Improving Quality in Education : Dynamic Approaches to School Improvement (Hardcover)

Part A Foundations of the Improvement Approach  1. Developments in school improvement: the value of a theory-driven approach  2. Establish links between educational effectiveness research and school improvement: the contribution of the dynamic model  3. The dynamic approach to school improvement  Part B Research Projects on the Dynamic Approach to School Improvement  4. Establishing School Self Evaluation mechanisms to improve the quality of education  5. Facing and preventing bullying through improving the school learning environment  6. Schools establishing school self evaluation mechanisms for improvement purposes: Case studies of two primary schools in Slovenia  7. Using DASI to improve teacher effectiveness: a group randomisation study  8. Development of DASI: studies on teacher effectiveness in different educational settings  Part C Translating the approach into action: guidelines and instruments  9. Using DASI to establish mechanisms for school self-evaluation for improvement purposes  10. Instruments for measuring quality of teaching and school level factors  11. The design of actions and strategies for improvement, their implementation and evaluation  Part D Further developments of the dynamic approach to school improvement  12. Reflections on the viability of the approach