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Talking about a revolution : the languages of educational reform / Jacqueline Cossentino.
Van Pelt Library LB2822.82 .C67 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cossentino, Jacqueline, 1964-
- Series:
- SUNY series in teacher preparation and development
- SUNY series, restructuring and school change
- SUNY series, teacher preparation and development
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- School improvement programs--United States--Case studies.
- School improvement programs.
- Teachers.
- Teacher effectiveness.
- United States.
- Teacher effectiveness--United States--Case studies.
- Teachers--United States--Attitudes--Case studies.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 169 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, [2004]
- Summary:
- "Talking about a Revolution tells the story of school reform from the perspective of teachers engaged in it, illuminating the complexity of teachers' roles in transforming policy into practice. Al, Brian, and Camille teach at a large, comprehensive high school in a suburb of a major mid-western city. They use the languages of educational reform to inspire new ways to think about teaching, to shield themselves from the confusion of contradictory understandings of reform, and to construct a shared understanding of what reformed teaching might mean. Al, Brian, and Camille use language as their ally to transform the public, often abstract, call for reform into a new and better way to teach.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-165) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0791460193
- 0791460207
- OCLC:
- 52182666
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