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Peer reviewedDuquette, Cheryll; Cook, Sharon Anne – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1999
A survey of 23 Canadian student teachers in conventional placements or professional-development schools (PDS) found that their practica had taught them about curriculum, pupils and pupil-teacher interactions, discipline and classroom management, and the teaching profession. Compared to others, PDS student teachers relied more on weekly seminars…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Higher Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Professional Development Schools
Download full textMyers, Charles B. – 1997
An analysis of a number of university-school collaborative efforts in the United States and Canada to establish professional development schools, and of action research efforts in the United Kingdom, has shown that the partnership efforts studied devote significantly less attention to ideas about the nature of learning, teaching, schools, and…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Educational Change, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education
