Prioritizing Urban Children, Teachers, and Schools Through Professional Development Schools

by Wong, Pia Lindquist; Glass, Ronald David

• ISBN13: 9781438425948
• ISBN10: 1438425945
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-01
• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

Summary

Provides insights into university partnerships with urban schools.

Author Biography

Pia Lindquist Wong is Associate Dean of the College of Education at California State University Sacramento and coauthor (with Maria del Pilar O'Cdiz and Carlos Alberto Torres) of Education and Democracy: Paulo Freire, Social Movements, and Educational Reform In So Paulo. Ronald David Glass is Associate Professor of Philosophy of Education at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction: The Equity Network: The Contextual and Theoretical Frameworks for Urban Professional Development Schools	p. 1
Toward Improving Urban Children's Lives	p. 27
Floating Boats and Solar Ovens: Involving Candidates in Science, Mathematics, and Technology Learning Communities	p. 43
Science for Social Responsibility	p. 69
Education of the Community, by the Community, and for the Community: The Language Academy of Sacramento	p. 87
The Power of Connections: Re-creating Teacher and Teacher Educator Roles	p. 105
Connecting Teacher Educators Across Roles, Domains, and Knowledge Bases	p. 119
Beyond the Classroom: Candidates Connect to Colleagues, Children, and Communities	p. 135
Structural Shifts and Cultural Transformations: University Faculty Members and their Work in PDSs	p. 155
The Politics of Transforming Institutions and Institutional Relationships	p. 173
Perspectives on Negotiation and Equilibrium in the Politics of Knowledge: Transforming the University and the School into a PDS Partnership	p. 181
Not Starting from Scratch: Applying the Lessons from a Thwarted PDS Effort	p. 197
Bridging the Disconnect: The Promise of Lesson Study	p. 213
Making History by Creating New Traditions: Concluding Reflections and Future Directions	p. 229
References	p. 247
List of Contributors	p. 263
Index	p. 269
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