Inside Teaching How Classroom Life Undermines Reform

Name: Inside Teaching How Classroom Life Undermines Reform
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ISBN: 9780674022454

ISBN-10: 0674022459

ISBN-13: 9780674022454

Edition: 2005

Authors: Mary M. Kennedy

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Reform the schools, improve teaching: these battle cries of American education have been echoing for twenty years. So why does teaching change so little? Arguing that too many would-be reformers know nothing about the conflicting demands of teaching, Mary Kennedy takes us into the controlled commotion of the classroom, revealing how painstakingly teachers plan their lessons, and how many different ways things go awry. Teachers try simultaneously to keep track of materials, time, students, and ideas. In their effort to hold all of these things together, they can inadvertently quash students' enthusiasm and miss valuable teachable moments. Kennedy argues that pedagogical reform…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 9/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.59" wide x 8.43" long x 0.69" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English




The Mysterious Gap between Reform Ideals and Everyday Teaching



How Teachers Think about Their Practices



Creating a Tranquil Environment



Managing Conversations about Content



Constructing the Day's Agenda



Sources of Problems in Teaching



Sources of Improvements in Teaching



The Problem of Reform


Appendix on Method


Notes


References


Index