Powerful Teacher Education: Lessons from Exemplary Programs

Preface. Acknowledgments. PART ONE: INTRODUCTION. 1. Creating Powerful Teacher Education. 2. Why Teacher Education Is Important-and Difficult. 3. Addressing the Dilemmas of Teacher Education: Evidence of Success. PART TWO: CONCEPTUALIZING KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND PRACTICE. 4. Conceptualizing the Knowledge Base for Teaching. 5. Developing and Assessing Teaching: Constructing Performances of Understanding. 6. Constructing the Clinical Experience: The Glue for Powerful Preparation. PART THREE: BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER. 7. The Double Helix of Teaching: Managing the Dialectic Between Students and Subjects. 8. Educating for Equity. 9. Preparing Teachers to Reach All Students. PART FOUR: ISSUES OF CONTEXT AND CHANGE.…