Improving Schools from Within: Teachers, Parents, and Principals Can Make the Difference

ISBN-13: 9781555423681 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 224 str.

Roland Sawyer Barth; Theodore Sizer

Opis

-A humane blueprint for school reform that--instead of starting with a 'deficiency' model of what teachers can't do and giving them 'inservice' workshops ad infinitum--would build on the educational staff's existing strengths.- --The New York Times Book Review Barth hows how communication, collegiality, and risk-taking among adults can create an atmosphere of learning and leadership for all.

Recenzje

"A humane blueprint for school reform that––instead of starting with a ′deficiency′ model of what teachers can′t do and giving them ′inservice′ workshops ad infinitum––would build on the educational staff′s existing strengths." (The New York Times Book Review)

Spis treści

Foreword.

1. A Crisis of Confidence.

2. Adversaries Within the Schoolhouse.

3. Becoming Colleagues.

4. Building a Community of Learners.

5. Teachers as Learners.

6. Principals as Learners.

7. Learning to Lead.

8. Practice into Prose.

9. Between School and University.

10. Becoming a Community of Leaders.

11. Visions of Good Schools.

12. A Personal Vision.