Changing Schools from the Inside Out : Small Wins in Hard Times Hardback
by Robert L., DVM, PhD Larson
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At any time, public schools labor under great economic, political, and social pressures that make it difficult to create large-scale, 'whole school' change.
But current top-down mandates require that schools close achievement gaps while teaching more problem solving, inquiry, and research skills_with fewer resources.
Failure to meet test-based standards can produce consequences such as school closure or staff replacement.
With this real-world challenge to education foremost, this book presents pertinent research and instructive case studies of two 'good' high schools.
It advocates a proven strategy of small-scale, incremental change_small wins_which increases the likelihood that schools will improve despite a climate of 'do more with less.' Chapters describe the current societal context; the history of major change projects since the 1970s; the organizational and social characteristics of schools and classrooms; human factors that encourage and support improvement; the effects of technology; forces affecting teachers and principals; commonplace components of and vehicles for change; and practical 'levers and footings' for change that can have a high positive payoff.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield
- Publication Date:16/06/2011
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- ISBN:9781607095279
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield
- Publication Date:16/06/2011
- Category:
- ISBN:9781607095279