Learning to Teach in Urban Schools

<p>This book is about the transition from teacher <em>preparation</em> to teaching <em>practice</em> in urban school settings. It provides a clear presentation of the challenges resources and opportunities for learning to teach in urban schools; examples of the experiences perceptions and practices of teachers who are effective in urban schools and those who are not; a detailed account of the journey of a team of teachers who transformed their practice to improve learning in a low performing urban school; an approach that can be used by novice teachers in joining a teacher community and making the transition from preparation to practice; and perspective on leadership that can be used to create a context for transforming teacher professional development in an urban school district. <em>Learning to Teach in Urban Schools</em> offers rare insight into how teachers can transform their own practice and in the process transform the culture of low performing urban schools. </p>