School as community : from promise to practice / / edited by Gail Furman

• Pubblicazione: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2002
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (316 p.)
• Disciplina: 371.19/0973
• Soggetto topico: School management and organization - United States; Community and school - United States
• Altri autori: FurmanGail C
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- The School as Community: Extending Our Conceptual Understanding -- The Complexity and Coherence of Educational Communities: An Analysis of the Images that Reflect and Influence Scholarship and Practice -- Postmodernism and Community in Schools: Unraveling the Paradox -- The Role of Community in Spiritually Centered Leadership for Justice -- Research on School Community: Focus on Teachers -- Contradictions of School Community in Restructuring Elementary Schools: Lessons from a Case Study -- Tensions and Sturggles in Moving Toward a Democratic School Community -- Learning from Educators: Insights into Building Communities of Difference -- Research on School Community: Focus on Students -- Schools as Communities for Students -- Thinking about Community from a Student Perspective -- Children with Severe Disabilities in Regular Classrooms: Risk and Opportunity for Creating Inclusive Communities -- Research on School Community: The Ecological Perspective -- The Microecology of Social Capital Formation: Developing Community Beyond the Schoolhouse Door -- Listening to Communities: An Ecological Perspective on Education and Human Services -- Conclusions: What is Leadership For? -- Contributors -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: An increasingly important and appealing concept for school renewal is that of school as community. While community holds multiple promises for schools, little is known about the practice of community in schools. This collection furthers our understanding about the nature of school community, its practice in public schools, and the role of leadership in this practice. Of particular importance is the question of how community can be created and sustained in K–12 public schools with highly diverse populations.
• Titolo autorizzato: School as community
• ISBN: 0-7914-8835-7; 0-585-48285-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808242703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: SUNY series in educational leadership.