EJ520355 PS524419
Title: Special Issues in Reforming Middle Level Schools.Author(s): Urdan, Tim; And Others
Source: Journal of Early Adolescence, v15 n1 p9-37 Feb 1995
Publication Date: 1995
Notes: Theme issue topic: "Middle Grades Schooling and Early Adolescent Development, Part II: Interventions, Practices, Beliefs, and Contexts."
ISSN: 0272-4316
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJJUL1996
Discusses
the use of goal theory to guide schoolwide change, focusing on the
results of a three-year project designed to introduce task-focused
learning at an elementary and middle school. Based on classroom
observations, interviews, and questionnaires, the study identified
various impediments to school change related to teacher and administrator
attitudes, school organization, and parent roles. (MDM)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes; Competency Based Education;
*Educational Change; Educational Practices; Elementary Education;
*Intervention; *Middle Schools; Parent Participation; *Resistance
to Change; School Organization; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Role;
Teaching Methods
Identifiers: *Goal Theory
