1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461664103321

Autore

Creemers Bert P. M.

Titolo

Improving quality in education : dynamic approaches to school improvement / / Bert P.M. Creemers and Leonidas Kyriakides

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-283-46281-8

9786613462817

0-203-81753-2

1-136-72983-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (308 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KyriakidesLeonidas

Disciplina

371.2/07

371.207

Soggetti

School improvement programs

School management and organization

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

Front Cover; Improving Quality in Education; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of appendices; Preface; Part A: Foundations of the improvement approach; 1. Developments in school improvement: the value of a theory-driven approach; 2. Establishing links between educational- effectiveness research and school improvement: the contribution of the dynamic model; 3. The dynamic approach to school improvement; Part B: Research projects on the dynamic approach to school improvement; 4. Establishing school self-evaluation mechanisms to improve the quality of education

5. Facing and preventing bullying through improving the school learning environment6. Schools establishing school self- evaluation mechanisms for improvement purposes: case studies of two primary schools in Slovenia; 7. Using DASI to improve teacher effectiveness: a group randomisation study; 8. Development of DASI: studies on teacher effectiveness in different educational settings; Part C: Translating the approach into action: guidelines and instruments; 9. Using DASI to establish mechanisms for school self-evaluation for improvement



purposes

10. Instruments for measuring quality of teaching and school level factors11. The design of actions and strategies for improvement, their implementation and evaluation; Part D: Further developments of the dynamic approach to school improvement; 12. Reflections on the viability of the approach; References; Appendix to Chapter 4; Appendix to Chapter 5; Appendix to Chapter 6; Appendix to Chapter 7; Appendix to Chapter 10; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores an approach to school improvement that merges the traditions of educational effectiveness research and school improvement efforts. It displays how the dynamic model, which is theoretical and empirically validated, can be used in both traditions. Each chapter integrates evidence from international and national studies, showing how the knowledge-base of educational effectiveness research can be used for improvement purposes. In a clear and practicable manner it outlines:Foundations of the improvement approachResearch projects investigating

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910143321103321

Autore

Cooper Nicola

Titolo

Essential guide to acute care [[electronic resource] /] / Nicola Cooper, Kirsty Forrest & Paul Cramp

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Blackwell, 2006

ISBN

1-280-74875-3

9786610748754

0-470-76402-3

0-470-75790-6

1-4051-7230-4

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ForrestKirsty

CrampPaul

Disciplina

616.02/8

616.028

Soggetti

Critical care medicine

Internal medicine

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa



Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previous ed.: published as by Nicola Cooper and Paul Cramp. 2003.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Essential Guide to Acute Care; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Acknowledgements; Units used in this book; Chapter 1 Patients at risk; Chapter 2 Oxygen therapy; Chapter 3 Acid-base balance; Chapter 4 Respiratory failure; Chapter 5 Fluid balance and volume resuscitation; Chapter 6 Sepsis; Chapter 7 Acute renal failure; Chapter 8 Brain failure; Chapter 9 Optimising patients before surgery; Chapter 10 Pain control and sedation; Appendix Practical procedures; Index

Sommario/riassunto

What you really need to know, but no one told you. The Essential Guide to Acute Care contains everything you really need to know about acute care that you can't find in a standard textbook and have probably never been taught before.  Starting with the concept of patients at risk, the Essential Guide to Acute Care explains how to recognise and manage the generic altered physiology that accompanies acute illness.  The principles of acute care are explained simply yet comprehensively. Throughout the book 'mini-tutorials' expand on the latest thinking or cont



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780394303321

Titolo

2003 assessment of the Office of naval research's marine corps science and technology program [[electronic resource] /]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : National Academies Press, c2004

ISBN

0-309-18223-9

1-280-17954-6

9786610179541

0-309-52625-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (131 p.)

Collana

ONR assessment series 2003 assessment of the Office of Naval Research's Marine Corps Science and Technology Program

Disciplina

359.9607

Soggetti

Naval art and science - Research - United States

Military art and science - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.