Foreign language teaching: A tale of two technical cultures

In broad terms the study investigated how the social organizations of schools affects and is affected by the social organizational structures within which teachers find themselves: in essence, how teachers shaped their reality. In particular this investigation was concerned with high school foreign language teachers' perceptions of their work environment; specifically how foreign language teachers in differing school contexts defined foreign language instruction and the manner in which these contextual definitions guided their classroom behavior. Relying on social organizational thought, the study uncovered high school foreign language teachers' technical culture--the processes designed to accomplish an organization's goals.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Kleinsasser, Robert C.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Rosenholtz, Susan J.

• Education, Language and Literature
• Education, Sociology of
• Education, Secondary

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1989 Kleinsasser, Robert C.

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI8924861
(UMI)AAI8924861

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/19317