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The Self-Transforming School (Paperback)
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The Self-Transforming School (Paperback)
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The Self-Transforming School combines an insightful meta-analysis
of factors contributing to the success of schools, and an
examination of powerful mega-trends that are shaping developments
in education, to offer the first mega-analysis in education policy
and practice. The book spans fifty years, beginning with Caldwell
and Spinks' ground-breaking work The Self-Managing School which
advocated innovative approaches that are now accepted as preferred
practice, before offering a prognosis and plan for the future. The
book argues that all schools in all settings can secure success for
all students in an era where society and the economy are changing
constantly and dramatically. Although schools find some support in
local and global networks, externally designed re-structuring,
re-staffing, or command-and-control direction isn't sufficient to
achieve transformation. Instead of replicating particular
approaches to achieve modest improvement, leadership of the highest
quality needs to be deeply embedded in schools and their systems.
Caldwell and Spinks propose three important points that need to be
taken into consideration: -schools are often at different stages of
self-transformation -self-transformation requires a high level of
professionalism, and must include teacher education and on-going
professional development -funding is critically important, and
efforts to build a capacity for self-transformation are constrained
by what is available. The book gives particular attention to
developments in Australia, Brazil, Canada, England, Finland, Hong
Kong, India, New Zealand, Shanghai, Singapore and the United
States. It will be of key interest to school leaders, policy
makers, and academics and postgraduate students engaged in research
on equity, student performance in highly disadvantaged settings and
education policy.
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