Tradition and Alternative in Educational Practice: Three Stories of Epistemological Conflict.

Keyes, Maureen W.; Capper, Colleen; Jamison, Mike; Martin, Joan; Opsal, Christen

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ERIC Number: EJ593015

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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Tradition and Alternative in Educational Practice: Three Stories of Epistemological Conflict.

Keyes, Maureen W.; Capper, Colleen; Jamison, Mike; Martin, Joan; Opsal, Christen

Journal for a Just and Caring Education, v5 n4 p502-19 Oct 1999

Shares experiences of one teacher and two administrators attempting to implement critically oriented, democratic practices in their school systems. Examines three specific events and interrogates them through scientific, critical, and postmodern lenses. Presents five suggestions to unshackle practitioners from educational traditions that neglect student needs. (MLH)

Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Critical Theory, Democratic Values, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Postmodernism, Scientific Attitudes, Student Needs, Traditional Schools

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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