TY  - BOOK
AU  - Skinner,Elizabeth A.
AU  - Garretón,Maria Teresa
AU  - Schultz,Brian D.
TI  - Grow your own teachers: grassroots change for teacher education 
T2  - The teaching for social justice series
SN  - 0807751936
AV  - LB1715 .G76 2011
U1  - 370.71173 22
PY  - 2011///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Teachers College Press
KW  - Teachers
KW  - Training of
KW  - United States
KW  - Critical pedagogy
KW  - Community and school
KW  - Educational change
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Rethinking teacher preparation; Elizabeth A. Skinner and Brian D. Schultz --; Teaching as political: theoretical perspectives for understanding the grow your own movement; Brian D. Schultz, Maureen D. Gillette, and Djanna A. Hill --; Amalia's quest: from parent mentor to teacher; Elizabeth A. Skinner --; The school-community organizing model and the origins of grow your own teachers; Mark R. Warren --; Parents building communities in schools; Joanna Brown --; Grow your own teachers as bridge-builders: closing the gap between schools and communities; Soo Hong --; Overcoming institutional barriers to develop a successful community-based teacher preparation program; Maria Teresa Garreton --; Community organizing and the evolution of grow your own Illinois; Anne Hallett --; "I went to this school -- I sat in your seat": teachers of color as change agents in city schools; Gregory Michie --; Teaching and learning in a beloved community; Kathleen McInerney --; On a grow your own journey: the teacher candidate experience; Christina L. Madda and Morgan Halstead --; Doing it better together: the challenges and the promise of community-based teacher education; Maureen D. Gillette --; Developing powerful teaching and learning: grow your own within the national educational reform context; Linda Darling-Hammond
N2  - The Grow Your Own (GYO) teacher initiative involves collaboration between community-based organizations and colleges of education in preparing community members to teach for change in their local schools. Incorporating stories and the perspectives of foremost teacher educators, students, and community leaders, this book offers an alternative framework for teacher education that will provide urban students with the education they deserve. It will also provide adult community members with an example of higher education that can lead to a rewarding professional career. --from publisher description
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