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Poland, Susan; Colburn, Amanda; Long, David E. – International Journal of Science Education, 2017
In the current educational climate of testing and accountability, many elementary teachers find they lack adequate time and confidence to enact reform-based science teaching due to pressure to perform in reading and mathematics. With this tension in mind, we explore the phenomenon of elementary teacher specialisation in comparison to the…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Science, Science Instruction
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Hayes, Kathryn N. – Educational Leadership and Administration: Teaching and Program Development, 2016
Although a growing body of work addresses the current role of neoliberalism in displacing democratic equality as a goal of public education, attempts to parse such impacts rarely draw from historical accounts. At least one tenet of neoliberalism--the application of business models to public institutions--was also pervasive at the turn of the 20th…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, Business, Models, Science Education
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Shirrell, Matthew – Journal of Educational Administration, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine first-year principals' sense-making about two potentially conflicting demands as they take over low-performing urban schools: the demand to exert control over their teachers' practice, and the need to build their teachers' trust, collegiality, and commitment. Design/methodology/approach: This study…
Descriptors: Beginning Principals, Accountability, Low Achievement, Urban Schools
Johns, Caroline – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This mixed method study was a practitioner inquiry into the teacher evaluation system that was enacted as a result of Pennsylvania House Bill 1901 (Act 82 of 2012). The study was an effort to gain an in-depth understanding of (a) factors that led to the passage of the Act 82 teacher evaluation policy, (b) what the policy was intended to do, and…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Mixed Methods Research, Educational Legislation
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Houser, Neil O.; Krutka, Daniel G.; Province Roberts, Rachael; Pennington, Kimberly; Faili Coerver, Nina – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2017
We conducted a 3-year study to determine what could be learned from the efforts of social studies teachers to navigate the current culture of reform and accountability. Data were drawn from 50 in-depth interviews and 425 surveys completed by P-12 teachers throughout the state. We employed critical social theory to frame the study and interpret the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Accountability, Social Studies, Educational Practices
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Amdur, Lisa; Mero-Jaffe, Irit – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2017
The study examined the interrelations between policymakers' intentions for test-based accountability policy and school agents' perceptions and actions with regard to this policy. Mixed methods were used and encompassed 24 policymakers, 80 school principals, 168 teachers and case studies of four schools. New institutional theory, including the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Policy Formation, Evidence Based Practice
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Bridich, Sarah Melvoin – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2016
This study examined teachers' and administrators' perceptions of education reforms, focusing on a state legislated education bill that altered teacher evaluations. A mixed-method design, including an electronic survey, was used to gather perceptions of Colorado Senate Bill 10-191: Great Teachers and Leaders Act from teachers and administrators in…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Teacher Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes, State Legislation
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Stone-Johnson, Corrie – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2014
Today's American educational context is characterised by increasing standardisation coupled with heightened accountability. While some view standardisation as a lever for equity, many view it as problematic for the work of teachers. Efforts to improve student achievement by focusing on the activities of teachers have resulted in an over-riding…
Descriptors: Accountability, Academic Achievement, Teacher Effectiveness, Standards
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Costello, Marsha; Costello, David – McGill Journal of Education, 2016
This article reports on a study investigating how elementary teachers experienced the literacy initiatives that have been implemented in schools across PEI over the past five years. Such initiatives included the implementation of standardized instructional and assessment materials across the board and the emphasis on consistency of program use,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Professionalism
Patel, Dipte D. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The United States is unique with it non-governmental peer-review based accreditation system for oversight of higher education for quality assurance and improvement. In a triad relationship with federal and state governments for accountability, accreditation associations are the designated gatekeeper for federal financial assistance. Therefore,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Colleges, Accreditation (Institutions), Accountability
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O'Leary, Matt – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2013
In little over a decade, the observation of teaching and learning (OTL) has become the cornerstone of Further Education (FE) colleges' quality systems for assuring and improving the professional skills and knowledge base of tutors. Yet OTL remains an under-researched area of inquiry with little known about the impact of its use on the professional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Observation, Postsecondary Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching
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Torrance, Deirdre – Scottish Educational Review, 2013
Contemporary efforts to reconceptualise the teaching profession in Scotland as seen with the Donaldson (2011) "Review of Teacher Education," the McCormac (2011) "Review of Teacher Employment" and the GTCS (2012) "Review of Professional Standards" are aligning themselves to certain principles. Among them, is the core…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Leadership Styles, Power Structure, Department Heads
Brink, Marilyn C. H. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The accountability movement in education and the development of the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) National Model encourages school counselors to evaluate the effectiveness of their school counseling program based on student achievement. This study surveyed Wisconsin elementary school counselors to determine their use of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Practices, Elementary Schools, School Counselors
Curtis, Heidi – ProQuest LLC, 2013
While questions exist about the effectiveness of online education, it is a growing part of the pantheon of educational choices available to students in America today. Though online education first gained popularity for advanced learners, increasingly at-risk populations are enrolling in online learning environments. Research in K-12 full-time,…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Parent Participation, Academic Achievement, High School Students