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concept-322	none	Time for Conversations, Room for Reform: The importance of theory, history, and philosophy in teacher education programs	2009	8	.pdf	application/pdf	3035	149	53	  Time for Conversations, Room for Reform: The importance of theory, history, and philosophy in teacher education programs Karen Zaino Education “I am urging every teacher education program today to make better outcomes for students the overarching mission that propels all their efforts.” --Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, 2009 At first blush, Secretary Duncan’s call to strengthen teacher education programs appears irrefutable; what can be wrong with better outcomes for students? At the same time, Duncan’s plea implies that “better outcomes” are not the current “overarching mission” of teacher education programs – that student learning and achievement are not the impetus behind hundreds of schools of education across the country (Duncan).	cache/concept-322.pdf	txt/concept-322.txt