Have you ever thought research is boring? Social research does offer the possibility of involvement in projects that are informative, sometimes revealing, and fun to do. This book shows us that teaching, learning and research are essentially social and deeply personal activities and that fun needs to be an integral part of this. The main concerns of the text are with qualitative research, action research and case study methods. It goes back to first principles arguing for research that is concerned with the nature of personal memories and of perception, the use of drawings and photographs,...
Have you ever thought research is boring? Social research does offer the possibility of involvement in projects that are informative, sometimes reveal...
Have you ever thought research is boring? "Research" writes Umberto Eco "should be fun." It seems unlikely that Umberto Eco has read many of the standard social science or education research texts. But social research does offer the possibility of involvement in projects that are informative, sometimes revealing, and fun to do. This book shows us that teaching, learning and research are essentially social and deeply personal activities and that fun needs to be an integral part of this. This is not a conventional text, although it is about ways in which research can be used by those in...
Have you ever thought research is boring? "Research" writes Umberto Eco "should be fun." It seems unlikely that Umberto Eco has read many of the stand...
In a political and economic climate in which school performance is made public, performance tables and inspectors' reports can only tell a partial story. This book illustrates how schools can tell their own story. It draws on groundbreaking 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.
In a political and economic climate in which school performance is made public, performance tables and inspectors' reports can only tell a partial sto...
Wirksame Schulleitung braucht Leadership. Sie liegt in der personalen und mentalen Kompetenz einer Fuhrungsperson, der Entwicklung im eigenen Bereich Richtung zu geben, ein starkes Engagement der Einzelnen auszulosen, die organisationale Leistungsfahigkeit zu steigern und Charakterstarke zu zeigen. Die Autoren der Studie legen den Fokus auf diese vier bedeutsamen Schlusselelemente von Fuhrungseigenschaften, um herauszufinden, ob sie dazu beitragen, die Bildungsprozesse der Schulerinnen und Schuler zu verbessern.
Wirksame Schulleitung braucht Leadership. Sie liegt in der personalen und mentalen Kompetenz einer Fuhrungsperson, der Entwicklung im eigenen Bereich ...
Von der Schule zur Lernenden Schule§Schulentwicklung und Schulqualität sind die zentralen Leitbegriffe der Bildungsreformen. Anders als in den neunziger Jahren stehen bei der schulischen Qualitätsentwicklung nicht Konzepte und Aufgaben der Organisationsentwicklung im Zentrum, sondern die schulischen Kernaufgaben des Lernens und Lehrens, des Unterrichts. Entsprechend ist die Unterrichtsentwicklung auch der Kernbereich der Schulentwicklung. Von daher bestimmen sich die Aufgaben der Personalentwicklung und der Organisationsentwicklung.§Standards und Kompetenzen, datengestützte...
Von der Schule zur Lernenden Schule§Schulentwicklung und Schulqualität sind die zentralen Leitbegriffe der Bildungsreformen. Anders als in den neunz...