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Author(s): Arthur T. Costigan, Karen Kepler Zumwalt
ISBN(s): 9780805847079, 0805847073
Edition: Kindle
File Details: PDF, 1.31 MB
Year: 2004
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 0805847073 
ISBN 13: 9780805847079
Author: T Costigan

This book documents the “brave new world” of teacher, administrator, school, and student accountability that has swept across the United States in recent years. Its particular vantage point is the perspective of dozens of new teachers trying to make their way through their first months and years working in schools in the New York City metropolitan area. The issues they grapple with are not, however, unique to this context, but common problems found today in urban, suburban, and rural schools across the United States. The stories in this book offer a compelling portrait of these teachers’ encounters with the new culture of accountability and the strategies they develop for coping, even succeeding, within such demanding settings. Learning to Teach in an Age of Accountability: *introduces research on teaching and engages the “big ideas” concerning teacher research, highlighting what we know and where that leads us; *offers a rich set of teacher narratives that are organized to widen the angle of vision from biography, to classrooms, schools, and society; and *includes questions and activities to encourage discussion and further research about the ideas raised; and *addresses the possibilities for best practice and curricular decision making in light of the issues and ideas presented in the book. This volume–unique in its portrayal of new teachers’ encounters with issues of accountability–makes a singular contribution to the educational literature on new teachers. It is relevant to everyone interested in the contemporary world of teaching, and is particularly appropriate as a text for preservice and in-service students. All readers who believe that the key to a good school lies in attracting and keeping good teachers will find the issues presented here both personally engaging and deeply troubling.

Learning To Teach in an Age of Accountability 1st Table of contents:

Chapter 1 Teaching Is Messy Work
An Inquiry-Oriented Approach to Learning to Teach
A Vision of Best Practice in Teacher Education
An Inquiry-Oriented Approach
A Collaborative Approach
Narratives in the First Person
Growth and Development in the “Brave New World” of Teaching
Good Teaching and Good Teacher Education
References
Chapter 2 High-Stakes Teaching
The Pressures of Accountability
The Intensification of Teaching
Teacher Turnover and Teacher Shortage
Teacher Quality
Danger Signs on the Educational Highway
References
Going Further and Checking It Out
Teaching as an Autobiographical Act
Introduction
Reference
Chapter 3 Vocation? Profession? Or Just a Job?
Friends and Family
Teaching Motivations
New York City Metropolitan Schools
Making the Move into Teaching
References
Chapter 4 “Having a Life” as a New Teacher
The First Career Crisis
“Repairing the World”
The Emotional Life of Teaching
Tales of Commitment and Caring
“Don’t women have Career options other than teaching these Days?”
Novices and Veterans: Perfect Together
References
Chapter 5 From Noble Ideals to Everyday Realities
Theory to Practice
Teaching is Tough Work
Epiphanies about the Demands and Rewards of Teaching
The Three Most Important Things in Teaching
The “Dailiness” of Teaching
Don’t Smile Until Christmas?
Heterogeneity and Accountability
Crisis and Reform
References
Going Further and Checking It Out
Encountering Classrooms and Schools
Introduction
Looking at new Teachers’ Classroom Practice
References
Chapter 6 Lessons, Kids, and Classrooms
Where do Good Lessons Come From?
Classroom Management
Management and Control are About more than Management and Control
Educational Coursework and School Curriculum
References
Chapter 7 Accountability, Autonomy, and Responsibility in the Classroom
Accountability in Schools
Who’s to Blame?
Lost Languages: The Unintended Consequences of the Accountability Movement
The Ripple Effect of High-Stakes Testing
Academic Content Inadequacies
References
Chapter 8 Teaching Is Not Just What Happens When You Close the Classroom Door
School Relationships—for Better or Worse
Scripted Lessons
Finding Room for Decision Making
The Parent Trap
References
Chapter 9 The Global Village of the Classroom
Crossing Cultural Divides
Diversity Finds the Teacher
Class in the Classroom
Sorting Students in Modern High Schools
Girl (and Boy) Talk
Moving Toward a Curriculum of Peace
References
Going Further and Checking It Out
New Teachers as Decision Makers
Introduction
Chapter 10 The Past Is Never Past
Judicial and Legislative Influences on Schooling
The Tyranny of the Local
Where Should I Teach?
Appreciating the Possibilities of Urban Teaching
Desperately Seeking Support
Rich and Poor Schools
Hitting Bottom
The Consequences of School Segregation
References
Chapter 11 Teaching as a Political Act
Teachers as Agents of Change
Recognizing Opportunities and Acting on them
Making Decisions about the Teaching Life
Moving Beyond Misconceptions
References
Going Further and Checking It out

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