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De Voto, Craig; Olson, Jennifer D.; Gottlieb, Jessica J. – Journal of Teacher Education, 2021
Since 2009, the Educative Teacher Performance Assessment (edTPA) has been rapidly implemented as a policy tool for strengthening teacher professionalization across the United States. However, its national assimilation has become a target for both praise and critique among teacher educators. In this article, we examine such diverse perspectives.…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Education Programs
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Conklin, Hilary G.; Hughes, Hilary E. – Journal of Teacher Education, 2016
In this cross-institutional, qualitative case study, two teacher educators in urban teacher education programs identify and analyze the components of our teacher education practice in relation to a vision of compassionate, critical, justice-oriented teacher education. Using Grossman et al.'s concepts of preparation for professional practice as an…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Teacher Educators, Teacher Education
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Heineke, Amy J.; Ryan, Ann Marie; Tocci, Charles – Journal of Teacher Education, 2015
Within the current federal, state, and local contexts of educational reform, teachers must be recognized as central actors in policy work, but rarely do we explicitly consider preparing teachers to become policy actors. Understanding these implications for teacher education, we investigate teacher candidates' learning of the complexity and…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Preservice Teachers
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Matsko, Kavita Kapadia; Hammerness, Karen – Journal of Teacher Education, 2014
The literature on preparing teachers for urban schools provides a rationale for helping candidates understand the particular cultures of students. However, research has not sufficiently "unpacked" features of the setting that programs can address; nor has it discussed how programs tailor teaching approaches to their specific contexts.…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Competencies, Consciousness Raising
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Kumashiro, Kevin K. – Journal of Teacher Education, 2010
Movements to end teacher education by framing it as irrelevant have deep historical roots and, in recent years, have become quite commonsensical, so much so that even teacher educators struggle to reframe the debate and to make the case for their role in improving public education. This article examines three ways that social movements have worked…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Educational Change, Relevance (Education), Public Education
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Van Laarhoven, Toni R.; Munk, Dennis D.; Lynch, Kathleen; Bosma, Julie; Rouse, Joanne – Journal of Teacher Education, 2007
Project ACCEPT (Achieving Creative & Collaborative Educational Preservice Teams)represents an initiative at Northern Illinois University, where special and general education preservice teachers are joined in a voluntary project featuring an enhanced curriculum and field experiences in inclusive classrooms. Participants receive intensive…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Inclusive Schools, General Education, Disabilities