Preparing for Inclusive Teaching: Meeting the Challenges of Teacher Education Reform Book

	Foreword
	Introduction	1
1	Mapping the reform agenda in teacher education : the challenges for teacher educators	11
2	Barriers to teacher education reform : lessons from the literature and from experience	33
3	Description of the unified elementary special education Proteach program	51
4	Designing the program : an overview of the process	69
5	The field experiences : teaching in partnership with schools and community	83
6	Cross-departmental teaching teams	99
7	The unified elementary program : discussion and critique	115
8	Communication and conflict on three teaching teams	129
9	Learning in partnerships : the experience of students, teachers, and college faculty	147
10	Joining the conversation about families and teaching : counselor educators' perspectives on teacher preparation	163
11	Learning from students' perspectives on courses and field experiences	179
12	Views from the inside : an outsider's perspective	195
13	Performance assessment : overview of challenges and directions	209
14	Performance assessment	219
15	The electronic portfolio project	233
16	A special educator's reflections on teacher education reform	249
17	A general teacher educator's reflections	257
18	The unified elementary program : response from a school-based perspective	273
	Epilogue	285