Preface Chapter 1: Urban Schools as a Context for Learning Teaching Magaly Lavadenz and Etta R. Hollins Part I: Learning Teaching through the Approximation and Representation of Practice Chapter 2: Opportunities and Pitfalls in the Turn toward Clinical Experience in U.S. Teacher Education          Kenneth Zeichner and Marisa Bier Chapter 3: Moving from Recommendations to Action in Preparing Professional Educators Frances Rust and Rene Tipton Clift Chapter 4: Clinical prototypes: Nontraditional Teacher Preparation Programs Michelle Haj-Broussard, Jennifer L. Husbands, Belinda Dunnick Karge, Kimberly Walker McAlister, Majorie McCabe, John A. Omelan, Phyllis Payne, Vickie V. Person, Karen Peterson, and Cyndy Stephens Part II: Learning Teaching Situated in Context Chapter 5: Fostering Community-based Field Experiences in Teacher Education Heidi L. Hallman and Terri L.

Rodriguez Chapter 6: Learning Teaching through Clinical Rotations Etta R. Hollins Chapter 7: A Clinical Classroom Process Antoinette S. Linton and Richard K. Gordon Chapter 8: Community Immersion Teacher Development: Pragmatic Knowledge of Family and Community in Professional Field-based Practice Peter C. Murrell, Jr., Jessica Strauss, Rachel Carlson, and Maritza Alcoreza Dominguez Part III: Assessing and Improving Teacher Preparation Chapter 9: Teacher Performance Assessment: Readiness for Professional Practice Jamy Stillman, Gisele Ragusa, Andrea Whittaker Chapter 10: Building an Agenda and Developing Solutions for Challenges in Clinical Experiences                        Amy Bacevich, Stephanie L. Dodman, Lena "Libby" Hall and Meredith Ludwig About the Contributors.