Teacher Education

Overview

• Teacher Preparation in the 21st Century.• Reform of teacher education: Singapore• Comparison w Ohio and Massachusetts.• Analyzing vignettes of teacher education.• Open Discussion• Case: Corporacion Municipal Melipilla

Good Teaching and Good Teachers

• http://www.edutopia.org/masterful-teacher-jonathan-winn-calculus-video

Teacher Education in 21st Century

• http://www.edutopia.org/teacher-development-introduction-video

• Conversation w Eleonora Villegas-Reimers

Challenges of the Teaching Profession around the world

• Recruitment and Preparation• Professional Development, Support and

Retention• Teacher Evaluation and Compensation• Teacher Voice in Reform

Influencing incentives to enter the teaching profession

• Financial Incentives (salaries, housing allowances, scholarships)

• Hiring para-teachers• Contract teachers• Assistant teachers• School-based management

Cultivating 21st century skills

• Examine the standards for teachers in Ohio and in Massachusetts.

• Compare with Singapore’s profile of 21st century teachers.

• In a small group discuss what changes you’d make to the Massachusetts standards to develop the ability of teachers to promote 21st century skills among the students.

• Then discuss what changes in teacher preparation and professional development would support the achievement of those goals

New Ohio Standards

• http://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Teaching/Educator-Equity/Ohio-s-Educator-Standards

Access and Professionalism

• Mobile teacher training of female teachers in Pakistan

What do teachers need to know?

• Premavidya, DVDs

• Educomp• https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=W4miLRuJEO0

• Teaching systems Brazil

Site based professional development