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PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA

ISBN-100897898850

ISBN-139780897898850

eBay Product ID (ePID)2365019

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Number of Pages168 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameTo Build a Better Teacher : the Emergence of a Competitive Education Industry

SubjectGeneral, Training & Certification

Publication Year2003

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaEducation

AuthorRobert G. Holland

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight14.7 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2003-045969

Reviews"[T]his book gets to the heart of why teacher training isn't helping teachers and what policymakers can do about the problem....There is no better overview of the issue avaiable today."- J.E Stone, Education Consumers ClearingHouse, "This well-written volume is highly recommended for all persons interested in improving US schools. Highly recommended. General readers, graduate students, researchers, faculty, and professionals. _"- Choice, "To Build a Better Teacher is a gem, suggesting how citizens can really begin to improve our schools of education and generate improved public schools across the nation....[t]his important text could be a huge aid to Henrico County School Board members iin their frantic search for a new and wise superintendent. Holland's book is that important for the education industry." Richmond Times-Dispatch, "This well-written volume is highly recommended for all persons interested in improving US schools. Highly recommended. General readers, graduate students, researchers, faculty, and professionals. _" Choice, "To Build a Better Teacher is a gem, suggesting how citizens can really begin to improve our schools of education and generate improved public schools across the nation....[t]his important text could be a huge aid to Henrico County School Board members iin their frantic search for a new and wise superintendent. Holland's book is that important for the education industry."- Richmond Times-Dispatch, "[T]his book gets to the heart of why teacher training isn't helping teachers and what policymakers can do about the problem....There is no better overview of the issue avaiable today." J.E Stone, Education Consumers ClearingHouse

Number of Volumes1 vol.

Table Of ContentFacilitators at the Gates Teachers on Teaching Data Define the Problem The Certification Mill The Players The Roads Less Traveled Mentors, Mentors, Who's Got the Mentors? Value-Added Teaching Free-Agent Teachers Putting It All Together

SynopsisThroughout the 20th century, grade-school teachers were trained in schools of education where progressive theories largely held sway and were licensed by state bureaucracies philosophically compatible with the education schools. Vested education interests now seek to make the monopoly even more controlling by requiring that all teachers be products of education schools accredited by a single national agency dedicated to progressive ideals. Holland proposes an alternative vision compatible with the emerging 21st-century paradigm of a competitive education industry: Lower unnecessary barriers to teaching so that bright persons of diverse background and disposition can become teachers. Set up an alternative track--as in New Jersey--so that bright liberal arts graduates or persons with valuable real-world experience can be hired as teachers and put under the supervision of experienced mentors. Apply value-added assessment--as in Tennessee--to these new teachers, and to veteran teachers as well, so that principals can see how much each teacher has helped each child progress academically--or not--from school year to school year. Holland's plan to break up the teacher-prep monopoly is bound to be controversial, and, as such, should be of great interest to all--from parents and administrators to teachers and policy makers--concerned with improving the state of American education.

LC Classification NumberLB1715