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Sherfinski, Melissa; Hayes, Sharon; Zhang, Jing; Jalalifard, Mariam – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2019
We explore how two "happenings" representing different political, social, historical and economic influences converge to shape the narratives of preservice teachers and teacher educators in West Virginia. These happenings are the 2017-2018 edTPA roll out and the teacher strike of February 2018. We use the framework of sensemaking to…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Preservice Teachers, Mentors, Performance Based Assessment
Francis, Ray – 1991
In March 1990, teachers in 80% of the counties in West Virginia participated in a teacher strike. In this study, 83 striking teachers answered 10 open-ended questions put to them either through an interview or a questionnaire. The information was analyzed through a thematic analysis process. Teachers overwhelmingly felt they were not given the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Participative Decision Making, Rural Areas