At the University of Florida's School of Teaching and Learning, Elizabeth Bondy is Professor of Elementary Teacher Education and Dorene D. Ross is Professor of Elementary Teacher Education. They are the coauthors (with Diane W. Kyle) of Reflective Teaching for Student Empowerment: Elementary Curriculum and Methods.

Foreword
Catherine Emihovich

Introduction
Elizabeth Bondy, Dorene D. Ross, and Linda Blanton

Part 1: An Introduction to Reform in Teacher Education

1. MAPPING THE REFORM AGENDA IN TEACHER EDUCATION: THE CHALLENGES FOR TEACHER EDUCATORS
Peter L. Rennert-Ariev, Rona Monique Frederick, and Linda Valli

2. BARRIERS TO TEACHER EDUCATION REFORM: LESSONS FROM THE LITERATURE AND FROM EXPERIENCE
Rodman B. Webb

Part 2: Reform at the University of Florida

3. DESCRIPTION OF THE UNIFIED ELEMENTARY SPECIAL EDUCATION PROTEACH PROGRAM
Dorene D. Ross, Holly B. Lane, and Cynthia McCallum

4. DESIGNING THE PROGRAM: AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS
Vivian I. Correa, Dorene D. Ross, and Rodman B. Webb

5. THE FIELD EXPERIENCES: TEACHING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY
Cynthia C. Griffin, Zhihui Fang, Anne G. Bishop, and Sharen Halsall

6. CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL TEACHING TEAMS
Rodman B. Webb, Dorene D. Ross, and Cynthia McCallum

7. THE UNITED ELEMENTARY PROGRAM: DISCUSSION AND CRITIQUE
Marleen C. Pugach

Part 3: Participant Perspectives

8. COMMUNICATION AND CONFLICT ON THREE TEACHING TEAMS
Mary T. Brownell, James McLeskey, Patricia Ashton, David Hoppey, and Rhonda Nowak

9. LEARNING IN PARTNERSHIPS: THE EXPERIENCE OF STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND COLLEGE FACULTY
Elizabeth Bondy, Alyson Adams, and Virginia Mallini

10. JOINING THE CONVERSATION ABOUT FAMILIES AND TEACHING: COUNSELOR EDUCATORS' PERSPECTIVES ON TEACHER PREPARATION
Ellen S. Amatea and Joanna Jennie

11. LEARNING FROM STUDENTS' PERSPECTIVES ON COURSES AND FIELD EXPERIENCES
Elizabeth Bondy, Lynne Stafford, and Angela Mott

12. VIEWS FROM THE INSIDE: AN OUTSIDER'S PERSPECTIVE
Renee Tipton Clift

Part 4: Student and Program Evaluation

13. PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT: OVERVIEW OF CHALLENGES AND DIRECTIONS
Catheryn Weitman

14. PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT
Sharen Halsall and Theresa B. Vernetson

15. THE ELECTRONIC PORTFOLIO PROJECT
Gail Ring, Sebastian Foti, and Colleen Swain

Part 5: The Reform in Context

16. A SPECIAL EDUCATOR'S REFLECTIONS ON TEACHER EDUCATION REFORM
Linda Blanton

17. A GENERAL TEACHER EDUCATOR'S REFLECTIONS
Alan R. Tom

18. THE UNIFIED ELEMENTARY PROGRAM: RESPONSE FROM A SCHOOL-BASED PERSPECTIVE
Diane W. Kyle and Gayle H. Moore

Epilogue
Elizabeth Bondy and Dorene D. Ross

Appendixes

List of Contributors

Index