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Like a strong foundation in a house, the climate of a school is the foundation that supports the structures of teaching and learning. This book provides a framework for educators to look at school and classroom climates using both informal and formal measures. Each chapter focuses on a different asp...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Freiberg, H. Jerome
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005.
Temas:
School environment.
School management and organization.
Milieu scolaire.
Administration scolaire.
School environment
School management and organization
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Book Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • School: The Societal Meeting Place
  • Multiple Measures of Climate in Schools
  • Using the Climate Instruments
  • Chapter Overviews
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 1 Measuring, Improving and Sustaining Healthy Learning Environments
  • Why is Climate so Important to Learning?
  • Climate as Metaphor
  • Climate: Organizational or Cultural?
  • National School Climate Report Cards
  • State Policy and School Climate
  • Research on School Climate
  • Multiple Perspectives of Climate
  • Measuring Climate: Directly and Indirectly
  • Direct Measures
  • Indirect Measures
  • Improving Learning Environments
  • Five Questions for Improving School Climate
  • Sustaining Healthy Learning Environments
  • Celebrating Success
  • Three Questions for Sustaining Climate
  • The Global Nature of School Climate
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 2 The Role of School and Classroom Climate in Elementary School Learning Environments
  • Introduction
  • Climate and Effectiveness Factors
  • Educational Outcomes
  • Effectiveness Factors
  • Climate Factors
  • A Plan for Effectiveness
  • Theories and Research on School and Classroom Climate
  • Methods for School Improvement
  • Measuring School Climate and Classroom Climate
  • Problems in Measuring Climate Factors
  • Measuring the Climate Factors: A Dutch Checklist for the Assessment of the Quality of Classromm and School Climate
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix 2.1: Background information about the checklist
  • References
  • Chapter 3 Using Informal and Formal Measures to Create Classroom Profiles
  • Why Do School Improvers Need Classroom, Grade and School Level Teaching Profiles?
  • The Lack of Meaningful Reform in Classrooms
  • The Link Between Teacher and School Effectiveness.
  • The Link Between Teacher Observation and School Improvement
  • Examples of Informal and Formal Teacher Observational Systems
  • Informal Teacher Observation
  • Formal Teacher Observation
  • Using Benchmark Data for Comparison Purposes with Classroom Profiles
  • Examples of Creating Classroom Profiles for Schools
  • General Procedures for Creating Profiles
  • A Pair of "Restructured" Schools
  • Eastside Elementary School analyses
  • Westside Elementary School analyses
  • General Conclusions from the Two Sets of School Profiles
  • Using Classroom Profiles to Generate Staff Development and School Improvement Plans
  • Recommendations for Staff Development at Westside
  • Recommendations included the following (Teddlie, 1996):
  • Conclusion: The Importance of Classroom Profiles in the Development of School Improvement Programs
  • References
  • Chapter 4 Using Learning Environment Assessments to Improve Classroom and School Climates
  • Instruments for Assessing Learning Environment
  • Individualized Classroom Environment Questionnaire (ICEQ)
  • Science Laboratory Environment Inventory (SLEI)
  • Questionnaire on Teacher Interaction (QTI)
  • Constructivist Learning Environment Survey (CLES)
  • School-Level Environment Questionnaire (SLEQ)
  • Preferred Forms of Scales
  • A Technique for Improving Learning Environments
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 5 Organizational Health Profiles for High Schools1
  • School Climate: Conceptual Foundations of Organizational Health
  • Miles's Perspective on Organizational Health
  • A Parsonian Perspective on Organizational Health
  • School Health: A Conceptual Framework
  • Organizational Health Inventory for High Schools2
  • Developing Items
  • Pilot Study
  • A Test of the New Measure (OHI)
  • Healthy School
  • Unhealthy School
  • Administering and Scoring the OHI
  • Administering the Instrument.
  • Scoring the Instrument
  • School Health Profiles
  • Example
  • Some Research Findings
  • Some Implications
  • A Conclusion and a Caution
  • Notes
  • References
  • Chapter 6 Organizational Climate and Teacher Professionalism: Identifying Teacher Work Environment Dimensions
  • Professionals in Organizations
  • Work Environment Dimensions
  • Role Ambiguity and Routinization
  • Centralization of Authority and Formalization
  • Intrinsic and Extrinsic Work Features
  • Participative Supervision
  • Career Development
  • Involvement in Decision Making
  • Illustrations of School Profiles on Work Environment Dimensions
  • Illustrative Case Study: Benjamin Davis Elementary School
  • How do teachers, on average, perceive the work environment dimensions?
  • Are work environment dimensions related to teachers' job satisfaction and organizational commitment?
  • How do teachers respond to selected items?
  • Incorporating Qualitative Measures in the School Profile
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • Chapter 7 Perceptions of Parents and Community Members as a Measure of School Climate
  • Introduction
  • Theoretical Framework Derived From Review of Literature
  • Methods
  • Project Planning Phase
  • Survey Form Construction
  • Survey Administration and Distribution
  • Analysis of the Surveys
  • Results of the Parent Survey
  • Instructional Environment
  • Instructional Process
  • Communication
  • Administration
  • Analysis of the Community Survey
  • Instructional Environment
  • School as Community Member
  • School Security
  • Discussion
  • References
  • Chapter 8 The Teachers' Lounge and its Role in Improving Learning Environments in Schools
  • The Conceptual Framework: The Relationships Between School Climate and Life in Teachers' Lounges
  • Professional Communities in Schools
  • Teachers' Perceptions of the Climate of their Lounges
  • Teachers' Lounges Questionnaire.
  • Demographic and School Background Data
  • The Characteristics of Teachers' Lounges-Their Perceived Climate
  • Spheres of Perceived Influence of Teachers' Lounges on Life in Schools
  • Teachers' Lounges and Students' Achievement
  • Concluding Comments-Potential Uses of the Analysis of the Climate of Teachers' Lounges
  • References
  • Chapter 9 The Impact of Principal Change Facilitator Style on School and Classroom Culture
  • Early Observations of the Connection Between Leaders and Climate
  • The Role of the Principal is Discovered
  • Three Change Facilitator Styles
  • Researching the Change Facilitator Style of Principals
  • The Need to Know More About Change Facilitator Style
  • Six Underlying Dimensions of Change Facilitator Style
  • Cluster 1: Concern for People
  • Cluster 2: Organizational Efficiency
  • Cluster 3: Strategic Sense
  • Development of the Change Facilitator Style Questionnaire
  • Developing the Items on the CFSQ
  • Characteristics of the CFS Questionnaire
  • CFSQ Profile Interpretation
  • Psychometric Qualities of the CFSQ
  • Estimating Overall CF Style
  • Improving School Climate
  • Appendix 9.1: Descriptions of three change facilitator styles
  • Appendix 9.2: Change facilitator style questionnaire
  • References
  • Chapter 10 The Phoenix Rises From its Ashes Doesn't It?
  • Introduction
  • Phoenix School
  • Methods
  • Results
  • Calvert Implementation at Phoenix: 1990-1994
  • Pre-implementation
  • An achievable plan
  • Funding
  • Non-Fiscal Support
  • Curriculum
  • Classroom instruction
  • Outcomes: 1990-1994
  • Norm-referenced testing
  • Attendance
  • School holding power
  • Disciplinary removals
  • Implementation at Phoenix: 1994-1997
  • Results: 1995-1996
  • Norm-referenced testing
  • Discussion
  • Notes
  • References
  • Chapter 11 Three Creative Ways to Measure School Climate and Next Steps
  • Introduction.
  • The Need for Feedback
  • The Impact of Changing School Levels
  • Entrance and Exit Interviews
  • The Cafeteria from Hell
  • Next Steps
  • Conclusions
  • Note
  • References
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Index.

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