Community, Collaboration, and Collegiality in School Reform: An Odyssey Toward Connections

Author:   Nina G. Dorsch
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
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9780791435984


Pages:   238
Publication Date:   23 December 1997
Format:   Paperback
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Community, Collaboration, and Collegiality in School Reform: An Odyssey Toward Connections


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"A ""tale from the trenches"" of educational reform, this book chronicles a year in the life of four teachers as they implement an innovative new program."

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Author:   Nina G. Dorsch
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.345kg
ISBN:  

9780791435984


ISBN 10:   0791435989
Pages:   238
Publication Date:   23 December 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Welcome to Connections: An Introduction 1. A Prologue to the Connections Journey 2. Launching the Connections Odyssey: Spring and Summer, 1993 3. First Day, First Impressions: August 24, 1993 4. Second Impressions: September 14, 1993 5. The Best of Times 7. June 1994: The Odyssey's Epilogue? Appendices Notes Bibliography Index

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A remarkable vignette of an 'anywhere' suburban high school filled with 'everywhere' conflicts and opportunities. High schools are at the top of many reform agendas nationally. Tales of problems associated with the changing role of teachers are legendary, but tales that reflect on these problems and offer readers some lessons to consider are rare. The author's writing style is light and conversational, and yet packed with rich and important descriptive details that bring authenticity to the story. -- Linda Shelor, Center for Leadership in School Reform, Louisville, Kentucky The reader is drawn along with the Connections' teachers on their most interesting journey. Dorsch's writing strategy, portraying the events of individual days as well as a story-like retelling of the best and worst of times, is very novel. Rarely does educational research get framed in so rich a format, where characters and their lives come so vividly to life. It's a real page turner. -- Karen Hunter Quartz, UCLA Graduate School of Education


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Nina G. Dorsch is Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at Northern Illinois University.

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