Professional Development That Addresses Professional Community in Urban Elementary Schools [microform] / Peter Youngs and M. Bruce Kings
- Bib ID:
- 5677096
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Youngs, Peter
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED449266
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2000
- 17 p.
- Summary:
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This study examined the level of professional community in seven urban elementary schools that served large proportions of low-income students and that had engaged in innovative, schoolwide professional development and reform. The study points out to what extent and in what ways professional development at each school addressed professional community and the other dimensions of school capacity. Schools were chosen to represent different approaches to professional development and different kinds of assistance from district, state, and independent providers. Researchers made two to four visits to each school for up to 4 days at a time, observing professional development activities and classroom instruction, interviewing school and district staff and external providers of faculty development, and collecting pertinent documents (e.g., achievement data and demographic and fiscal information). Data analysis indicates that urban elementary schools serving high percentages of low-income students can attain a healthy degree of professional community, and that professional development in such schools can strongly address professional community. Evidence from two schools suggests that professional community can be strengthened by either scripted approaches to professional development or more organic, school-based approaches. (Contains 18 references.) (SM)
- Notes:
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- Sponsoring Agency: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Chicago, IL.
- Sponsoring Agency: Spencer Foundation, Chicago, IL.
- Sponsoring Agency: Wisconsin Center for Education Research, Madison.
- Sponsoring Agency: Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC.
- Contract Number: R308F60021-97.
- ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (New Orleans, LA, April 24-28, 2000).
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Kings, M. Bruce, author
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 2000
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