| Description |
xvi, 223 pages ; 26 cm |
| Series |
School development series |
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School development series.
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| Contents |
14. Networking Quality: The Issue Is Quality Improvement / Ian Cleland -- 15. Collaborating for Quality / Jo Stephens -- 16. Promoting Improvement in Schools: Aspects of Quality in Birmingham / Elizabeth Burridge and Peter Ribbins |
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Introduction / Elizabeth Burridge and Peter Ribbins -- 1. Defining Quality / Denis Lawton -- 2. Quality in Education / Nick Stuart -- 3. School Effectiveness and Quality in Education / David Reynolds -- 4. Findings from School Effectiveness Research: Some Implications for Improving the Quality of Schools / Pamela Sammons -- 5. The Learning School / Geoff Southworth -- 6. School Improvement in an ERA of Change / David Hopkins -- 7. Money, Monitoring and Management / Hywel Thomas and Alison Bullock -- 8. The Multicultural Dimension of Quality and Equality / Carlton Duncan -- 9. Equality and Quality: Approaches to Changes in the Management of Gender Issues / Gaby Weiner -- 10. Quality and Equality in Education: The Denial of Disability Culture / Bob Findlay -- 11. Performance Indicators, Value Added and Quality Assurance / Carol Fitz-Gibbon -- 12. Educational Quality and Student Achievement / Harvey Goldstein -- 13. Planning for Quality / Trevor Edinborough |
| Summary |
This is a substantial book which reports upon the best of contemporary ideas for improving the quality of learning and teaching within education. It includes contributions from many leading theorists and practitioners of the day on school effectiveness and school improvement. All those committed to improving the quality of learning for pupils will need this book |
| Analysis |
Great Britain |
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Schools Management |
| Notes |
"Based upon a series of seminars that took place in Birmingham towards the end of 1991"--P. [vii] |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Education -- Aims and objectives -- Great Britain.
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Education -- Great Britain.
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Educational change -- Great Britain.
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Educational planning -- Great Britain.
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School improvement programs -- Great Britain.
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School management and organization -- Great Britain.
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| Author |
Burridge, Elizabeth.
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Ribbins, Peter.
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| LC no. |
94233608 |
| ISBN |
0304327352 (paperback) |
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0304327433 (cased) |
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