TY - JOUR
T1 - Theorizing the politics of educational reform
T2 - The case of New Jersey's alternate route to teacher certification
AU - Tamir, Eran
PY - 2008/11
Y1 - 2008/11
N2 - Employing Bourdieu's notion of social field, this research conceptualizes New Jersey's alternate route to teacher certification as a contested arena, in which the interests, ideologies, and visions of different stake-holders regarding the character of public education have collided. Finding's for this study are primarily based on data from the New Jersey State Archives and on other open public documents. I conclude that during the 1980s New Jersey became one of the leading states in developing educational policies that excluded teacher unions and teacher educators from the positions of power they formerly held in the field of educational policy, gradually subordinating them to the power of the state.
AB - Employing Bourdieu's notion of social field, this research conceptualizes New Jersey's alternate route to teacher certification as a contested arena, in which the interests, ideologies, and visions of different stake-holders regarding the character of public education have collided. Finding's for this study are primarily based on data from the New Jersey State Archives and on other open public documents. I conclude that during the 1980s New Jersey became one of the leading states in developing educational policies that excluded teacher unions and teacher educators from the positions of power they formerly held in the field of educational policy, gradually subordinating them to the power of the state.
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U2 - 10.1086/590676
DO - 10.1086/590676
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AN - SCOPUS:54149093946
SN - 0195-6744
VL - 115
SP - 65
EP - 95
JO - American Journal of Education
JF - American Journal of Education
IS - 1
ER -
