Restructuring in the Classroom
Restructuring in the Classroom
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Summary
This work addresses the question of whether organizational restructuring efforts can actually make a difference in how teachers teach and students learn. It reveals findings on how reform models might be translated into effective classroom practice.
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Restructuring in the Classroom by Richard F Elmore
By melding policy analysis and up-close observation, the authorsilluminate the really hard issues in improving instruction. Thisbook will shape educational research and reform for many years tocome. ?David Tyack, Vida Jacks Professor of Education and History,Stanford University
"A lucid, vivid, and persuasive account of the slipperyrelationship between school organization and classroom teachingBymelding policy analysis and up-close observation, the authorsilluminate the really hard issues in improving instruction. Thisbook will shape educational research and reform for many years tocome." (David Tyack, Vida Jacks Professor of Education and History,Stanford University)
"A compelling demonstration that innovative organizationalstructures are often appropriated to enact teachers' priorconceptions of teaching. This confirms what our studies have found:that changes in school structure or even in teaching practice offerno guarantees for enhancing the intellectual quality of studentlearning." (Fred M. Newman, director, Center on Organization andRestructuring of Schools, and professor of curriculum andinstruction, University of Wisconsin, Madison)
"A compelling demonstration that innovative organizationalstructures are often appropriated to enact teachers' priorconceptions of teaching. This confirms what our studies have found:that changes in school structure or even in teaching practice offerno guarantees for enhancing the intellectual quality of studentlearning." (Fred M. Newman, director, Center on Organization andRestructuring of Schools, and professor of curriculum andinstruction, University of Wisconsin, Madison)
RICHARD F. ELMORE is professor of education and chairman of programs in administration, planning, and social policy at the Graduate School of Education, Harvard University. PENELOPE L. PETERSON is University Distinguished Professor of Education at Michigan State University and president-elect of the American Educational Research Association. SARAH J. MCCARTHEY is an assistant professor in the department of curriculum and instruction at the University of Texas at Austin.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780787902391 |
| ISBN 10 | 078790239X |
| Title | Restructuring in the Classroom |
| Author | Richard F Elmore |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Publisher | John Wiley & Sons Inc |
| Year published | 1996-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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