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Record Nr.

UNINA9910153148403321

Titolo

School effectiveness and school improvement : alternative perspectives / / edited by Alma Harris and Nigel Bennett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , 2005

©2001

ISBN

1-4411-7670-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Collana

School development series

Disciplina

371.200941

Soggetti

School improvement programs - Great Britain

School management and organization - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Series Editors'' Foreword; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; PART ONE; 2 Contemporary Perspectives on School Effectiveness and School Improvement; 3 Beyond School Effectiveness and School Improvement?; PART TWO; 4 A Structural Critique of School Effectiveness and School Improvement; 5 The Micro-Politics of Change, Improvement and Effectiveness in Schools; 6 Power, Structure and Culture: An Organizational View of School Effectiveness and School Improvement; PART THREE

7 A Cultural Perspective on School Effectiveness, School Improvement and Teacher Professional Development8 School Effectiveness, School Improvement and the Teaching Profession of the Twenty-first Century; 9 A Contextual Perspective: Fitting School Round the Needs of Students; 10 School Effectiveness and School Improvement: Future Challenges and Possibilities; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z