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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455621203321

Autore

Townsend Tony

Titolo

Effective schooling for the community : core-plus education / / Tony Townsend

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1994

ISBN

1-138-43594-5

1-280-32020-6

9786610320202

1-134-84879-X

0-585-44804-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Collana

Educational management series

Disciplina

370.19/31

Soggetti

Community and school

School management and organization

Education - Curricula

Educational change

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; Effective schooling for the community; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Foreword by Professor Jack D.Minzey; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: an international perspective on school effectiveness; 2 The effective school: towards a framework of understanding; 3 Community perceptions of effective schools; 4 Effective schools: the case studies; 5 The core-plus school; 6 Developing the core-plus school: a model for action; 7 Leadership in the core-plus school; 8 Process issues for core-plus education; 9 From community needs to core-plus policies

10 Programmes in the core-plus school11 Financing and managing the core-plus school; Afterword: a vision for the next century; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers a new perspective on the management of schools by bringing together the knowledge and understanding of school



effectiveness and community education. Tony Townsend argues that the core activity of the school, to provide a learning environment for children, should be supplemented by educational activities that service the needs of the community as a whole. He offers a model for the development of the `core-plus' school, including practical ideas for school leaders to build strategies for improving school programme possibilities and processes to encourage greater community involve