Fear, the school organization, and teacher evaluation

Educational Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-85

  Conley, Sharon ^a   Glasman, Naftaly S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation rigidity; Mechanistic shift; Politics of maintenance; School organization; Teacher evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 37649000614     PISSN: 08959048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0895904807311297     Document Type: Article

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