Research on Professional Development Schools

Introduction - David M Byrd and D John McIntyre Professional Development Schools: Promise and Practice PART ONE: COLLABORATION: BUILDING BRIDGES TO TRANSFORM INSTITUTIONAL CULTURES: OVERVIEW AND FRAMEWORK Effects of Collaboration on Urban Teacher Education Programs and Professional Development Schools - W Robert Houston et al Dream-Keepers, Weavers and Shape-Shifters - Joanne M Simmons et al Emerging Roles of PDS University Coordinators in Educational Reform Creating an Equal Partnership for Urban School and Teacher-Education Renewal - Zhixin Su A California Experience Part One Summary - Linda Valli The Transformative Potential of Collaborative Partnerships: Reflections PART TWO: CONTEXTS FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SCHOOLS: OVERVIEW AND FRAMEWORK Investigating a School-University Partnership through the Lenses of Relationship, Self-Determination, Reciprocal Influence and Expanding Power - Mitzi Lewison and Sue Holliday Creating Learning Communities of Research and Practice - Daniel J Boudah and Stephanie L Knight Participatory Research and Development Concerns of Professionals Involved in Implementing a Professional Development School - Judith D Redemer and Barbara L Nourie Part Two Summary - Ann Larson and Sheryl Benson Contexts for Professional Development Schools: Reflections PART THREE: TAKING MEASURE OF OUR WORK: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SCHOOLS AND THE MATTER OF LEADERSHIP: OVERVIEW AND FRAMEWORK Teachers' Stories of Professional Development School Restructuring - Ann S Nihlen, Melissa Williams and Amy Sweet Decision Making Teachers as Leaders - Judy Reinhartz and Ranae Stetson A Question or an Expectation? Professional Development Schools - Frances K Kochan A Comprehensive View Part Three Summary - Gerald M Mager What Can We Learn from These Measures? Reflections PART FOUR: INQUIRY IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL CONTEXTS: OVERVIEW AND FRAMEWORK Understanding Teacher Risk-Taking in a West Texas Professional Development School - Judith A Ponticell Building the Layers of a Learning Community in a School-Based Teacher Education Program - Karen M Higgins Communities of Reflection, Communities of Support - Carol Rodgers with Peggy Tiffany How the Windham Partnership Mentor Seminars Affected and Supported the Thinking of Mentor Teachers Part Four Summary - Edward Pajak Themes for Professional Development Schools: Reflections