Threat rigidity, school reform, and how teachers view their work inside current education policy contexts

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-44

  Olsen, Brad ^a   Sexton, Dena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational policy; Educational reform; Qualitative research; Teaching context

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849173620     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831208320573     Document Type: Article

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