Middle Level Teacher Preparation Programming and Practice: Mission Possible, or Mission Impossible?

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2024

Publication Title

Dialogues in Middle Level Education Research Volume 3 Insights from the Amle New Directions 2022 Roundtable Discussions

Abstract

Since the movement to establish a middle tier of junior high schools more than a century ago, educational experts have called for specialized preparation for teachers of young adolescents. The authors establish the longstanding rationale for this preparation and then pose a series of questions to prompt further inquiry and action. The authors first suggest that both advancing and sustaining middle level teacher education will require the collective, collaborative efforts of diverse perspectives and voices. They then issue a call for advocacy for middle level teacher education and conclude with a recommendation for a collaborative research agenda that studies middle level teacher education across diverse institutional settings.

First Page

221

Last Page

226

DOI

10.4324/9781003457831-19

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