Teachers' Professional Discretion and the Curricula
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| Title: | Teachers' Professional Discretion and the Curricula |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Boote, David N. |
| Source: | Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice. Aug 2006 12(4):461-478. |
| Availability: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Fax: 215-625-2940; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
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| Page Count: | 18 |
| Publication Date: | 2006 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Descriptive |
| Education Level: | Adult Education |
| Descriptors: | Decision Making Skills, Evaluative Thinking, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis, Professional Autonomy, Professional Development, Teacher Education, Curriculum Implementation, Performance Factors, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Theory Practice Relationship, Instructional Leadership |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13450600600644319 |
| ISSN: | 1354-0602 |
| Abstract: | At the heart of many current debates about curriculum and curriculum policy is an inadequately conceptualized and articulated notion of teachers' professional discretion. This paper begins to detail a normative and descriptive theory of the social and individual conditions required for the development of professional discretion. A better understanding of teachers' professional discretion should enable professional curriculum developers and policy writers to help teachers to adapt to the dynamic, complex social conditions of schooling. (Contains 15 notes.) |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 55 |
| Entry Date: | 2008 |
| Accession Number: | EJ819775 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | At the heart of many current debates about curriculum and curriculum policy is an inadequately conceptualized and articulated notion of teachers' professional discretion. This paper begins to detail a normative and descriptive theory of the social and individual conditions required for the development of professional discretion. A better understanding of teachers' professional discretion should enable professional curriculum developers and policy writers to help teachers to adapt to the dynamic, complex social conditions of schooling. (Contains 15 notes.) |
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| ISSN: | 1354-0602 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13450600600644319 |
