Learning to Change Teaching Beyond Subjects and Standards

by Hargreaves, Andy; Earl, Lorna; Moore, Shawn; Manning, Susan

• ISBN13: 9780787950279
• ISBN10: 0787950270
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-01-11
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

The success of school reform measures greatly depends on the support and commitment of teachers. This book examines the realities of educational change from the frontline perspective of reform-minded teachers. It charts the perceptions and experiences of twenty-nine teachers in grades 7 and 8 from four school districts--showing how they grappled with such initiatives as integrated curriculum, common learning standards, and alternative modes of assessment.This book moves beyond the bandwagons of rhetorical change and examines how these changes work in practice for better and for worse. Authors Andy Hargreaves and Lorna Earl focus on how reform proposals have brought new complexities to teaching practice and why major investments of time and support are required if teaching innovations are to become lasting and effective. Most importantly, they highlight the intense emotional demands that school change imposes on teachers, and they outline practical strategies for helping teachers through thedifficult transition process--thus ensuring that worthwhile reforms flourish and endure.

Author Biography

ANDY HARGREAVES is professor of education in the Department of Theory and Policy Studies and codirector of the International Centre for Educational Change at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
The Authors	xvii
Introduction: The New Educational Orthodoxy	1	(14)
Part One: The Substance of Change	15	(98)
Standards and Outcomes	17	(33)
Classroom Assessment	50	(33)
Curriculum Integration	83	(30)
Part Two: The Process of Change	113	(86)
The Intellectual Work of Change	115	(21)
The Emotional Work of Change	136	(21)
Supporting and Sustaining Change	157	(26)
Conclusion: Learning to Change	183	(16)
References	199	(16)
Index	215