Craft Knowledge: The Road to Transforming Schools

Phi Delta Kappan

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 526-531

  Burney, Deanna ^a  

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EID: 1642325722     PISSN: 00317217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003172170408500711     Document Type: Review

References (4)

1. This phrase refers to the knowledge teachers use that is different from that produced by educational researchers. While formal research is aimed at producing findings that can be generalized across multiple settings, craft knowledge is usually particular to the context in which it was developed.
2. John D. Bradford, Ann L. Brown, and Rodney R. Cocking, eds., How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition (Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 2000).
3. During 2002-03, in North Carolina, 1,509 teachers received National Board certification, resulting in a total of 6,646 certified teachers in the state. See "Wake County Public School System News," at wwvv.wcpss.net/news/2003_national_board.
4. James P. Spillane, Richard Halverson, and John B. Diamond, "Toward a Theory of School Leadership Practice: Implications of a Distributed Perspective," Educational Researcher, April 2001, pp. 23-28.