This book discusses a ten-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 developments, 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. Contributors include Cynthia Dickens, Rhonda Dailey-Dickinson, Don Cramer, Marilyn Johnston, Patricia Enciso, Becky Kirschner, Theresa Rogers, Barbara Seidl, Francee Eldredge, Kathleen Ibom, Lisa Maloney, Mike Thomas, Patricia Brosnan, Diana Erchick, Holly Thronton, Sue Chase, Merry Merryfield, Steven Miller, Stanley Ray, Tim Dove, Todd Kenreich, Barbara Levak, Dan Hoffman, Anna Soter, Beth Carnate, George Newell, Steven Hoffman, Rachel Moots, Barbara Thomson, Eugenie Maxwell, Lizbeth Kelley, William Gathergood, Keith Hall, Michael Parsons, Sandra Stroot, Mary O'Sullivan, Deborah Tannehill, Deborah Wilburn Robinson, Gwendolyn Cartledge, John Cooper, Ralph Gardner III, Timothy Heron, William Heward, Richard Howell, Diana Sainato. Foreword by Nancy Zimpher and Introduction by Marilyn Johnston. Conclusion by Patti Brosnan, Don Cramer, Tim Dove, and Marilyn Johnston.

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Foreword Nancy Zimpher Introduction Context, Challenges, and Consequences: PDSs in the Making Marilyn Johnston Part I Contextualizing PDS Work and Roles Chapter 1 Too Valuable to Be Rejected, Too Different to Be Embraced: A Critical Review of School/University Collaboration Cynthia Dickens Chapter 2 A Clinical Educator: Redefining a Teacher's Role Rhonda Dailey-Dickinson Chapter 3 The Missing Voice of the Principal in School/University Collaboration Don Cramer and Marilyn Johnston Part II Elementary and Middle School PDSs Chapter 4 LEADS: An Evolving Program Patricia Enciso, Becky Kirschner, Theresa Rogers, and Barbara Seidl Chapter 5 Small Beginnings to a Collective Takeover: Collaboration, Integration, and Change in Our PDS Francee Eldredge, Kathleen Ibom, Marilyn Johnston, Lisa Maloney, and Mike Thomas Chapter 6 Middle School PDS: Moving beyond the Canvas Patti Brosnan, Diana Erchick, and Holly Thornton Part III Secondary PDSs Chapter 7 Afternoon the Honeymoon Is Over: What Seven Years of Collaboration Have Taught Us about School/University Collaboration in Social Studies and Global Education Sue Chase and Merry Merryfield Chapter 8 Perspectives on Personal Professional Development Steven L. Miller, Stanley Ray, Tim Dove, and Todd Kenreich Chapter 9 Students Learn Within and beyond the Walls: A Secondary PDS Barbara Levak, Anna Soter, and Dan Hoffman Chapter 10 The Growing of a School/University Partnership and the Preparation of Teachers for the Urban Context Beth Carnate, George Newell, Steven E. Hoffman, and Rachel Moots Chapter 11 Project Learn: Closing the Gap Barbara Thomson, Eugenie Maxwell, Lizbeth Kelley, and Beth Carnate Part IV Specialist and Subject Matter PDSs Chapter 12 The Ohio State University Technology in Education Professional Development School: TIE PDS William Gathergood and Keith Hall Chapter 13 A PDS Network of Teachers: The Case of Art Michael Parsons Chapter 14 Weaving a Web of Relationships Sandra Stroot, Mary O'Sullivan, And Deborah Tannehill Chapter 15 Inaugurating a Professional Development Network for Foreign and Second Language Educators: Flying the Plane and Repairing It at the Same Time Deborah Wilburn Robinson Chapter 16 The Special Education Professional Development School Gwendolyn Cartledge , John O . Cooper , Ralph Gardner III , Timothy E . Heron , William L. Heward , Richard D . Howell , and Diane M . Sainato Conclusion Tim Dove, Patti Brosnan, Don Cramer, and Marilyn Johnston Appendix PDS Publications Glossary of Terms and Acronyms Contributors Index