Examining Teach For All: an introduction

Crawford-Garrett, K., Rauschenberger, E. and Thomas, M. A. M. (2020) Examining Teach For All: an introduction. In: Thomas, M. A. M., Rauschenberger, E. and Crawford-Garrett, K. (eds.) Examining Teach For All: International Perspectives on a Growing Global Network. Routledge: Abingdon, pp. 3-12. ISBN 9780367336486 (doi: 10.4324/9780429331695-1)

Abstract

The story of Teach For All begins with the story of Teach For America (TFA). Teach For All affiliates, established and led by local ‘social entrepreneurs’, purport to address educational inequities by re-enacting TFA’s model of recruiting high-performing graduates to become full-time teachers in under-resourced schools for two years. TFA ll represents a unique private/public partnership model of fast-track alternative teacher education as it seeks to support the establishment and growth of affiliates worldwide — with funding from foundations, corporations (especially social responsibility branches), and government entities — who share ‘best practices’ across contexts to maximise the impact of individual entities and the network itself. Some TFAll affiliate programmes have cooperated with researchers, providing access and support that has resulted in a greater understanding of the nature and impact of such programmes. TFA has contributed to the further marginalisation of schools of education and made it increasingly difficult for TFA recruits to glean alternative perspectives on the field of education.

• Item Type: Book Sections
• Status: Published
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Thomas, Dr Matthew
• Authors: Crawford-Garrett, K., Rauschenberger, E., and Thomas, M. A. M.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Education
• Journal Name: Examining Teach For All
• Publisher: Routledge
• ISBN: 9780367336486

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