ERIC Number: EJ664428
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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Altering the Structure and Culture of American Public Schools.
Wilms, Wellford W.
Phi Delta Kappan, v84 n8 p606-15 Apr 2003
Describes corporate-derived teaching strategy called lesson study wherein teachers work to develop lessons, observe each other teaching lessons to see how they work, and then suggest lesson refinements. Provides examples of corporate change efforts (one successful, one not) and implications thereof for education. Evaluates two lesson-study projects. Draws conclusions about lesson study in education. (Contains 14 references.) (PKP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Classroom Techniques, Discipline, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Mass Production, Problem Solving, Teacher Collaboration, Teacher Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Time Management, Total Quality Management, Unions
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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