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The self-transforming school / Brian J. Caldwell and Jim M. Spinks.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Routledge, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Description: x, 221 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0415660580
  • 9780415660587
  • 0415660599
  • 9780415660594
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 371.2 23
LOC classification:
  • LB2805 .C236 2013
Contents:
1. Narratives in Self-Management -- 2. Expectations and Impact of Self-Management -- 3. Unchaining the Self-Managing School -- 4. A Study of Contrasts in the West -- 5. Can the West Catch Up? -- 6. Possibilities for the Powerhouses -- 7. Contours of Change -- 8. Innovation Everywhere -- 9. The Transformation of Learning -- 10. Financial Capital and Transformation -- 11. Funding Models and their Fitness for Purpose -- 12. Re-discovering Social and Spiritual Capital -- 13. The Knowledge -- 14. Governance Ethos Leadership Policy -- 15. Narratives in Self-Transformation.
Summary: "The Self-Transforming School combines an insightful meta-analysis of factors contributing to the success of schools, and an examination of powerful mega-trends that are shaping developments in education, to offer the first mega-analysis in education policy and practice. The book spans fifty years, beginning with Caldwell and Spinks' ground-breaking work The Self-Managing School which advocated innovative approaches that are now accepted as preferred practice, before offering a prognosis and plan for the future."--Publisher's website.
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Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 371.2 CAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A549918B

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Narratives in Self-Management -- 2. Expectations and Impact of Self-Management -- 3. Unchaining the Self-Managing School -- 4. A Study of Contrasts in the West -- 5. Can the West Catch Up? -- 6. Possibilities for the Powerhouses -- 7. Contours of Change -- 8. Innovation Everywhere -- 9. The Transformation of Learning -- 10. Financial Capital and Transformation -- 11. Funding Models and their Fitness for Purpose -- 12. Re-discovering Social and Spiritual Capital -- 13. The Knowledge -- 14. Governance Ethos Leadership Policy -- 15. Narratives in Self-Transformation.

"The Self-Transforming School combines an insightful meta-analysis of factors contributing to the success of schools, and an examination of powerful mega-trends that are shaping developments in education, to offer the first mega-analysis in education policy and practice. The book spans fifty years, beginning with Caldwell and Spinks' ground-breaking work The Self-Managing School which advocated innovative approaches that are now accepted as preferred practice, before offering a prognosis and plan for the future."--Publisher's website.

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