Good Teacher in Every Classroom

Linda Darling-Hammond is the Charles E. Ducommum Professor of Teaching and Teacher Education at Stanford University and served as co-chair, with John Bransford, of the National Academy of Education's Committee on Teacher Education. Joan Baratz-Snowden is director of Educational Issues at the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). She was vice president for Education Policy and Reform and for Assessment and Research at the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.Since 1965, the National Academy of Education (NAE) has sought to advance the highest quality education research and its use in policy formation and practice. NAE is an honorary membership society of the most respected scholars of education from the U.S. and other countries. In addition to this book, the Academy sponsored Preparing Teachers for a Changing World, which provides the research foundations for the recommendations contained here.

• Preface and Acknowledgments ixCommittee on Teacher Education xiIntroduction 1The Focus and Organization of This Report 31 What Do Teachers Need to Know? 5Knowledge of Learners and Their Development 7Knowledge of Subject Matter and Curriculum Goals 14Knowledge of Teaching 17In Sum 272 How Can Teachers Acquire the Knowledge They Need? 29How Teachers Develop and Learn 31Problems of Learning to Teach 323 Implications for Teacher Preparation 37Promising Pedagogies 41In Sum 504 Policy Recommendations 53Development and Accreditation of Preparation Programs 57Licensure Reform 60Recruitment and Retention of New Teachers 63Notes 73Bibliography 77About the Editors 83Index 85