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EJ554470 PS527360
Title: Experienced Teachers' Reactions to Mandated Reform and Nongraded Primary School Programs.Author(s): Slaton, Deborah Bott; Atwood, Virginia A.; Shake, Mary C.; Hales, Rene M.
Source: Journal of Research in Childhood Education, v12 n1 p5-15 Fall-Win 1997
Publication Date: 1997
ISSN: 0256-8543
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJAPR1998
Surveyed reactions
of experienced primary teachers to the educational changes mandated
by the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA) and whether these changes
affected teacher retirement decisions. Responses indicated concern
over the primary school program components of multiage grouping,
no retention/no promotion, and increased mainstreaming. KERA influenced
retirement decisions of 74% of retired respondents. (Author/SD)
Descriptors: *Educational Change; *Elementary School Teachers; Grade
Repetition; Instructional Innovation; Mainstreaming; Mixed Age Grouping;
*Nongraded Instructional Grouping; Primary Education; *Teacher Attitudes;
*Teacher Retirement; Teacher Role; Teacher Surveys; Teaching Methods
Identifiers: Kentucky; *Kentucky Education Reform Act 1990; Mandatory
Programs; *Reform Efforts
