Constraints to Teacher Change.

Autor/inn/en	Byrd, Steven E.; Doherty, Cindy L.
Titel	Constraints to Teacher Change.
Quelle	(1993), (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Attitude Change; Beliefs; Case Studies; Educational Change; High Schools; Instructional Innovation; Resistance to Change; Science Instruction; Science Teachers; Secondary School Teachers; Student Attitudes; Teacher Role + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Belief; Glaube; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Bildungsreform; High school; Oberschule; Educational Innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Schülerverhalten; Lehrerrolle
Abstract	Educational reform is and has been an ongoing process throughout the history of science education. However, with the notion of reform comes constraints or barriers to these proposed changes. Without addressing these constraints reform cannot be full realized. This study was conducted to identify the most significant constraints inhibiting a teacher from reaching his vision for teaching and learning science. Using interpretive techniques, experiences grounded in constructivist beliefs were contrasted with more traditional positivist ideas. Constraints to change were found to occur within a transition zone, a multidimensional area in which change occurs over a period of time. Teachers engaged in change pass through this transition zone. Four types of tangible constraints were identified: physical requirements, associated persons, personal, and student. The most interesting from a research standpoint was the domain of student beliefs. (Author/MDH)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01