Böcker av Marilyn Cochran-Smith

Argues that it is time for teacher educators to reclaim accountability. The authors critique major accountability initiatives, exposing the lack of evidence behind these policies and the negative impact they have on teacher education. They also offer an achievable alternative based on a commitment to equity and democracy.

Surveys and analyses teacher research, arguing that pedagogical knowledge is generated ""outside-in"", that is, from the university to be applied in schools. Contributors explore the meaning and significance of the teachers' researches and findings.

Offers a different view of the relationship of knowledge and practice and of the role of practitioners in educational change. This book offers the notion of inquiry as stance as a challenge to various arrangements and outcomes of schools and other educational contexts.

This volume explores in detail the ways that working with word processing interacts with the social processes of classrooms to shape participants' theories and practices of writing.

This powerful text organizes Marilyn Cochran-Smith's influential essays from the Journal of Teacher Education into one concise guide to teacher preparation at its best.