ERIC Number: EJ732628
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 25
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Turning the Tide on Marginal Teaching
Kaye, Eileen Beverley
Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, v19 n3 p234-258 Spr 2004
A growing body of research and literature describes a move to collaborative supervision of teaching. Is this process-based model reflected in supervisory practices adopted by supervisors when they work with marginal teachers--those whose teaching verges on the unacceptable? This study explored teachers' support for administrative practices implemented in response to marginal teaching. The research incorporated a mixed (quantitative and qualitative) study design. Major findings revealed that administrative responses could be categorized as compensatory, formative, normative, summative, or disciplinary. Teachers were most supportive of formative supervisory practices that were implemented with a goal to assist marginal teachers to improve and least supportive of compensatory and disciplinary strategies. Further, the context of marginality was a primary factor influencing teachers' support. Unique to this study was the emergence of three discernable types of marginal teaching: Flotsam, Jetsam, and Club Med.
Descriptors: Team Teaching, Supervisory Methods, Models, Educational Practices, Teacher Administrator Relationship, Teacher Competencies, Teacher Supervision, Teaching Skills, Teacher Improvement
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1703 N. Beauregard St., Alexandria, VA 22311-1714. Tel: 800-933-2723, ext. 2 (Toll Free); Tel: 703-578-9600, ext. 2; Fax: 703-575-5400; Web site: http://www.ascd.org/.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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