Buch, Englisch
ISBN: 978-0-335-23197-3
Verlag: Open University Press
This timely and important book is vital reading for anyone with an interest in improving schools and the quality of education today.
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Introduction
Part one: Creating the school as a centre of enquiry: searching for a new structure
Building the evolutionary school
looking for success in research and experience
Centering the school on student learning
imagining the possibilities
Studying evolving schools
watching the process
Part two: Elaborating the hypotheses: the detail work of school improvement
Establishing the responsible parties
organizing the decision-making community
Informing, informing and informing
conducting education the action research way
Embedding staff development
living in a state of learning
Connecting to the knowledge base
finding curricular and instructional options
Part three: Refining, renovating and redesigning: taking steps large and small
Refining
thinking through sets of changes
Renovating
changing a dimension of the learning environment
Redesigning the Pembroke school
unfolding an evolutionary state
Part four: Policy-making for school renewal: Making the context through National, State and LEA policy
Supporting evolution
working at a distance from the school
Reforming reform
renewing the Local Education Authority
References
Index.