Inside Teaching
Kennedy, Mary M. Reform the schools, improve teaching: these battle cries of American education have been echoing for twenty years. So why does teaching change so little?Arguing that too many would-be reformers know nothing about the conflicting demands of teaching, Mary Kennedy takes us into the controlled commotion of the classroom, revealing how painstakingly teachers plan their lessons, and how many different ways things go awry. Teachers try simultaneousl...