Talking About a Revolution: The Languages of Educational Reform (Teacher Preparation and Development; Restructuring and School Change)

Analyzes how teachers attempt to translate the language of reform into pedagogical action. Cover......Page 1 TALKING ABOUT A REVOLUTION......Page 4 Contents......Page 8 Preface......Page 10 Acknowledgments......Page 14 PART I: Introduction......Page 16 1. Teaching and Meaning......Page 18 2. How Reform Means......Page 36 PART II: The Languages of Educational Reform......Page 48 3. Exhibition as Test......Page 50 4. Exhibition as Pedagogy......Page 64 5. Exhibition as Curriculum......Page 82 6. Exhibition as Rite of Passage......Page 94 PART III: Teacher as Coach: Revising Roles, Transforming Practice......Page 110 7. Teacher as Designer......Page 114 8. Teacher as Manager......Page 122 9. Teacher as Critic......Page 132 10. Conclusion: Policy, Practice,and a New Role for Language......Page 141 APPENDIX A: Methodology......Page 150 APPENDIX A......Page 170 D......Page 182 N......Page 183 W......Page 184 "Talking about a Revolution tells the story of school reform from the perspective of teachers engaged in it, illuminating the complexity of teachers' roles in transforming policy into practice. Al, Brian, and Camille teach at a large, comprehensive high school in a suburb of a major mid-western city. They use the languages of educational reform to inspire new ways to think about teaching, to shield themselves from the confusion of contradictory understandings of reform, and to construct a shared understanding of what reformed teaching might mean."--Jacket Jacqueline Cossentino. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 157-165) And Index.