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School Improvement for Real

School Improvement for Real Paperback / softback - 2001 - 1st Edition

by David Hopkins

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Paperback / softback. New. This book brings together the different strands of improvement strategies, including action research, systematic problem solving, educational change, teacher effectiveness and staff development, to provide a comprehensive account of this topic.
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  • Title School Improvement for Real
  • Author David Hopkins
  • Binding Paperback / softback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition New
  • Pages 248
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge, London
  • Date 2001-08-30
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # B9780415230766
  • ISBN 9780415230766 / 0415230764
  • Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.26 x 6.23 x 0.53 in (23.52 x 15.82 x 1.35 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Educational change - Great Britain, School improvement programs - Great Britain
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001019462
  • Dewey Decimal Code 371.200

From the publisher

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.

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Those of us who spend much of our professional lives labouring in that part of the educational vineyard known as 'school improvement' have recently been celebrating.

About the author

David Hopkins is Professor and Dean of Education at the University of Nottingham. His most recent publications include co-authoring The International Handbook of Educational Change and Improving the Quality of Education for All 2nd edition