Alternative Routes to Teaching: Mapping the New Landscape of teacher education

Authors
Pamela Grossman,
Susanna Loeb
Year of publication
2008
Publisher
Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press
Pages
256 pages
Over the past 20 years, alternative certification for teachers has emerged as a major avenue of teacher preparation. The proliferation of new pathways has spurred heated debate over how best to recruit, prepare, and support qualified teachers. Drawing on the work of leading scholars, Alternative Routes to Teaching provides a thorough and dispassionate review of the research evidence on alternative certification. It takes readers beyond the simple dichotomies that have characterized the debate over alternative certification, encourages them to look carefully at the trade-offs implicit in any route into teaching, and suggests ways to marry the proven strengths of both traditional and alternative approaches.

Suggested Citation

Grossman, P., & Loeb, S. (2008). Alternative Routes to Teaching: Mapping the New Landscape of teacher education. . Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press, 256 pages