Expanding Elementary Teacher Education through Service-Learning: A Handbook on Extending Literacy Field Experience for 21st Century Urban Teacher Preparation

By Tynisha D MeidlMargaret-Mary Sulentic DowellMargaret-Mary Sulentic Dowell Louisiana State University, et al.

Book Overview

The goal of this handbook is to offer teacher educators a blue print for strengthening and extending traditional literacy field experiences to include service-learning components. As literacy teacher educators, Sulentic Dowell and Meidl demonstrate how teacher education can be transformed to include more authentic, meaningful, and preparatory field experiences. Adding service-learning components expands teacher education to more adequately prepare elementary education candidates to meet children's needs in 21st century, urban elementary classrooms. This handbook considers the need to redefine and reconfigure teacher education in regards to literacy teaching and learning.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1475825889
• ISBN13: 9781475825886
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.9" x 9.0"