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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462017603321

Autore

Ball Stephen J.

Titolo

The micro-politics of the school : towards a theory of school organization / / Stephen J. Ball

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-280-67017-7

9786613647108

0-203-80873-8

1-136-67060-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Education ; ; v. 32

Disciplina

371.2

371.2/00941

371.200941

Soggetti

High schools - Great Britain - Administration

Organizational change - Great Britain

School management and organization - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1987 by Methuen.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

THE MICRO-POLITICS OF THE SCHOOL: Towards a theory of school organization; Copyright; The Micro-Politics of the School: Towards a theory of school organization; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Orthodoxy and alternative; 2 The politics of change: some case studies; 3 Age and gender: rancorous change; 4 The politics of leadership; 5 Headship: opposition and control; 6 Doing headship: leadership succession and the dilemmas of headship; 7 The politics of career; 8 Women's careers and the politics of gender; 9 Resources and relationships

10 Inside/out: the school in political contextNotes; Appendix; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Stephen Ball's micro-political theory of school organization is a radical departure from traditional theories. He rejects a prescriptive 'top down' approach and directly addresses the interest and concerns of teachers



and current problems facing schools. In doing so he raises question about the adequacy and appropriateness of the existing forms of organizational control in schools. Through case studies and interviews with teachers, the book captures the flavour of real conflicts in schools - particularly in times of falling rolls, change of leadership or amalgamations - when teachers' auton

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996466426703316

Titolo

Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns [[electronic resource] ] : 18th International Conference, CAIP 2019, Salerno, Italy, September 3–5, 2019, Proceedings, Part I / / edited by Mario Vento, Gennaro Percannella

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-29888-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXIII, 688 p. 348 illus., 223 illus. in color.)

Collana

Image Processing, Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, and Graphics ; ; 11678

Disciplina

006.6

Soggetti

Optical data processing

Artificial intelligence

Computer communication systems

Special purpose computers

Computers

Image Processing and Computer Vision

Artificial Intelligence

Computer Communication Networks

Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems

Information Systems and Communication Service

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intelligent Systems -- Real-time and GPU Processing -- Image Segmentation -- Image and Texture Analysis -- Machine Learning for



Image and Pattern Analysis -- Data Sets and Benchmarks -- Structural and Computational Pattern Recognition; Posters. .

Sommario/riassunto

The two volume set LNCS 11678 and 11679 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns, CAIP 2019, held in Salerno, Italy, in September 2019. The 106 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 176 submissions The papers are organized in the following topical sections: Intelligent Systems; Real-time and GPU Processing; Image Segmentation; Image and Texture Analysis; Machine Learning for Image and Pattern Analysis; Data Sets and Benchmarks; Structural and Computational Pattern Recognition; Posters.