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ERIC Number: EJ1248645
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 21
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0022-0272
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Investigating the Concerns of Secondary School Teachers towards Curriculum Reform
Byrne, Chris; Prendergast, Mark
Journal of Curriculum Studies, v52 n2 p286-306 2020
This study examines the concerns of Irish secondary school teachers to the introduction of three reformed curricula, namely: English, mathematics, and Design and Communication Graphics. Major changes have been introduced in each of these subjects at different time periods over the past 12 years. The Stages of Concern Questionnaire was selected by the researchers to gain a quantitative measure of the levels of concerns teachers had towards curriculum reform in their subject area. The study aimed to assess how the change process had impacted on teachers and how their concerns compared or differed given the varying post-implementation time periods. The findings suggest that teachers make significant decisions about change early in the implementation process which may be based on limited information. The study also found that teachers may still have significant concerns about an innovation several years after its implementation. If such concerns are not addressed, they may affect how the change is implemented.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Secondary Education; Adult Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Ireland
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Stages of Concern Questionnaire
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