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ERIC Number: EJ368723
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Research Currents: Resisting (Professional) Arrest.
Edelsky, Carole
Language Arts, v65 n4 p396-402 Apr 1988
Argues that teachers in America's school systems are not beneficiaries of "enhanced professionalism" but victims of processes which, in the name of reform, take away teachers' professional rights to make decisions about teaching. Describes the activities of groups of teacher-activists who are working to maintain the autonomy of teachers. (ARH)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Change, Professional Autonomy, Professional Development, Teacher Associations, Teacher Rights, Teacher Role, Teacher Welfare
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Professional Activities
Note: Themed Issue: The Enhanced Professionalism of Teachers.