Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/6VBG2o School Improvement for Real By: David Hopkins Publisher: Routledge Print ISBN: 9780415230766, 0415230764 eText ISBN: 9781134580682, 1134580681 Edition: 1st Pages: 256 Copyright year: 2001 Format: EPUB Available from $ 25.58 USD SKU 9781134580682R90 As societies continue to set educational goals that are, on current performance, beyond the capacity of the system to deliver, strategies for enhancing student learning through school and classroom intervention have become increasingly important. Yet, as David Hopkins argues in his book, many of the educational initiatives recently developed under the umbrella of school improvement are inadequate or unhelpful. Simply blaming teachers and delegating financial responsibility, he maintains, has little positive impact on classroom practice. This is the bleak context within which school improvement has to operate today. School Improvement for Real offers a genuine alternative: a strategy for educational change that focuses on student achievement by modifying classroom practice and adapting the management arrangements within the school to support teaching and learning. It outlines an approach to school improvement that has a medium term, systemic orientation, providing both principles and suggestions for better practice. The author's experience in the field of school improvement ensures that the text is informed by a practical wisdom that is so often lacking from the more typical managerial texts on improvement and effectiveness. Additional ISBNs 9780415230759, 9780415230766, 0415230756, 0415230764, 9781280068362, 1280068361
