Search

This monograph contains three papers. "Collaboration and Team Teaching in Higher Education" (Leslie Marlow and Duane Inman), describes the implementation of team teaching at three institutions of higher education and provides suggestions and outcomes for future collaborators. "In Their Own Words: Student Learning Experiences from a Pilot Diversity Course in Costa Rica" (Mary C. Clement and Jennie M. Smith), describes the development and implementation of a teacher education course in diversity, offering papers by three students in the course. The papers indicate how the course provided students with new experiences; highlight the hands-on strategies that future teachers can learn by immersing themselves in a cross-cultural, non-English speaking environment; and discuss specific issues involved in working with Hispanic students in a U.S. classroom. "Pump and Dump: Educational Reform of the New Millennium?" (Chris Muire), examines and questions the recent phase of experimentation with reform in U.S. public schools, which appears to focus primarily on untested, market-based strategies, noting the possible impact on education in the United States. (Papers contain references.) (SM)

Building on trends toward interdisciplinarity, this monograph features articles that explore educational and professional collaborations. After the editor's commentary, "The Art of Collaboration, The Science of Teaching" (Brian Jory), three essays include: "'Now I Trust You': Bridging the Ethical Dilemma in Professional Development School Relationships" (Samuel Hausfather and Elizabeth L. Strehle; "An Integrated Approach to Gender Equity in Schools" (Susan Logsdon Conradsen and Michelle Rosen Haney); and "Interdisciplinary Curriculum as Complementary Practice: A Philosophical Perspective" (Alvin H.F. Smith). A book review section reviews four books that focus on developmental problems experienced by preadolescents, adolescents, and young adults. (Papers contain references.) (SM)

This collection of papers describes the development of the Charter School of Education and Human Services at Berry College. Four articles serve as a case study in how one school of education proactively approached change in its teacher education program. Faculty in the school wrote scholarly manuscripts describing the transition to a charter school and exploring the implications of their work for improving the quality of teacher education elsewhere. The papers are: "Editor's Commentary: Transforming Teacher Education" (Brian Jory); "A Charter School of Education and Human Services" (Jacqueline M. McDowell); "Do I Want To Be a Teacher? Goals and Reflections of a New Orientation to Education Courses" (Mary C. Clement); "The Evangelist and the Conscientious Objector: Using Research in Consumer Behavior to Maximize the Effectiveness of Faculty Professional Development in Technology" (Lawrence Baines and D. Lynnwood Belvin); and "Multicultural Teacher Education in the Charter School of Education and Human Sciences: Turning Good Students Into Better Teachers" (Wade A. Carpenter and Steven Bell). (Papers contain references.) (SM)