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ERIC Number: EJ588465
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-4056
On the Expanded Role of the Teacher.
Allison, Jeanette
Childhood Education, v75 n5 p258-59 1999
Introduces this annual theme issue on the expanding role of the teacher. Maintains that an increasingly recurrent theme in conversations about education is scaling down and refocusing on what is central to teaching and learning. Asserts that the biggest challenge lies in how to actually do this. Concludes that teachers' basic contract with the public is to address achievement. (KB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Elementary Education, Role Perception, Stress Variables, Teacher Role, Teacher Student Relationship, Teaching (Occupation)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Note: Annual Theme Issue: "The Expanding Role of the Teacher."