Improving schools in exceptionally challenging circumstances : tales from the frontline / / Alma Harris [and four others] |
Autore | Harris Alma <1958-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , [2006] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (173 p.) |
Disciplina | 371.2070941 |
Altri autori (Persone) | HarrisAlma <1958-> |
Collana | Improving schools series |
Soggetto topico |
School improvement programs - Great Britain
School management and organization - Great Britain |
ISBN | 1-4411-3989-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Part 1: Context Is All; 1 Setting the Scene; 2 The OCTET project; Part 2: The Heads'' Tales; 3 Campion Catholic High School; 4 Channel School; 5 Havelock School; 6 Pennywell School; 7 Phoenix High School; 8 Ridings School; 9 St Albans School; 10 Whitefield School; Part 3: Lessons and Reflections; 11 Leading and Improving Schools in Challenging Circumstances; 12 Context-specific School Improvement; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786922803321 |
Harris Alma <1958-> | ||
London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , [2006] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Improving schools in exceptionally challenging circumstances : tales from the frontline / / Alma Harris [and four others] |
Autore | Harris Alma <1958-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , [2006] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (173 p.) |
Disciplina | 371.2070941 |
Altri autori (Persone) | HarrisAlma <1958-> |
Collana | Improving schools series |
Soggetto topico |
School improvement programs - Great Britain
School management and organization - Great Britain |
ISBN | 1-4411-3989-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Part 1: Context Is All; 1 Setting the Scene; 2 The OCTET project; Part 2: The Heads'' Tales; 3 Campion Catholic High School; 4 Channel School; 5 Havelock School; 6 Pennywell School; 7 Phoenix High School; 8 Ridings School; 9 St Albans School; 10 Whitefield School; Part 3: Lessons and Reflections; 11 Leading and Improving Schools in Challenging Circumstances; 12 Context-specific School Improvement; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822321703321 |
Harris Alma <1958-> | ||
London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , [2006] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Leading futures : global perspectives on educational leadership / / edited by Alma Harris, Michelle S. Jones |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Delhi, India : , : SAGE, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (284 p.) |
Disciplina | 371.2 |
Soggetto topico |
Educational leadership
School management and organization Educational change |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
93-5150-546-4
93-5150-256-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover ; Advance Praise ; Contents ; Acknowledgements ; International Comparisons: Critique, Culture and Context ; Section 1: System Level ; Leading Futures: System Transformation ; 1. Who's Afraid of PISA: The Fallacy of International Assessments of System Performance ; 2. Economic Development and Competitiveness: A Primary Driver of School Reform Policy in the USA ; 3. Innovative Schools and Their Role in the Education Policy Cycle in Russia ; 4. School Leadership Development in Hong Kong: Taking a Retrospective and Prospective View on Policy and Practice
5. Movers and Shapers: Reframing System Leadership for the 21st Century 6. Leading System-wide Educational Improvement in Ontario ; Section 2: Professional Level ; Leading Futures: Leading Professional Learning ; 7. Exploring the Practice of Professional Learning Communities: Case of Hong Kong Primary Schools ; 8. Principal Preparation and Professional Development in Malaysia: Exploring Key Influences and Current Practice ; 9. Designing and Developing Australian Principal Certification: With the Profession, For the Profession 10. Networking for Educational Equity: Rethinking Improvement Within, Between and Beyond Schools 11. Leading Professional Learning to Improve Schools in Challenging Circumstances in Russia ; 12. Developing Leaders for Schools in Singapore ; Section 3: Leader and Learner Level ; Leading Futures: Leading Learning ; 13. Generation X Leaders in Global Cities: Emerging Perspectives on Recruitment, Retention and Succession Planning ; 14. Getting Beyond Our Fixation with Leaders' Behaviours: Engaging with Leading Practice for Real ; 15. Leading Effective Pedagogy 16. Leading Future Pedagogies International Comparisons: Good or Misunderstood? ; About the Editors and Contributors ; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910466311803321 |
New Delhi, India : , : SAGE, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Leading futures : global perspectives on educational leadership / / edited by Alma Harris, Michelle S. Jones |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Delhi, India : , : SAGE, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (284 p.) |
Disciplina | 371.2 |
Soggetto topico |
Educational leadership
School management and organization Educational change |
ISBN |
93-5150-546-4
93-5150-256-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover ; Advance Praise ; Contents ; Acknowledgements ; International Comparisons: Critique, Culture and Context ; Section 1: System Level ; Leading Futures: System Transformation ; 1. Who's Afraid of PISA: The Fallacy of International Assessments of System Performance ; 2. Economic Development and Competitiveness: A Primary Driver of School Reform Policy in the USA ; 3. Innovative Schools and Their Role in the Education Policy Cycle in Russia ; 4. School Leadership Development in Hong Kong: Taking a Retrospective and Prospective View on Policy and Practice
5. Movers and Shapers: Reframing System Leadership for the 21st Century 6. Leading System-wide Educational Improvement in Ontario ; Section 2: Professional Level ; Leading Futures: Leading Professional Learning ; 7. Exploring the Practice of Professional Learning Communities: Case of Hong Kong Primary Schools ; 8. Principal Preparation and Professional Development in Malaysia: Exploring Key Influences and Current Practice ; 9. Designing and Developing Australian Principal Certification: With the Profession, For the Profession 10. Networking for Educational Equity: Rethinking Improvement Within, Between and Beyond Schools 11. Leading Professional Learning to Improve Schools in Challenging Circumstances in Russia ; 12. Developing Leaders for Schools in Singapore ; Section 3: Leader and Learner Level ; Leading Futures: Leading Learning ; 13. Generation X Leaders in Global Cities: Emerging Perspectives on Recruitment, Retention and Succession Planning ; 14. Getting Beyond Our Fixation with Leaders' Behaviours: Engaging with Leading Practice for Real ; 15. Leading Effective Pedagogy 16. Leading Future Pedagogies International Comparisons: Good or Misunderstood? ; About the Editors and Contributors ; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798277503321 |
New Delhi, India : , : SAGE, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Leading futures : global perspectives on educational leadership / / edited by Alma Harris, Michelle S. Jones |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Delhi, India : , : SAGE, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (284 p.) |
Disciplina | 371.2 |
Soggetto topico |
Educational leadership
School management and organization Educational change |
ISBN |
93-5150-546-4
93-5150-256-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover ; Advance Praise ; Contents ; Acknowledgements ; International Comparisons: Critique, Culture and Context ; Section 1: System Level ; Leading Futures: System Transformation ; 1. Who's Afraid of PISA: The Fallacy of International Assessments of System Performance ; 2. Economic Development and Competitiveness: A Primary Driver of School Reform Policy in the USA ; 3. Innovative Schools and Their Role in the Education Policy Cycle in Russia ; 4. School Leadership Development in Hong Kong: Taking a Retrospective and Prospective View on Policy and Practice
5. Movers and Shapers: Reframing System Leadership for the 21st Century 6. Leading System-wide Educational Improvement in Ontario ; Section 2: Professional Level ; Leading Futures: Leading Professional Learning ; 7. Exploring the Practice of Professional Learning Communities: Case of Hong Kong Primary Schools ; 8. Principal Preparation and Professional Development in Malaysia: Exploring Key Influences and Current Practice ; 9. Designing and Developing Australian Principal Certification: With the Profession, For the Profession 10. Networking for Educational Equity: Rethinking Improvement Within, Between and Beyond Schools 11. Leading Professional Learning to Improve Schools in Challenging Circumstances in Russia ; 12. Developing Leaders for Schools in Singapore ; Section 3: Leader and Learner Level ; Leading Futures: Leading Learning ; 13. Generation X Leaders in Global Cities: Emerging Perspectives on Recruitment, Retention and Succession Planning ; 14. Getting Beyond Our Fixation with Leaders' Behaviours: Engaging with Leading Practice for Real ; 15. Leading Effective Pedagogy 16. Leading Future Pedagogies International Comparisons: Good or Misunderstood? ; About the Editors and Contributors ; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815385303321 |
New Delhi, India : , : SAGE, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Subject leadership and school improvement [[electronic resource] /] / Hugh Busher and Alma Harris with Christine Wise |
Autore | Busher Hugh |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Paul Chapman, 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
Disciplina |
375
375.0010941 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
HarrisAlma <1958->
WiseChristine |
Collana | Published in association with the British Educational Leadership and Management Society |
Soggetto topico |
Curriculum planning - Great Britain
School improvement programs - Great Britain |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-7619-6620-X
1-282-02056-0 9786612020568 1-84920-218-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Copyright; Contents; Series Editor's Preface; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Part I Strategic Direction and Development of the Subject Area; 2 Managing Change within the Subject Area; 3 Managing Federal and Confederate Departments; 4 Leading and Co-ordinating Diffuse Subject Areas; Part II Teaching and Learning; 5 Being a Curriculum Leader: Helping Colleagues to Improve Learning; 6 Improving Teaching and Learning within the Subject Area; 7 Developing Professional Networks:Working with Parents and Communities to Enhance Students' Learning; Part III Leading and Managing Staff
8 The Subject Leader as a Middle Manager9 Cultures of Leadership and ProfessionalAutonomy: Managing Self, Developing Others; 10 Professional Development and Action Research; Part IV Efficient and Effective Deployment of Staff and Resources; 11 Planning Development and ResourceUtilisation to Improve Students'Learning; 12 Working with Support and Supply Staff to Improve School Performance; 13 Subject Leadership and School Improvement; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454294603321 |
Busher Hugh | ||
London, : Paul Chapman, 2000 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Subject leadership and school improvement [[electronic resource] /] / Hugh Busher and Alma Harris with Christine Wise |
Autore | Busher Hugh |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Paul Chapman, 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 214 p.) |
Disciplina | 375.0010942 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
HarrisAlma <1958->
WiseChristine |
Collana | Published in association with the British Educational Leadership and Management Society |
Soggetto topico |
Curriculum planning - England
Curriculum planning - Wales School improvement programs - England School improvement programs - Wales Educational leadership - England Educational leadership - Wales |
ISBN |
0-7619-6620-X
1-282-02056-0 9786612020568 1-84920-218-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Copyright; Contents; Series Editor's Preface; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Part I Strategic Direction and Development of the Subject Area; 2 Managing Change within the Subject Area; 3 Managing Federal and Confederate Departments; 4 Leading and Co-ordinating Diffuse Subject Areas; Part II Teaching and Learning; 5 Being a Curriculum Leader: Helping Colleagues to Improve Learning; 6 Improving Teaching and Learning within the Subject Area; 7 Developing Professional Networks:Working with Parents and Communities to Enhance Students' Learning; Part III Leading and Managing Staff
8 The Subject Leader as a Middle Manager9 Cultures of Leadership and ProfessionalAutonomy: Managing Self, Developing Others; 10 Professional Development and Action Research; Part IV Efficient and Effective Deployment of Staff and Resources; 11 Planning Development and ResourceUtilisation to Improve Students'Learning; 12 Working with Support and Supply Staff to Improve School Performance; 13 Subject Leadership and School Improvement; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783000603321 |
Busher Hugh | ||
London, : Paul Chapman, 2000 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Subject leadership and school improvement / / Hugh Busher and Alma Harris with Christine Wise |
Autore | Busher Hugh |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : P. Chapman |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 214 p.) |
Disciplina | 375.0010942 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
HarrisAlma <1958->
WiseChristine |
Collana | Published in association with the British Educational Leadership and Management Society |
Soggetto topico |
Curriculum planning - Great Britain
School improvement programs - Great Britain |
ISBN |
0-7619-6620-X
1-282-02056-0 9786612020568 1-84920-218-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Copyright; Contents; Series Editor's Preface; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Part I Strategic Direction and Development of the Subject Area; 2 Managing Change within the Subject Area; 3 Managing Federal and Confederate Departments; 4 Leading and Co-ordinating Diffuse Subject Areas; Part II Teaching and Learning; 5 Being a Curriculum Leader: Helping Colleagues to Improve Learning; 6 Improving Teaching and Learning within the Subject Area; 7 Developing Professional Networks:Working with Parents and Communities to Enhance Students' Learning; Part III Leading and Managing Staff
8 The Subject Leader as a Middle Manager9 Cultures of Leadership and ProfessionalAutonomy: Managing Self, Developing Others; 10 Professional Development and Action Research; Part IV Efficient and Effective Deployment of Staff and Resources; 11 Planning Development and ResourceUtilisation to Improve Students'Learning; 12 Working with Support and Supply Staff to Improve School Performance; 13 Subject Leadership and School Improvement; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813229003321 |
Busher Hugh | ||
London, : P. Chapman | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Uplifting leadership : how organizations, teams, and communities raise performance / / Andy Hargreaves, Alan Boyle, Alma Harris |
Autore | Hargreaves Andy |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | San Francisco, California : , : Jossey-Bass, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
Disciplina | 658.4/092 |
Soggetto topico |
Leadership
Organizational effectiveness |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-119-05510-5
1-118-92133-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Uplifting Leadership: How Organizations, Teams, and Communities Raise Performance; Copyright; Contents; Introduction: Uplift; Emotional and Spiritual Uplift; Social and Community Uplift; Uplifting Performance; Investigating Uplift; What Uplifting Leadership Is NOT; Uplifting Leadership; 1. Dreaming with Determination; 2. Creativity and Counter-Flow; 3. Collaboration with Competition; 4. Pushing and Pulling; 5. Measuring with Meaning; 6. Sustainable Success; The Uplifting Journey; Chapter 1: Dreaming with Determination; Dreaming and Believing; Dreaming and Daring; Dreaming and Doing
ConclusionChapter 2: Creativity and Counter-Flow; Opposite Approach; Against the Grain; Teach Less, Learn More; Entranced Not Entrenched; Conclusion; Chapter 3: Collaboration with Competition; Opposites Attract; Co-opetition; Uplifting Federations; Collaborative Edge; Conclusion; Chapter 4: Pushing and Pulling; Pulling Together; Pushing Each Other; Commonwealth; Sticking Together; Peer Pressure; Conclusion; Chapter 5: Measuring with Meaning; Data World; Dark Data; Data Minding; Testing Times; Conclusion; Chapter 6: Sustainable Success; Staying Up; Nonsustainability 1. False Starts and Recoveries2. Hubris and Complacency; 3. Killing the Competition; Finnish Lessons; 1. Firm Foundations; 2. Feasible Growth; 3. The Long and Short of Improvement; Conclusion; Chapter 7: Uplifting Action; The Quest for Uplift; Elevation, Not Elation; Down to Earth; 1. Dreaming with Determination; 2. Creativity and Counter-Flow; 3. Collaboration with Competition; 4. Pushing and Pulling; 5. Measuring with Meaning; 6. Sustainable Success; Staying Aloft; Appendix: Research Methodology; Notes; Acknowledgments; The Authors; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458556903321 |
Hargreaves Andy | ||
San Francisco, California : , : Jossey-Bass, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Uplifting leadership : how organizations, teams, and communities raise performance / / Andy Hargreaves, Alan Boyle, Alma Harris |
Autore | Hargreaves Andy |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | San Francisco, California : , : Jossey-Bass, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
Disciplina | 658.4/092 |
Soggetto topico |
Leadership
Organizational effectiveness |
ISBN |
1-119-05510-5
1-118-92133-X |
Classificazione | BUS071000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Uplifting Leadership: How Organizations, Teams, and Communities Raise Performance; Copyright; Contents; Introduction: Uplift; Emotional and Spiritual Uplift; Social and Community Uplift; Uplifting Performance; Investigating Uplift; What Uplifting Leadership Is NOT; Uplifting Leadership; 1. Dreaming with Determination; 2. Creativity and Counter-Flow; 3. Collaboration with Competition; 4. Pushing and Pulling; 5. Measuring with Meaning; 6. Sustainable Success; The Uplifting Journey; Chapter 1: Dreaming with Determination; Dreaming and Believing; Dreaming and Daring; Dreaming and Doing
ConclusionChapter 2: Creativity and Counter-Flow; Opposite Approach; Against the Grain; Teach Less, Learn More; Entranced Not Entrenched; Conclusion; Chapter 3: Collaboration with Competition; Opposites Attract; Co-opetition; Uplifting Federations; Collaborative Edge; Conclusion; Chapter 4: Pushing and Pulling; Pulling Together; Pushing Each Other; Commonwealth; Sticking Together; Peer Pressure; Conclusion; Chapter 5: Measuring with Meaning; Data World; Dark Data; Data Minding; Testing Times; Conclusion; Chapter 6: Sustainable Success; Staying Up; Nonsustainability 1. False Starts and Recoveries2. Hubris and Complacency; 3. Killing the Competition; Finnish Lessons; 1. Firm Foundations; 2. Feasible Growth; 3. The Long and Short of Improvement; Conclusion; Chapter 7: Uplifting Action; The Quest for Uplift; Elevation, Not Elation; Down to Earth; 1. Dreaming with Determination; 2. Creativity and Counter-Flow; 3. Collaboration with Competition; 4. Pushing and Pulling; 5. Measuring with Meaning; 6. Sustainable Success; Staying Aloft; Appendix: Research Methodology; Notes; Acknowledgments; The Authors; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791025903321 |
Hargreaves Andy | ||
San Francisco, California : , : Jossey-Bass, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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