Mapping the way to reconceptualizing teacher education today, Marilyn Cochran-Smith guides the reader through the conflicting visions and ideologies surrounding the education of teachers for a diverse democratic society.

"Our profession is at a critical crossroad. . . .We must accept Cochran–Smith's challenge to speak loudly and articulately for social justice and democracy. Could our society face a more urgent or compelling issue?"

—From the Foreword by Jacqueline Jordan Irvine

"This volume represents not only the best of Cochran-Smith, it represents the best of teacher education. These essays are hard–hitting yet lyrical, provocative yet poetic, theoretically sophisticated yet practically useful. Teacher education is in good hands."

—Gloria Ladson–Billings, University of Wisconsin–Madison