Decheng Zhao is a professor at the Faculty of Education at Beijing Normal University in China. His research interests include school improvement, policy analysis, and educational evaluation. Over the last 20 years, he has authored or coauthored nearly 100 academic books or papers. He is honored among the most influential young scholars in Chinese Humanities and Social Sciences and the most influential scholars in Chinese Philosophy and Social Sciences.
Part I A Theoretical Exploration of School Improvement 1 How to Understand
School Improvement 2 School Improvement Models 3 Effective School
Improvement Part II Ten Best Practices of School Improvement 4 Future
Development Planning from the Perspective of Modern School Governance 5
Downsizing for Efficiency: The Key to Improving the Leadership of Middle
Managers 6 Who is the Best Person to be the Teaching-Study Group? 7
Performance-Based Pay: Opportunity or Challenge? 8 What Makes a Good
Teacher? 9 Evaluating Teaching According to Students' Learning 10 Four
Seasons Park Curriculum: The Development of School-Based Curriculum 11 Sing
a Rainbow: How Clubs Promote Students' Development 12 The Ten-Minute Break
Between Classes 13 How to Deal with On-Campus Injuries Part III Generation
and Application of Best Practices 14 Generation of Best Practices 15
Application of Best Practices
