Lessons from Restructuring Experiences

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Lessons from Restructuring Experiences
Stories of Change in Professional Development Schools

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Nancy E. Hoffman - Editor
W. Michael Reed - Editor
Gwen Socol Rosenbluth - Editor

SUNY series, Restructuring and School Change

Price: $59.50
Hardcover - 326 pages

Release Date: June 1997

ISBN10: 0-7914-3407-9
ISBN13: 978-0-7914-3407-9

Price: $31.95
Paperback - 326 pages

Release Date: June 1997

ISBN10: 0-7914-3408-7
ISBN13: 978-0-7914-3408-6

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Summary

Describes the process of collaborative educational reform in the context of the professional development school model. First-person stories describe how "reformed" schools and universities look and assess the impact of such reform on students, teachers, and colleges of education.

Lessons from Restructuring Experiences describes the process of collaborative educational reform in the context of the professional development school model. First-person stories and literature reviews show how "reformed" schools and universities look and assess the impact of such reform on students, teachers, and colleges of education.

Intended for readers interested in establishing or assessing collaborative reform efforts, the book is organized in three units. The first provides an overview that will enhance readers'
understanding of professional development schools and school restructuring. The authors review and highlight important concepts and processes in collaborative restructuring. The second unit brings the concepts and processes of collaborative change to life by sharing the stories of teachers and administrators in elementary and secondary professional development schools. The third unit addresses the complex issue of assessing the outcomes of restructuring in both schools and the university.

Nancy E. Hoffman is Associate Professor and Coordinator of Field Experiences; and W. Michael Reed is Professor of Instructional Technology, both in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at West Virginia University. Reed is the co-author of Educational Computing and Problem Solving; Computer Use in the Improvement of Writing; Multimedia and Megachange: New Directions for Educational Computing; and Hypermedia: Theory, Research, and Practice. Gwen Socol Rosenbluth is an English Teacher and Teacher Education Site Coordinator at Morgantown High School, Morgantown, West Virginia. She has been a Monongalia County Teacher of the Year.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part I. Working Together to Restructure in Professional Development Schools

Overview of Part I

1. The Nature of Professionalism in the Context of School Reform
Van Dempsey

2. Collaboration Between K-12 Schools and Universities
Jerrald Shive

3. The Benedum Collaborative: The Story of an Educational Reform Effort
Sarah Steel and Nancy E. Hoffman

Part II. Stories of Professional Development School Change

Overview of Part II

4. The Story of Two Changing Teachers
Sarah Steel, Rhonda Jenkins, and Diana Colebank

5. The Story of a Changing Role: Teacher Research in Action
W. Michael Reed, David J. Ayersman, and Nancy E. Hoffman

6. The Story of Two Principles: Constructing Leadership, Balancing Tensions, and Creating Relationships
Van Dempsey with Thomas Hart and Susanne Lynch

7. The Story of Changing Practices: Classroom Based Collaboration as a Model for a Communications Program
Jennifer Borsch, Ruth Oaks, and Cheryl Prichard

8. The Story of a Changing Program: West Virginia's First Science, Math, and Technology Center
Mary Ann Gaston, Raymond Francis, Janet Crescenzi, and Perry Phillips

9. The Story of a Changing School
Teresa T. Field and Mary Alice Barksdale-Ladd

10. The Story of Changing School-University Relationships
Nancy E. Hoffman, Gwen Socol Rosenbluth, and Kaye McCrory

Part III. The Outcomes of Restructuring: Problems and Possibilities

Overview of Part III

11. Teachers' Perspectives on School Change: Lessons from the Classroom
Joy Faini Saab, Sarah Steel, and Jerrald Shive

12. Reconsidering Assessment to Be Reflective of School Reform
Jaci Webb-Dempsey

13. Impact on Colleges of Education
Richard D. Hawthorne

Index

Related Subjects

Education
School Change and Reform

33119/33120(PR//)

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