Preparing middle level educators for 2first century schools : enduring beliefs, changing times, evolving practices / edited by Penny B. Howell, Shawn A. Faulkner, Jeanneine P. Jones, Jan Carpenter.

Section I ENDURING BELIEFS OF MIDDLE LEVEL EDUCATION

1 Tensions of Developing an Exemplary Middle Grades Teacher Preparation Program -- 2 Preparing Middle Level Teachers for the Classroom: Assessing Efficacy and Confidence in Preservice Teacher Candidates -- 3 Other Duties as Assigned: The Evolution of Middle Grades Teacher Candidates' Beliefs About Teaching -- 4 New Teacher Induction: The Experiences of Six Middle Level Teachers --

Section II CHANGING TIMES IN MIDDLE LEVEL TEACHER EDUCATION

5 A Collaborative Approach to Supporting Middle Childhood Social Justice Teacher Education -- 6 A Balancing Act in the Age of edTPA: Places, Cultures, and Assessment in Middle Childhood Teacher Education -- 7 Looking Within: Teacher Critical Self-Reflection on Language and Cultural Integration in Multilingual Middle Level Schools -- 8 Promoting Community and Core Practices in a Multisite -- 9 Advocating for Increased Use of Digital Literacies for Future Middle School Teachers for Literacy Instruction --

Section III ENVOLVING PRACTICES FOR PREPARING MIDDLE LEVEL TEACHER EDUCATORS

10 Middle Grade Teachers' Dispositions in Personalized Learning Environments -- 11 Community-Based Service Learning: Building Preservice Teachers' Confidence to Work in the Middle Years -- 12 "It Was Like We Were There" :Middle Level Educators' Experience Employing a Classroom Drama Technique -- 13 Professed vs. Enacted Beliefs About Responsive Science Teaching: Three Cases From a Practice-Based Middle Level Teacher Certification Program -- 14 Focusing on Moves-Based Formative Assessment to Increase Equity of Voice in Middle School Mathematics: A Case for Video-Based Professional Development -- 15 Dispositional, Relational, and Practical Aspects of Professional Learning for Middle Level Educators.

"The research presented in this volume is organized into three sections, with an introduction provided for each. The authors grounded their work in the Association for Middle Level Education's teacher preparation standards (2012) and tenets of This We Believe (NMSA, 2010). By doing so, they examine topics that hold potential for meeting the learning needs of teachers and students in middle level schools. The first section includes chapters from individuals working to ensure that the enduring beliefs of middle level education continue to guide the structures of their middle level teacher preparation programs. The second set of chapters closely examines how changing times are shaping the work of teacher educators. Finally, the last section spotlights evolving practices that continue to develop in response to the changes impacting our classrooms, schools, and communities. This text provides readers with researched-based practices and information to help them continue the tradition of middle level teacher education. The enduring beliefs of preparing teachers who understand, respect, and honor the many talents, gifts, and contributions of the young adolescent student will guide teacher educators as they respond to the changing times of education and the evolving practices of teachers, teacher educators, and schools"--

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