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Authors: Jane E. Neapolitan, Terry R. Berkeley
ISBN-13: 9780820481784, ISBN-10: 0820481785
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Lang, Peter Publishing, Incorporated
Date Published: August 2006
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Jane E. Neapolitan

Book Synopsis

As teacher preparation undergoes closer scrutiny on the national scene, reformers ask: What is the future of Professional Development Schools (PDS)? How can research better address the developmental needs of partnerships? What types of organizational structures can ensure partnership success? What is the future of leadership in PDS? Are diversity and social justice—part of the original PDS vision—being served, as well? Written by scholar-practitioners who represent a new generation of PDS researchers, this book is a valuable source of critical analysis, reflection, and implications for taking PDS partnerships into the future for true school-university-community collaboration.

Table of Contents

1The evolution of the PDS research landscape3
2A developmental approach to research on professional development schools17
3Response on future directions : inquiry - research - evaluation31
4Building capacity for professional development school work : using a taxonomic approach to the NCATE PDS standards43
5In the beginning : planning the professional development school67
6Refashioning the professional development school through masters certification99
7Response on future directions : structure, process, and expected outcomes119
8Investigating distributed leadership in professional development schools : implications for principals, schools, and school districts127
9Interweaving, interwoven : perspective on PDS leadership from the university with the school149
10Response on future directions : leadership165
11Fostering diversity-responsive teaching practices in multiple ways and multiple contexts177
12Are we promoting an understanding of diversity?199
13Response on future directions : community, diversity, and social justice223

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