TY - JOUR
T1 - Local theories of teacher change
T2 - The pedagogy of district policies and programs
AU - Spillane, James P.
PY - 2002/4
Y1 - 2002/4
N2 - This paper examines district officials' theories about teacher learning and change, identifying and elaborating three perspectives-behaviorist, situated, and cognitive-based on a study of 9 school districts. The behaviorist perspective on teacher learning dominated among the district officials in the study. The author also considers whether the prominence of the behaviorist perspective on teacher learning among district officials may be cause for concern when it comes to the classroom implementation of the fundamental changes in instruction pressed by state and national standards.
AB - This paper examines district officials' theories about teacher learning and change, identifying and elaborating three perspectives-behaviorist, situated, and cognitive-based on a study of 9 school districts. The behaviorist perspective on teacher learning dominated among the district officials in the study. The author also considers whether the prominence of the behaviorist perspective on teacher learning among district officials may be cause for concern when it comes to the classroom implementation of the fundamental changes in instruction pressed by state and national standards.
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U2 - 10.1111/1467-9620.00167
DO - 10.1111/1467-9620.00167
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0036005458
SN - 0161-4681
VL - 104
SP - 377
EP - 420
JO - Teachers College Record
JF - Teachers College Record
IS - 3
ER -