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Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice: Connecting Courses with Field Experiences (Professional Development Schools)

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  • Title: Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice: Connecting Courses with Field Experiences (Professional Development Schools)
  • Author : Teacher Education Quarterly
  • Release Date : January 01, 2006
  • Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
  • Pages : * pages
  • Size : 234 KB

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The concept of school-university partnerships in pre-service teacher education is not a new idea. School-university partnerships, such as professional development schools, have been discussed in the literature for more than a decade. While popular in concept, partnership efforts such as the professional development schools (PDS) are time consuming to develop and sustain, and they carry with them great professional responsibility (Rice, 2002; Robinson & Darling-Hammond, 1994; The Holmes Group, 1990; Teitel, 1998). Key players in the development of partnerships generally espouse a research agenda that is designed to promote a positive school climate with the intent of improved student outcomes. According to the Holmes Group, shared partnership research goals regularly include "improving the quality of K-12 teaching, the preparation of beginning supervising teachers, and the professional development of practicing supervising teachers" (Ross, Brownell, Sindelar, 1999, p. 1). However, accomplishing all components of the established goals is often a difficult task. The Holmes Group notes that many partnerships have yet to attain the benefits inherent in such joint efforts. Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice accomplish the PDS agenda, schools and universities must critically examine the core assumptions that guide how they do their work. Both schools and universities must be open to new ideas regarding their goals and operating structures, and they must be open to the possibility of redefining existing roles. Such critical examination can be quite uncomfortable for participants. The prospect of collecting data that reveal shortcomings as well as progress can be unsettling.


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