Dorothy Abbott
Biographic Data
| ID | 5239816 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dorothy Abbott |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dorothy |
| FAMILY NAME | Abbott |
| SIGNATURE | ABBOTT D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the West of England |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Changing English Primary Schools
Some Sink, Some Float
This article considers the Government's stated aims of introducing to British primary schools an assessment process which would be simultaneously criterion‐referenced, formative, moderated, related to progression and evaluative. Accountability, which has provided the main rationale for the process, presupposes reliability. In 1991, as part of the Bristol Primary Assessment, Curriculum and Experience (PACE) research, the same Standard Assessment T…
Teachers and education policy
Four models are outlined for describing and analysing the role of teachers in the formulation of educational policy and the resulting processes of change. The model of teachers as partners in education policy making draws on a pluralist view of political processes and an assumption of a degree of autonomy for teachers and schools. A model of teachers as implementers of change draws a sharp distinction between the processes of policy making and po…
Recovering Zora Neale Hurston's Work
I have an image of myself at about eight years old pigtails, skinny, wearing shorts standing under sign that reads Silver Springs. During summers of my childhood, I traveled with my family to Florida, where we would visit the Bok Singing Tower and relatives and, of course, the glass-bottomed boats. As I got older and had children of my own, the trips were to Disney World or Busch Gardens and quick journey to the home of friends. Florida, for me, …
Mississippi Writers
Drama is celebrated in this fourth volume of a monumental anthology in four volumes collecting fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama written by authors from Mississippi, a state that has been called the cradle of storytellers. In a five-year project sponsored by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi, Abbott made selections from the works of Faulkner, Welty, Williams, Percy, and Wright along with stories, e…
Teachers and education policy
Four models are outlined for describing and analysing the role of teachers in the formulation of educational policy and the resulting processes of change. The model of teachers as partners in education policy making draws on a pluralist view of political processes and an assumption of a degree of autonomy for teachers and schools. A model of teachers as implementers of change draws a sharp distinction between the processes of policy making and po…
Some Sink, Some Float
This article considers the Government's stated aims of introducing to British primary schools an assessment process which would be simultaneously criterion‐referenced, formative, moderated, related to progression and evaluative. Accountability, which has provided the main rationale for the process, presupposes reliability. In 1991, as part of the Bristol Primary Assessment, Curriculum and Experience (PACE) research, the same Standard Assessment T…
Mississippi Writers
Drama is celebrated in this fourth volume of a monumental anthology in four volumes collecting fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama written by authors from Mississippi, a state that has been called the cradle of storytellers. In a five-year project sponsored by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi, Abbott made selections from the works of Faulkner, Welty, Williams, Percy, and Wright along with stories, e…
Recovering Zora Neale Hurston's Work
I have an image of myself at about eight years old pigtails, skinny, wearing shorts standing under sign that reads Silver Springs. During summers of my childhood, I traveled with my family to Florida, where we would visit the Bok Singing Tower and relatives and, of course, the glass-bottomed boats. As I got older and had children of my own, the trips were to Disney World or Busch Gardens and quick journey to the home of friends. Florida, for me, …
Some Sink, Some Float
This article considers the Government's stated aims of introducing to British primary schools an assessment process which would be simultaneously criterion‐referenced, formative, moderated, related to progression and evaluative. Accountability, which has provided the main rationale for the process, presupposes reliability. In 1991, as part of the Bristol Primary Assessment, Curriculum and Experience (PACE) research, the same Standard Assessment T…
Teachers and education policy
Four models are outlined for describing and analysing the role of teachers in the formulation of educational policy and the resulting processes of change. The model of teachers as partners in education policy making draws on a pluralist view of political processes and an assumption of a degree of autonomy for teachers and schools. A model of teachers as implementers of change draws a sharp distinction between the processes of policy making and po…
Changing English Primary Schools
Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Mathematics education (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Curriculum (2 works) · Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies (2 works) · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy (2 works) · Global Educational Policies and Reforms (2 works) · National curriculum (2 works)