The Dimensions Of Time And The Challenge Of School Reform

Author : Patricia C. Gandara
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 0791443582

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Annotation. As the education reform movement matures into its second decade, it is clear that many promising efforts have fallen short in their attempts to create real school change. One reason for this is that the process of school reform is much more complex than most reformers realized or were willing to acknowledge. The Dimensions of Time and the Challenge of School Reform points to another problem--the problem of time--and its role in both the success and failure of school reform efforts. The importance of understanding the role that time plays in both learning and instruction and finding ways to provide time for teachers grappling with change and students learning to accommodate a new language and culture are important themes in this book. This book is directed to policymakers and practitioners as well as to academics in that it combines theory with the "real world" experiences of many who have been active in the school reform movement and who have learned, through trial and error, how to think about time in innovative ways. Book jacket.

Author : Patricia C. Gandara
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 0791443574

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The Dimensions of Time and the Challenge of School Reform by Patricia C. Gandara Pdf

As the education reform movement matures into its second decade, it is clear that many promising efforts have fallen short in their attempts to create real school change. One reason for this is that the process of school reform is much more complex than most reformers realized or were willing to acknowledge. The Dimensions of Time and the Challenge of School Reform points to another problem--the problem of time--and its role in both the success and failure of school reform efforts. The importance of understanding the role that time plays in both learning and instruction and finding ways to provide time for teachers grappling with change and students learning to accommodate a new language and culture are important themes in this book. This book is directed to policymakers and practitioners as well as to academics in that it combines theory with the "real world" experiences of many who have been active in the school reform movement and who have learned, through trial and error, how to think about time in innovative ways. -- Back cover.

Author : Sharon Conley,Bruce S. Cooper
Publisher : R&L Education
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781475802726

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Moving from Teacher Isolation to Collaboration by Sharon Conley,Bruce S. Cooper Pdf

Teaching embodies many roles -- in the classroom through teacher-student interactions, and beyond the classroom through teacher-adult interactions. This book explains and demonstrates how collaboration and teamwork can help enhance professionalism and school quality by overcoming teachers' isolation in the classroom, in the school, and in their work. The contributing authors address: historic patterns of isolation; why collaboration is crucial for vibrant and sustained professionalism; principles of successful team collaboration in schools and other sectors; school districts' structure and support for collaborative teams; forces that motivate or restrain teachers' ability to collaborate; how teachers in grade-level teams perceive the quality of their training and support; team members' perceptions of their work in departments; teachers' use of evidence of student learning to improve teacher and organizational learning; and teacher-principal collaboration from the perspectives of exemplary teachers. These chapters provide insight into the complexity of teachers' roles, and indicate the necessity to build collaboration within the school and beyond.

Author : Helen F. Ladd,Margaret E. Goertz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 903 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135041052

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Handbook of Research in Education Finance and Policy by Helen F. Ladd,Margaret E. Goertz Pdf

Sponsored by the Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP), the second edition of this groundbreaking handbook assembles in one place the existing research-based knowledge in education finance and policy, with particular attention to elementary and secondary education. Chapters from the first edition have been fully updated and revised to reflect current developments, new policies, and recent research. With new chapters on teacher evaluation, alternatives to traditional public schooling, and cost-benefit analysis, this volume provides a readily available current resource for anyone involved in education finance and policy. The Handbook of Research in Education Finance and Policy traces the evolution of the field from its initial focus on school inputs and revenue sources used to finance these inputs, to a focus on educational outcomes and the larger policies used to achieve them. Chapters show how decision making in school finance inevitably interacts with decisions about governance, accountability, equity, privatization, and other areas of education policy. Because a full understanding of important contemporary issues requires inputs from a variety of perspectives, the Handbook draws on contributors from a number of disciplines. Although many of the chapters cover complex, state-of-the-art empirical research, the authors explain key concepts in language that non-specialists can understand. This comprehensive, balanced, and accessible resource provides a wealth of factual information, data, and wisdom to help educators improve the quality of education in the United States.

Author : Margaret A. Gibson,Patricia C. Gandara,Jill Peterson Koyama
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2004-04-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 0807744379

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School Connections by Margaret A. Gibson,Patricia C. Gandara,Jill Peterson Koyama Pdf

This collection examines the ongoing social dynamic between peer realtions and academic achievement. Prominent scholars present six new studies and recommendations for policy and practice. The contributors are: Livier F. Bejinex, Diane Friedlaender, Nicole Hidalgo, Dianna Gutierres-Becha, Clayton A. Hurd, Heather Lewis-Charp, Susan O'Hara, Jason Duque Raley, Cony Rolon, Ricardo D. Stanton-Salazar, James Diego Vigil, and Hanh Cao Yu.

Author : Patricia Gandara,Gary Orfield,Catherine L. Horn
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2006-09-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 079146864X

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Expanding Opportunity in Higher Education by Patricia Gandara,Gary Orfield,Catherine L. Horn Pdf

Reports on the challenges facing California and the nation in providing access to higher education during a time of demographic change.

Author : John Sylvester Lofty
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Education
ISBN : 0820470511

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Quiet Wisdom by John Sylvester Lofty Pdf

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Author : Julie Renee Maxwell-Jolly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:X63007

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Teacher Response to Top-down Mandated Reform by Julie Renee Maxwell-Jolly Pdf

Author : Lorin W. Anderson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781000947526

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Inquiry, Data, and Understanding by Lorin W. Anderson Pdf

Inquiry, Data, and Understanding is a reflective collection of papers in which Lorin Anderson offers his personal perspective on developments in educational research over thirty years. Following an introductory chapter, in which educational research is defined as disciplined inquiry, the remaining chapters are divided into four sections: time and learning, factors influencing educational effectiveness, international perspectives, and the nature and purpose of educational research. Each section contains an introduction that places the chapters in that section in a historical and personal context. The fourth section, which concludes the book, summarises four lessons that were learned about becoming a researcher. Based on these lessons, the final chapter describes four needs that must be met if school and classroom research is to move forward: * The need for concept-based research * The need to put students back into the equation * The need to stop focusing on correlates of student achievement * The need for research on alterable variables.

Author : Jordan T. Ville
Publisher : Nova Biomedical Books
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015051285768

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Educational Reform by Jordan T. Ville Pdf

This book brings together the literature in a field which may define the 21st century. Can economic and technological progress continue with educational systems which seem to answer to no one but themselves and which output graduates who can barely read and write and who have only the faintest clue how to use a map? This bibliography provides access via Title, Author and Subject Indexes. Contents: Educational Accountability; Educational Change; Educational Equalisation; Educational Leadership; Educational Planning; Educational Indicates.

Author : Lea Ann Hubbard,Mary Kay Stein,Hugh Mehan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135925499

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Reform as Learning by Lea Ann Hubbard,Mary Kay Stein,Hugh Mehan Pdf

Looking closely at the recent reform efforts in San Diego, this book explores the full range of critical issues pertaining to urban school reform. Drawing on the systemic school reform initiative that was launched in San Diego in the 1990s, this book explores all layers of the school reform process - from leadership in the central office, to work with principals and teachers, to the impact on how teachers worked with students in the classroom. The authors draw on careful ethnographic research collected over the entire four years of the San Diego reforms, in order to identify, not only how teachers, principals and other district educators were shaped by the large-scale reforms, but also the ways in which the reform unfolded. In doing so, the book shows more broadly how actors throughout a school system can change the views of leaders and impact the larger reform process.

Author : United States. National Education Commission on Time and Learning
Publisher : Commission
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Education
ISBN : PURD:32754064382447

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Prisoners of Time by United States. National Education Commission on Time and Learning Pdf

Author : DIANE Publishing Company
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1994-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0788112163

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Prisoners of Time by DIANE Publishing Company Pdf

The Report of the prestigious National Education Commission on Time & Learning. A comprehensive review of the relationship between time & learning in the nation's schools. Concludes that restricted school schedules have a negative effect on students' learning. Glossary.

Author : Thomas K. Glennan,Susan J. Bodilly,Jolene Galegher,Kerri A. Kerr
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 747 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2000-10-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780833040657

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Expanding the Reach of Education Reforms: Perspectives from Leaders in the Scale-Up of Educational Interventions by Thomas K. Glennan,Susan J. Bodilly,Jolene Galegher,Kerri A. Kerr Pdf

How does one spread a successful educational reform? The essays here recount the authors?' experiences with the scale-up process. Among their lessons are the importance of building the capacity to implement and sustain the reforms, adjusting for local culture and policy, ensuring quality control, providing the necessary infrastructure, and fostering a sense of ownership. The process is iterative and complex and requires cooperation among many actors who must ensure that the results align with goals.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UCR:31210024864793

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Breaking the Tyranny of Time by Anonim Pdf