Beyond the Self-Managing School

ISBN-13: 9780750704472 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 256 str.

Brian Caldwell; Jim M. Spinks

Opis

The broad approach of local management of schools or the self-managing schools is now more widely accepted. In Britain, there is even consensus between the three major political parties that the approach should be continued and extended. A key issue, though, is what comes next for self-managing schools?

Recenzje

'Any book by Brian Caldwell and Jim Spinks that has 'self-managing in the title will be an event ... few writers can have such a full-hearted endorsement of their ideas.' School Leadership and Management

'Here is a book for connoisseurs interested in plotting the course of educational thinking in the English speaking world over the last 15 years.' Times Educational supplement

Spis treści

Introduction: Tracks for Change in a New Era for Schools 1 Tracks for Change in a New Era for Schools Track 1 Building Systems of Self-Managing Schools 2 Models for Self-Management 3 Self-Managing Schools and Learning Outcomes 4 Completing the Journey: Driving and Constraining Forces Track 2 Unrelenting Focus on Learning Outcomes 5 The New Agenda in School Reform 6 The New Professionalism Track 3 Creating Schools for the Knowledge Society 7 Education and the Knowledge Society 8 Transformation of Learning: A Gestalt for Schools 9 The Human Dimension: Completing the Gestalt 10 Leadership and Management for Schools of the Third Millennium 11 Strategic Intentions for Schools

O autorze

Brian Caldwell, Jim M. Spinks