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...
Dieses Buch ist eine einzigartige Mischung aus Erzhlung und fundierter Studie. Es erzhlt im ersten Teil die Geschichte einer Schule aus der Perspektive einer Schlerin, deren Mutter, eines Lehrers, der Direktorin und eines kritischen, auenstehenden Freundes. Serenas Geschichte macht den Prozess der Schulentwicklung auf faszinierende Art lebendig.Der zweite Teil enthlt eine Reihe der besten Werkzeuge zur Selbstevaluation fr besseren Unterricht, auf die Lehrer und Direktoren in der tglichen Praxis zurckgreifen knnen. Dieser Teil basiert auf einem bekannten und gut dokumentierten Projekt mit...
Dieses Buch ist eine einzigartige Mischung aus Erzhlung und fundierter Studie. Es erzhlt im ersten Teil die Geschichte einer Schule aus der Perspektiv...
This book explores the rich contextual nature of learning and the role of school leaders and leadership development in promoting it. It concludes that inserting the preposition for between the terms leadership and learning forces a useful wider perspective.
This book explores the rich contextual nature of learning and the role of school leaders and leadership development in promoting it. It concludes that...
In the World Library of Educationalists series, international experts themselves compile career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces - extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, major theoretical and practical contributions - so the world can read them in a single manageable volume. John MacBeath has spent the last 30 years researching, thinking and writing about some of the key enduring issues in education. He has been involved in advising on policy both nationally and internationally, and has contributed books and articles across topics as...
In the World Library of Educationalists series, international experts themselves compile career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest...
A Common Wealth of Learning takes a look at the millennium development goals that were set out at the start of the century. Utilising a far reaching set of case studies from a large percentage of commonwealth countries, this book looks at what the colonial legacy has left us with; and what we can do to progress. Chapters discuss; Partnerships for Leadership and Learning Quality Education and the Millennium Development Goals Revisited: Reflections, Reality and Future Directions. Assessing the Impact of Education Sector Policy Reform in Low-Income Countries: Developing a Comprehensive,...
A Common Wealth of Learning takes a look at the millennium development goals that were set out at the start of the century. Utilising a far reaching s...
The French have a saying 'plus ca change plus c'est la meme chose'. The English colloquial equivalent 'same old same old' conveys a sense of the inevitable, a reminder that if we haven't learned the lessons of history we are doomed to repeat them. In over half a century, what have we learned about education, about schools as places for education, about learning and teaching and the relationship between them? What have we learned about policy making and the policy process? Has the growing impact of globalisation informed or constrained radical change?
Written in an easily accessible...
The French have a saying 'plus ca change plus c'est la meme chose'. The English colloquial equivalent 'same old same old' conveys a sense of the in...
This best-selling book illustrates how schools can tell their own story. It draws on ground-breaking work with the National Union of Teachers to demonstrate a practical approach to identifying what makes a good school and the part that pupils, parents and teachers can play in school improvement. Its usefulness for and use by, classroom teachers to evaluate their practice will prove to be its greatest strength in an ever expanding effectiveness literature.
This best-selling book illustrates how schools can tell their own story. It draws on ground-breaking work with the National Union of Teachers to demon...
