Rethinking Teacher Education: This Time Let's Get It Right. Response to Donna Kerr.

Bowers, C. A.

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ERIC Number: EJ282051

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1983

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Rethinking Teacher Education: This Time Let's Get It Right. Response to Donna Kerr.

Bowers, C. A.

Teachers College Record, v84 n3 p557-63 Spr 1983

The author questions basic assumptions for improving teaching and teacher education programs advanced by Donna Kerr (Teachers College Record, Spring 1983). Overemphasis on educational theory and technique separates teaching from subject matter content and from the context of the student teacher relationship. (PP)

Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Theories, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Professional Autonomy, Relevance (Education), Teacher Improvement, Teacher Morale, Teaching Skills

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Information Analyses

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Language: English

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