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Record Nr.

UNINA9910953530703321

Autore

Kennedy Mary M

Titolo

Inside teaching : how classroom life undermines reform / / Mary Kennedy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2005

ISBN

9780674265066

0674265068

9780674039513

0674039513

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p. ) : ill

Classificazione

DK 1022

Disciplina

371.1

Soggetti

Classroom environment - United States

Educational change - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 2005.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-276) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1. The Mysterious Gap between Reform Ideals and Everyday Teaching -- 2. How Teachers Think about Their Practices -- 3. Creating a Tranquil Environment -- 4. Managing Conversations about Content -- 5. Constructing the Day's Agenda -- 6. Sources of Problems in Teaching -- 7. Sources of Improvements in Teaching -- 8. The Problem of Reform -- Appendix on Method -- Notes -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Arguing that too many would-be reformers know nothing about the conflicting demands of teaching, 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. She argues that pedagogical reform proposals that do not acknowledge all of the things teachers need to do are bound to fail. If reformers want students to learn, they must address all of the problems teachers face, not just those that interest them.