Transforming Teaching in Math and Science: How Schools and Districts Can Support Change (Sociology of Education Series) - Hardcover

Anderson, Charles W.; Quiroz, Pamela Anne; Secada, Walter G.; Williams, Tona; Ashmann, Scott

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0807743100 ISBN 13: 9780807743102

Publisher: Teachers College Pr, 2003

Synopsis

Teachers often want to learn new ideas and approaches to improve their teaching, but their efforts are often blocked by structural constraints in their districts and schools. How can schools overcome these barriers to provide more supportive environments for change? The authors answer this question through the study of six cases of schools and districts where teachers and researchers collaborated to develop teaching for understanding in math and science.

About this title

About the Author:

Yossi Shavit is Professor of Sociology at Tel Aviv University and Head of the B. I. and Lucille Cohen Institute for Public Opinion Research. Richard Arum is Professor of Sociology and Education at New York University. Adam Gamoran is Professor of Sociology and Educational Policy Studies and Director of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Review:

""This book contains basic truths about the teaching-learning process that educators cannot afford to ignore."

About this edition

• Publisher: Teachers College Pr
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0807743100
• ISBN 13: 9780807743102
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Gamoran Adam