Teaching as the Learning Profession: Handbook of Policy and Practice

by Linda Darling-Hammond (Editor)

"No education topic is more important than how to raise the qualityof teaching in America's schools. This book eloquently makes thecase for reshaping teacher preparation and professional developmentto enhance student learning."
--Bob Chase, president, National Education Association

Leading educational thinkers and researchers deliver an in-depthoverview of the issues and challenges facing the teachingprofession today. This book is the first in over a decade tosynthesize the most important research in the fields of teachingand teacher education. This research is also the basis forrecommAndations found in What Matters Most, a landmarkreport from the National Commission on Teaching and America'sFuture. The authors explore promising approaches to both policy andpractice in teacher learning. They also provide the substancebehind policy recommAndations, examining the implications of schoolreforms for teaching, current knowledge about teacher preparation,and the kinds of learning opportunities teachers will need.

Teaching as the Learning Profession includes case studiesof innovative approaches to school improvement, principles forbetter staff development, proposals for the reform of unions, andpractical as well as conceptual advice on recruitment, licensing,redefining the teaching career, enhancing diversity, developingleadership, and expanding such innovations as networks and othersustained forms of teacher-to-teacher learning.

Genres: Teaching

464 pages, Paperback

First published June 29, 1999

About the author

Linda Darling-Hammond, president of the Learning Policy Institute, is the Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus at Stanford University. She is the award-winning author of numerous books including Beyond the Bubble Test: How Performance Assessments Support 21st Century Learning, and Powerful Teacher Education: Lessons from Exemplary Programs (Jossey-Bass).

Reviews

[Karla · Rating 5 out of 5]

Darling write and edits so well
This is a wonderful collection of pieces which teach the heart of the profession

Use this as a source for learning and growth
Stretch ideas to continue the growth mindset

A lot of conventional wisdom

Well organized

Recommended reading

[Sue]

Reading for fun will need to go "on hold" for a while as I need to focus on my dissertation work. This is just one of the many books on professional development, online learning, and educational policies that I will be reading as I move forward.