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· 제목 : The Essential Renewal of America's Schools: A Leadership Guide for Democratizing Schools from the Inside Out (Hardcover)
· 분류 : 외국도서 > 교육/자료 > 교육 > 교육 정책/개혁 > 일반
· ISBN : 9780807764039
· 쪽수 : 146쪽
· 출판일 : 2020-04-17
· 분류 : 외국도서 > 교육/자료 > 교육 > 교육 정책/개혁 > 일반
· ISBN : 9780807764039
· 쪽수 : 146쪽
· 출판일 : 2020-04-17
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- Prologue ix
- Preface xi
- Acknowledgments xiii
- 1. Introduction: Recapturing the Essence of Schools 1
- The Fork in the Road 1
- Whipping American Public Schools with External Control 2
- Being Real 3
- Recapturing the Goal of American Public Schools 4
- A Reframing of the Work 6
- Ordinary Good People Doing Extraordinary Good Work 7
- PART I: A RENEWED FRAMEWORK FOR DEMOCRATIZING SCHOOLS FROM THE INSIDE OUT
- 2. The Promise: Establishing Common Principles of Teaching and Learning 11
- Schools as Successful Organizations 12
- Traditions of (Mis)Education 15
- Existing Conditions as a Forum for Discussion: Types of Schools 17
- Developing the Promise 19
- Principles of Learning 21
- What to Do with the Promise 23
- 3. The Pledge: Creating a Commitment to Make Decisions as a Community 24
- Developing a Decisionmaking Process 25
- Guiding Rules of Decisionmaking 25
- Locus of Control 26
- Factors Impacting Democracy in Schools 27
- The Ideal Governing Rules 29
- Navigating Between Ideal and Reality 32
- What Type of Governance? 33
- Representative, Direct, and Hybrid Governance 34
- Why Do This? 35
- If Not Us, Then Whom? 37
- Focus on Governance 38
- A Final Note About Formality and Procedures 38
- 4. Problem Solving: Community-Based Action Research to Drive Student Learning 40
- The Critical Self-Study Process 41
- Raising Community-Based Questions to Drive Action Research 41
- Data Sources for Self-Study 42
- An American Tendency: Action Without Study 45
- Infusion of Information 46
- Ways to Gather Information 47
- Giving Voice 49
- PART II: THE WORK OF SCHOOL RENEWAL
- 5. Educational Priorities and Organizational Application 53
- Curriculum Development and Implementation 54
- Staff Professional Development 56
- Instructional Coaching 57
- Student Assessment and Outcomes 58
- Instructional Resources 59
- Implementing New Practices 61
- Stages of Concern 62
- Blurring of Tasks 63
- Departmental and Grade-Level Plans 64
- 6. Becoming an Educative Community 66
- Change and the Shadows of Our Own Caves 66
- Understanding (De)Motivating Factors: Approaches to School Change 67
- Developmental Needs 69
- Sociocultural Differences 71
- Getting Started 73
- The Need to Identify and Act on Inequity 74
- 7. Dealing with Tough Questions of Practice 75
- With Freedom Comes Responsibility 76
- Moral Authority; Not Imposed Formal Authority 79
- Diversification vs. Competition 80
- The Ability of a Principal to Mobilize 82
- Opportunities to Engage the Larger Community 83
- Why Opportunities Are at the Heart of Renewing American Schools 84
- The Continuum of Renewal 86
- 8. Supporting School Renewal: Important Signals from the District 88
- The Politics of a School Board and District Personnel 88
- Opportunities to Empower 89
- An Age-Old Issue: Equality vs. Equity 91
- Democratic Use of Economic Principles 92
- Developing a District Plan for School Renewal 93
- Fade Away or Facilitation? 96
- Issues in Developing District Policies 96
- The Morality of Decentralization 98
- PART III: MOVING BEYOND IDEAS AND INTO ACTION
- 9. Dilemmas of Good Schools: Pinpointing and Moving On 103
- The Issue of Time 103
- External Regulations 104
- Voice 106
- Coordinating with Other Schools 108
- Dependence on External Authorities 109
- Sequence, Emphasis, and the Pace of Educational Change 110
- Dysfunctional Behavior 112
- Dilemmas and Decisions 114
- 10. Conclusion: If Not Now, Then When? 115
- How to Take This Book and Run with It 116
- Restructuring Policy 118
- A Sobering Appraisal of the Need to Focus 119
- Believing 120
- Appendix A: Sample Pledge to Democratic Governance 123
- Appendix B: The Peakview School Pledge 129
- Appendix C: A Sample of a Process for Decentralizing Authority to Local Schools by a District and State Invitational Policy 131
- References 135
- Index 139
- About the Authors 145
