03358nam 2200721 a 450 991081834500332120200520144314.01-282-52309-097866125230901-60709-608-0(CKB)2550000001101551(EBL)616373(OCoLC)700699546(SSID)ssj0000438876(PQKBManifestationID)12150154(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000438876(PQKBWorkID)10458810(PQKB)11585982(SSID)ssj0000421909(PQKBManifestationID)12110519(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000421909(PQKBWorkID)10432879(PQKB)11759036(Au-PeEL)EBL616373(CaPaEBR)ebr10389656(CaONFJC)MIL252309(MiAaPQ)EBC616373(EXLCZ)99255000000110155120091209d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLearning communities 2.0[electronic resource] educating in the age of empowerment /Charles J. Schwahn and William G. SpadyLanham, Md. Rowman & Littlefield Educationc20101 online resource (179 p.)"Published in partnership with the American Association of School Administrators."1-60709-607-2 1-60709-606-4 Includes bibliographical references.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.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 aSchool improvement programsUnited StatesEducational leadershipUnited StatesProfessional learning communitiesUnited StatesEducational changeUnited StatesSchool improvement programsEducational leadershipProfessional learning communitiesEducational change371.2/0781.61bclSchwahn Charles J1610892Spady William G1610893American Association of School Administrators.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818345003321Learning communities 2.03938847UNINA