Changing Schools from the Inside Out

Small Wins in Hard Times

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

AvRobert L. Larson

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At any time, public schools labor under great economic, political, and social pressures that make it difficult to create large-scale, 'whole school' change. But current top-down mandates require that schools close achievement gaps while teaching more problem solving, inquiry, and research skills_with fewer resources. Failure to meet test-based standards can produce consequences such as school closure or staff replacement. With this real-world challenge to education foremost, this book presents pertinent research and instructive case studies of two 'good' high schools. It advocates a proven strategy of small-scale, incremental change_small wins_which increases the likelihood that schools will improve despite a climate of 'do more with less.' Chapters describe the current societal context; the history of major change projects since the 1970s; the organizational and social characteristics of schools and classrooms; human factors that encourage and support improvement; the effects of technology; forces affecting teachers and principals; commonplace components of and vehicles for change; and practical 'levers and footings' for change that can have a high positive payoff.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2011-06-09
Mått156 x 232 x 15 mm
Vikt395 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor256
Upplaga3
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781607095286

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Chapter 1 AcknowledgmentsChapter 2 Foreword by George VolandChapter 3 PrefaceChapter 4 INTRODUCTIONChapter 5 1. THE CURRENT CONTEXT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENTChapter 6 2. WHAT RESEARCH AND PRACTICE TEACH US ABOUT CHANGEChapter 7 3. SCHOOLS AS ORGANIZATIONSChapter 8 4. Bromley and Mansfield: Two Case StudiesChapter 9 5. GOOD SCHOOLS AND SMALL-SCALE CHANGEChapter 10 6. MAGNIFYING THE INNOVATION MAPChapter 11 7. THE POTENTIAL OF SMALL WINS AND RELATED STRATEGIESChapter 12 8. LEVERS AND FOOTING FOR CHANGEChapter 13 CONCLUDING COMMENTSChapter 14 BibliographyChapter 15 IndexChapter 16 About the Author

Larson (emer., Univ. of Vermont) effectively and conclusively enlightens policy makers, professors, school administrators, and change agent researchers by providing an exhaustive discussion of decades of research on change. The author reviews in great detail the variables and factors associated with success or failure in making change in public schools, including his most recent study on change in two high schools. Numerous ideas are explored, such as the realization that change is complex and complicated; there are problems associated with top-down change; schools need the collaborative efforts of all to make change succeed; and the essence of long-term meaningful change should be from the "inside out." The author's experience as a professor and researcher makes this is an excellent read for anyone interested in understanding the impact of meaningful and sustained change in America's public school system. Summing Up: Highly recommended. General readers; upper-division undergraduate students and above.Selected for review by the American Library Association.