02468oam 2200541 450 991078612700332120190911103511.01-4522-8383-41-4522-7946-21-4522-7549-1(OCoLC)964565270(MiFhGG)GVRL8082(EXLCZ)99267000000033902320120312h20122012 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtccrUnlocking group potential to improve schools /Robert J. Garmston with Valerie von Frank ; foreword by Michael FullanThousand Oaks, Calif. Corwinc2012Thousand Oaks, California :Corwin, a SAGE Company,[2012]�20121 online resource (xviii, 258 pages) illustrationsGale eBooksDescription based upon print version of record.1-4129-9889-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Group work in educationProfessional learning communitiesEducational changeSchool improvement programsGroup work in education.Professional learning communities.Educational change.School improvement programs.371.395Garmston Robert J1134798Von Frank ValerieFullan MichaelMiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910786127003321Unlocking group potential to improve schools3825489UNINA