Students will be able to identify the issues surrounding the learning and development of teachers as well as begin to explicate the nuanced complexities of teaching that are often assumed but not addressed and which affect teacher development and the mentoring of new teachers.

Students will be familiar with the research that has been done on issues surrounding teacher preparation and by the knowledge of how teachers learn and develop.

Students will be able to:

1. attend to issue of cognition, practices and identity in the profession.
2. understand the social, theoretical and practical aspects of development from novice to expert

Students will be able to:

• apply their learning to critique current programs
• design appropriate mentoring programs for new teachers