career changers
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early-entry pathways
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fast-track programs
mid-career entrants
No Child Left Behind
Teach for America
Teacher Education Institute
teacher-preparation programs
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- ISBN 9781934742006
- Weight: 360g
- Publication Date: 30 Oct 2008
- Publisher: Harvard Educational Publishing Group
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Over the past 20 years, alternative certification for teachers has emerged as a major avenue of teacher preparation. The proliferation of new pathways has spurred heated debate over how best to recruit, prepare, and support qualified teachers. Drawing on the work of leading scholars, Alternative Routes to Teaching provides a thorough and dispassionate review of the research evidence on alternative certification. It takes readers beyond the simple dichotomies that have characterized the debate over alternative certification, encourages them to look carefully at the trade-offs implicit in any route into teaching, and suggests ways to “marry” the proven strengths of both traditional and alternative approaches.
Pam Grossman is a professor of education at Stanford University. Her research focuses on the relationship between policy and practice in teacher education, adolescent literacy, and professional education. Susanna Loeb is an associate professor of education at Stanford University and director of the Institute for Research on Education Policy and Practice.
