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Papers by Gary McCloskey

... D. Lakes Effective Schooling for Disadvantaged Students: School-based Strategies for Diverse ... more ... D. Lakes Effective Schooling for Disadvantaged Students: School-based Strategies for Diverse Student Populations edited by Howard Johnston and Kathryn M. Borman Home Schooling: Political, Historical, and Pedagogical Perspectives edited by Jan Van Galen and Mary ...

Routledge eBooks, Sep 22, 2004

Computers - the Social Revolution of Our Time Computer Hardware Basics Educational Software The C... more Computers - the Social Revolution of Our Time Computer Hardware Basics Educational Software The Computer as a Tool Technology and the Curriculum Technology for Inclusion Multimedia and Hypermedia Networking and Telecommunicaion Ethical and Legal Aspects of Teaching with Technology.

This study investigated Sharing the Light of Faith: National Catechetical Directory for Catholics... more This study investigated Sharing the Light of Faith: National Catechetical Directory for Catholics of the United States (NCD) to ascertain validity of the catechetical curriculum needs identified for the United States Roman Catholic Church. This was accomplished by isolating curriculum objectives of the NCD. These objectives were analyzed by comparison to findings of six validated national studies identifying needs for

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Educational Policy, Nov 1, 2000

Educational Policy, Sep 1, 1991

Legislated learning describes accurately the assumptions underlying educational legislation in Fl... more Legislated learning describes accurately the assumptions underlying educational legislation in Florida from 1976 to 1985. This study explores the failure of teachers to accept models of legislated learning imposed on them. While 86.7% of teachers surveyed identified "the times I know I have `reached' a student or group of students and they have learned" as the most salient intrinsic reward

Teachers College Record, Feb 1, 1989

Working in the fundamentally ambiguous context of schools, teachers are in need of a language tha... more Working in the fundamentally ambiguous context of schools, teachers are in need of a language that enables them to clarify meaning in the midst of complexity. Metaphor meets this need, especially in the schools of a pluralistic culture such as the United States, whose very nature is ...

Teachers College Record: The Voice of Scholarship in Education, 1989

Commenting on the shortage of qualified teachers in the United States, Albert Shanker, the presid... more Commenting on the shortage of qualified teachers in the United States, Albert Shanker, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, has said: “Educated people today simply do not want to work in the kind of factory the traditional school has become, especially when they’re treated like hired hands.“’ In making this observation, Shanker uses a metaphor to communicate his powerful image of the condition of the teaching profession. An individual’s creation of metaphor is part of a fundamental human impluse to find meaning in life. C. A. Bowers sees this impluse to use metaphors as a drive to name, to give meaning, and to categorize.’ Much of the power of metaphor is contextual. Through its capacity to clarify meaning in complex settings, metaphor is able to go beyond the limitations of scientific language and description. Working in the fundamentally ambiguous context of schools, teachers are in need of a language that enables them to clarify meaning in the midst of complexity...

Choice Reviews Online, 1999

... Book and Web Site Design, Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr. Cover Design, Kathryn Houghtaling Lacey. Ac... more ... Book and Web Site Design, Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr. Cover Design, Kathryn Houghtaling Lacey. Acquisitions Editor, Naomi Silverman. Production Editor, Debbie Ruel. Web Master, Robert Sidor. Technical Coordination, Art Lizza. Technology Consultant, Rob Epp (New Willow Media ...

The Teachers …, 1989

As various branches of local state, and national government have attempted to improve educational... more As various branches of local state, and national government have attempted to improve educational performance, the policies imposed on schools have removed much control of teaching and the classroom from teachers. This study reports on an unintended outcome of this "legislated learning, " that is, the creation of situations that are disincentives for teachers for remaining in the profession. Florida, because of its extensive program of legislated learning, is used as a case study in this investigation. Data included the record of legislation on education in Florida, interviews, and survey data on teacher perceptions from the project, "Teacher Work, Incentives and Rewards: A Twenty Year Perspective." The following disincentives to remaining in teaching ware found: (1) lack of recognition of teachers ' understanding of schools and the educational process in the development of reform; (2) constant and inconsistent changes in the teaching program; (3) evaluation...

The Journal of American Indian Education, 1981

Teachers and a Changing Society: 19641984 The New Ethos of Schooling and Strains on Teachers The ... more Teachers and a Changing Society: 19641984 The New Ethos of Schooling and Strains on Teachers The Freedom to Teach Teachers's Freedom and Educational Choice The Authority to Teach Teacher's Authority in New School Culture The Power to Teach Teachers' Power in a Negotiated Environment Conclusion: Facing the Structural Strains of the Occupation Appendices References