Teaching in America : the slow revolution / Gerald Grant and Christine E. Murray.
Teaching in America : the slow revolution / Gerald Grant and Christine E. Murray.
Teaching in America : the slow revolution / Gerald Grant and Christine E. Murray.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1999.
Date
1999.
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N371.100973/2
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Language
English
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Physical content
280 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents
1. Two Professions -- 2. Assessing America's Teachers and Schools -- 3. The Essential Acts of Teaching -- 4. Three Questions Every Teacher Must Answer -- 5. The Modern Origins of the Profession: Florence's Story, 1890-1920 -- 6. Reforming Teaching in the Midst of Social Crisis: Andrena's Story, 1960...
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Publisher
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1999.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
1999.
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Summary
This book explores these questions by analyzing the essential acts of teaching in a way that will help all teachers become more thoughtful practitioners. It presents portraits of teachers (most of them women) struggling to take control of their practice in a system dominated by an administrative elite (mostly male). The educational system, Gerald G...
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Teaching in America : the slow revolution / Gerald Grant and Christine E. Murray.
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Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 243-268.
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N371.100973/2
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74VvjQaWGjPX
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ISBN
0674869613 (hc. : alk. paper)
9780674869615 (hc. : alk. paper)
DDC
371.1/00973
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991015256769702626
