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Katarina Blennow; Ingrid Bosseldal; Martin Malmström – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2023
This paper aims to share new knowledge about tensions in establishing a new school in a marketised educational landscape, with a special focus on teachers' experiences of enacting a highly profiled vision. The paper is based on a single case study using observations, surveys, interviews and document studies. To cover the complex enactment process,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Public Schools, Secondary Schools
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Maulana, Ridwan; Opdenakker, Marie-Christine; den Brok, Perry – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2015
Teaching is undoubtedly complex and the complexity of classroom practice implies that the structure of lessons making up teaching may differ and subject to change over time. The aims of this study were to investigate changes in observed lesson structure, and explore the effects of several teacher and contextual characteristics on differences in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Lesson Plans, Instructional Design
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Stone-Johnson, Corrie – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2014
Today's American educational context is characterised by increasing standardisation coupled with heightened accountability. While some view standardisation as a lever for equity, many view it as problematic for the work of teachers. Efforts to improve student achievement by focusing on the activities of teachers have resulted in an over-riding…
Descriptors: Accountability, Academic Achievement, Teacher Effectiveness, Standards
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Sim, Cheryl – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2004
This paper uses data originally gathered as part of an Australian national research study into the Impact of Educational Research (2000). The author was a member of one of four research teams, led by Professor Marilyn McMeniman. The team's focus was to identify the main influences on the knowledge that teachers draw on as they teach--their…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries