Research Catalog

Title

Reforming teacher education : a first year progress report on Teachers for a New Era / Sheila Nataraj Kirby [and others].

Publication

Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2004.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Kirby, Sheila Nataraj, 1946-
• Teachers for a New Era.
• Rand Education (Institute)

Description

xxi, 150 pages; 28 cm

Summary

Teachers for a New Era (TNE) is an ambitious attempt to reform teacher education in selected institutions across the nation. TNE's goal is to stimulate construction of excellent teacher education programs that are guided by a respect for evidence, are based on close collaboration between education and arts and sciences faculty, and have an integrated classroom component. RAND and MDRC are conducting a national evaluation, sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation, of the first four TNE grantees: Bank Street College of Education; California State University, Northridge; Michigan State University; and the University of Virginia. The authors provide an overview of the progress each institution made in the first year and some early lessons learned from a cross-site analysis. The report includes such details for each institution as a profile of the institution before it began the initiative, a summary of the design proposal it developed to carry out the reform, a detailed description of its implementation progress, and the state policy contexts against which it is carrying out the reforms.

Alternative Title

Technical report

Subject

• Teachers > Training of > United States
• Educational change > United States
• Educational change
• Teachers > Training of
• United States

Note

• "TR-149."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-150).

Contents

Introduction -- The teachers for a new era initiative : overview, selection process, and theory of change -- The role of the technical assistance provider, academy for educational development -- Overview of progress in implementing TNE in the first year -- Cross-site observations on first-year implementation -- Recommendations and next steps.

ISBN

• 0833036475
• 9780833036476

LCCN

2004012731

OCLC

• ocm55518078
• 55518078
• SCSB-1337841

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library