Common Explanations for Change and Stability in Classroom Practice | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

Common Explanations for Change and Stability in Classroom Practice | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice:

Common Explanations for Change and Stability in Classroom Practice

by larrycuban

The list of explanations for why classroom practices, even when counting modest changes teachers made in routine tasks and activities, has remained largely stable over decades is hardly exhaustive or inclusive. It does, however, cover the major ones in the literature on school reform.
*What keeps teaching largely stable are teaching traditions dating back centuries that are reinforced by those who enter and stay in teaching, supported by popular social beliefs, and fortified by the age-graded school structure.
Historical traditions of teacher-centered instruction to transfer knowledge, skills, and values from one generation