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Professional development schools provide effective theory and practice

A description of an innovative Professional Development School program initiated by a Midwestern university is described. Successful components of this model are explained. The integration of educational practices linking the university, public schools, and the community, is also analyzed. A major change in teacher training with this model is that it is based on a program more similar to an apprenticeship or a medical internship. Preservice teachers in the Professional Development School model are provided with the opportunity to utilize theory much more extensively through practice in public school sites.

• Contributor: Koehnecke, D.S.
• Date Published: Spring
• Journal/Secondary Title: Education
• Number: 3
• Volume: 121
• Year: 2001

This resource is cataloged under:

• Network/channel: NIUSI: District Effort & Support: Inquiry on School & Schooling
• Network/channel: NIUSI: Professional Effort: Learning Assessment
• Network/channel: NIUSI: Professional Effort: Learning Standards
• Network/channel: NIUSI: Professional Effort: Teaching Design & Practices

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