On the Evils of Multicultural Education, Constructivism, and Teacher Preparation Programs

2008 ◽  
Vol 89 (8) ◽  
pp. 618-619
Author(s):  
Bobby Ann Starnes
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Multicultural Education ◽  
Teacher Preparation Programs ◽  
Preparation Programs

The Importance of Social Justice Courses in Teacher Preparation Programs

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Meredith Critchfield
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Multicultural Education ◽  
Social Justice Education ◽  
Teacher Preparation Programs ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Christian University ◽  
The Social ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Future Work

The social justice perspective is become more popular in teacher preparation programs as a response to growing diversity in schools and to the perceived inadequacies of multicultural education. This alternative to multicultural education argues that teachers should be advocates for students and their communities, helping to address inequities in schools. This project sought to explore social justice education in more depth by examining two classes of pre-service teachers at a private Christian university in the Southwest United States. Students were asked to describe their expectations and experiences with social justice curriculum in a required social justice teacher education course. The analysis of the project’s results indicates that pre-service teachers at faith institutions must be given hands-on, practical opportunities to grapple with social justice and their faith in order to begin to understand how social justice might inform their future work as teachers.

Solidifying Cultural Prisms of Teacher Preparation Programs: A Foreign?born African American Voice to Honor Accountability

2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean S. Warner
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Multicultural Education ◽  
Culturally Responsive ◽  
Linguistic Diversity ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Teacher Preparation Programs ◽  
Colleges Of Education ◽  
Responsive Teaching ◽  
Foreign Born ◽  
Preparation Programs

There are countless Schools and Colleges of Education around the country touting strong commitments to cultural and linguistic diversity (CLD), culturally responsive teaching, and multicultural education in their teacher?preparation programs; however, we are still seeing critical masses of graduates from these programs teach (and assess learning) in ways inconsistent with the aforementioned ideals. This article uses my life?experiences to inform and discuss what the core foci of teacher?preparation programs should be in rapidly changing P?12 environments.

Assessing and Evaluating Teacher Preparation Programs

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank C. Worrell ◽  
Mary M. Brabeck ◽  
Carol Anne Dwyer ◽  
Kurt F. Geisinger ◽  
Ronald W. Marx ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Teacher Preparation Programs ◽  
Preparation Programs

A Comparison of Secondary Chemistry Courses and Chemistry Teacher Preparation Programs in Iowa and Saint Petersburg, Russia

2001 ◽  
Vol 78 (9) ◽  
pp. 1275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria S. Pak ◽  
Antony N. Lyovkin ◽  
Michael J. Sanger ◽  
Erik L. Brincks ◽  
Amy J. Phelps
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Teacher Preparation Programs ◽  
Chemistry Teacher ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Secondary Chemistry ◽  
Saint Petersburg

scholarly journals Teacher Preparation Programs and Teacher Quality: Are There Real Differences Across Programs?

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 508-534 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cory Koedel ◽  
Eric Parsons ◽  
Michael Podgursky ◽  
Mark Ehlert
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Teacher Effectiveness ◽  
Teacher Quality ◽  
Teacher Performance ◽  
Teacher Preparation Programs ◽  
Preparation Programs

We compare teacher preparation programs in Missouri based on the effectiveness of their graduates in the classroom. The differences in effectiveness between teachers from different preparation programs are much smaller than has been suggested in previous work. In fact, virtually all of the variation in teacher effectiveness comes from within-program differences between teachers. Prior research has overstated differences in teacher performance across preparation programs by failing to properly account for teacher sampling.

A Rational and Manageable Value-Added Model for Teacher Preparation Programs

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 728-750 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael P. Brady ◽  
Katie Miller ◽  
Jazarae McCormick ◽  
Lawrence A. Heiser
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Student Teaching ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Teacher Preparation Programs ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
Value Added Model ◽  
K 12

Educators struggle with “value-added” teacher evaluation models based on high-stakes student assessments. Despite validity and reliability threats, these models evaluate university-based teacher preparation programs (TPPs), and play a role in state and professional accreditation. This study reports a more rational value-added evaluation model linking student performance to teacher candidates’ lessons during Practicum and Student Teaching. Results indicate that K-12 students showed learning gains on these lessons, with mixed findings on comparisons of part-time to full-time internships, academic and functional lessons, and candidates’ grade point averages (GPAs). Results indicated that teacher candidates’ lessons are a viable value-added model (VAM) alternative for TPPs.

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