Preparing change agents for the classroom : from paradigm to practice / Jill E. Cole.

""Preparing Change Agents for the Classroom: From Paradigm to Practice" is for teacher educators who want to address the need for classroom teachers who know how students learn and how to teach to support this learning. The practical applications of constructivist teaching and true-life "Turning Points" included in this book can be used to provide the knowledge, skills, and dispositions that candidates need to cultivate their own learning in the college/university classroom, and in turn, foster the learning of their future students"-- Provided by publisher.

Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Preparing Change Agents for the Classroom using the Constructivist Paradigm -- Jill E. Cole -- Turning Point From Preservice to Inservice -- Kristin Thompson -- Chapter 2 Beyond the Algorithm: Changing Teacher Candidates' Learning Experiences with Math -- B. Patricia Patterson -- Turning Point The Spelling Test -- Paula Daniels -- Chapter 3 Writing Workshop for Teacher Candidates -- Jill E. Cole -- Turning Point Lost and Found -- Jamie Whitman-Smithe -- Chapter 4 Crafting Inquiry in the Preservice Classroom: Tensions and Possibilities -- Leah T. Lembo -- Turning Point Change of Plans -- Patti L. Sandy -- Chapter 5 Changing Teacher Candidates' Perceptions of Science and Science -- Teaching through Guided Nature Journaling -- B. Patricia Patterson -- Turning Point Leaf Collecting -- Ivey Mask -- Chapter 6 Story in the Classroom -- Jamie Whitman-Smithe -- Turning Point Teaching Molly -- Megan Stoffa -- Chapter 7 Helping Teacher Candidates Develop the Skills of Reflective Practitioners -- Marcia Lawton -- Closing -- About the Contributors.