Constructing Outcomes in Teacher Education: Policy, Practice and Pitfalls

Creator

Marilyn Cochran-Smith

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Publisher

Arizona State University, University of South Florida

Publication Date

April 2001

Abstract

… In this article, I argue that teacher education reform over the last fifty years has been driven by a series of questions about policy and practice. The question that is currently driving reform and policy in teacher education is what I refer to as "the outcomes question." This question asks how we should conceptualize and define the outcomes of teacher education for teacher learning, professional practice, and student learning, as well as how, by whom, and for what purposes these outcomes should be documented, demonstrated, and/or measured. ...

Extent

56

Volume

9

Issue

11

Language

English

Media Type

Journals (Periodicals)

Format

Digital Only

Identifier

E11-00208

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Cochran-Smith, Marilyn, "Constructing Outcomes in Teacher Education: Policy, Practice and Pitfalls" (2001). Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA). 385.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_EPAA/385