Schools Making A Difference

Author : Thrupp, Martin
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1999-05-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780335202126

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Schools Making A Difference by Thrupp, Martin Pdf

Does an effective school really come about through the actions of teachers and school leaders, or does it also require an advantaged student intake? This question reflects a longstanding research debate about whether or not the social class mix of a school's student intake has much effect on individual achievement. Schools Making a Difference: Let's Be Realistic! presents new evidence which suggests that school mix is likely to be important because of the way many school processes are deeply influenced by student intake characteristics. Low socioeconomic schools face numerous intake-related constraints which make them highly resistant to improvement efforts. By suggesting that 'failing' schools are often overwhelmed rather than ineffective, this book provides a sympathetic reappraisal of the performance of teachers and school leaders in such schools. It also offers a critical response to the often unrealistic claims of the school effectiveness and school improvement movement and a fresh critique of market reforms in education.

Author : Tom Vander Ark,Emily Liebtag
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781071814833

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Difference Making at the Heart of Learning by Tom Vander Ark,Emily Liebtag Pdf

Your students will change the world! Today’s learners know they face a complex future. They yearn to live in a world where people are working with purpose, leading with character and making a difference. Learning to identify problems and use smart tools to develop meaningful solutions will help them make a difference in their families, their communities and for society. They need your help. This inspirational, yet practical guide shows educators how to build on students’ own talents and interests to develop their desire for a better world, entrepreneurial mindset and personal leadership skills. Features include: New learning priorities centered around making a difference A framework based on the 25 most important issues of our time Examples and case studies from a diverse range of projects, people, and places Students learn more when they feel a sense of purpose. With adults like you to guide them, they’ll be ready to make a difference—and shape the world to come.

Author : Deborah M. Netolicky
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-09
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000556544

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Transformational Professional Learning by Deborah M. Netolicky Pdf

Emerging from an education world that sees professional learning as a tool to positively shape teaching practice in order to improve student learning, Transformational Professional Learning elucidates professional learning that is transformational for teachers, school leaders, and schools. Written from the unique ‘pracademic’ perspective of an author who is herself a practising teacher, school leader, and researcher, this book articulates the why and the what of professional learning. It acts as a bridge between research and practice by weaving scholarly literature together with the lived experience of the author and with the voices of those working in schools. It covers topics from conferences, coaching, and collaboration, to teacher standards and leadership of professional learning. This book questions the ways in which professional learning is often wielded in educational settings and shows where teachers, school leaders, system leaders, and researchers can best invest their time and resources in order to support and develop the individuals, teams, and cultures in schools. It will be of great interest to teachers, leaders within schools, staff responsible for professional learning in school contexts, professional learning consultants, professional learning providers, and education researchers.

Author : Terry Wrigley,Pat Thomson,Robert Lingard
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011-08-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136734526

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Changing Schools by Terry Wrigley,Pat Thomson,Robert Lingard Pdf

The book is directed at all who are concerned with progressive school change and the promotion of democratic citizenship and social justice.

Author : Robert Cassen,Sandra McNally,Anna Vignoles
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317494690

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Making a Difference in Education by Robert Cassen,Sandra McNally,Anna Vignoles Pdf

What is working in education in the UK - and what isn't? This book offers a highly readable guide to what the latest research says about improving young people's outcomes in pre-school, primary and secondary education. Never has this issue been more topical as the UK attempts to compete in the global economy against countries with increasingly educated and skilled work-forces. The book discusses whether education policy has really been guided by the evidence, and explores why the failings of Britain's educational system have been so resistant to change, as well as the success stories that have emerged. Making a Difference in Education looks at schooling from early years to age 16 and entry into Further Education, with a special focus on literacy, numeracy and IT. Reviewing a large body of research, and paying particular attention to findings which are strong enough to guide policy, the authors examine teacher performance, school quality and accountability, and the problematically large social gap that still exists in state school education today. Each chapter concludes with a summary of key findings and key policy requirements. As a comprehensive research review, Making a Difference in Education should be essential reading for faculty and students in education and social policy, and of great interest to teachers and indeed to anyone who wants to know about the effectiveness of UK education policy and practice, and where they should be going.

Author : Pam Christie,Bob Lingard
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000247589

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Teachers and Schooling Making A Difference by Pam Christie,Bob Lingard Pdf

Teachers + Schooling Making a Difference takes seriously the question that teachers ask, 'What do I do on Monday?' and does provide answers.' From the foreword by Professor Michael Apple, University of Wisconsin Education debates are currently dominated by free-market ideologists who push privatisation and competition as the answer to every problem, regardless of damage to schools and pupils. Teachers + Schooling Making a Difference shows that we can think about education in a far more productive way.' Professor R.W.Connell, University of Sydney This book is a lesson in making hope practical.It makes a compelling argument for recognising, supporting and enabling teachers as central to progressive school reform.' Professor Jenny Ozga, University of Edinburgh What teachers do in the classroom really matters, even though schools cannot compensate fully for difficulties children may face at home and in society. Good teachers and good schools have been making a difference in children's lives for generations, but what exactly is it that works? Based on extensive research in 1000 primary and secondary classrooms, this book examines the tough questions about teaching methods, curriculum, assessment and teachers' professionalism. The authors isolate the key elements that make the difference in the classroom, and offer teachers practical approaches to working with all their students. Teachers and Schools Making a Difference is essential reading for teachers and school administrators who want to improve their professional skills and offer a genuinely democratic education.

Author : Smoke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1993-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0395636833

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Making a Difference by Smoke Pdf

Author : Dean Ashenden,RW Connell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000247053

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Making the Difference by Dean Ashenden,RW Connell Pdf

First published in 1982, Making the Difference has become a classic in the study of education and of Australian society. Hailed on publication as 'certainly the most interesting book written about Australian schools in a very long time [and] arguably the most important', it has since been recognised as one of the 10 most influential works of Australian sociology, 'not just a major argument, and a 'classic' point of reference, [but] an event, an intervention in ways of doing research and speaking to practice, a methodology, a textual style. it was designed to be read by a much wider audience than the standard sociological text, and it has succeeded'. Making the Difference draws on a detailed study of the schools and homes of the powerful and the wealthy, and of ordinary wage-earners. It allows children, parents and teachers to speak for themselves and from what they say it develops strikingly new ways of understanding 'educational inequality', of how the class and gender systems work, and of schools and their social roles. 'Equality of opportunity', co-education, and 'relevant and meaningful curriculum' are all questioned, sympathetically but incisively. Ranging across educational policy from system level to the everyday experience of kids and teachers, from the problems of schooling to the production of class and gender relations, this path-breaking combination of theory, research and politics remains engaging, thought-provoking, and relevant.

Author : Bob Lenz,Justin Wells,Sally Kingston
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781118739747

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Transforming Schools Using Project-Based Learning, Performance Assessment, and Common Core Standards by Bob Lenz,Justin Wells,Sally Kingston Pdf

It's not what students know, but what they do with what they know that is important Schools are changing in response to this reality, and in Transforming Schools Using Project-Based Learning, Performance Assessment, and Common Core Standards, Bob Lenz, Justin Wells, and Sally Kingston draw on the example of the Envision Education schools, as well as other leading schools around the country, to show how the concept of deeper learning can meet the need for students who are both college and career ready and engaged in their own education. In this book, the authors explain how project-based learning can blend with Common Core-aligned performance assessment for deeper learning. You'll discover how many schools have successfully made the transition from traditional, teacher-centered learning to project-based, deeper learning and find many practical ideas for implementation. Companion DVD and website include videos showing how to implement deeper learning strategies in the classroom Evidence-based descriptions show why deeper learning is right for students Performance assessment experts explain how to align assessments with Common Core by shifting the emphasis from knowing to doing Extensive game plan section provides step-by-step guidance for change Schools are complex organizations, and transformation involves all of the stakeholders, from students to superintendents. But as this book shows, there are amazing benefits to be realized when everyone commits to diving deeper into learning.

Author : Roland S. Barth
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1991-09-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 155542368X

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Improving Schools from Within by Roland S. Barth Pdf

"A humane blueprint for school reform that--instead of startingwith a 'deficiency' model of what teachers can't do and giving them'inservice' workshops ad infinitum--would build on the educationalstaff's existing strengths." --The New York Times BookReview Barth hows how communication, collegiality, and risk-takingamong adults can create an atmosphere of learning and leadershipfor all.

Author : Victoria L. Bernhardt
Publisher : ASCD
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781416623984

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Measuring What We Do in Schools by Victoria L. Bernhardt Pdf

What is a true learning organization, and how can your school become one? To excel, schools must embrace continuous school improvement and evaluation, as well as systems thinking. In Measuring What We Do in Schools, author Victoria L. Bernhardt details the critical role program evaluation serves in school success and how to implement meaningful evaluations that make a difference. She provides a roadmap of how to conduct comprehensive, systemwide evaluations of programs and processes; the tools needed to obtain usable, pertinent information; and how to use these data to expand teachers’ and administrators’ data-informed decision-making focus. Educators will learn how to Assess what is working and not working for students Determine which processes need to change Use data to improve practices on an ongoing basis Although challenging for many schools, program evaluation and data analysis can begin with a single program or process, over time building on the expanded knowledge of the school’s processes and the results they produce. An effective tool—The Program Evaluation Tool—enables schools to easily identify the purpose and intended outcomes of any school program, along with whom it serves, and how it should be implemented, monitored, and evaluated. These data can then be used to improve every aspect of a school’s programs and processes and the outcomes achieved. Filled with practical strategies and featuring an in-depth case study, this book is designed to help educators see that evaluation work is logical and easy to do. They’ll gain the confidence to do this work on a regular basis—working together to become a true learning organization.

Author : Alfie Kohn
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Education
ISBN : 0618083456

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The Schools Our Children Deserve by Alfie Kohn Pdf

Arguing against the tougher standards rhetoric that marks the current education debate, the author of No Contest and Punished by Rewards writes that such tactics squeeze the pleasure out of learning. Reprint.

Author : Peter K. Smith,Debra Pepler,Ken Rigby
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2004-10-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 0521528038

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Bullying in Schools by Peter K. Smith,Debra Pepler,Ken Rigby Pdf

A comparative account carried out by educationalists and researchers of the major intervention projects against school bullying since the 1980s.

Author : James McLeskey,Nancy L. Waldron
Publisher : ASCD
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780871203892

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Inclusive Schools in Action by James McLeskey,Nancy L. Waldron Pdf

For any school undertaking an inclusion program, here's an opportunity to find out what works and explore a 10-step plan that can achieve positive academic and social outcomes for all students -- with and without disabilities.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:932564417

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Inclusion in Schools by Anonim Pdf