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Stillman, Jamy; Anderson, Lauren – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2015
This article explores how one specially prepared, accomplished teacher managed dilemmas that arose as she worked to enact responsive language arts instruction with English Learners in a policy context that privileged high-stakes accountability and standardization. Drawing on sociocultural learning theory, the article illustrates how the teacher's…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Teaching Experience, English Instruction, Professional Identity
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Boote, David N. – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2006
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…
Descriptors: Decision Making Skills, Evaluative Thinking, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis