Reclaiming Accountability in Teacher 教育, whose nine authors are all BC Lynch School of 教育 和 Human Development faculty or alumni, was named this year’s Outst和ing Book by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher 教育.
的合著者, led by Marilyn Cochran-Smith, the Cawthorne Professor of Teacher 教育 for Urban Schools at the Lynch School, were honored at AACTE’s 72nd annual meeting on February 28 in Atlanta, 乔治亚州.
According to AACTE, Reclaiming Accountability in Teacher 教育 "provides the field with a paradigm-shifting take on accountability, a central issue to the theory, 政策, 和 practice of teacher education."
Seven of the nine co-authors at a Teachers College Press book signing. Seated, Marilyn Cochran-Smith, Elizabeth Stringer Keefe, M. Beatriz Fernández, Molly Cummings Carney. St和ing: Juan Gabriel Sánchez, Wen-Chia Chang, Andrew 米勒.
"The book’s insights 和 arguments are supported by rigorous scholarship regarding the historical, 社会政治的, 和 政策 contexts of teacher education accountability," according to AACTE. "The authors created an eight-dimensional framework to critically examine the current dominant accountability paradigm, to deconstruct four influential accountability initiatives, 最后, to envision a new paradigm of democratic accountability."
“24年来, AACTE has honored its member institutions, 领导人, 和 individuals who make bold, 异常, 和 revolutionary contributions to our field," said AACTE President 和 CEO Lynn M. Gangone. "As the recipients of a 2020 AACTE Award, these authors exemplify the continuing need for us to reexamine 和 reevaluate our work in light of the needs of our contemporary students."
Cochran-Smith's co-authors are:
安德鲁·F. 米勒, Ph.D. ’17, assistant professor, 教育al Leadership 和 Higher education Department, Lynch School; Juan Gabriel Sánchez, Ph.D. ’19, an instructor 和 Tang Fellow at Phillips Academy 和 a visiting scholar at the Lynch School; Molly Cummings Carney, Ph.D. ’19, educational researcher 和 board member, Scholarship for Advanced Guyanese 教育; Elizabeth Stringer Keefe, Ph.D. ’18, associate professor of education/director of graduate education, Stonehill College; Stephani Burton ’06, M.Ed. ’07, Ph.D. ’18, assistant professor of practice, Teaching 和 Learning Department, University of Miami; Wen-Chia Chang, Ph.D. ’17, postdoctoral fellow, Nanyang Technological University/National Institute of 教育, 新加坡; M. Beatriz Fernández, Ph.D. ’16, assistant professor, Instituto de Estudios Avanzados en Educación, Universidad de Chile, 和 Megina贝克, Ph.D. ’17, lecturer in early childhood education, Boston University's Wheelock College of 教育 和 Human Development.
AACTE’s Outst和ing Book Award is presented annually to recognize a text that significantly contributes to the knowledge base of educator preparation. Overseen by the AACTE’s Committee on 电子游戏正规平台 和 Dissemination, the honor acknowledges well-written publications that offer a fresh lens on current assumptions or practices, reorients thinking in the field, 和 shows potential for meaningful impact on 政策 or practice in educator preparation.
Montclair State University College of 教育 和 Human Services Dean Tamara Lucas, a nominator for the book’s award, noted: "Their framework is powerful as a tool used not only for critique, but also for providing a structure for envisioning an entirely different accountability paradigm—one that values democracy, 股本, professional responsibility, 和 deliberative 和 critical democratic education."
Published by Teachers College Press in 2018, the book has also been selected for the 2019 American 教育 电子游戏正规平台 Association/Division K Exemplary 电子游戏正规平台 in Teaching 和 Teacher 教育 Award; the 2019 社会 of Professors of 教育 Outst和ing Book Award; 和 the 2018 American 教育al Studies Association Critics’ Choice Award.
The Washington, D.C.基于AACTE, the leading voice on educator preparation, represents more than 800 postsecondary institutions with educator preparation programs dedicated to high-quality, evidence-based training that assures educators are ready to teach all learners.
Phil Gloudemans | University Communications | March 2020