Communities

Communities is nothing short of visionary. Grounded in Ken Zeichner’s lifetime of work as a teacher and teacher educator, Communities reframes whose knowledge matters in teacher education. Readable and comprehensive, loaded with possibilities and examples, and full of wisdom, this is essential reading for teacher educators. -- Christine Sleeter, Professor Emerita, California State University Monterey Bay, USA Teacher educators endeavoring to clarify, center, reimagine, elevate, and amplify communities as essential partners in educators’ learning and development will find treasures throughout this book. A powerful resource for educators pre- and in-service, Zeichner has birthed a text that will help us co-construct with communities policies and practices to transform the face and structure of the work of teacher education. -- H. Richard Milner IV, author, 'The Race Card: Leading the Fight for Truth in America’s Schools' (2023) Ken Zeichner draws on his great experience of teacher education in the US and internationally to offer a powerful analysis of how disadvantaged communities are frequently poorly served by teacher education programs. However he also describes numerous initiatives that have been undertaken in a range of settings which were designed to engage and connect with such communities on equal terms in order to prepare teachers who can contribute fully to the education provided in these communities’ schools. The book thus provides inspiration for teacher educators but is likely also to be of great interest to teacher candidates, setting out on their journeys into the profession. -- Ian Menter, Emeritus Professor of Teacher Education, University of Oxford, UK This proposed reconceptualising of teacher education disrupts existing power hierarchies and places those who are marginalized as central in the preparation of teachers and teacher educators. -- Maria Campbell, Director of Graduate Programmes, College of National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland