 Teachers for Our Nation's Schoolsreviewed by Joseph Shenker - 1992  Title: Teachers for Our Nation's SchoolsAuthor(s): John I. Goodlad Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco ISBN: 1555426638, Pages: , Year: 1990 Search for book at Amazon.com What John I. Goodlad has done in Teachers for Our Nation’s Schools is to examine, in great detail and with an eye to the enormous existing complexities, how our nation’s future teachers are (or, in Goodlad’s view, are not) prepared to teach. His comprehensive and much-needed report is the result of five years of investigation via interviews with teacher educators; prospective teachers; deans of schools, colleges, and departments of education; and college presidents, as well as through extensive surveys and site visits to twenty-nine representative institutions. The book begins by arguing persuasively that school reform is integrally connected to if not wholly dependent on reforms in teacher preparation and the professionalization of teaching in general. Yet, as Goodlad states, efforts to reform teacher education have largely been isolated from school reform. His account of this neglect begins with some trends in recent social history—in particular the erosion of family, religious institutions,... (preview truncated at 150 words.) To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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