Collaborative Reform and Other Improbable Dreams Shlomo Rotter

Collaborative Reform and Other Improbable Dreams Shlomo RotterExamines Professional Development Schools, or "teaching schools," and the myriad complex issues, from policy to personnel, that surround their operation. This book discusses a ten year process of teacher education reform at a major public research university (The Ohio State University) and the challenges that ensued. The thirteen Professional Development Schools (PDSs) described are diverse, yet they share a focus on school university collaboration,

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