Self-evaluation is going global. This book describes what happened when teams of school students from across the world embarked on the trip of a lifetime to explore the school lives of their international contemporaries. The students involved in The Learning School project used a variety of tools to evaluate the learning, motivation and self-evaluation abilities of school students in the UK, Sweden, Japan, Germany, the Czech Republic, South Africa and South Korea. From the easy freedom of the Swedish school to the highly structured day in the Czech Republic, this study shows that...
Self-evaluation is going global. This book describes what happened when teams of school students from across the world embarked on the trip of a lifet...
Self-evaluation is going global. This book describes what happened when teams of school students from across the world embarked on the trip of a lifetime to explore the school lives of their international contemporaries. The students involved in The Learning School project used a variety of tools to evaluate the learning, motivation and self-evaluation abilities of school students in the UK, Sweden, Japan, Germany, the Czech Republic, South Africa and South Korea. From the easy freedom of the Swedish school to the highly structured day in the Czech Republic, this study shows that...
Self-evaluation is going global. This book describes what happened when teams of school students from across the world embarked on the trip of a lifet...
Self-evaluation in schools sits at the top of the national agenda in response to an awareness that performance tables and inspector's reports can only tell a partial story. Schools are now encouraged to raise questions about 'How are we doing?' and 'How do we know?'.
Self-Evaluation: What's in it for Schools? demystifies school self-evaluation and encourages schools to be self-critical and self-confident. The book helps schools and teachers develop the necessary confidence to work with evaluation tools. Accessible and packed with case studies, it tackles the issues that are...
Self-evaluation in schools sits at the top of the national agenda in response to an awareness that performance tables and inspector's reports can o...
Self-evaluation in schools sits at the top of the national agenda in response to an awareness that performance tables and inspector's reports can only tell a partial story. Schools are now encouraged to raise questions about 'How are we doing?' and 'How do we know?'.
Self-Evaluation: What's in it for Schools? demystifies school self-evaluation and encourages schools to be self-critical and self-confident. The book helps schools and teachers develop the necessary confidence to work with evaluation tools. Accessible and packed with case studies, it tackles the issues that are...
Self-evaluation in schools sits at the top of the national agenda in response to an awareness that performance tables and inspector's reports can o...
Presenting a different vision of what schools are, this title suggests new ways of thinking about citizenship, lifelong learning and the role of schools in democratic societies. The contributors question many of the tenets of school effectiveness studies which have been so influential in shaping policy, but are essentially backward looking.
Presenting a different vision of what schools are, this title suggests new ways of thinking about citizenship, lifelong learning and the role of schoo...
Written for heads and teachers but also containing useful pointers for inspectors, this forward-thinking book examines exactly what the relationship between inspection and self-evaluation means for schools.
Written for heads and teachers but also containing useful pointers for inspectors, this forward-thinking book examines exactly what the relationship b...
'Rarely does a book on education reform capture both the big and the small picture with such brilliant clarity. MacBeath and his colleagues furnish a 'no holds barred' account of the ins and outs of understanding and assessing the impact of schools struggling for success. A fascinating read' - Michael Fullan, Professor Emeritus, OISE/University of Toronto
Schools serving young people on the margins of society face a major challenge in trying to create an environment where students can succeed.
The book examines key issues in the field of school...
'Rarely does a book on education reform capture both the big and the small picture with such brilliant clarity. MacBeath and his colleagues furnish a ...
This is a zippy read arising out of the international project effective leadership in a time of change, which grapples with the nature and practice of leadership (as opposed to management or administration) in schools' - "Times Educational Supplement
This is a zippy read arising out of the international project effective leadership in a time of change, which grapples with the nature and practice of...
'This is a zippy read arising out of the international project effective leadership in a time of change, which grapples with the nature and practice of leadership (as opposed to management or administration) in schools' - Times Educational Supplement
'This is a zippy read arising out of the international project effective leadership in a time of change, which grapples with the nature and practice o...
What is it really like to be a teacher in today's demanding classrooms?
The authors of this book spoke to teachers, parents and students in the UK, Asia, America and Australia and had some shocking responses to their questions. By looking at highly topical issues within teaching, such as teacher stress and teacher workload, they uncover an often bleak picture where individuals are frequently stretched to breaking point as they endeavour to 'make a difference'.
Issues examined include:
-the frustrations facing those trying to make inclusive...
What is it really like to be a teacher in today's demanding classrooms?
The authors of this book spoke to teachers, parents and student...