| Finnished Leadership: Four Big, Inexpensive Ideas to Transform Education Contributor(s): Sahlberg, Pasi (Author) |
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ISBN: 1506325424 ISBN-13: 9781506325422 Publisher: Corwin Publishers OUR PRICE: $22.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Leadership - Education | Decision Making & Problem Solving - Education | Special Education - General |
| Dewey: 371.207 |
| LCCN: 2017016269 |
| Series: Corwin Impact Leadership |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.4" W x 8.3" (0.35 lbs) 120 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Improve overall school performance from start to Finnish! Exploring and analyzing how Finland consistently places at or near the top of international student assessments, especially PISA, has become popular in recent years. Pasi Sahlberg now explores this phenomenon from the perspective of the educational leader. With the culture of general and educational leadership in Finland as a backdrop, this resource is packed with strategies and tools that travel well. Rooted in four main ideas, this book covers topics such as:
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Contributor Bio(s): Sahlberg, Pasi: - Pasi Sahlberg is Finnish educator, author, and scholar. He has worked as schoolteacher, teacher educator, researcher, and policy advisor in Finland and has studied education systems and reforms around the world. His expertise includes school improvement, international education issues, classroom teaching and learning, and school leadership. His bestseller book Finnish Lessons 2.0: What Can the World Learn from Educational Change in Finland won the 2013 Grawemeyer Award. He is a former Director General of CIMO (Centre for International Mobility and Cooperation) at the Finland's Ministry of Education and Culture in Helsinki, and currently a visiting Professor of Practice at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education in Cambridge, MA, USA. More on his website: pasisahlberg.com and Twitter: @pasi_sahlberg. |