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Fear, Kathleen L.; And Others – 1991
A study examined the dynamics of the exchange of knowledge frames that lead to empowering participation for teachers and researchers, in the context of a professional development school serving elementary students of varied backgrounds. The subset of professional development school faculty who participated in the study were 2 school faculty and 3…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Cooperation, Curriculum Development, Educational Research
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Harris, Mary McDonnell; Gates, J. Sharon – Action in Teacher Education, 1997
Examines six years of work with standards-based assessment (portfolios and group demonstrations of learning) at the University of North Dakota and an affiliated elementary school. Argues that the simultaneous development of parallel processes in a teacher education program and its professional development school can help renew teaching practice.…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, College School Cooperation, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education
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Tellez, Kip – Teaching and Teacher Education, 1999
Investigated how Mexican-American student teachers expressed their cultural knowledge in lesson planning and implementation. Semistructured interviews with Mexican-American student teachers working in elementary Professional Development Schools revealed little ethnic expression, even when teaching Mexican-American children. They were never invited…
Descriptors: Cultural Activities, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Background, Curriculum Development
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White, C. Stephen; And Others – Teacher Education Quarterly, 1997
Investigates the perspectives of public school teachers, student teachers, and university faculty who participated in a school/university partnership, using data from journals, interviews, and questionnaires to examine changing roles and relationships. The program included an alternative teacher education program linked to a professional…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Cooperating Teachers, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education
Lemlech, Johanna K.; And Others – 1992
The Norwood-University of Southern California Professional Practice School (PPS) project began in 1990-1991. Norwood is an inner-city elementary school in Los Angeles with a student population that is 99 percent Hispanic. Initial efforts to achieve a major project goal--to promote professionalization of teachers--focused on building collegial…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Collegiality, Cooperating Teachers, Curriculum Development
Boles, Katherine; Troen, Vivian – 1994
Findings from a study, which examined the development of leadership skills and roles among the teachers in a professional development school (PDS), indicate the emergence of a nontraditional teacher leadership paradigm at the PDS. In contrast to typical teacher leadership models, in which carefully selected and screened teachers are placed in…
Descriptors: Action Research, College School Cooperation, Collegiality, Curriculum Development