Schools and Communities

John West-Burham is a teacher, writer and consultant in educational leadership. He is senior visiting Research Fellow, Centre for Educational Leadership, University of Manchester and Senior Research Adviser at the National College for School Leadership.

• IntroductionSection 1: Education and the communityChapter 1   A critique of schools and schoolingChapter 2   The social context of educationChapter 3   The moral purpose of educationSection 2: Building social capitalChapter 4   Social Capital and LearningChapter 5   Engaging Families and the CommunityChapter 6   Dialogue as a Community ResourceChapter 7   From services to silosSection 3: Building capacity in communitiesChapter 8   Leadership in the communityChapter 9   Community Action Chapter 10 Change and complexity in communitiesChapter 11Monitoring, review and evaluationReferencesEducation and the community

Dominant themes throughout this well structured book include social justice and equity, social capital, community capacity building, and the moral purpose of education...Case study examples and chapters on partnership working and evaluation offer useful advice