| The Self-Organizing School: Next-Generation Comprehensive School Reforms Contributor(s): Bain, Alan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1578866014 ISBN-13: 9781578866014 Publisher: R & L Education OUR PRICE: $145.53 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2007 Annotation: Despite immense efforts to understand schools, we know very little about the contribution they make to student learning. Further, the limited available evidence indicates that the way schools are designed, organized, and managed have only a minimal effect on student outcomes. The Self-Organizing School addresses this problem and the pressing need for reform models that go further, last longer, and posses the capacity to both respect, as well as deeply influence, what teachers and schools do. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Administration - General - Education | Educational Policy & Reform - Education | Research |
| Dewey: 371.2 |
| LCCN: 2006102515 |
| Physical Information: 1.04" H x 6.33" W x 9.02" (1.22 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Despite immense efforts to understand schools, we know very little about the contribution they make to student learning. Further, the limited available evidence indicates that the way schools are designed, organized, and managed have only a minimal effect on student outcomes. The Self-Organizing School addresses this problem and the pressing need for reform models that go further, last longer, and posses the capacity to both respect, as well as deeply influence, what teachers and schools do. The Self-Organizing School identifies nine next-generation reform targets and articulates theory and practice for achieving these goals. In doing so, a self-organized school sets a new benchmark for evaluating site-based data and examples of a process that turns theory into practice. This includes better ways to begin a reform process and understand the roles of technology and feedback in the teaching profession. The theory and practice described in the book are backed by more than 1,600 direct classroom observations, an 8-year study of student achievement, more than 12,000 student evaluations, and a 5-year study of teacher perspectives. |