Thinking about and living through attempts to reform teacher education is the preoccupation of bo... more Thinking about and living through attempts to reform teacher education is the preoccupation of both papers. The fact that teacher education consumes the attention of education faculties is well known. This is especially true in the province of Alberta, which in 1945 was the first jurisdiction in Canada to close teachers’ colleges and to entrust the education of teachers entirely to the universities. Given the stakes, the desire to get teacher education “right” is perfectly reasonable. Such a desire underwrites a myriad of curriculum reform efforts. But the pedagogical challenges of teacher education resist the normal assumptions of curriculum development. Each of these papers constitutes an exploration of these resistances.
... Terrance R. Carson. Department of Secondary Education. ... Many curriculum reform efforts are... more ... Terrance R. Carson. Department of Secondary Education. ... Many curriculum reform efforts are implicitly or explicitly underwritten by a linear rational planning process known as the Tyler rationale, which has dominated curriculum thinking for the past half-century or more. ...
Describes at his retirement Aoki\u27s approach to teaching as seen by his students and others in ... more Describes at his retirement Aoki\u27s approach to teaching as seen by his students and others in essays that follow
Thinking about and living through attempts to reform teacher education is the preoccupation of bo... more Thinking about and living through attempts to reform teacher education is the preoccupation of both papers. The fact that teacher education consumes the attention of education faculties is well known. This is especially true in the province of Alberta, which in 1945 was the first jurisdiction in Canada to close teachers’ colleges and to entrust the education of teachers entirely to the universities. Given the stakes, the desire to get teacher education “right” is perfectly reasonable. Such a desire underwrites a myriad of curriculum reform efforts. But the pedagogical challenges of teacher education resist the normal assumptions of curriculum development. Each of these papers constitutes an exploration of these resistances.
... Terrance R. Carson. Department of Secondary Education. ... Many curriculum reform efforts are... more ... Terrance R. Carson. Department of Secondary Education. ... Many curriculum reform efforts are implicitly or explicitly underwritten by a linear rational planning process known as the Tyler rationale, which has dominated curriculum thinking for the past half-century or more. ...
Describes at his retirement Aoki\u27s approach to teaching as seen by his students and others in ... more Describes at his retirement Aoki\u27s approach to teaching as seen by his students and others in essays that follow
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