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Kerry Cormier; Trudi Figueroa – PDS Partners: Bridging Research to Practice, 2024
Purpose: This practitioner-focused article highlights a collaborative, school-wide project at a PDS that showcased elementary students' strengths and talents. Based on the children's book, The Smart Cookie (John, 2021), teachers and the university professor-in-residence developed professional learning communities, which inspired the creation of a…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, College School Cooperation, Elementary Schools, Communities of Practice
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Polly, Drew; Holshouser, Kaitlyn O. – PDS Partners: Bridging Research to Practice, 2021
In this article the authors examine elementary education teacher candidates' reflections while participating in a senior course that included a book study on equity-based teaching and an intensive clinical practice experience which included teaching mathematics small groups. Findings indicate that candidates started to make progress towards…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Professional Development Schools, Program Implementation
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Shifflet, Rena; Hunt, Carolyn S. – Social Studies, 2019
The absence of social studies curriculum is a problem because it undermines the essential purposes of schooling: to prepare participatory, contributing members of a democratic society. In this article, we argue that integrating the literacy and social studies curricula is one meaningful way to support such civic-minded social studies instruction…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Social Studies, Preservice Teacher Education, Literacy Education
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Miller, Susan P.; Mancl, Dustin B.; Ferreira, Daniell; Kennedy, Meghan – School-University Partnerships, 2012
The purpose of this article is to share information related to the emergence of mathematics renewal (i.e., enhancing teacher instruction) for struggling learners within an elementary PDS. Specifically, background related to the PDS and three phases of the renewal process are discussed (i.e., identification of needs, implementation of new…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Professional Development Schools, Elementary Schools, Mathematics Instruction
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Sernak, Kathleen S. – International Electronic Journal for Leadership in Learning, 2006
This article addresses school reform and the challenges presented to educational leaders working toward social justice which is not limited to only academic achievement. Social justice as used here is education for emancipatory social change resulting in freedom to, that is, the opportunity for individuals to pursue work they value, and,…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Educational Change, Instructional Leadership, Social Justice
Lachance, Andrea M.; Benton, Cynthia J.; Klein, Beth Shiner – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2007
Partnerships, especially the Professional Development School (PDS) model, between institutions of higher education (IHE) and public schools (PS), have become, if not commonplace, a successful model for teacher education. PDS teacher education projects in which preservice teachers and higher education faculty participate in school-based instruction…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Schools of Education, Professional Development Schools
Neapolitan, Jane – Issues in Teacher Education, 2004
When the author was a little girl, her father told her the story of how he once saw the great Harry Houdini escape from a straight jacket. In the early 1900s, Houdini fascinated thousands of people by performing feats of life-threatening daring and agility. Houdini was a professional in the traditional sense: he acted alone, kept his trade secrets…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, Field Tests, Teacher Educators, Inquiry
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Wepner, Shelley B.; Bowes, Kathleen A.; Serotkin, Rita – Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, 2005
This article describes the implementation of a state-funded grant, the challenges that emerged, and the lessons learned. This yearlong grant, Technology[superscript 3], provided the resources for university faculty, teacher candidates, and cooperating teachers to integrate technology. Findings from the grant did not indicate significant changes in…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Professional Development Schools, Elementary Education, Educational Technology