03656nam 22007094a 450 991082873600332120200520144314.01-135-61986-71-283-70780-21-135-61987-51-282-37502-497866123750261-4106-1095-010.4324/9781410610959 (CKB)1000000000031331(EBL)234237(OCoLC)475940776(SSID)ssj0000190701(PQKBManifestationID)11184478(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000190701(PQKBWorkID)10181029(PQKB)10901920(MiAaPQ)EBC234237(Au-PeEL)EBL234237(CaPaEBR)ebr10084642(CaONFJC)MIL402030(OCoLC)56609679(EXLCZ)99100000000003133120040206d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLearning to teach in an age of accountability /Arthur T. Costigan, Margaret Smith Crocco with Karen Kepler Zumwalt1st ed.Mahwah, N.J. L. Erlbaum Associates20041 online resource (289 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8058-4708-1 0-8058-4707-3 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; PART I: CHOOSING TO BECOME A TEACHER; Chapter 1 Teaching Is Messy Work; Chapter 2 High-Stakes Teaching; PART II: TEACHING AS AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ACT; Chapter 3 Vocation? Profession? Or Just A Job?; Chapter 4 "Having a Life" as a New Teacher; Chapter 5 From Noble Ideals to Everyday Realities; PART III: ENCOUNTERING CLASSROOMS AND SCHOOLS; Chapter 6 Lessons, Kids, and Classrooms; Chapter 7 Accountability, Autonomy, and Responsibility in the Classroom; Chapter 8 Teaching Is Not Just What Happens When You Close the Classroom DoorChapter 9 The Global Village of the ClassroomPART IV: NEW TEACHERS AS DECISION MAKERS; Chapter 10 The Past Is Never Past; Chapter 11 Teaching as a Political Act; PART V: CONFRONTING THE AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY; Chapter 12 Choosing to Make a Difference; Author Index; Subject IndexThis book documents the ""brave new world"" of teacher, administrator, school, and student accountability that has swept across the United States in recent years. Its particular vantage point is the perspective of dozens of new teachers trying to make their way through their first months and years working in schools in the New York City metropolitan area. The issues they grapple with are not, however, unique to this context, but common problems found today in urban, suburban, and rural schools across the United States. The stories in this book offer a compelling portrait of these teachers' encEducational accountabilityNew York (State)New YorkCase studiesFirst year teachersNew York (State)New YorkCase studiesEducation, UrbanNew York (State)New YorkCase studiesEducational accountabilityFirst year teachersEducation, Urban371.1Costigan Arthur T1718586Crocco Margaret1614604Zumwalt Karen Kepler1943-1718587MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828736003321Learning to teach in an age of accountability4115662UNINA