Abstract
Can teacher education be reconstructed to help teachers acquire the knowledge and skills they need to teach disadvantaged populations as proposed by new theories of learning? What shape should this type of teacher education take? After making a case for a transformative teacher education, responsive to current thinking in teaching and learning, I present two instances of school-based approaches to educating teachers that incorporate elements of constructivist, cognitive, and developmental theory when teaching poor rural children. I discuss these cases vis-à-vis their reach and potential for the future of teacher education.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 405-415 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | International Journal of Educational Development |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 1997 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Education
- Development
- Sociology and Political Science