How our teachers ought to teach

How do teachers teach? Insights from teachers and students

Some Surprising Findings on How Teachers Learn to Teach

"W~1T That teachers actually learn %/%/ from different kinds of T T teacher education programs has been the focus of a large scale study at the National Center for Research on Teacher Learning. Known as the Teacher Education and Learning to Teach (TELT) study, this project exam ined not only preservice and inservice programs, but also induction programs and alternative routes. In each of the pr...

How We Learn from Our Teachers

Teach For America’s size and reach gives it a unique vantage point on educational inequity in America. Since its inception in 1990, Teach For America has recruited, selected, trained, and supported over twenty thousand teachers in urban and rural low-income communities across the country. Currently hundreds of Teach For America program staff, many of whom were highly effective teachers themselv...

Anesthesia: how to organize and train our teachers.

OVER 70 yr ago, Emery A. Rovenstine gave an address titled “Anesthesia: Organization for Teaching.” He stated, “Anesthetic requirements of the future, if present day trends in surgery are a criterion, will demand methods, skill and imagination beyond our present capacity. To meet this pertinent challenge, organization for teaching is essential.” Rovenstine advocated for supervised clinical inst...

How Do Teachers Learn to Teach Effectively? Quality Indicators from Quality Schools

The standards-based reform and accountability movements have emphasized the importance of integrating a number of elements to create powerful learning environments for all children. Standardized testing, accountability, aligned curriculum, and teaching materials are critical components in the school reform equation. However, the importance of teachers who have “the right” knowledge and skill—an...