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Teachers at the table : voice, agency, and advocacy in educational policymaking /

"This book draws on a qualitative case study with both practicing and pre-service teachers involved in a policy advocacy professional development program. Good examines how schools can act as barriers to teacher involvement in policymaking and the avenues through which teachers still manage to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Good, Annalee G. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2019]
Subjects:
Teacher participation in administration > United States > Case studies.
Teachers > Training of > United States > Case studies.
Teachers > In-service training > United States > Case studies.
Educational leadership > United States > Case studies.
Teachers > Political activity > West Virginia.
Educational change > West Virginia.
Educational change.
Educational leadership.
Teacher participation in administration.
Teachers > In-service training.
Teachers > Political activity.
Teachers > Training of.
United States.
West Virginia.
Case studies.
Table of Contents:
  • The problem with teachers and educational policy
  • Teachers in embedded contexts
  • The structure of teachers' work
  • Power and decision making in public schooling
  • Teachers' professional status
  • Capacity and will
  • Formal structures
  • The why and how of teacher voices at the table.