Breakthrough

ISBN-13: 9781412926423 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 136 str.

Michael Fullan; Peter Hill; Carmel Crevola

Opis

This remarkable book defines a new framework for instructional reform using three core components-personalization, precision, and professional learning-to develop precise, data-driven classroom instruction personalized to every student.

Recenzje

"A clear and insightful look at why teaching must be conceived as constant learning about learning. The analysis of past failed reforms and the general conditions needed for success is well-stated and illuminating."

"A clear and insightful look at why teaching must be conceived as constant learning about learning. The analysis of past failed reforms and the general conditions needed for success is well-stated and illuminating." Grant Wiggins, President 20060206

Spis treści

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
About the Authors
1. The New Mission for School Systems
A System Stalled
The Prescription Trap
2. Breakthrough Components
The Triple P Core Components
3. Transforming Classroom Instruction
The Current Model
The Crux of the Problem
A Basis in Learning Theory
The Breakthrough
4. Creating Expert Instructional Systems
A Focus on Improvement by Design
Expert Instructional Systems
Assessment for Learning
Lessons From Health Care
5. Building a Critical Learning Instructional Path
Mapping the Instructional Path
Measuring and Monitoring Learning
Using the Data to Drive Instruction
Classroom Organization
Loops and Detours in the Critical Learning Instructional Path
Beyond Early Literacy
Locking In Ongoing Improvement
Building the System
6. Breakthrough Leadership: A Way Forward
What Is Needed
Using Change Knowledge
The Breakthrough Framework
Breakthrough Leadership
Conclusion
References
Index

O autorze

Michael Fullan, (OC) is the former Dean of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, and Professor Emeritus of the University of Toronto. He is co-leader of the New Pedagogies for Deep Learning global initiative (www.npdl.global). Recognized as a worldwide authority on educational reform, he advises policymakers, local leaders, and school communities in helping to achieve the moral purpose of all children's learning. He served as Premier Dalton McGuinty's Special Policy Adviser in Ontario from 2003-2013. Fullan received the Order of Canada (OC) in December 2012. He holds five honorary doctorates from universities around the world.

Fullan's latest books are: Coherence: Putting the right drivers in action (with Quinn); Deep Learning: Engage the World Change the World (with Quinn, McEachen); Dive into Deep Learning: Tools for Engagement (Quinn, McEachen, Fullan, Gardner, & Drummy), Surreal Change (autobiography), Core Governance (with Davis Campbell), Nuance: Why Some Leaders Succeed and others Fail, The devil is in the details: System solutions for equity, excellence , and well-being (with Gallagher), Spirit work and the science of collaboration (with Mark Edwards).

Fullan and his team currently work on 'system transformation' in education in several countries globally. For more information on books, articles, videos, podcasts please go to www.michaefullan.ca.

 

 

Peter Hill retired as secretary general of the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority (HKEAA) on December 14, 2007. He has held numerous senior positions in school administration and educational research in Australia and the USA, including as head of the school system in the State of Victoria, Australia, and as professor of leadership and management in the faculty of education of The University of Melbourne. More recently he was director of research and development at the National Center on Education and the Economy in the USA. Over the past decade he has directed and assisted in a number of large-scale, comprehensive school improvement projects. His research interests are in the fields of assessment, school effectiveness and improvement, and instructional leadership.

Carmel Crévola is currently an independent international literacy consultant, author, and researcher who works extensively in Australia, Canada, UK, and the US. Her focus is on assisting systems to align their assessment processes, instructional practices, and instructional leadership. Crévola has pioneered new approaches to data-driven literacy instruction and has led several large-scale school reform initiatives in both Australia and the USA. Formerly a school principal in Victoria, Australia, she has 22 years of K-9 classroom teaching experience.