The Interaction of School Context and Teachers' Beliefs. R&D Report No. 8023 / Jan Nespor.

This report focuses on the issue of how constraints of the school environment and teachers' beliefs about teaching influence classroom performance. Case studies of three teachers in two schools (one in a rural, the other in an urban district) are presented. Objective characteristics of the school se...

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Main Author: Nespor, Jan
Corporate Author: University of Texas at Austin. Research and Development Center for Teacher Education
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1984.
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Physical Description:112 pages
Format: Microfilm Book

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