TY - BOOK AU - Darling-Hammond,Linda TI - Powerful teacher education: lessons from exemplary programs SN - 9780787972738 PY - 2006/// CY - San Francisco, CA PB - Jossey-Bass KW - Teachers KW - Training of KW - United States N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-398) and indexes; 1: Creating powerful teacher education -- Why teacher education is important--and difficult -- Addressing the dilemmas of teacher education: evidence of success -- 2: Conceptualizing knowledge, skills, and practice -- Conceptualizing the knowledge base for teaching -- Developing and assessing teaching: constructing performances of understanding -- Constructing the clinical experience: the glue for powerful preparation -- 3: Bringing it all together -- The double helix of teaching: managing the dialectic between students and subjects -- Educating for equity -- Preparing teachers to reach all students -- 4: Issues of context and change -- Transforming teacher education: institutional challenges -- Developing professional policy ER -