Clinical preparation at the middle level : practices and possibilities

This text highlights partnerships between schools and teacher preparation programs where candidates have opportunities to learn in their coursework alongside teachers in the classroom in clinical settings, bridging the theory-practice divide and helping candidates better understand the simultaneous...

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Other Authors Howell, Penny B. (Editor), Carpenter, Jan Marie (Editor), Jones, Jeanneine P. (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : IAP, Information Age Pub., Inc., [2016]
SeriesHandbook of resources in middle level education.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806610198
DOI10.1108/978-1-68123-395-6
Physical Description1 online resource (xxiv, 307 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / James G. Cibulka
  • Foreword / John H. Lounsbury and C. Kenneth McEwin
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction / Penny B. Howell, Jan Carpenter, and Jeanneine Jones
  • Section I. Beginning and shaping a partnership / Jan Carpenter
  • Chapter 1. Relationships and context matter: Tales from a middle school/university partnership / P. Gayle Andrews and Katherine F. Thompson
  • Chapter 2. Transforming teacher preparation for the transition years: A partnership-based stem residency program / Cheryl R. Ellerbrock, Gladis Kersaint, Jason Jude Smith, and Rebecca T. Kaskeski
  • Chapter 3. Supporting middle level students, teacher candidates, and teachers through forming professional developmental schools partnerships / Lisa Harrison and Marcy Keifer Kennedy
  • Chapter 4. Building the plane as we fly it: Essential elements for a successful middle school program and partnership / Molly Mee and Heather Rogers-Haverback
  • Chapter 5. A focused partnership: Targeting inservice and teacher candidate efficacy in middle level education to improve student outcomes / Katherine Main and Donna Pendergast
  • Section II. Examining established partnership / Penny B. Howell
  • Chapter 6. Working hand-in-hand to strengthen preservice teacher education: The development of a middle level pds partnership in south carolina / Toni M. Williams, David C. Virtue, and Dywanna E. Smith
  • Chapter 7. Coldiron middle school field experience: Lessons from clinical experiences and implications for practice / Steven L. Turner With Carie C. Greene
  • Chapter 8. Rowe middle school/sdep partnership: Growing great teachers in a win-win arrangement / Barbara Rueben and Larry Becker
  • Chapter 9. Clinical teacher education: The sum and substance of a nationally recognized program / Christine A. Hunt, Paula M. Kenneson, and Richard P. Lipka
  • Chapter 10. The power of partnering: Mediated middle level field experiences / Heather K. Casey and Michael G. Curran Jr
  • Chapter 11. Real girls at chico junior high school: Eight strategies for enhancing student perceptions of relevance in clinical preparation experiences / Michael J. Mann, Patty Haley, Megan L. Smith, and Alfgeir L. Kristjansson
  • Section III. Sustaining partnerships / Jeanneine Jones
  • Chapter 12. Maintaining and sustaining long-term collaborative partnerships: Illinois state university's middle level teacher education program / Steven B. Mertens, Ellis Hurd, Douglas Hatch, and Gary Weilbacher
  • Chapter 13. Never give up: The power of a sustained partnership built on vision and trust / Sheryl Long, Carol A. Pope, and Candy M. Beal
  • Chapter 14. Engaging the school community in teacher preparation: Clinical partnerships in middle grades schools / Chris M. Cook and Shawn A. Faulkner
  • Chapter 15. Considering the middle level field in the landscape of teacher education: Enhancing our collaboration / David Strahan
  • Chapter 16. Concluding thoughts / Penny B. Howell, Jan Carpenter, and Jeanneine Jones
  • About the contributors.