Reforming a College The University of Tennessee Story |
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Editor:
| Wisniewski, Richard |
Series title: | Higher Ed Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-8204-4551-9 |
Publication Date: | May 2000 |
Publisher: | Peter Lang AG International Academic Publishers
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $44.00 |
Book Description:
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Despite persistent calls for teacher education reform, can schools of education make the level of changes needed?
Reforming a College describes what the faculty at one college accomplished despite the constraints endemic to higher education. The New College of Education at The University of Tennessee-Knoxville sought to change how the faculty work with one another, their students, and the profession they serve. What was done at Tennessee reveals what is possible - and often...
More DescriptionDespite persistent calls for teacher education reform, can schools of education make the level of changes needed? Reforming a College describes what the faculty at one college accomplished despite the constraints endemic to higher education. The New College of Education at The University of Tennessee-Knoxville sought to change how the faculty work with one another, their students, and the profession they serve. What was done at Tennessee reveals what is possible - and often impossible - to achieve in institutions that extol educational change but do not reform their own practices.