Prospects for reform in teacher educa tion are limited by prevailing views of the function of schooling. The authors argue that the concept of education as social reproduction illuminates prac tices in teacher education (particularly in reading instruction) that foster stu dent failure and inequality. They assert that the social reproduction framework can have practical significance in re orienting all teacher education practices.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
Allington, R.L. (1980). Poor readers dont get to read much in reading groups. Language Arts, 57, 872-876.
2.
Allington, R.L. (1983). The reading instruction provided readers of differing ability. Elementary School Journal, 83, 255-265.
3.
Anyon, J. (1981). Elementary schooling and distinctions of social class. Interchange, 12, 2-3, 118-132.
Apple, M.W. (1980). Analyzing determinations : Understanding and evaluating the production of social outcomes in schools. Curriculum Inquiry , 10, 55-76.
6.
Bowles, S., & Gintis, H. (1976). Schooling in capitalist America. New York: Basic Books.
7.
Canney, G.F., & Winograd, P. (1979). Schemata for reading and reading comprehension performance, (Technical Report No. 120). Champaign, IL : Center for the Study of Reading.
8.
Carnoy, M., & Levin, H. (1985). Schooling and work in the democratic state. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
9.
Cremin, L.A. (1964). The transformation of the school: Progressivism in American education, 1876-1957New York: Vintage.
10.
Cummins, J. (1986). Empowering minority students: A framework for intervention. Harvard Educational Review, 56, 18-36.
11.
Dewey, J. (1904). The relation of theory to practice in education. Third Yearbook of the National Society of Scientific Study of EducationChicago: University of Chicago Press.
12.
Dreeben, R. (1968). On what is learned in school. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.
13.
Eder, D. (1983). Ability grouping and students' academic self-concepts: A case study. The Elementary School Journal, 84, 2, 149-161.
14.
Feinberg, W. (1983). Understanding education. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press.
15.
Fraatz, J.M.B. (1987). The politics of reading: Power, opportunity, and the prospects for change in America's public schools. New York: Teachers College Press.
16.
Giroux, H.A. (1983). Theory and resistance in education: A pedagogy for the opposition. South Hadley, MA: Bergin & Garvey.
17.
Hiebert, E.H. (1983). An examination of ability grouping in reading instruction. Reading Research Quarterly, 18, 231-255.
18.
Hoffman, J.V. , O'Neal, S.F., Kastler, L.A., Clements, R.O., Segel, K.W., & Nash, M.F. (1984). Guided oral reading and miscue focused verbal feedback in second-grade classrooms. Read ing Research Quarterly , 19, 367-384.
19.
Hobbs, N. (1975). The futures of children : Categories, labels, and their consequences. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
20.
Hobbs, N. (1978). Families, schools, and communities: An ecosystem for children. Teachers College Record, 79, 756-766.
21.
Katz, M.B. (1971). Class, bureaucracy, and schools: The illusion of educational change in America. New York: Praeger.
22.
Kliebard, H.M. (1986). The struggle for the American curriculum 1893-1958 . Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul.
23.
Kozol, J. (1985). IlliterateAmerica. Garden City, N.Y: Anchor Press/Doubleday .
24.
Kuhn, T. (1968). The structure of scientific revolutions. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
25.
McNaughton, S. (1981). The influence of immediate teacher correction on self-corrections and proficient oral reading. Journal of Reading Behavior, 13, 367-371.
26.
Pink, W.T., & Leibert, R.E. (1986). Reading instruction in the elementary school: A proposal for reform. The Elementary School Journal, 87, 51-67.
27.
Popkewitz, T. S., (Ed.). (1987). Critical studies in teacher education: Folklore, theory, and practice. Philadelphia: Falmer Press.
28.
Ravitch, D. (1983). The troubled crusade. New York : Basic Books.
29.
Ravitch, D., & Finn, C.E. , Jr. (1987). What do our 17 year olds know?: The first national assessment of what American students know about history and literatureNew York: Harper and Row.
30.
Rist, R. (1970). Student social class and teacher expectations: The self-fulfilling prophecy in ghetto education. Harvard Educational Review, 40, 411-451.
31.
Rivers, L. (1975). Mosaic of labels for black children. In N. Hobbs (Ed.), Issues in the classification of children. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass .
32.
Sedlak, M., Wheeler, C., Pullin, D., & Cusick, P. (1986). Selling students short : Classmom bargains and academic reform in the American high school. New York: Teachers College Press.
33.
Wilson, P.T. (1988). Let's think about reading and reading instruction : A primer for tutors and teachers. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt .
34.
Zeichner, K., & Liston, D. (1987). Teaching student teachers to reflect. Harvard Educational Review, 57 (1), 23-48.
