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The work of teaching and the challenge for teacher education/ created by Deborah Loewenberg Ball and Francesca M. Forzani

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Journal of teacher education ; Volume 60, number 5Thousand Oaks : Sage, 2009Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISSN:
  • 00224871
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • LB1738 JOU
Online resources: Abstract: In this article, the authors argue for making practice the core of teachers’ professional preparation. They set the argument for teaching practice against the contemporary backdrop of a teacher education curriculum that is often centered not on the tasks and activities of teaching but on beliefs and knowledge, on orientations and commitments, and a policy environment preoccupied with recruitment and retention. The authors caution that the bias against detailed professional training that often pervades common views of teaching as idiosyncratic and independently creative impedes the improvement of teachers’ preparation for the work of teaching. They offer examples of what might be involved in teaching practice and conclude with a discussion of challenges of and resources for the enterprise.
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Journal Article Journal Article Main Library - Special Collections LB1738 JOU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Vol. 60, no.5 (pages 497-511) Not for loan For in house use only

In this article, the authors argue for making practice the core of teachers’ professional preparation. They set the argument for teaching practice against the contemporary backdrop of a teacher education curriculum that is often centered not on the tasks and activities of teaching but on beliefs and knowledge, on orientations and commitments, and a policy environment preoccupied with recruitment and retention. The authors caution that the bias against detailed professional training that often pervades common views of teaching as idiosyncratic and independently creative impedes the improvement of teachers’ preparation for the work of teaching. They offer examples of what might be involved in teaching practice and conclude with a discussion of challenges of and resources for the enterprise.

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