Timely, authoritative and practical material for effective faculty evaluation and professional development within the two-year college systems.

The inspiring story of Wendy Kopp and the organization she founded while a senior at Princeton University. Her Teach For America program sends college grads to dilapidated urban public schools for two years to teach the kids.

Teaching and teacher education are moral rather than technical or instrumental endeavors. Providing a detailed description of a highly innovative master's program for practicing teachers, the authors demonstrate that a moral vision can be enacted in practice, despite constraints and challenges. Any serious attempt to change practice will of course be unwieldly, contentious, and subject to sudden shocks and reversals, but it will also yield successes.

The power of teacher lore--the stories of teachers and students in the classroom--is the starting place for real reform in education. This book begins with a careful explanation of the history and theoretical foundation that shape the context for teacher lore. A rich collection follows of stories by teachers nationwide--kindergarten through college--in a variety of disciplines. Each story concludes with the author's reflection on important issues imbedded in the writing connected to the daily challenges of teaching. The authors apply teacher lore to current theories and research on change and staff development, include strategies for using teacher lore in professional development, conclude with suggestions for further readings and study.

Timely, authoritative and practical material for effective faculty evaluation and professional development within the two-year college systems.

This book explores how IT can make a real difference to the quality of learning. Its approach takes account of some of the cultural, sociological and psychological factors, which influence how IT is used.