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Showing 1 to 20 of 39 for “"Professional Development School"”.
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Collaborative Processes of a Professional Development School Partnership
… study examined collaborative processes in the Professional Development School (PDS). Although central to successful PDSs, collaboration in PDS development and maintenance is not yet fully described. This study examined one Maryland PDS Partnership that included participants from one university, …
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Perceptions of Mentor Teachers in a Professional Development School
<p>The professional development school (PDS) is an innovative teacher education</p><p>program, designed to foster simultaneous teacher and student development in K-12 schools and teacher training institutions. Built as a partnership between professional education institutions and K-12 schools, the …
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The Professional Development School : a Descriptive Case Study of its History and Development
<p><em>Problem.</em> The development o f school/university partnerships is not a simple process. It requires collaboration between two groups o f professionals who come from different cultures, have developed different forms o f expertise, and operate under different organizational conditions and …
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An Evaluation of a Professional Development School: The School Teacher Education Partnership Project
The professional development school (PDS) has had a recent resurgence in teacher education. Professional development schools were designed to reform teacher education programs and revitalize K-12 education. The purpose of this study was to evaluate a professional development school: The School …
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High School's Principals' and Teachers' Perceptions of Peach State University's Professional Development School Model
<p>Professional Development Schools (PDSs) were proposed as a way to revolutionize and reform schools by changing the way teachers are trained to teach in order to enhance and reform schools by changing the way teachers are trained to teach in order to enhance schools to expose K-12 teachers, …
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University of South Carolina'S Elementary Professional Development School Partnerships: Conditions Influencing Professional Development of Teachers
… indicates the importance of investigating the professional development of teachers. Helping teachers learn can help improve student achievement. The purpose of this study is to explore the professional development of teachers within a University partnership. More specifically the research …
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Teachers' reflections on their professional development school clinical internship experience: a case study of novice teachers
… who completed their clinical practice in a Professional Development School (PDS) and how their teacher preparation impacted their beliefs and practices during their initial in-service years as full-time teachers. The emphasis of this project were the perceptions of two Chelsea PDS former …
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Learning to teach: a multiple case study analysis on the role of professional learning community participation on pre-service teachers enrolled in a professional development school teacher preparation program
… of pre-service teachers (PSTs) in a Professional Learning Community (PLC) increases the likelihood of a mental model shift away from the traditional norms of autonomy that characterize teaching. The purpose of this multiple case study analysis was to explore the perceived influence of …
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The Relationship Between Teacher Attitudes Regarding Performance-Related Pay And Teacher Working Conditions
… toward performance pay in two turnaround schools. In the context of this study, teacher working conditions are defined as professional development, school leadership, and teacher collaboration. Teacher survey results are used as a means of data collection in this study to determine if any …
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Professional Development Schools: Yesterday's Theories, Today's Reform?
… results had been realized by six Colorado high schools participating in professional development school partnerships. A survey was distributed to certified teaching staffs of six demographically similar high schools that had been participating in professional development school partnerships for …
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Perceptions of a university-school collaborative partnership
… research showing the impact of university- school partnerships. Assessing Professional Development School (PDS) partnerships in teacher education presents a challenge for researchers because of the uniqueness of each program and the lack of a universal definition, outlining a single …
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A case study of a university-school partnership: impacting the success of children, teacher candidates, and inservice teachers
School reform is an often heard term within the Bush administration. Since the signing of his No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), President George W. Bush set out to make certain our teachers are highly qualified and that our children perform better in school. From the Holmes Group (1986) to …
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To Include or not to Include: Early Childhood Preservice Educators' Beliefs, Attitudes, and Knowledge about Students with Disabilities
… statistical effect for type of program (professional development school or traditional) and a statistically significant effect for preferred classroom setting (non-inclusive, special education, inclusive). Further research with the same participants or similar cohorts at one and three …
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A Study to Explore the Strategy of Field-Based Teacher Preparation: Professional Development Schools.
… teachers with varying levels of participation in professional development schools. The population in my study was the 2002 through the spring of 2006 kindergarten through 6th-grade student teachers from a small, private postsecondary institution. A requirement of the teacher education program was …
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Using Student Voice to Identify Promising Practices in Social Emotional Learning
… study used responses to a large-scale survey on school experiences to identify schools where the students themselves reported above average scores on constructs of social emotional learning. The study looked at schools where the students reported above average results for several years in an …
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An Empirical Study Of The Promise And Effectiveness Of Teachers From Professional Development Vs. Traditional Models Of Education
… effective teachers. This study utilized the professional development school (PDS) program versus the traditional program to determine if there was a difference in the promise and effectiveness of pre-service teachers. The study analyzed the difference between PDS and traditional pre-service …
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The perceived impact of pre-service student teachers on the optimal learning environment of the students they teach and the teachers who mentor them
… to examine one component of impact within a High School Professional Development School (PDS) partnership. The purpose of this study was to explore the perceived impact of pre-service teachers on the students they teach and the cooperating teachers who mentor them. More specifically, this study …
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Factors That Correlate with the Use of Technology in Georgia's Elementary Schools
… usage of technology in Georgia elementary public schools by teachers for delivery of instruction. The researcher also investigated school principals' support for technology use, and school teachers' attitude (technology autonomy, technology self-efficacy, technology experience, and technology …
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Middle school teachers' judgment of attributes and processes used in professional development
… would agree that education is imperative to the development of young people. However, the education that students need, and are receiving, is in a constant state of shift due to an ever-changing society. Some of the developmental needs of today’s students are not the same as those in the past. As …
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