β Scribed by David Hopkins
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As societies continue to set educational goals that are, on current performance, beyond the capacity of the system to deliver, strategies for enhancing student learning through school and classroom intervention have become increasingly important. Yet, as David Hopkins argues in his book, many of the educational initiatives recently developed under the umbrella of school improvement are inadequate or unhelpful. Simply blaming teachers and delegating financial responsibility, he maintains, has little positive impact on classroom practice. This is the bleak context within which school improvement has to operate today. School Improvement for Real offers a genuine alternative: a strategy for educational change that focuses on student achievement by modifying classroom practice and adapting the management arrangements within the school to support teaching and learning. It outlines an approach to school improvement that has a medium term, systemic orientation, providing both principles and suggestions for better practice. The author's experience in the field of school improvement ensures that the text is informed by a practical wisdom that is so often lacking from the more typical managerial texts on improvement and effectiveness.
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
A personal introduction......Page 12
Acknowledgements......Page 18
List of figures......Page 20
List of tables......Page 22
Educational reform and school improvement......Page 24
The foundations of authentic school improvement......Page 39
A perspective on educational change and school effectiveness......Page 57
School improvement in an era of change......Page 76
Powerful learning and powerful teaching......Page 94
Creating the conditions for school improvement......Page 116
Instructional leadership and staff development......Page 137
Patterns of development and the process of cultural change......Page 158
Differential school improvement......Page 182
The policy context for school improvement......Page 202
References......Page 225
Index......Page 238
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