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ERIC Number: EJ617443
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0017-8055
A Charter To Educate or a Mandate To Train: Conflicts between Theory and Practice. Voices inside Schools.
Hadden, Johanna Elena
Harvard Educational Review, v70 n4 p524-37 Win 2000
Contends that teachers are routinely given a mandate to train that requires following administrative dictates without question, constraining independent thought and action. Proposes that teachers be given instead a charter to educate, in which they are encouraged and expected to challenge normative practices and policies. (Author/SK)
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Educational Environment, Educational Philosophy, Educational Policy, Elementary Education, Professional Autonomy, Teacher Administrator Relationship, Theory Practice Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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