Marginalizing Education Schools? Preparing Teachers and Leaders for a Parallel Educational System

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  In Roundtable Session: Alternate-Route Teacher Education: Perspectives and Considerations for Reform

Abstract

The growth of alternative teacher preparation programs in New York City forced a partnership with university-based education schools. Because of public perceptions, education schools were viewed as not producing highly qualified teachers. This has culminated with the emergence of Relay, an independent graduate school of education. The objective of this paper is to provide a perspective on how the relationship between these three institutional types has influenced, and thus caused, marginalization within education schools. Thus, through interviews from faculty at university-based education schools, my research suggests that the partnership between these three institutions has resulted in the loss of influence of the university model on the type of teacher that is being produced.

Author

• Angus Shiva Mungal, The University of Texas - El Paso