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Provides insights into an uncharted territory in the educational environment of schools?the teachers'' lounge.

What happens behind the closed doors of the teachers'' lounge? Does the lounge provide more than a place to rest and maybe drink a cup of coffee between classes? Behind Closed Doors examines the teachers'' lounge as a site for the development of communal knowledge. While the book discusses an extensive qualitative study of teacher interactions in 26 teachers'' lounges in Israeli schools, it reveals that the culture of teachers transcends national boundaries and is quite recognizable. Teachers in the lounge are regarded in this book as ''learners'' whether they are actually involved in formal professional development activities, or in informal exchanges with their colleagues. Teachers learn about students and modes of instruction, but also about norms of collegiality that govern life in the lounge, and about supporting each other and coping with the manifold stresses of teaching. Written in a lively fashion, this book makes a significant contribution to the literature on teacher learning and socialization.

Behind Closed Doors Teachers and the Role of the

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    A Paperback / softback by Miriam Ben-Peretz, Shifra Schonmann, Philip W. Jackson

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      Publisher: State University of New York Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 03/02/2000
      ISBN13: 9780791444481, 978-0791444481
      ISBN10: 791444481

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Provides insights into an uncharted territory in the educational environment of schools?the teachers'' lounge.

      What happens behind the closed doors of the teachers'' lounge? Does the lounge provide more than a place to rest and maybe drink a cup of coffee between classes? Behind Closed Doors examines the teachers'' lounge as a site for the development of communal knowledge. While the book discusses an extensive qualitative study of teacher interactions in 26 teachers'' lounges in Israeli schools, it reveals that the culture of teachers transcends national boundaries and is quite recognizable. Teachers in the lounge are regarded in this book as ''learners'' whether they are actually involved in formal professional development activities, or in informal exchanges with their colleagues. Teachers learn about students and modes of instruction, but also about norms of collegiality that govern life in the lounge, and about supporting each other and coping with the manifold stresses of teaching. Written in a lively fashion, this book makes a significant contribution to the literature on teacher learning and socialization.

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