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What are teacher communities? What are they after? How do they begin? Do they evolve through stages? How alike or different are they from one another? And how are such communities built? This account of an urban and a suburban school, the author attempts to provide answers to these questions.
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Among School Teachers : Community, Autonomy, and Ideology in Teachers' Work
author
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Westheimer, Joel.
publisher
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Teachers College Press
isbn10 | asin
:
0807737445
print isbn13
:
9780807737446
ebook isbn13
:
9780585255330
language
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English
subject
Teaching--Social aspects--United States--Case studies, Teachers--Social networks--United States--Case studies, Interpersonal relations--United States--Case studies, School management and organization--United States--Case studies, Educational change--Unite
publication date
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1998
lcc
:
LB1775.2.W37 1998eb
ddc
:
371.1/06
subject
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Teaching--Social aspects--United States--Case studies, Teachers--Social networks--United States--Case studies, Interpersonal relations--United States--Case studies, School management and organization--United States--Case studies, Educational change--Unite
Page iii
Among School Teachers
Community Autonomy and Ideology in Teachers' Work
Joel Westheimer
Foreword by Larry Cuban
TEACHERS COLLEGE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY NEW YORK AND LONDON
Page iv
Published by Teachers College Press, 1234 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027
Copyright 1998 by Teachers College Press
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission from the publisher.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Westheimer, Joel. Among schoolteachers : community, autonomy, and ideology in teachers' work / Joel Westheimer ; foreword by Larry Cuban. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-8077-3745-3 (cloth : alk. paper). ISBN 0-8077-3744-5 (paper : alk. paper) 1. TeachingSocial aspectsUnited StatesCase studies. 2. TeachersSocial networksUnited StatesCase studies. 3. Interpersonal relationsUnited StatesCase studies. 4. School management and organizationUnited StatesCase studies. 5. Education changeUnited StatesCase studies. I. Title. LB1775.2.W37 1998 371.1'06dc21 98-12184
ISBN 0-8077-3744-5 (paper) ISBN 0-8077-3745-3 (cloth)
Printed on acid-free paper Manufactured in the United States of America
05 04 03 02 01 00 99 98 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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To my parents, who put education above all else and who encouraged me to follow my heart at every step and every choice. They taught me the importance of community.
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Contents
Foreword
by Larry Cuban
ix
Acknowledgments
xiii
Introduction
1
1. Community and Teachers' Work
8
What Is Teacher Community?
9
The Theory and Practice of Community: An Overview
11
Problems in Constructing a Theory of Community
17
Reform Efforts to Build Teacher Professional Communities
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