{"product_id":"professional-development-schools-2","title":"Professional Development Schools","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book offers a close-up, comprehensive look at the state of professional development schools in the United States today. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe vision of an ideal professional development school (PDS) is drawn from the best-known P-12 practices and optimum sites for preparing novice teachers. This \"ideal\" PDS would continually generate, test, and refine new knowledge and organizational structures. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis \"ideal\" PDS would also connect preservice and inservice educators with students in a learning organization that involves the community around it. Abdal-Haqq identifies these primary goals for professional development schools:\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreparing new educators for service \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProviding ongoing professional development for educators in the field \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGuiding and encouraging exemplary practice to maximize student outcomes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApplying reflective inquiry to improve student \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e educator development\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAbdal-Haqq poses these questions regarding whether the PDS is performing its intended role in the U.S. today: Is the PDS succeeding in improving the curriculum, instruction, and structure of P-12 schools through professional development of educators? Is it making substantive, positive differences in the learning levels of students? \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eTo find answers, the author examines substantial amounts of evidence from various sources: follow-up studies with teacher education graduates; collections of education student interviews; surveys with preservice teachers on attitudes, beliefs, and self-efficacy; reviews in student journals; and other personal narratives from preservice teachers. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAbdal-Haqq also investigates the important questions of time and money. She explores the kinds of additional fiscal and human resources necessary to start up and sustain a PDS.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis is an important book for educators interested in the future of professional development schools and how students as well as educators will benefit from them.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSponsored by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SAGE Publications Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54259395232088,"sku":"9780803963504","price":21.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780803963504_8cb3aec6-274f-42a7-ba7d-93b29db7ecc8.jpg?v=1777786277","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/professional-development-schools-2","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}