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Record Nr.

UNINA9910964294003321

Autore

Easley Jacob

Titolo

The audacity to teach! : the impact of leadership, school reform, and the urban context on educational innovations / / Jacob Easley II

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : University Press of America, c2011

ISBN

0-7618-8714-8

1-283-60357-8

9786613916020

0-7618-5444-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (135 p.)

Disciplina

371.2009794

Soggetti

Education - United States

Educational innovations - United States

Teaching - United States

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 (p. [111]-118) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Contemporary Context of Urban Schools; Chapter 2: Introducing Hillside Elementary School; Chapter 3: Teachers Defining Teaching and Learning Innovations; Chapter 4: Critical Correspondences of Pedagogical Capacity; Chapter 5: Context and Collaboration as Pedagogical Capacity; Chapter 6: Institutionalization of Teaching and Learning Innovations; Chapter 7: The Multidimensionality of Capacity for Teaching and Learning Innovations; References; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

This book is developed from a study of an inner city, urban elementary school that has undergone serial comprehensive school reforms. This book is intended for a fuller understanding of school improvement and effectiveness, providing commonsense recommendations for the future direction of American education that aim to promote student success.