Leslie Santee Siskin

Realms Of Knowledge (eBook, PDF)

Academic Departments In Secondary Schools

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Examines academic departments as a context for teaching in the secondary school. lt explores why teachers find departments to be crucial to the high school setting. In all the schools studied, teachers located their sense of professional identity, practice and community in their departments.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317827214
• Artikelnr.: 40438763

Autorenporträt

Siskin, Leslie Santee

Inhaltsangabe

The Invisibility of Departments
Historical Background - From Realm to Realms
The Departmental Plan
The New Organisation of the High School
Subject Divisions Specialist Divisions
The Study
Context and Design of the Study
The Schools
Oak Valley High School
Rancho High School
Highlander High School
Boundaries and Barriers
Boundary Strengths
Breaking Barriers at Rancho
Drawing Boundaries - Communication Cliques
Social Worlds Looking for Community
The Individuals Involved
Departments as Social Worlds Different Kinds of Community
Power and Politics
Norms of Silence and Political Language
Privileged Position of Academic Subjects
Relative Privilege Among Academic Subejcts
Micro- politics Inside Departments
How the Subject Matters Subject Cultures
Subject Differences
Social Studies
English
Math
Science
Underlining Differences
Departmental Differences
implications for Policy.