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Future-proof your school : steering culture, driving school improvement, developing excellence.

Wouldn't it be great if you could equip your school and yourself to face whatever the future might throw at you! Wherever you are in your teaching career, this book provides an effective approach to change management that is simple and sustainable.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hughes, David W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] : Critical Publishing Ltd, 2019.
Colección:Practical teaching
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Half-title; Series page; Title page; Copyright information; Endorsements; Table of contents; Meet the author; Introduction; Bibliography; 1. Culture and school improvement; Defining culture: levels and players; Cultural norms: induction and socialisation; Social models of culture; Socialisation into the profession: the new teacher; Socialisation: the good, the bad and the ugly; Psychological insights into culture; Induction strategies and learning; Reflection as an improvement methodology; Bibliography; 2. Leadership models of school culture: some disturbing developments
  • Pressures on schools: an international perspectiveLeadership and culture: super heads and superheads; Characteristics of the superhead; Characteristics of the super head: strategy and quality; Perceptions and cultures of tolerance; Culture and context: qualitative measures of effectiveness; The growth of managerialism; A holistic approach to school improvement; Bibliography; 3. Pupils: passive or active participants in your school?; A meaningful role for pupils in a changing world; Pupil voice; Integrating democracy in learning; Bibliography
  • 4. Parents: relationships, processes and partnershipsParents: your most valuable partners; The primary school experience of parents; The secondary school experience of parents; Some good practice explored; Parents' evening; Bibliography; 5. The INSET conundrum: training opportunities or continuous professional development? Project or process?; The professional development landscape; INSET, professional development and training: a short historical survey; The national curriculum: homogeneity and constipation; Ofsted and cultural change
  • Ensuring professional development activities are congruent with whole school improvementBibliography; 6. The ICT fixation: promoting sustainable change; A short history of information and communication technologies (ICT) in schools; Unbalanced supply and demand in learning technologies; Educational features and learning benefits of ICT; Bibliography; 7. Intellectual property: recognising the talent in your school; Schools: a criminal waste of time and resources; Cultural processes and intellectual capital; Capturing your best practice and making it your common practice
  • Recruitment and retentionContinuous professional development: templates and libraries; PowerPoint with educational purpose; Bibliography; 8. A holistic view of school development needs; A congruent model of CPD development; Situational analysis: INSET, professional development, school improvement and effectiveness; The twenty-first-century change agenda: new paradigms, new learning for all; A universal challenge to education: technologies, neuroscience and an existential crisis; 1. Personalisation; 2. Metacognition; 3. Digital technologies