Restructuring in the Classroom: Teaching, Learning, and School OrganizationISBN: 978-0-7879-0239-1
Hardcover
288 pages
April 1996, Jossey-Bass
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"A lucid, vivid, and persuasive account of the slipperyrelationship between school organization and classroom teaching. Bymelding policy analysis and up-close observation, the authorsilluminate the really hard issues in improving instruction. Thisbook will shape educational research and reform for many years tocome." (David Tyack, Vida Jacks Professor of Education and History,Stanford University)
"A compelling demonstration that innovative organizationalstructures are often appropriated to enact teachers' priorconceptions of teaching. This confirms what our studies have found:that changes in school structure or even in teaching practice offerno guarantees for enhancing the intellectual quality of studentlearning." (Fred M. Newman, director, Center on Organization andRestructuring of Schools, and professor of curriculum andinstruction, University of Wisconsin, Madison)
"A compelling demonstration that innovative organizationalstructures are often appropriated to enact teachers' priorconceptions of teaching. This confirms what our studies have found:that changes in school structure or even in teaching practice offerno guarantees for enhancing the intellectual quality of studentlearning." (Fred M. Newman, director, Center on Organization andRestructuring of Schools, and professor of curriculum andinstruction, University of Wisconsin, Madison)