Full Description
Originally published in 1984, Alternative Perspectives on School Improvement has the theme that schools can be best improved by re-exploring the nature of teaching, by emphasizing the building on the uniqueness and diversity of teachers, and by appreciating the culture from which and in which teaching and learning occur. School improvement is a generic term that refers to those developmental efforts that focus on the school as the major unit of change in the educational system. As such school improvement encompasses topics such as in-service, the professional development of teaching, the implementation of education and innovation, school-focused curriculum development, organisation development, and the roles of administrators, teachers and students in knowledge utilisation. Today it can be read in its historical context.
Contents
Introduction: Alternative Perspectives on School Improvement Section One: The Concept of School Improvement 1. What is School Improvement? Staking Out the Territory David Hopkins 2. Characteristics of the Autonomous School Richard Schmuck 3. Improvement or Not - That is the Question? Mats Ekholm Section Two: The Actors 4. Introducing Innovation to Pupils Jean Rudduck 5. Artistry and Teaching: the Teachers as Focus of Research and Development Lawrence Stenhouse 6. Transfer of Training: the Contribution of 'Coaching' Bruce Joyce and Beverley Showers 7. The Principal as an Agent of Knowledge Utilization (KU) for School Improvement Michael Fullan Section Three: Perspectives on Change 8. Towards a Reconceptualization of Curriculum Implementation Ted Aoki 9. Assisting Schools to Develop School-Focused Action Programmes Ken Eltis, John Braithwaite, Christine Deer and Harry Kensell 10. School Reviews: A New Zealand Experience Viviane Robinson 11. The Place of Organization Development (OD) in Schools Philip Runkel and Richard Schmuck Section Four: A Call to Action 12. Maintaining Diversity in Schools Philip Runkel 13. Implications for Practice Marvin Wideen and Ian Andrews. Contributors. I ndex.
