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Effective Teacher Candidate Preparation: Professional Development Schools versus Traditional Training Format
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Hamar, Sandra K. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
New initiatives in preservice teacher formal student teaching experiences seek to prepare high-quality educators commensurate with current demands of the profession. Professional development schools (PDS) provide more hours of clinical preparation for student teaching, with a qualified mentor teacher. This research study investigated the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Professional Development Schools, Faculty Development
An Empirical Study of the Promise and Effectiveness of Teachers from Professional Development vs. Traditional Models of Education
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Coffelt, Tanya – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Teacher preparatory programs need to evaluate their programs to determine if they are producing highly effective teachers. This study utilized the professional development school (PDS) program versus the traditional program to determine if there was a difference in the promise and effectiveness of pre-service teachers. The study analyzed the…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Effectiveness, Preservice Teachers
A Study to Explore the Strategy of Field-Based Teacher Preparation: Professional Development Schools
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Connie Wright – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of my study was to determine if there are any differences in performance measures of student teachers with varying levels of participation in professional development schools. The population in my study was the 2002 through the spring of 2006 kindergarten through 6th-grade student teachers from a small, private postsecondary…
Descriptors: Field Experience Programs, Teacher Education, Student Teacher Evaluation, Student Teachers