Learning communities 2.0 [[electronic resource] ] : educating in the age of empowerment / / Charles J. Schwahn and William G. Spady

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910818345003321
• Autore: Schwahn Charles J
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Education, c2010
• ISBN: 1-282-52309-0; 9786612523090; 1-60709-608-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (179 p.)
• Classificazione: 81.61
• Altri autori (Persone): SpadyWilliam G
• Disciplina: 371.2/07
• Soggetti: School improvement programs - United States; Educational leadership - United States; Professional learning communities - United States; Educational change - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Published in partnership with the American Association of School Administrators."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Transformational change: from educentrism to empowering learning communities -- Establishing a collegial culture of professionalism -- Creating a transformational philosophy and rationale -- Deriving life performance learner outcomes -- Implementing an empowering learning system: paradigm change in action -- Using mass customized learning to restructure for success -- Building an aligned support structure -- Epilogue: learning in the age of empowerment.
• Sommario/riassunto: Drawing on mountains of insightful research and innovative practices from their vast experience and international consulting work in education, they clearly, systematically, and compellingly describe the distinguishing and defining components of ELCs, why ELCs are desperately needed in today's Age of Empowerment, how ELCs differ from 'educentric' schools, how ELCs function, the life-performance outcomes that shape ELCs' instructional priorities, and the strategies, frameworks, and transformational technologies that local communities can use to design and implement the key elements of ELCs in a