02785nam 2200673Ia 450 991095907360332120250204113245.0978145228383814522838349781452279466145227946297814522754991452275491(OCoLC)964565270(MiFhGG)GVRL8082(CKB)2670000000339023(MiAaPQ)EBC1107890236836(MiFhGG)9781452279466(OCoLC)839389103(StDuBDS)EDZ0000104838(MiAaPQ)EBC1993966(Au-PeEL)EBL1993966(OCoLC)958505010(EXLCZ)99267000000033902320120312d2012 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtccrUnlocking group potential to improve schools /Robert J. Garmston with Valerie von Frank ; foreword by Michael FullanThousand Oaks, California Corwin20121 online resource (xviii, 258 pages) illustrationsGale eBooksDescription based upon print version of record.9781412998895 1412998891 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.371.39/5Garmston Robert J1134798Von Frank Valerie1836583MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910959073603321Unlocking group potential to improve schools4414779UNINA