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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786127003321

Autore

Garmston Robert J

Titolo

Unlocking group potential to improve schools / / Robert J. Garmston with Valerie von Frank ; foreword by Michael Fullan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Corwin, c2012

Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin, a SAGE Company, , [2012]

�2012

ISBN

1-4522-8383-4

1-4522-7946-2

1-4522-7549-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 258 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

371.395

Soggetti

Group work in education

Professional learning communities

Educational change

School improvement programs

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

Building effective groups -- Understanding group roles -- Examining decision making -- Creating focused agendas -- Forming smarter groups -- Learning the way groups talk -- Challenging mental models -- Working with conflict -- Becoming a self-directed group -- Enhancing energy sources -- Developing facilitation skills -- Learning the language of facilitation -- Intervening successfully -- Setting up the room.

Sommario/riassunto

This field book shows educators how to develop group culture, enhance facilitators' skills, and optimize the group's most precious resource - its members. The authors describe how to form working committees, task forces, grade-level, and department teams, and faculties that are more effective and better equipped to resolve complex issues around student learning.