Variable Definitions of Professional Development Schools: A Desire or a Dilemma?.

Metcalf-Turner, Phyllis

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ERIC Number: EJ600405

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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Variable Definitions of Professional Development Schools: A Desire or a Dilemma?

Metcalf-Turner, Phyllis

Peabody Journal of Education, v74 n3&4 p33-41 1999

Discusses when a school-university partnership is mature or collegial enough to be called a Professional Development School (PDS) partnership, challenging those who call what they have always done a PDS. The article defines a PDS, reviews the literature on PDSs, and clarifies the many models that exist across the country. (SM)

Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Professional Development Schools, Public Schools, Schools of Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General

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Language: English

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