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Revisiting Emotional Geographies: Implications for Family Engagement and Education Policy in the United States
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Evans, Michael P. – Journal of Educational Change, 2011
From 2000 to 2001, Andy Hargreaves produced a series of publications introducing the concept of distinctive emotional geographies of teaching. The concept addressed how teacher emotions are situated within the context of their work and influence interactions with students, colleagues, administrators, and families. Hargreaves contended that…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Emotional Response, Educational Policy
Moving beyond Legislation to Create and Sustain Intentionality in Reading Instruction
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Putman, S. Michael; Smith, Lawrence L.; Cassady, Jerrell C. – Educational Forum, 2009
Current legislation has exerted tremendous influence on the instructional methods used by reading teachers. Historically, however, neither mandated curriculum nor forced change has proven consistently successful in helping sustain long-term change in teachers' instructional practices or student achievement gains. Using theories of motivation and…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Reading Instruction, Educational Change, Motivation
Followup Study of 1966 Summer Institutes for Teachers of Disadvantaged Children. Evaluation of New York City Title I Educational Projects, 1966-67.
Senf, Rita – 1967
A followup study (to ED 011 018) was conducted to obtain data concerning the impact of the 1966 Summer Institutes program on the subsequent classroom activities of the participants. The Institutes had been designed to improve the quality of instruction in public and nonpublic schools in disadvantaged areas of New York City by providing for the…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Behavior Rating Scales, Disadvantaged Youth, Institutes (Training Programs)