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ERIC Number: EJ549957
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0161-4681
Aligned Instructional Policy and Ambitious Pedagogy: Exploring Instructional Reform From the Classroom Perspective.
Spillane, James P.; Jennings, Nancy E.
Teachers College Record, v98 n3 p449-81 Spr 1997
Paper considers the strategy of using aligned policies to encourage more ambitious instruction for all students from the perspective of elementary classroom teachers charged with implementing such instruction. Nine elementary teachers' responses to their local school district's efforts to press more ambitious ideas about literacy instruction are examined. (SM)
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Inservice Teacher Education, Literacy Education, Reading Instruction, Student Educational Objectives, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Improvement, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Policy Issues