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Contradictions and Tensions in the Place of Teachers in Educational Reform: Reflections on Teacher Preparation in the USA and Namibia
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Zeichner, Ken; Ndimande, Bekisizwe – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2008
This paper examines recent education and teacher education reforms in the USA and Namibia and analyzes two tensions that have been a central part of debates about teacher quality and teacher education in many parts of the world: whether we should prepare teachers as technicians or as reflective practitioners; and whether we should prepare teachers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, National Standards, Teacher Education