Phillip C Schlechty

Creating Great Schools

Six Critical Systems at the Heart of Educational Innovation

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Praise For Phillip Schlechty "Schlechty offers a clear and concise vision of systemic change to address the problems with education." -The School Administrator "Schlechty marshals readers through the ideas-to-action labyrinth of improving schools . . . A worthy successor to his earlier work." -The American School Board Journal "Not all reformers in the country will agree with Schlechty's solutions or even the problems, but they will be the richer for having read what he has to say on the subject." -Louisville Courier-Journal "Schlechty adds a refreshing voice to the ongoing how-to-fix-our-schools debate . . . Highly recommended." -Library Journal

Produktdetails

• Verlag: JOSSEY BASS
• Seitenzahl: 259
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Februar 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 573g
• ISBN-13: 9780787976903
• ISBN-10: 0787976903
• Artikelnr.: 21813461

Autorenporträt

Phillip C. Schlechty is founder and CEO of the Schlechty Center for Leadership in School Reform. The creator of some of the nation's most innovative professional development programs for educators, he has been the recipient of the American Federation of Teachers Quest Citation and the American Educational Research Association's Professional Service Award. Schlechty is the author of Working on the Work, Inventing Better Schools, Schools for the 21st Century and Shaking Up the School House.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction

The Author

Part One: The Need for Change
* From Compliance to Engagement
* Understanding the Normative System
* Patterns of Commitment, Engagement, and Compliance

Part Two: Six Critical Systems
* The Recruitment and Induction System
* The Knowledge Transmission System
* The Power and Authority System
* The Evaluation System
* The Directional System
* The Boundary System

Part Three: New Norms, New Values, New Directions
* The Changing Context
* The Future of Public Education in America

Appendix A: Creating Engaging Schoolwork

Appendix B: Creating a Learning Community to TransformSchools

Bibliography

Index