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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Sep
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Implementing and Sustaining Science Curriculum Reform: A Study of Leadership Practices among Teachers within a High School Science Department
Larkin, Douglas B.; Seyforth, Scott C.; Lasky, Holly J.
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v46 n7 p813-835 Sep 2009
This study presents a description and analysis of a ninth-grade integrated science curriculum developed and implemented by teachers within a high school science department and subsequently sustained for over 25 years. The Integrated Science Program (ISP) at Lakeside Southwest High School depicted here offers a unique example of longitudinal science education reform. In this study, we examined ISP as an artifact of teacher leadership. Findings affirmed the importance of shared philosophical purpose among teachers, attention to public perceptions, staff stability, the distribution of responsibilities, and instructional coherence. This study also demonstrated how curricular reforms might change over time in response to contextual pressures as was the case with the equity challenges faced by the current teachers of ISP. (Contains 3 tables and 2 notes.)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Science Programs, Teacher Leadership, Instructional Leadership, Science Curriculum, Secondary School Science, High Schools, Leadership Responsibility, Grade 9, Educational Change, Change Strategies
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 9; Secondary Education
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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