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ERIC Number: EJ395823
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Bureaucratic Rationality and the Self-Educating Profession: The Problem of Teacher Privatism.
McTaggart, Robin
Journal of Curriculum Studies, v21 n4 p345-61 Jul-Aug 1989
Explores how a commitment to privacy inhibits the ability of teachers to learn from each other, to reflect on their own practices, or to engage in classroom-based research. Reports on a case study involving interviews with two teachers. Analyzes their commitment to privacy as a function of adaptation to school conditions. (KO)
Descriptors: Action Research, Administrative Organization, Bureaucracy, Case Studies, Collegiality, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Interpersonal Relationship, Peer Relationship, Privacy, Social Environment, Teacher Effectiveness, Work Environment
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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