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Spillane, James P.; Hopkins, Megan – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2013
Teaching, the core technology of schooling, is an essential consideration in investigations of education systems and school organizations. Taking teaching seriously as an explanatory variable in research on education systems and organizations necessitates moving beyond treating it as a unitary practice, so as to take account of the school subjects…
Descriptors: Instruction, Elementary Schools, School Organization, School Districts
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Diaconu, Dana Viorica; Radigan, Judy; Suskavcevic, Milijana; Nichol, Carolyn – International Journal of Science Education, 2012
A teacher professional development program for in-service elementary school science teachers, the Rice Elementary Model Science Lab (REMSL), was developed for urban school districts serving predominately high-poverty, high-minority students. Teachers with diverse skills and science capacities came together in Professional Learning Communities, one…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Minority Groups, Leadership, Minority Group Students