Prioritizing urban children, teachers, and schools through professional development schools /

Prioritizing urban children, teachers, and schools through professional development schools / edited by Pia Lindquist Wong and Ronald David Glass. - Albany : State University of New York Press, c2009. - x, 273 p. : 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-261) and index.

Introduction: the equity network: the contextual and theoretical frameworks for urban professional development schools / Pia L. Wong and Ronald D. Glass -- Floating boats and solar ovens: involving candidates in science, mathematics, and technology learning communities / Lorie Hammond ... [et al.] -- Science for social responsibility / Claudya Lum ... [et al.] -- Education of the community, by the community, and for the community: the Language Academy of Sacramento / Susan Baker ... [et al.] -- Connecting teacher educators across roles, domains, and knowledge bases / William Thomas Owens -- Beyond the classroom: candidates connect to colleagues, children, and communities / Jeanne Malvetti and Christie Wells-Artman -- Structural shifts and cultural transformations: university faculty members and their work in PDSS / Jana Noel and Deidre B. Sessoms -- Perspectives on negotiation and equilibrium in the politics of knowledge: transforming the university and the school into a PDS partnership / Kathryn Hayes -- Not starting from scratch: applying the lessons from a thwarted PDS effort / Janet Hecsh -- Bridging the disconnect: the promise of lesson study / David Jelinek and Jenna Porter -- Making history by creating new traditions: concluding reflections and future directions / Ronald D. Glass and Pia L. Wong.

9781438425931 (hardcover : alk. paper)

2008034703


Laboratory schools--California--Sacramento--Case studies.
Education--California--Sacramento--Case studies.
School improvement programs--California--Sacramento--Case studies.

LB2154.S23 / P75 2009

371.04