Democratic learning : the challenge to school effectiveness / / edited by John MacBeath and Lejf Moos

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeFalmer, , 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (178 p.)
• Disciplina: 370/.1
• Soggetto topico: Education - Philosophy; Education - Aims and objectives; Learning - Philosophy; Democracy
• Altri autori: MacBeathJohn E. C MoosLejf
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: BookCover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; 1 Democratic learning and school effectiveness; 2 Reforming for democratic schooling; 3 Democratic values, democratic schools; 4 Learning democracy by sharing power; 5 Children's participation in a democratic learning environment; 6 The darker side of democracy; 7 Democratic leadership in an age of managerial accountability; 8 Democratic leadership for school improvement in challenging contexts; 9 Learning in a knowledge society; Conclusion; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The time has come to challenge many of the age-old assumptions about schools and school learning. In this timely book leading thinkers from around the world offer a different vision of what schools are for. They suggest new ways of thinking about citizenship, lifelong learning and the role of schools in democratic societies. They question many of the tenets of school effectiveness studies which have been so influential in shaping policy, but are essentially backward looking and premised on school structures as we have known them. Each chapter confronts some of the myths of schooling we have ch
• Titolo autorizzato: Democratic learning
• ISBN: 1-134-33897-X; 1-134-33898-8; 0-203-35290-4; 1-280-17142-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910820779003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II