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Kretchmar, Kerry; Zeichner, Ken – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2016
Teacher education in the USA is composed of both defenders and critics of the current system of teacher preparation. Some critics of college and university-based teacher education who describe themselves as "reformers" have referred to the non-university programmes as "teacher preparation 2.0" in order to emphasise the…
Descriptors: Social Change, Educational Change, Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Effectiveness
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Zeichner, Ken – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2014
This paper discusses changes over the last 40 years in teacher education in the USA that have resulted in two very different strategies for improving the preparation of teachers and in substantial inequities in the distribution of the teaching force. The strengths and limitations of promoting greater deregulation and privatisation versus investing…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Educational Change, Educational History, Philanthropic Foundations