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A Review of "Research-Informed Clinical Practice" in Initial Teacher Education
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Burn, Katharine; Mutton, Trevor – Oxford Review of Education, 2015
This review examines the kinds of relationship between research and practice that have been envisaged in programmes designed to provide opportunities for beginning teachers to engage in "research-informed clinical practice". Although the terminology varies, scope for inclusion is defined by an intention to facilitate and deepen the…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Preservice Teacher Education, Clinical Supervision (of Teachers), Theory Practice Relationship
Professional Development Schools and Student Learning and Achievement
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Wong, Pia Lindquist; Glass, Ronald David – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2011
A central commitment for professional development schools (PDSs) is to link preservice teacher preparation and in-service teacher professional development with improved learning outcomes for pupils. PDSs are expected to improve student achievement in two primary ways: (1) by enriching and intensifying the learning environment through professional…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Professional Development Schools, Mentors, Academic Achievement
"All or None" Criteria for Professional Development Schools.
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Murray, Frank B. – Educational Policy, 1993
Attempts to implement the professional development school (PDS) are frustrated by a lack of consensus about these schools' defining characteristics. This article discusses some common criteria, emphasizes that the professional development school is not a laboratory or demonstration school, and compares the PDS to other forms of academic inquiry.…
Descriptors: Criteria, Definitions, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Professional Development Schools and the Disempowerment of Teachers and Professors.
Duffy, Gerald G. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1994
Although professional development schools are vehicles for reform, getting them "online" can overshadow the spirit of collaborative egalitarianism essential for success. One solution is to involve teachers and professors in resolving an immediate professional problem associated with school improvement or teacher preparation. The decision…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College School Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
The CLASS Professional Development School Initiative: Redesigning Teacher Education through Effective Collaboration
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White, W. Bumper; Schaible, Robert – Professional Educator, 2003
The innovative CLASS professional development school initiative seeks to redesign teacher education through effective collaboration to better meet the needs of a changing pre-service student population. Non-traditional, often part-time students are entering undergraduate pre-service education programs across North America and in other parts of the…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, Middle Schools, Interdisciplinary Approach, Partnerships in Education
School Reform and Freire's Methodology of "Conscientization"
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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