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Modernizing Schools: People, Learning and Organizations
Contributor(s): Butt, Graham (Author), Gunter, Helen M. (Author)
ISBN: 0826490379     ISBN-13: 9780826490377
Publisher: Continuum
OUR PRICE:   $198.00  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: August 2007
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Annotation: Modernising schools: People, Learning and Organizations poses key questions on the positioning of modernisation in state schools, on the direction it should take, the role for management and leadership of change and the alternative approaches to remodeling. In exploring these questions this book concentrates on the challenge of the modernisation of education both in the UK and internationally, and considers its underpinning concepts and policies, providing examples of workforce remodelling and the management of this process in schools.
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BISAC Categories:
- Education | Administration - General
Dewey: 379.41
LCCN: 2006102604
Series: Continuum Studies in Education (Hardcover)
Physical Information: 0.86" H x 6.49" W x 9.22" (3.43 lbs) 296 pages
 
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Modernizing schools: people, learning and organisations' poses four key questions:

* What are the antecedents of the current waves of modernization and what directions is it taking in England and internationally?

* Does workforce modernization, in whatever form, offer meaningful ways forward for the teaching profession in England and other countries?

* How is the leadership of change to take place with respect to educational modernization in England and elsewhere?

* What alternative approaches to remodelling might be developed with regard to the workforce labour market in England and in other national contexts?

In exploring these questions this book draws upon research evidence and accounts of remodelling from researchers, headteachers, governors, teachers, students and parents. It concentrates on the challenge of the modernization of education both in the UK and internationally, and considers its underpinning concepts and policies, providing examples of workforce remodelling and the management of this process in schools. How resources are used and the effects of remodelling practice on different stakeholders are also examined - together with a discussion of how we might engage it in schools and more widely in the public sector.


Contributor Bio(s): Gunter, Helen M.: - Helen M. Gunter is Professor of Educational Policy and Sarah Fielden Professor of Education in The Manchester Institute of Education, University of Manchester, UK, and is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. She co-edits the Journal of Educational Administration and History. Her work focuses on education policy and knowledge production in the field of school leadership. Her most recent books are Leadership and the Reform of Education (2012) and Educational Leadership and Hannah Arendt (2014).