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Andy Hargreaves - Learning to Change: Teaching Beyond Subjects and Standards - 9780787950279 - V9780787950279
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Learning to Change: Teaching Beyond Subjects and Standards

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Description for Learning to Change: Teaching Beyond Subjects and Standards Hardcover. Learning to Change closely examines the success and frustrations of teachers grappling with the more typical reforms affecting public schools--integrated curriculum, common learning standards, and alternative modes of assessment. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JNK; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 232 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
The success of school reform measures greatly depends on thesupport and commitment of teachers. This book examines therealities of educational change from the frontline perspective ofreform-minded teachers. It charts the perceptions and experiencesof twenty-nine teachers in grades 7 and 8 from four schooldistricts--showing how they grappled with such initiatives asintegrated curriculum, common learning standards, and alternativemodes of assessment.

This book moves beyond the bandwagons of rhetorical change andexamines how these changes work in practice for better and forworse. Authors Andy Hargreaves and Lorna Earl focus on how reformproposals have brought new complexities to teaching practice andwhy major ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780787950279
SKU
V9780787950279
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
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99-1

About Andy Hargreaves
ANDY HARGREAVES is professor of education in the Department of Theory and Policy Studies and codirector of the International Centre for Educational Change at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. LORNA EARL is associate professor in the Department of Theory and Policy Studies and codirector of the International Centre for Educational Change at the ... Read more

Reviews for Learning to Change: Teaching Beyond Subjects and Standards
"At a time when schools are dominated by prescriptive standards,subject-centered coverage, and high-stakes testing, Learning toChange offers us a glimpse of a more hopeful and enrichingpedagogy. I highly recommend this book for its pedagogicalcontribution and its political lessons." (James Beane, Professor,College of Education, National-Louis University) "In this optimistic and fine-grained study of learning to change,Andy Hargreaves and ... Read more

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