher-to-teacher learning."--Jacket.

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