Skip to content
Cart
Teachers College Press
  • Blog
  • Permissions
  • About
  • Catalogs
  • Series
  • Contact
  • New Releases
  • Browse Books
  • Authors
  • ERS
  • Upcoming Events
  • Resources
  • New Releases
  • Browse Books
  • Authors
  • ERS
    • ERS Overview
    • ERS News
    • ITERS
    • ECERS
    • FCCERS
    • SACERS
    • PAS & BAS
    • ERS Resources
    • Training
    • Links
    • Purchase orders
  • Upcoming Events
  • Resources
    • For Customers
    • For Authors
    • For Booksellers
    • For Librarians
  • Blog
  • Permissions
  • About
    • Our Staff
  • Catalogs
  • Series
    • Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies Series
    • Disability, Culture, and Equity Series
    • Early Childhood Education Series
    • International Perspectives on Education Reform Series
    • Language and Literacy Series
    • Multicultural Education Series
    • Practitioner Inquiry Series
    • Research and Practice in Social Studies Series
    • School : Questions
    • Speculative Education Approaches Series
    • Spaces In-between Series
    • STEM for Our Youngest Learners Series
    • Teaching for Social Justice Series
    • Technology, Education—Connections
    • Visions of Practice Series
  • Contact
‹ Browse Books

Preparing America's Teachers

A History

James W. Fraser

Publication Date: January 12, 2007

Pages: 304

Series: Reflective History Series

Available Formats
PAPERBACK
ISBN: 9780807747346
$37.95
Preparing America's Teachers 9780807747346
Google Preview
  • Description
  • Author
  • Reviews

Description+

The preparation of America’s teachers is among the foremost issues facing education in the United States today. In this compelling account, James W. Fraser, an eminent historian of education, takes readers through two centuries of teacher preparation to uncover its development from colonial times to current standards-based models. Fraser examines a broad array of institutional arrangements, such as more familiar “normal schools” and less well-known arrangements, including teacher institutes and high school programs in rapidly expanding cities, segregated communities, rural areas, and Indian reservations. For any reader wishing to understand how to prepare teachers and reform schools, Fraser’s incisive survey provides much-needed historical grounding.

Author+

James W. Fraser is a professor at the Steinhardt School of Education, New York University, and founding dean of the School of Education, Northeastern University.

Reviews+

“Fraser addresses the understudied history of American teacher education from a unique and important perspective. This is an insightful and helpful 'read' for the novice and the experienced teacher educator. I will be recommending its use to colleagues across the country.”
David Imig, president emeritus of AACTE and professor at the University of Maryland's College of Education

“This is a very important book...Fraser lucidly tells a fascinating story of the struggle, contestation, and survival of teacher preparation.”
Arturo Pacheco, director, Center for Research on Educational Reform, University of Texas at El Paso

“An important addition to the history of education literature. Fraser’s engaging profiles of diverse individuals, institutions, and agencies will be invaluable to readers.”
Christine A. Ogren, associate professor, College of Education, The University of Iowa, and author of The American State Normal School.

$37.95

Professors: Request an Exam Copy

Print copies available for US orders only. For orders outside the US, see our international distributors.

Books In This Series
Radicalizing the Ebony Tower
Radicalizing the Ebony Tower
Preparing America's Teachers
Preparing America's Teachers
Changing Course
Changing Course
Schooled to Work
Schooled to Work
Moral Education in America
Moral Education in America
Sign Up & Save!

Join our e-newsletter to stay current with voices from the field and receive discounts on all new releases.


Sign Up ›
Teachers College Press

Administrative Office
1234 Amsterdam Ave.
New York, NY 10027
Phone: (212) 678-3929

Customer Service
phone 1-800-575-6566
tcporders@presswarehouse.com

Copyright 2025 Teachers College Press|
Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy | Sitemap | Return Policy | Contact
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Instagram
  • Youtube