| Description |
371 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Contexts of learning |
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Contexts of learning.
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| Contents |
Ch. 1. Knowledge use and school improvement -- Ch. 2. Permanent innovations : theoretical and administrative issues in institutionalizing educational change -- Ch. 3. Planning improvement efforts -- Ch. 4. Professional cultures in reforming schools : does the myth of Sisyphus apply? -- Ch. 5. Beyond "managed change' : rethinking how schools improve -- Ch. 6. Organizational learning and high-performance learning communities -- Ch. 7. Cultivating teacher engagement : breaking the iron law of social class -- Ch. 8. The effects of teacher quality of work life on commitment and sense of efficacy -- Ch. 9. Does professional community affect the classroom? : teachers' work and student experiences in restructuring schools -- Ch. 10. Teacher teaming and high-school reform -- Ch. 11. Adoption revisited : decision-making and school district policy -- Ch. 12. Creating community in reform : images of organizational learning in inner-city schools -- Ch. 13. A culture framework for education : defining quality values and their impact -- Ch. 14. The impact of mental models, professional community, and interdisciplinary teaming on classroom practice -- Ch. 15. Policy research in a policy vacuum -- Ch. 16. Improving urban and disadvantaged schools : dissemination and utilization perspectives -- Ch. 17. Reconnecting knowledge utilization and school improvement |
| Summary |
"This volume brings together for the first time some of the most significant work of Karen Seashore Louis, one of the foremost thinkers and researchers in the field. Organizing for School Change presents a unique variety of research-based results from studies conducted over the past 25 years. What emerges is not a simple blueprint for change, but a realistic picture of what needs to be done if we want to make schools better." "Drawing on a wide and comprehensive list of sources, the ideas brought together in this collection will prove invaluable and insightful, reading for practitioners of school change and academic researchers alike. Pulling together the themes that are threaded throughout Karen Seashore Louis' work will stimulate both newcomers and veterans of the field of school change and improvement to consider research and craft in a new ways."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
School improvement programs -- United States -- Case studies.
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Educational change -- United States -- Case studies.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| LC no. |
2005013138 |
| ISBN |
0415362261 hardback alkaline paper |
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