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Collaborative reform and other improbable dreams: The challenges of professional development schools

This book discusses a 10-year process of teacher education reform at a major public research university (The Ohio State University) and the challenges that ensued. The thirteen Professional Development Schools (PDSs) described are diverse yet they share a focus on school/university collaboration, reform in teacher education, professional development, and inquiry. The authors speak frankly about their history, outcomes, and hopes for the future. The message is that school/university collaboration is a potentially rich approach to reform, yet fraught with challenges, demands, and an uncertain future.

• Contributor: Marilyn Johnston, Patti Brosnan, Don Cramer, Tim Dove
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Year: 2000

This resource is cataloged under:

• Network/channel: NIUSI: Professional Effort: Learning Standards
• Network/channel: NIUSI: School Organizational Effort: Culture of Change and Improvement

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