| Description |
ix, 592 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
GETTING STARTED: Orientation -- A primer to the five disciplines -- CLASSROOM: Opening the classroom door -- Seeing the learner -- Practices -- Productive conversation -- Systems thinking -- SCHOOL: Entering school -- School vision -- Current reality -- Development -- Leadership -- COMMUNITY: Moving into community -- Identity -- Connections -- Sustainability -- End notes |
| Summary |
"Author Peter Senge and his Fifth Discipline team have written Schools That Learn because educators have asked for a book that focuses specifically on schools and education, to help reclaim schools even in economically depressed or turbulent districts. One of the strengths of Schools That Learn is its description of practices that are meeting success across the country and around the world, as schools attempt to learn, grow, and reinvent themselves using the principles of organizational learning. Featuring articles, case studies, and anecdotes from prominent educators such as Howard Gardner, Jay Forrester, and 1999 U.S Superintendent of the Year Gerry House, as well as from impassioned teachers, administrators, parents, and students, the book offers a wealth of practical tools, anecdotes and advice that people can use to help schools (and the classrooms in them and communities around them) learn to learn."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
"A Currency book"--T.p. verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Organizational learning -- United States.
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School improvement programs -- United States.
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| Author |
Senge, Peter M.
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| LC no. |
00034601 |
| ISBN |
0385493231 |
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185788244X |
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