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Piazza, Peter; McNeill, Katherine L. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2013
Teacher learning communities are hailed by many as vehicles for reforming and elevating the professional status of teaching. While much research explores teacher community as a venue for measurable gains, our research examines the orientation of practitioner inquiry toward critical debate about effective instruction. Specifically, our study…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Urban Teaching, Inquiry, Middle School Teachers
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Henkin, Alan B.; Holliman, Stephanie L. – Urban Education, 2009
This study explores relationships between teachers' organizational commitment and interpersonal conflict, participation activities beyond the classroom, and innovation in schools. Potential relationships among study variables are suggested in research that views affective commitment as a proxy measure for decisions to leave the school. Increments…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Conflict, Innovation, Personnel Data
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Russell, William Benedict, III, Ed. – International Society for the Social Studies, 2010
The "ISSS Annual Conference Proceedings" is a peer-reviewed professional publication published once a year following the annual conference. (Individual papers contain references.) [For the 2009 proceedings, see ED504973.]
Descriptors: Social Studies, Proverbs, Social Justice, Global Approach