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Neapolitan, Jane E.; Tunks, Jeanne L. – Action in Teacher Education, 2009
The professional development school (PDS) is a model of choice for many teacher preparation programs. This approach integrates the functions of teacher preparation, professional development, inquiry and research, and student achievement to bring about whole-school improvement and the simultaneous renewal of the teaching profession. Ideally,…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, Research Methodology, College School Cooperation, Program Descriptions
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Heitgerd, Helen; McConnell, Martin Ian – Action in Teacher Education, 1981
The National Diffusion Network is a mechanism for sharing information and resources among education service providers. Three interactive components serve as a linkage in this network: (1) demonstrator-developers, (2) state facilitators, and (3) departments of education. (JN)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs, Educational Change
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Hart, Laurie E. – Action in Teacher Education, 1997
Describes POET (Principles of Educating Teachers), an ongoing statewide effort to improve the quality of Georgia's preservice teacher education in middle school mathematics and science. Explores POET's goals, foundations, processes, and activities and notes what POET staff have learned about statewide teacher education reform. (SM)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Higher Education, Instructional Improvement, Intermediate Grades