Educational Renewal: Better Teachers, Better Schools (Jossey Bass Education Series) [Hardcover]

John I. Goodlad (Author)

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Publication Date: February 22, 1994 | ISBN-10: 155542631X | ISBN-13: 978-1555426316 | Edition: 1st

"Once again Goodlad has his finger on the pulse of education. . . . Excellent reading for the professional educator."
--Choice

Goodlad picks up where he left off in Teachers for Our Nation's Schools --providing the vision and rationale behind centers of pedagogy that can bring schools and universities together in a close, renewing relationship.

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"Anyone interested in school improvement would benefit from reading Goodlad's incisive assessment of school partnerships, his eloquent presentation of the moral dimensions of educational issues, and his analysis of the ecology of school change." —Educational Leadership

"Once again Goodlad has his finger on the pulse of education. This work puts many of the questions raised in his previous three volumes into a logical perspective. . . . He has clearly analyzed what is wrong with our methods of preparing today's teachers. Excellent reading for the professional educator." —Choice

"The reform of teacher education is overdue. John Goodlad not only gives us a carefully crafted blueprint but sensible strategies to get there." —Frank Newman, president, Education Commission of the States

"Must reading for those who are struggling to reform America's schools and the programs that prepare teachers to teach in them." —Mary Hatwood Futrell, director, Institute for Curriculum, Standards and Technology, the George Washington University

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Goodlad picks up where he left off in Teachers for Our Nation's Schools--providing the vision and rationale behind "centers of pedagogy" that can bring schools and universities together in a close, renewing relationship.In Educational Renewal, Goodlad proposes a redesign of education that is grounded in a mission of enculturating the young in a social and political democracy. He details his vision of centers of pedagogy and answers many of the questions raised by his earlier work. Why have centers of pedagogy? Who are the faculty? How protected are the borders of centers of pedagogy to be? And how do partner or professional development schools fit into the scheme?True educational renewal, Goodlad says, requires the continuous examination of institutional purpose, roles, and responsibilities in order to avoid the stagnation that has all too often characterized teacher education. New curriculum development, the establishment of school-university partnerships, the transformation of school and university cultures, and collaboration with outside agencies are just a few of the examples Goodlad includes to illustrate his extensive research on improving teacher education and schools. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 305 pages
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass; 1st edition (February 22, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 155542631X
• ISBN-13: 978-1555426316
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,843,177 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This review is from: Educational Renewal: Better Teachers, Better Schools (Paperback)

Educational Renewal Review By John Goodlad

Reason the author wrote the book:

1)Packaged 19 postulates for better teacher preparation. 2)Said schools should be and have a center of pedagogy, which includes outside sources-collaboration.

Purpose/theme of the book:

1)To be a proponent of better teacher preparation-thus having better schools 2)Center of pedagogy-school of education, arts and sciences, and local school districts make up this center. 3)Collaboration between K-12 and universities

Application to educational administration:

1)Have better teacher preparation programs 2)Have involvement in different departments-collaboration 3)Communication, collaboration, and common purpose are essential to good leadership, better schools, and teachers 4)Leadership must be shared and spread around

Key thoughts or ideas

1)Good societies have good school not the other way around. 2)Ambiguity is not a dirty word one should embrace it. Closure is a dirty word. 3)A partnership ethic must be encultured. 4)Concept of lifelong learning should be a part of the socialization process from the onset of education. 5)Inquiry and reflection should be habitual.