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"Soft Power" and the Negotiation of Legitimacy: Collective Meaning Making in a Teacher Team
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Eddy Spicer, David H. – Mind, Culture, and Activity, 2013
This article interrogates the "soft power" of teacher teamwork by probing the ways in which authority conditions the appropriation of institutional motives through collective meaning making. The study analyzes the interaction of a teacher-leader and a science teacher team across two settings of professional development organized to…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Teacher Collaboration, Interaction, Science Teachers
An Existence Proof: Successful Joint Implementation of the IMP Curriculum and a 4 x 4 Block Schedule at a Suburban U.S. High School
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Kramer, Steven L.; Keller, Regina – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 2008
This "Brief Report" summarizes results from a study that investigated joint effects of two innovations adopted at a high school in an affluent suburban community in the northeast United States: 4 x 4 block scheduling and the "Standards"-based curriculum, the Interactive Mathematics Program (IMP).
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Academic Standards, School Schedules, High Schools
Envisioning a Better School
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Juteau, Rob – Principal Leadership, 2004
This article features James D. Donnelly Jr., principal of James A. Green High School in Dolgeville, New York. Donnelly, recipient of the MetLife/NASSP 2004 National High School Principal of the Year, exemplifies the foresight to think ahead, the wisdom to collaborate with colleagues, the resolve to take a stand, and the courage to take risks. His…
Descriptors: Public Education, Principals, Faculty, College Credits