Co-Design of Interdisciplinary Projects as a Mechanism for School Capacity Growth

Autor/inn/en	Kwon, Samuel M.; Wardrip, Peter S.; Gomez, Louis M.
Titel	Co-Design of Interdisciplinary Projects as a Mechanism for School Capacity Growth
Quelle	In: Improving Schools, 17 (2014) 1, S.54-71 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1365-4802
DOI	10.1177/1365480213519517
Schlagwörter	Interdisciplinary Approach; Capacity Building; Urban Schools; High Schools; Secondary School Teachers; Instructional Improvement; School Culture; Case Studies; Active Learning; Student Projects; Cooperation; Technical Assistance; Mixed Methods Research; Teacher Collaboration; Program Effectiveness + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; High school; Oberschule; Unterrichtsqualität; Schulkultur; Schulleben; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Aktives Lernen; Schulprojekt; Co-operation; Kooperation; Technische Hilfe; Lehrerkooperation
Abstract	This article examines the use of interdisciplinary project co-design, as a mechanism for increasing the capacity of a school and promoting the growth of teachers' professional practice in an urban high school setting. Changing teaching practices and the professional culture within a school can be extremely difficult. Simply providing resources about novel strategies can be ineffective. In fact, in some school cultures, suggestions for classroom practice change can be received with hostility, being viewed by some teachers as acts questioning their professional competence. This study describes how a strategically chosen task, interdisciplinary project co-design, was used by external technical assistance providers as a productive, non-threatening mechanism for instructional improvement, by simultaneously enhancing classroom practices and cultivating the growth of teacher collaborative practices. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10