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Learning In and Out of School : the selected works of John MacBeath.
In the World Library of Educationalists series, international experts themselves compile career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces - extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, major theoretical and practical contributions - so the world can read them in...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Learning In and Out of School The selected works of John MacBeath; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: a life in education; Self evaluation: schools speaking for themselves; Bridges across boundaries; Inspection and self evaluation: are they by any chance related?; Improving school effectiveness; Schools on the edge; Leadership; The way it spozed to be?; Why learn maths?; CHAPTER 1 Reflection's leading light; CHAPTER 2 Developing skills for life after school; A primary school; A secondary school; Taking the issues further; Developing the concept.
- CHAPTER 3 Schools on the edge: responding to challenging circumstancesOn the edge; The effectiveness and improvement story; The SFECC Project; What do we mean by exceptionally challenging circumstances?; Family and school; The evaluation; Professional development; Pedagogy; A focus on literacy; Using data effectively; Developing and extending leadership; The School Improvement Group; Networking with ICT; A question of attainment; Applying lessons from school improvement research; Nine lessons for policy and practice.
- CHAPTER 4 New relationships for old: inspection and self-evaluation in England and Hong KongIntroduction; Sources of data; The NCSL study; The Hong Kong study; The new relationship in England; Questions of purpose; Who is self-evaluation for?; From espoused theory to theory-in-practice; The school improvement partner; The new relationship in Hong Kong; A question of purpose; Preparing for review, alleviating anxiety; Issues of feedback and reporting; Taking account of context; Common challenges; Conclusions; CHAPTER 5 Revived by post mortems; briefing; research focus.
- CHAPTER 6 Inspectors worthy of KafkaCHAPTER 7 Should we sugar coat the pill, Miss?; Sugar-coating; CHAPTER 8 The talent enigma; The war for talent; The crisis: real or manufactured?; The war for talent: a matter of culture?; The war for talent: a matter of social economy?; The war for talent: gender matters?; The attrition of talent; The changing nature of school leadership; Whatever happened to talent?; Solutions in a time of crisis; Incentives as solution; Solution as fast tracking; Solution as professional development programmes; Solution as mentoring, coaching, and critical friendship.
- Solution as networkingSolution as the treasure within; Distributing leadership; The talent enigma; CHAPTER 9 School leadership crisis; CHAPTER 10 'Vacancy. Headteacher required, Scotsman 7/24/365. . .'; CHAPTER 11 Leadership as a subversive activity; The political context; Confronting the noble lie; The new world of growing up; Leadership for learning: the Carpe Vitam Project; Principles for subversive leadership; A second principle; The third principle; The fourth principle; The fifth principle; CHAPTER 12 Shame tactics 'don't work'