The Political Aspects of Reform : Teacher Resistance as Good Sense  

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Maronis, Frank ; Gitlin, Andrew

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: American Journal of Education vol. 103 no. 4 (Aug. 1995), page 377-405.
Topik: POLITICAL; teacher resistance; reform political aspect

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This article provides a careful reading of what we refer to as the school change literature. Focusing on some of the prominent scholars within this tradition -- Havelock, Huberman, Miles, Sarason, Fullan, Hargreaves, and Rosenholtz -- we use empirical evidence from a case study of site - based decision making to argue that the emphasis within this tradition on promoting teacher engagement in reform endeavors obscures the political insights of those teachers who resist reform. Whether school change researchers recommend expert assistance or the development of collaborative school cultures as a way to achieve successful reform, the potential good sense embodied in teachers' resistance to innovation efforts tends to be discounted. Considering the possibility that the acts of resistant teachers reflect good sense, our study indicates that the school change literature overlooks the preconditions for reform : the fundamental restructuring of teachers' work. Given the long history of teacher resistance to reform, and their continuing concern about issues of time and authority, we suggest that current reform proposals focus on these issues not only to alter the class and gender bias embedded in the construction of teachers' work, but also to avoid the push - pull cycle where outsiders push for reforms and teachers resist, leaving schools fundamentally unchanged.

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