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The Accountability Era in Us Teacher Education: Looking Back, Looking Forward

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Title
The Accountability Era in Us Teacher Education: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Abstract/Description
In keeping with the theme of the 40th anniversary issue of EJTE, this article looks back and forward at US teacher education accountability. It argues that “holding teacher education accountable” has been the major approach to reforming teacher education in the US for the last two decades, assuming that enhanced teacher education quality depends on vigilant public evaluation and monitoring of outcomes related to teacher education institutions, programs, and teacher candidates. This article looks back at the “era of accountability” by examining five policy, political, and professional developments that contributed to its emergence and strong hold on US teacher education. Looking forward to the future of teacher education accountability in the US, the article argues that we need a new approach – democratic accountability in teacher education – which is based on intelligent professional responsibility for students’ learning including democratic knowledge and skills, strong equity, and genuine collaboration with multiple stakeholders.
Date
2017
In publication
European Journal of Teacher Education
Volume
40
Issue
5
Pages
572-588
Resource type
en
Resource status/form
en
Scholarship genre
en
Open access/full-text available
en Yes
Peer reviewed
en Yes
ISSN
0261-9768
Citation
Cochran-Smith, M., Baker, M., Burton, S., Chang, W.-C., Cummings Carney, M., Fernández, M. B., Stringer Keefe, E., Miller, A. F., & Sánchez, J. G. (2017). The Accountability Era in Us Teacher Education: Looking Back, Looking Forward. European Journal of Teacher Education, 40(5), 572–588. https://doi.org/10.1080/02619768.2017.1385061

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