Anatomy of the World of Education: Landmark Cases, and Best Practices (2nd ed.)

ISBN-13: 9781508895893 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 440 str.

Jane Goretskaya; Dr Jane Goretskaya

Opis

The all-in-one book includes six books to provide a reader with a chance to learn a step-by-step how to build and improve organizational culture in school, which leadership style to choose and apply, and how to develop a school. Learning and communicating abilities of disadvantaged students, legal issues, policy violation in working place, accreditation, and school financing are among other topics and discussions. Information presented in the book is based on findings from research, provided for both education and consultation-related purposes. The author hopes the guidance and recommendations provided in the book would assist stakeholders in their teaching, lifelong learning and daily operations in working place. The hands-on program, described in the book, is designed to prepare students, leaders, and educators to have dealt with both global and local issues, situations, cases, occurred in schools daily, to understand how to respond to current societal requirements, and satisfy stakeholders (e.g., school administrators, educators, students, parents). The purpose of the book is to provide guidance for school leaders how to operate and manage human, technological, and financial resources. Most of the topics are accompanied by practical implications and landmark cases to support the theory. The book is developed to present a hands-on program for professional development of administrators and educators in elementary, secondary, and postsecondary institutions. The book also serves as a Capstone course for graduate students purchasing their degree in education and social studies. This comprehensive program provides stakeholders with an understanding how the world of education has been changed and what has been done to improve both educational and social systems since the end of the 19th century to the second decade of the new millennium of the 21st century. Each book, incorporated in All-in-one book, serves as a course of study or workshop for learning new skills and refreshing previous knowledge in a particular educational area (e.g., curriculum development, influence theories of teaching, accountability, school structure and organizational culture, leadership style and functions, school development, lifelong learning, learning and communicating abilities of disadvantaged students, legal issues, policy violation in working place, accreditation, school financing, policy creation, and fiscal responsibility). An amalgam of a variety theories, aligned with the practical implication in an education setting, and Supreme Court rulings regarding current educational issues would assist readers in learning new trends, reforms, and initiatives to implement them in practice. Using each chapter as a course of study or guide, learners would understand and employ the theories, scenarios, and best practices to real-life situations and cases. Analysis of educational reforms would provide audiences with the deeper realizing why the particular reform or action took place and whether its initiatives have helped in the improvement of the school environment. Scenarios, incorporated in the book, demonstrate how to build and improve organizational culture, which leadership style to choose, and how to develop a school. Learning and communicating abilities of disadvantaged students, legal issues, policy violation in working place, accreditation, and school financing are among other topics and discussions. Information presented in the book is based on findings from research, provided for both education and consultation-related purposes. The author hopes the guidance and recommendations provided in the book would assist stakeholders in their lifelong learning and daily operations in working place.