A collection of narrative inquiries of school reform. It features 14 chapters covering topics such as: T.P. Yaeger Middle School - A Case of 'The Monkey's Paw'; Two Storied School Landscapes - Influences on Teachers' Knowledge; and Destiny High School - A Case of 'The Rainbow Fish'.

A collection of narrative inquiries of school reform. It features 14 chapters covering topics such as: T.P. Yaeger Middle School - A Case of 'The Monkey's Paw'; Two Storied School Landscapes - Influences on Teachers' Knowledge; and Destiny High School - A Case of 'The Rainbow Fish'.

Presents a plethora of approaches to developing human potential in areas not conventionally addressed. Organized in two parts, this international collection of essays provides viable educational alternatives to those currently holding sway in an era of high-stakes accountability.

This volume covers advances that have occurred in the thirty year existence of the International Study Association on Teachers and Teaching (ISATT), the organization that helped transition the study of teacher thinking to the study of teachers and teaching in all of its complexities. This evolution meant that teachers and the act of teaching are no longer exclusively studied from the outside, but from the inside as well. The chapters capture an international paradigm shift that set the course of teaching and teacher education research. The origins of the movement are traced, work of...