Talking About a Revolution - The Languages of Educational Reform

Informationen zum Autor Jacqueline Cossentino is Assistant Professor in the Department of Education Policy and Leadership at the University of Maryland at College Park. Klappentext "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.

Product details

• Authors: Jacqueline Cassentino, Jacqueline Cossentino
• Assisted by: Alan R. Tom (Editor)
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2004
• EAN: 9780791460191
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-6019-1
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Suny Series, Restructuring and; SUNY series, Teacher Preparation and Development; SUNY series, Restructuring and School Change
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; USA, EDUCATION / Administration / General, Organization & management of education, Educational administration and organization, United States of America, USA