Teaching for Achievement v. Teaching for Understanding�The Dilemma Teachers Face and What Teacher Preparation Programs Can Do About It

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Explores how teacher education programs can prepare teacher candidates and practicing teachers to identify and manage the competing commitments of teaching for student achievement (teaching to the test) and teaching for understanding (knowledge and understanding).

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Name: American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
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Turner, S. , 2006-01-26 "Teaching for Achievement v. Teaching for Understanding�The Dilemma Teachers Face and What Teacher Preparation Programs Can Do About It" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education Online <PDF>. 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p36097_index.html

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Abstract: Explores how teacher education programs can prepare teacher candidates and practicing teachers to identify and manage the competing commitments of teaching for student achievement (teaching to the test) and teaching for understanding (knowledge and understanding).

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Proposal for 2006 AACTE ANNUAL MEETING-Creating New Visions for Teacher Education: Imagining Future students Future Teachers But this isn’t Learning this is Achievement: Teaching for Achievement v. Teaching for Understanding— The Dilemma Beginning Teachers Face and What Teacher Preparation Programs Can Do About It. Section I: Content A. Statement of the Issue This much we know: children go to school teachers teach and students should learn. But across the nation many of our students are still failing and test

test preparation in their classroom. Teachers College Record 106 (6) 1288-1331. Singham M. (1998). The canary in the mine: The achievement gap between black and white students. Phi Delta Kappan 80 (1) 8-15. Smith D. C. & Wesley A. (2000 September). Teaching for understanding. Science and Children 38 (1) 36-41. Tomlinson C.A. (2001). Standards and the art of teaching: Crafting high quality classrooms. NASSP Bulletin 85 (622) 38-47. Wellstone P. (2002). Wellstone on testing: A harsh agenda. Rethinking Schools

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