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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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Werderich, Donna E.; Johnson, Jennifer – School-University Partnerships, 2021
Teacher candidates benefit from dynamic clinical practices embedded in teacher preparation programs. In this article, we discuss Clinical Urban Plunge (CUP), a clinically-based approach to integrating social justice and equity education in our Middle Level Teaching and Learning Program at Northern Illinois University. More specifically, we explain…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, College School Cooperation, Preservice Teacher Education, Experiential Learning
Jeffery, Jill V.; Polleck, Jody N. – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2010
Educational reformers have argued that universities and the schools they serve must work as partners in teacher education so as to tighten linkages between theory and practice. Such partnerships ultimately aim to achieve "simultaneous renewal" wherein each institution participates equitably in a "mutually beneficial relationship." However, because…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Urban Schools, Theory Practice Relationship, College School Cooperation
Teitel, Lee – 2000
This booklet is designed to help Professional Development School (PDS) planners and implementers who seek guidance in designing and carrying out impact documentation. It can also help students, researchers, and policymakers interested in investigating PDS effectiveness. The booklet offers a conceptual framework for conducting impact documentation,…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Long, Jerry C.; Morrow, Jean – 1995
Elementary education majors at Emporia State University (ESU), Kansas, were subjects in a research project designed to administer, analyze, and interpret a variety of quantitative and qualitative measures of two groups. An experimental group consisted of 16 interns placed at one of two professional development schools (PDS) that ESU operates in…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Graduate Surveys, Higher Education
Hecht, Jeffrey B.; And Others – 1996
During the 1994-95 academic year, faculty and administrators in the College of Education at Illinois State University (ISU) (Normal, Illinois) along with teachers and administrators from the Community Consolidated School District 21 (Wheeling, Illinois) began discussions to establish a Professional Development School (PDS). In August 1995, 32 ISU…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Cooperating Teachers, Elementary Education, Higher Education