Rethinking Standards through Teacher Preparation Partnerships

Gary A. Griffin is Professor Emeritus at Teachers College, Columbia University. He is the editor of The Education of Teachers.

"…timely and carefully focused … a very rich and robust research partnership model. What makes this presentation so credible and compelling is the contribution of the Leading Edge institutions engaged in the research … the reader is treated to case studies that are at once real and complex, intriguing and thought-provoking. The volume is well written and honest … This will be an invaluable resource for teacher training programs on the move." — CHOICE"This book offers both a grounded and a nuanced discussion of teacher preparation. The various programs, and their work with standards, sound real. The stories ring true. It seems likely to me that the stories and especially the 'crosstalk' chapters will stimulate other partnerships, and will help teacher education personnel think about how they might examine their own programs." — Lauren Sosniak, author of Partnerships with a Purpose: A Case Study on Curriculum Development and Delivery Through School-College Collaboration"Teacher education is finally being recognized as an important aspect in the improvement of education. The issue—partnerships with schools—while known as an important element of quality teacher education, has not received the in-depth case study approach presented in this volume." — Virginia Richardson, University of Michigan

• AcknowledgmentsBetty Lou Whitford 1. Teacher Education and the Leading Edge: Learning with and from One AnotherGary A. Griffin and Patrice R. Litman 2. Standardization or Standards for Professional Practice?: Public and Private Theories of Teaching in Professional Development SchoolsSteve Ryan, Phyllis Metcalf-Turner and Ann Larson 3. Assessment and Standards for Professional ImprovementWalter Kimball, Nancy Harriman, and Susie Hanley 4. Getting Beyond the Talking and into the DoingAnn Larson, Phyllis Metcalf-Turner, Walter Kimball, Nancy Harriman, and Susie Hanley 5. A Professional Development School Partnership for Preparing Teachers for Urban SchoolsA. Lin Goodwin and Alexandria T. Lawrence 6. Elementary Teacher Education Program at University of California, Santa BarbaraJon Snyder 7. What We Learned from Site VisitsA. Lin Goodwin, Jon Snyder, Sarah Jacobs, Ann Lippincott, Tanya Sheetz, Anne Sabatini, Alexandria T. Lawrence,and Karen Siegel-Smith 8. Beyond Standards: Creating Depth in Teacher Education ReformAmy Otis-Wilborn and Marleen C. Pugach 9. Visions and Outcomes: Developing Standards and Assessments in Wheelock College Teacher Preparation ProgramsMieko Kamii and Susan Redditt 10. Equity in Teacher Education Standards and in Our PracticeMieko Kamii, Amy Otis-Wilborn, Marleen C. Pugach, and Susan Redditt About the Contributors Index