This study examined the State of Florida's middle school policies in an attempt to understand their impact on curriculum and instruction in one middle school discipline, the social studies. The focus of this policy study was to determine what changes have occurred in two selected middle schools in the direction of state-directed middle school policy as understood and practiced by social studies teachers in five areas--curriculum, instructional content, materials, instructional methods, and assessment in social studies education, grades six through eight. / Two school social studies programs selected for study are located in the Florida panhandle. Ethnographic research methods were used. This researcher observed classes, interviewed teachers and administrators, and collected and analyzed appropriate artifacts of instruction such as assessment instruments, textbooks, course outlines, and interdisciplinary units. These sources were used by the researcher to understand how state policy mandates have been understood and interpreted in the operation of the middle school social studies programs. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 56-04, Section: A, page: 1309. / Major Professor: Rodney F. Allen. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1995.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_77438 |
| Contributors | Summers, Glenna Sue., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 138 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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