Organizing for instruction in education systems and school organizations How the subject matters

• Published in: Journal of curriculum studies Vol. 45; no. 6; pp. 721 - 747
• Main Authors: Spillane, James P, Hopkins, Megan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Routledge 01.12.2013; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Administrative Change; Administrative Organization; Curricula; Differences; Educational technology; Elementary Education; Elementary School Mathematics; Elementary School Science; Elementary Schools; Information Networks; Instruction; instructional improvement; instructional systems; Interaction; Interviews; Literacy; Mixed Methods Research; School Districts; School Organization; school subject matter; Schulfach; Schulorganisation; Social Networks; Soziales Netzwerk; Surveys; Teaching; United States (Midwest); Unterrichtsorganisation; Unterrichtsqualität

Teaching, the core technology of schooling, is an essential consideration in investigations of education systems and school organizations. Taking teaching seriously as an explanatory variable in research on education systems and organizations necessitates moving beyond treating it as a unitary pract...