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Terry, Alice W.; Head, Catherine – Educational Renaissance, 2013
A university near a major city in Georgia and a large, urban school district established a Professional Development School (PDS) in which the majority of junior and senior-level preservice teacher coursework and fieldwork took place at seven urban, high-needs public schools. The purpose of this study was to provide preliminary feedback to the…
Descriptors: Urban Education, Urban Teaching, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education
Simon, Robert M. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study is the result of my work as a teacher educator in an English methods course and a member of an inquiry community I formed with eight of my students, all middle and secondary student English teachers at the University of Pennsylvania. I investigate what was at stake for them in learning to teach English in Philadelphia urban schools in…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Educational Research, English Teachers, English Teacher Education
Davis, Nichole S. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this narrative study was to explore the thoughts, perceptions, and experiences of 12 urban middle school teachers who were once urban middle school students. The study sought to discover reasons why these teachers returned to urban middle schools to teach and why they decided to stay. A qualitative methodology, using the…
Descriptors: Caring, Urban Schools, Middle Schools, Parent Participation