Hawthorne Academy: The University Perspective

Abstract

This article revisits the Trinity University and Hawthorne School partnership since the first case study written 10 years ago. This new perspective analyzes the teacher education program-particularly beliefs and attitudes about it and changes made to the program-with an eye to two primary themes: preparing future teachers and Hawthorne's Core Knowledge curriculum. To gain a varied insight, the second author, Felicia Frazee, a current Trinity teacher education candidate, surveyed and interviewed Hawthorne teachers. Ten years ago, Felicia and I visited Hawthorne together; next year, she plans to be an intern at Hawthorne. To better understand our latest visit, we provide a brief summary of the original essay, Hawthorne Elementary School: The University Perspective (Frazee, 1996), to compare the previous program description to the current program description discussed here.