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Direct linkSpillane, James P.; Hopkins, Megan; Sweet, Tracy M. – American Educational Research Journal, 2018
While current reform efforts press for ambitious changes to teachers' instructional practice, teachers' instructional beliefs are also consequential in such efforts as beliefs shape teachers' instructional practice and their responses to instructional reforms. This article examines the relationship between teachers' instructional ties and their…
Descriptors: School Districts, Educational Facilities, Interaction, Beliefs
Spillane, James P.; Lee, Linda C. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2014
Purpose: To investigate the problems of practice experienced by novice school principals as they transition into their new occupation, focusing in particular on the first 3 months on the job--a critical transition period according to the literature. Research Methods/Approach: This theory-building, mixed-methods, longitudinal study examines a…
Descriptors: Beginning Principals, Administrator Responsibility, Mixed Methods Research, Longitudinal Studies
The Elephant in the Schoolhouse: The Role of Propinquity in School Staff Interactions about Teaching
Spillane, James P.; Shirrell, Matthew; Sweet, Tracy M. – Sociology of Education, 2017
Although the physical arrangement of workspaces can both constrain and enable interactions among organizational members, sociological research in education has not extensively examined the role of physical proximity in determining work-related social ties among school staff. Using social network analysis, this article explores the relationship…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Social Networks, Network Analysis, Correlation
Spillane, James P.; Hopkins, Megan; Sweet, Tracy M. – American Journal of Education, 2015
Although social ties are a necessary condition for social capital, there is a dearth of research on the factors associated with the existence of such ties among school staff. Using a mixed-methods approach, we examined the role of both formal organizational infrastructure and individual characteristics in shaping advice and information…
Descriptors: Institutional Cooperation, Social Capital, Social Networks, Instructional Leadership
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
Hopkins, Megan; Spillane, James P. – Journal of Teacher Education, 2014
While few would disagree that a key component of educating teachers to teach happens on the job, research rarely explores the schoolhouse as a site for teacher education. This study thus focuses on inservice as distinct from preservice teacher education and explores how beginning teachers' learning about mathematics and literacy instruction…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Beginning Teacher Induction, Educational Opportunities, Inservice Teacher Education
