Teacher-Led School Improvement

✍ Scribed by Judith Durrant

• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 185
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

A fresh look at school improvement from the perspective of professional development.There are many things that teachers can do to improve the conditions for learning and teaching in their own schools. This book shows how staff can take the initiative and identify areas in their school in need of attention, and tackle them. It provides case-study accounts of schemes in a number of schools, together with accounts of the action research based development work undertaken by teachers to improve their schools. The studies illuminate issues such as: improving the quality of learning and teaching; developing an effective school council; building partnerships and community schemes; developing economic and industrial understanding.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of illustrations......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 10
List of abbreviations......Page 12
Introduction......Page 14
School Improvement: The Centrality of the Teacher's Role......Page 18
Beyond Staff Development: Relevance and Impact......Page 27
Establishing School;University Partnerships for School Improvement......Page 41
Reflective Action Planning: A Model for Teacher-Led School Improvement......Page 55
Reflections on Collaborative Inquiry......Page 79
Working with the Model: One School's Story......Page 94
The Teacher as Change Agent: Andrew's Story......Page 107
Developing Teacher Professionalism Through School-Based Inquiry: Penny's Story......Page 121
Developing Teacher Professionalism Through Networking: The CANTARNET Story......Page 136
Teachers 'Making a Difference': The Question of Impact......Page 152
Conclusion: Teachers and the Creation of Professional Knowledge......Page 167
References......Page 173
The authors......Page 181
Index......Page 182