Dilemmas of a Middle School Teacher

Autor/inn/en	Thomas, Shelley; Howell, Penny
Titel	Dilemmas of a Middle School Teacher
Quelle	In: Current Issues in Middle Level Education, 17 (2012) 2, S.9-15 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1059-7107
Schlagwörter	Middle School Teachers; Grade 8; Social Studies; High Stakes Tests; Student Needs; Standardized Tests; Culturally Relevant Education; Accountability; Middle School Students; Adolescents; Teacher Attitudes; Curriculum Development; Semi Structured Interviews; Journal Writing; Documentation; Content Analysis; Coding; Decision Making; Magnet Schools; Student Diversity + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Middle school; Middle schools; Teacher; Teachers; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Gemeinschaftskunde; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Verantwortung; Student; Students; Schüler; Schülerin; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Lehrerverhalten; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Zeitschriftenaufsatz; Dokumentation; Inhaltsanalyse; Codierung; Programmierung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung
Abstract	This study documented curriculum decisions made by an eighth grade social studies teacher as he prepared students for their high-stakes test. When considering how to best meet students' needs, the teacher described tensions between the pressures of standards and testing and his commitment to cultural responsiveness. Perceptions about these different demands affected instructional decisions and teaching behaviors. Decisions were more strongly influenced by the accountability demands than by the cultural or development needs of students. The discussion considers how middle level teaching might address these dilemmas and challenges the primacy of accountability as defined by standards and test results over the needs of adolescent learners. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	National Association of Professors of Middle Level Education. Web site: http://www.napomle.org/journal.html
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01