Documents a conversation among five teachers regarding the conceptualization and application of curriculum integration. Drawing on recent research about the emergence of curriculum integration, the article establishes some perceived obstacles to and benefits from such integration, highlighting the teachers' observations on their ability to…

Examines teachers' responses to reform efforts prescribed for them as appropriate for reformed schools, considering emerging difficulties when teaching and reform are conceptualized not as situated, but as universal and generalizable in form and intention. Teacher responses to such static reform often replicate power relations circulating in…

This article describes services the staff development system will need to be successful, presenting the structures for governance and organization and illustrating the interface of the system with the needs of individuals, professionals, schools, and school districts in curriculum, instruction, and technology. (SM)

Describes problems experienced by new Montessori teachers working in public schools, focusing on dealing with students with behavior problems and difficulties in implementing Montessori ideas. Maintains that teachers in difficult situations need to be very firm, have crystal clear expectations, use repeated modeling, be extremely consistent, and…

This book presents a broad vision of the moral foundations of teacher professionalism by linking the professional role of the teacher, the moral demands it makes, and the practical arts of teaching to the institution of education and its contemporary problems. The moral foundations of teaching are expressed in four dimensions of…

Competing norms for justifying actions and decisions in teaching and their effects on the curriculum and teacher learning are discussed. Interpreting teaching as a moral action, this paper argues that a personal orientation (personal practice, feeling, or beliefs) removes teacher action and decisions from the realm of objective and professional…

This paper examines how teacher competence is related to the role-expectations set forth for teachers--specifically elementary teachers. Data descriptive of teachers today are reviewed. Factors which appear to deter highly competent persons from entering teaching are also identified. The paper projects even more challenges to a role often…

This monograph presents an analysis of the central characteristics of self-image held by a group of graduates during their experience as primary school teachers in England, and the ways that they sought to preserve their sense of identity during their first decade of work. Data were gathered from personal accounts of 99 teachers through in-depth…

For early childhood educators a cognitive approach to stress therapy is a valuable supplement to other approaches. Early childhood educators, like others, may develop psychological vulnerabilities that contribute to stress and depression. An exaggerated need for approval or an unhealthy demand for perfectionism may contribute to their experience…

Examines implications of initiating a teaching council in Lesotho, noting barriers to this action and discussing the influence on teacher education of several institutions (e.g., teacher education programs, government, and church). The paper notes divisions among teacher organizations and the government, and examines Lesotho's political context…

Describes how a principal at a diverse elementary magnet school conducts staff development. She believes her role as staff developer is to focus development efforts. She encourages creating mandatory study groups, keeping teachers with the same students for two years, finding workday hours for training, and trying new, research-based innovations.…

This paper discusses teacher unionism's potential as a vehicle for democratizing education, examining Margaret Haley's 1904 speech on why teachers should organize, noting her role in setting this agenda, and exploring her contribution to the definition of a collaborative role for organized labor and schools in democratizing American society. (SM)

Examines the currently strong movement toward the sponsorship of teachers' stories and narratives in educational research at a time when teachers' work is being technicalized and narrowed. The paper argues that new modalities using teacher stories and narratives as a starting point need to embrace wider historical and political discourses.…

Presents a portrait of a teacher named Dr. Alberto Cullum, or Cull, and issues concerning the education of elementary school children which are important to him. Issues concern class control, the teacher's ability to listen, the establishment of a real relationship between teacher and student, and recognition of the child's identity and potential.…

Uses writings of Paulo Freire to discuss situation of British primary teachers required to teach science without specialized training. Cites interviews with teachers that point to cultural clashes between National Curriculum physics and primary practice. Conflicts exist between facilitating child-centered discovery learning and teaching, and…