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
The focus of this edited Yearbook is continuing teacher education and professional development. The book is divided into four sections, each dealing with different aspects in these subjects. Included are chapters on partnerships and collaboration, participatory research and development, teacher risk-taking and mentoring, and many other perspectives.