Notes on Contributors ix Introduction: Issues Affecting Teaching and Learning in Today's Schools 1; Gene E. Hall, Linda F. Quinn, and Donna M. Gollnick Part 1 The Context of Schooling 5 1 The Complexity of American Teacher Education 7; David Imig, Scott Imig, Michael Neel, and Loretta Holmberg-Masden 2 School Reform--A Never-Ending Story: Avoiding Attractive Pitfalls and Exploring Promising Perspectives 29; Roland Vandenberghe 3 The Culture and Teaching Gap: What Is It, and How Can Teacher Educators Help to Close It? 59; Roderick L. Carey, Abiola Farinde-Wu, H. Richard Milner IV, and Lori Delale-O'Connor 4 The Role of the Community in Learning and Development 79; Elizabeth Spier, Raquel L.

González, and David Osher 5 Building Capacity in Order to Strengthen Teaching and Learning 107; Sharon Harsh 6 Implementing and Sustaining Language Curriculum Reform in Singapore Primary Schools 151; Jason Loh and Foong Poh-Yi Part 2 Learners and Learning 173 7 Educational Neuroscience: Are We There Yet? 175; John T. Almarode and David B. Daniel 8 Turning Toward Students: Adopting a Student-Centered Stance in Mandate-Centered Times 199; Alison G. Dover and Brian D. Schultz 9 Learning Anytime, Anywhere through Technology: Reconsidering Teaching and Learning for the iMaker Generation 225; Timothy D. Green and Loretta C. Donovan 10 The Place of Learning in the Systematization and Standardization of Early Childhood Education 257; Susan Grieshaber and Sharon Ryan 11 Exceptional Education is Special 277; Dena D. Slanda and Mary E.

Little 12 CASE STUDY: Nevada's English Language Learner Strategy: A Case Study on Policymaking and Implementation 301; Magdalena Martinez Part 3 Teachers and Teaching 321 13 Next Generation Research in Dialogic Learning 323; Lauren B. Resnick, Christa S.C. Asterhan, and Sherice N. Clarke, with Faith Schantz 14 Guiding and Promoting Student Learning: Applying Theory to Practice 339; LeAnn G. Putney, Connie L. Malin, Teresa Miller, Sarah Crosby, and Bobbie Stanley 15 A Smile is Universal: Building Sensitivity to and Understanding of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners through International Field Experiences 365; Amanda J.

Laichak 16 Envisioning Alternative Futures: Elliot Eisner's Challenge to Industrial Educational Practice 391; Richard Siegesmund 17 CASE STUDY: Trajectories in Developing Novice Teacher Leadership Potential: A Tale of Two Countries 417; Ping Gao 18 CRITIQUE: What Effect Size Doesn't Tell Us 431; Barrie Bennett Part 4 Educators as Learners and Leaders 445 19 The Importance of Teacher Induction for Improving Teaching and Learning 447; Matthew C.

Nishimoto 20 Teacher Leadership: Past, Present, and Future 473; Barnett Berry 21 Principal Instructional Leadership: From Prescription to Theory to Practice 505; Philip Hallinger 22 CASE STUDY: Restorative Justice: An Alternative Approach to School Discipline 529; Tom Cavanagh Part 5 Evaluation and Assessment 549 23 Back to the Future: Assessment from 1990 to 2016 551; Elliott Asp 24 Views of Classroom Assessment: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow 577; Julie Oxenford-O'Brian and Kay P. Uchiyama 25 Rethinking Teacher Quality in the Age of Smart Machines 603; Yong Zhao 26 Rethinking the Intersection of Instruction, Change, and Systemic Change 619; Barrie Bennett and Stephen Anderson 27 CRITIQUE: On the Limits to Evidence-Based Learning of Educational Science 639; James G.

Ladwig Epilogue: Reflections of the Co-Editors 661; Gene E. Hall, Linda F. Quinn, and Donna M. Gollnick Index 663.