Karen Seashore Louis

Organizing for School Change (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A selection of key works by Karen Seashore Louis, one of the foremost thinkers and researchers in studying school improvement, this book presents a variety of research-based results from studies conducted over the last twenty-five years.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134232093
• Artikelnr.: 42640739

Autorenporträt

Karen Seashore Louis is Professor, Department of Educational Policy and Administration, at the University of Minnesota. She has more than 30 years experience of studying school improvement.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Andy Hargreaves and Kathryn Riley Part 1. The Process of Change
and Innovation 1. Knowledge Use and School Improvement 2. Permanent
Innovations: Theoretical and administrative issues in institutionalizing
change 3. Planning Improvement Efforts 4. Reforming Schools: Does the myth
of Sisyphus apply? 5. Beyond 'Managed Change': Rethinking how schools
improve 6. Organizational Learning and High Performance Learning
Communities Part 2. Teachers in Changing Schools 7. Cultivating Teacher
Engagement: Breaking the iron law of social class 8. Effects of Teacher
Quality of Work Life on Commitment and Sense of Efficacy 9. Does
Professional Community Affect the Classroom? Teacher' work and student work
in restructuring schools 10. The Problem of Reform in Urban High Schools: A
tale of two teams Part 3. Organizational Perspectives on Innovation and
Change 11. Adoption Revisited: Decision-making and school district policy
12. Creating Community in Reform: Images of organizational learning in
urban schools 13. A Culture Framework for Education: Defining quality
values for U.S. high schools 14. Organizational Culture and Change: The
impact of mental models, professional community, and interdisciplinary
teaming on teacher practice Part 4. Educational Knowledge in Action 15.
Policy Research in a Policy Vacuum 16. Improving Urban and Disadvantaged
Schools: Dissemination and utilization perspectives 17. Reconnecting
Knowledge Utilization and School Improvement: Two steps forward, one step
back