Transforming Teacher Education for Social Justice by Eva Zygmunt HARDBACK

Teachers' College Press

Transforming Teacher Education for Social JusticeAuthor(s): Eva Zygmunt, Patricia Clark\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Teachers' College Press, United States\nImprint: Teachers' College Press\nISBN-13: 9780807757109, 978-0807757109\nSynopsis\nTransforming Teacher Education for Social Justice offers teacher educators a new way to think about the development of culturally responsive educators. The authors identify the core components needed to restructure and reorient programs of teacher education to adequately prepare new teachers for the racially, culturally, and linguistically diverse communities they will serve upon graduation.\n\nThey propose a new model of teacher preparation that capitalizes on the strengths of programs evidencing important outcomes. Chapters address the notion of situated learning embedded in communities; the need for extensive clinical experience in authentic teaching situations; strategies for interweaving theory, content, pedagogy, and classroom practice; th.