The Keys to Effective Schools: Educational Reform as Continuous Improvement

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In this second edition, leading experts in the field focus on how to change a school’s organizational structure and culture to improve the quality of teaching and learning.

Author(s): Willis D. Hawley
Edition: 2nd
Year: 2006

Language: English
Pages: 248

Contents......Page 6
Introduction to the Second Edition......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
About the Editors......Page 18
About the Contributors......Page 20
1. Educational Reform as Continuous Improvement......Page 30
2. Contextualizing Learner-Centered Principles for Teachers and Teaching......Page 42
3. Improving Achievement for All Students......Page 62
4. Professional Communication and Collaboration......Page 80
5. Teacher Use of Formal Assessment in the Classroom......Page 96
6. Assessment as Learning......Page 114
7. Transforming Professional Development......Page 128
8. Design Principles for Learner-Centered Professional Development......Page 146
9. Organizational Conditions That Enhance Teaching and Learning......Page 168
10. Continuous School Improvement......Page 182
11. Essential Principles for Teaching and Learning for a Multicultural Society......Page 202
12. Local School Districts and Instructional Improvement......Page 218
Index......Page 230