61.050 - Preservice Teacher Education as a Lever for Educational Equity and Excellence: Lessons From an International Study of Teaching Policy

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

This symposium presents findings from the International Study of Teaching Policy, a two year research project producing a comprehensive description of the policies and practices related to teaching quality used by jurisdictions that have highly developed systems of support for teachers and teaching: Australia, Canada, Hong Kong and Shanghai, Finland, and Singapore.

The research reveals both how the teaching occupation is structured and supported in different international jurisdictions and the outcomes for teachers — what they know, what they do, and how teaching knowledge evolves. While the study approaches the question of teaching policy in a holistic manner, this session focuses on pre-service teaching policies that have supported the growth and development of all children in a particular jurisdiction.

Sub Unit

• Division K - Teaching and Teacher Education

Chair

• Jon D. Snyder, Stanford University

Papers

• From a Craft- to a Clinical Practice–Based Profession - Ann McIntyre, New South Wales Department of Education and Communities

• No Fast Tracks Into Teaching in Alberta - Kenneth M Zeichner, University of Washington; Jesslyn Hollar, University of Washington - Seattle

• Sustaining Educational Achievement for All Through Rigorous Preservice Teacher Education: The Singapore Story - Ee-Ling Low, National Institute of Education - Nanyang Technological University

• Finland's Practice Schools: Where Learning in Practice Does Not Happen "on Its Own" - Karen M. Hammerness, American Museum of Natural History; Raisa Susanna Ahtiainen, University of Helsinki; Pasi Sahlberg, Harvard University

Discussant

• Gloria J. Ladson-Billings, University of Wisconsin - Madison