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ERIC Number: EJ538149
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-1082-5541
Sustaining a Nonlinear Integrative Learning Context: Middle Level Teachers' Perspectives.
Powell, Richard; And Others
Research in Middle Level Education Quarterly, v20 n2 p23-63 Win 1997
Explored how middle level integrativist teachers working in a conventional school district sustain their commitment to integrativist learning. Used ethnographic interviewing, which uncovered four themes in these teachers' perspectives: (1) the very different nature of relationships among teachers and with students; (2) struggles with instructional autonomy and empowerment; (3) changed self-identity as teachers; and (4) threats of curriculum regression. (EV)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Integrated Curriculum, Junior High Schools, Middle Schools, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Collaboration, Teacher Empowerment, Teacher Student Relationship, Thematic Approach
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Integrated Thematic Instruction