Self renewing schools where students and staff are involved in ongoing inquiry has long since been an ideal in education. the book draws upon research on successful and unsuccessful school improvement programmes to generate a practical strategy for school improvement that can be used by schools and local education authorities with a high probability of success.
The Structure of School Improvement
(Earl and LeMahieu, 1997) • How can we make good use of information and communications technology to facilitate the lifelong learning of both teachers and students and contribute to curriculum renewal? q How can we take account of ...
Consequently, the focus of the book lies on innovative methodological approaches. The book chapters address design, measurement, and analysis developments as well as theoretical and conceptual developments.
This book stimulates leaders as they stretch their organization's culture to reveal mental models, consider external trends, and seek creative and energizing strategies that will prepare students for a future we cannot yet define' - Edie ...
The role of teachers in bringing about educational improvement in the American schools is described in this guidebook. Based on a model of school improvement that incorporates several bodies of...
HAMILTON , D. ( 1977 ) ' Making sense of curriculum evaluation : Continuities and discontinuities in an educational idea ' , Review of Research in Education , 5 , pp . 318-47 . HAMILTON , D. , JENKINS , D. , KING , C. , MACDONALD , B.
48 Action research is currently popular due to its empowering effects on teachers and principals and because school staffs determine the research focus and are the primary beneficiaries of the findings.49 Recently, Wideman (2002) has ...
Smylie, Mark A., and Ann W. Hart. 1997. School leadership for teacher learning and change: A human and social capital development perspective. In Handbook of educational administration, ed. Joseph Murphy and Karen S. Louis, 421–41.
Created by P. David Pearson and Margaret C. Gallagher, the Gradual Release of Responsibility is a method in which the responsibility for a task is gradually shifted from teacher to student. See P. David Pearson and Margaret C. Gallagher ...
This book is the first to attempt to bring together the disciplines of school effectiveness and school improvement, in a coherent way, by leading writers and practitioners in these fields.