University Partnerships for Pre-service and Teacher Development.

This volume examines the diverse ways in which universities and colleges around the world are partnering and collaborating with other institutions to fulfill their missions and visions.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cozza, Barbara
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bingley : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2017.
Series:Innovations in higher education teaching and learning ; v. 10.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; University Partnerships for Pre-Service and Teacher Development; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Series Editor's Introduction; Part I: Concepts and Principles; Novel Approaches in University Partnerships: An Introduction to University Partnerships for Pre-service and Teacher Development; Introduction; Teacher Quality Defined; Shared Collaborative Culture; Teacher Collaboration Promotes Teacher Quality; The PLC Intervention; Membership in a University/School/Organization Partnership; Professional Development in a Partnership; Quality Matters More Than Quantity.
  • Chapters' SummariesConclusion; References; A Scottish Consortium of Higher and Further Education Institutions: Developing Collaboration through Critical Incidents; Understandings of Partnership; TQAL
  • A Multilayered Partnership Project; Analyzing Partnership: Identifying Critical Incidents; The VLE as Boundary Object; The Critical Incidents; Critical Incident 1
  • Tendering; Critical Incident 2
  • Program Validation Process; Critical Incident 3
  • Curriculum Visioning Process; Critical Incident 4
  • Curriculum Facilitation; Conclusion; Notes; References; Part II: Successful Practices.
  • Students Helping Students: An ELL Parent Tutoring Program PartnershipLiterature and Theoretical Base; The Grant: Schools and Umbrella Proposals; Implementation; Professional Development; Tutoring Plan; Method; Participants; Three Elementary School Tutoring Programs: Parent, Reading, and ESL; Parent Tutoring Program; Assessment Instruments; Reading Comprehension; Academic Self-Concepts; Results; Assessments of Parent Tutors; Academic Self-Concepts and Reading; Assessment of Parent Tutoring Program; Discussion; Conclusions and Future Directions; References.
  • The Role of the University in Supporting Teachers in General Education to Develop Learning Environments Related to Working Life and EntrepreneurshipIntroduction; Theoretical Basis for the Continuing Education Process; Methodology; Phases in Design-Based Research as a Framework for Continuing Education; Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Mutually Beneficial Collaborative Initiatives between Elementary Schools and a University Teacher Preparation Program; Introduction: Hands-on Experience for Real-Life Work.
  • Partnership Activity 1: Progress Monitoring with AIMSweb® Assessment-Faculty Exchange ProgramsPartnership Activity 2: Oral Literacy Day and Night
  • Joint Academic Programs; Day Event: Read across America; Night Event: Family Reading Night; Partnership Activity 3: Study Skills
  • Joint Academic Program; Partnership Activity 4: Community on Campus Children Activities
  • Joint Community Service Initiatives; Homecoming Children's Area; Museum Night; Partnership Activity 5: Skype Reading for Reluctant Readers
  • Joint Classroom Project.
  • Partnership Activity 6: Professional Development
  • Joint professional development initiatives for faculty and leadership.