The time has come to challenge many of the age-old assumptions about schools and school learning. In this timely book leading thinkers from around the world offer a different vision of what schools are for. They suggest new ways of thinking about citizenship, lifelong learning and the role of schools in democratic societies. They question many of the tenets of school effectiveness studies which have been so influential in shaping policy, but are essentially backward looking and premised on school structures as we have known them. Each chapter confronts some of the myths of schooling we have cherished for too long and asks us to think again and to do schools differently. Chapters include:* Democratic learning and school effectiveness* Learning democracy in an age of mangerial accountability* Democratic leadership for school improvement in challenging contexts.This book will be of particular interest to anyone involved in school improvement and effectiveness, including academics and researchers in this field of study. Headteachers and LEA advisers will also find this book a useful resource.
Author(s): John Macbeath
Edition: 1
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 200
BookCover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Contributors......Page 7
Introduction......Page 9
1 Democratic learning and school effectiveness......Page 23
2 Reforming for democratic schooling......Page 50
3 Democratic values, democratic schools......Page 69
4 Learning democracy by sharing power......Page 86
5 Children’s participation in a democratic learning environment......Page 101
6 The darker side of democracy......Page 117
7 Democratic leadership in an age of managerial accountability......Page 132
8 Democratic leadership for school improvement in challenging contexts......Page 143
9 Learning in a knowledge society......Page 156
Conclusion......Page 165
Index......Page 170
