TY - JOUR
T1 - Teachers' perspectives on 40 years of reform
T2 - The case of the israeli junior high school
AU - Tubin, Dorit
AU - Oplatka, Izhar
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - The purpose of this study is to trace junior high school teachers' perspectives regarding the strengths and weaknesses of their type of school, and to glean more information concerning their preferable type of grade configuration. To this end, 25 teachers filled out an open questionnaire and six of them were further interviewed to provide more insight into the teachers' responses. Surprisingly, most of the teachers tended to strongly support the 1-8 type elementary schools rather than the current situation of 1-6, 7-9, 10-12 in which they have ever worked. Theoretical and practical implications are suggested.
AB - The purpose of this study is to trace junior high school teachers' perspectives regarding the strengths and weaknesses of their type of school, and to glean more information concerning their preferable type of grade configuration. To this end, 25 teachers filled out an open questionnaire and six of them were further interviewed to provide more insight into the teachers' responses. Surprisingly, most of the teachers tended to strongly support the 1-8 type elementary schools rather than the current situation of 1-6, 7-9, 10-12 in which they have ever worked. Theoretical and practical implications are suggested.
KW - Educational reform
KW - Junior high school
KW - School change
KW - Teachers' perspectives
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77955789589&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/03055690903424931
DO - 10.1080/03055690903424931
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AN - SCOPUS:77955789589
SN - 0305-5698
VL - 36
SP - 391
EP - 402
JO - Educational Studies
JF - Educational Studies
IS - 4
ER -