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This book considers ethical educational leadership dilemmas that impact the workplace cultures influencing school districts'success. As school systems become increasingly demographically, racially, and culturally diverse, the need intensifies for educational leaders to lead their school communities in an ethical manner, developing workplace cultures characterized by psychological and emotional safety. Based on research and extensive experience working with school districts in Canada, Germany, Finland, and the United States, Yee and Yee deliver vignettes from various school contexts illustrating ethical leadership dilemmas and leader responses indicative of both toxic and healthy workplace cultures. Finally, the authors present key lessons learned from healthy educational workplaces, illustrating next steps and a call to action for implementing and maintaining ethical school district leadership practices.

Discover practical strategies to foster meaningful connections with parents and families. Parental engagement today changes the future of education for the students and parents of tomorrow. In Building Parent Capacity in High Poverty Schools, the educational leader known as'the woman who makes schools work for the poor'shares insightful strategies and personal stories to guide educators in fostering meaningful connections with parents. Leveraging her wealth of experience in education, Dr. Anderson underlines the vital role of family engagement and the integration of comprehensive support structures centered around families. Underscoring the importance of nurturing parent capacity and cultivating authentic relationships with parents and community stakeholders, the book enables learning communities where parents are active participants in their child's educational journey. Additional features include: Definitions of parent capacity, involvement, and engagement Learned and Lived'stories highlighting school districts successfully supporting families and students In Action'sections demonstrating the application of tools and strategies in different contexts A discussion of the significance of school funding and resource management By moving from rhetoric to reality, from jargon to clarity, and from bake sales to budget considerations, this strikingly practical book offers tools, methods, and ideas that school leaders and educators can use to engage parents, build their capacity, and ultimately create a future of hope for generations to come.

« Encore un livre sur le HPI! » Oui, mais celui-ci risque de changer votre perception. Bien des parents se sentent démunis quand le test de QI de leur enfant révèle un haut potentiel. Sans compter la multitude d'informations alarmantes qu'ils trouvent sur le sujet dans les livres, les médias ou sur Internet. Le HPI y apparaît souvent comme un trouble fourre-tout et comme la cause de toutes les difficultés rencontrées par l'enfant au quotidien. Dans cet ouvrage, Myriam Bost met un terme aux fausses vérités et nous livre le fruit de quinze ans de recherches et de pratique en tant que coach et psychologue. Tout en décryptant la notion d'intelligence, elle incite les parents à mener l'enquête en observant leur enfant pour mieux comprendre les véritables causes de leurs difficultés. Elle insiste également sur la nécessité d'être prudent quand il est question de diagnostic. Ensuite, l'autrice propose des pistes concrètes pour s'adapter au fonctionnement de son enfant et l'accompagner au jour le jour (stimulation, gestion des émotions, confiance en soi, aménagements scolaires, etc.). Enfin, elle complète son propos d'une foule de précieux témoignages et de réponses aux questions qui lui sont posées en consultation. Ce livre s'adresse à tous les parents d'enfants HPI, quelle que soit la manière dont ils vivent leur exceptionnalité.À PROPOS DE L'AUTRICEMyriam Bost est coach parentale et psychologue spécialisée dans l'accompagnement des enfants, adolescents et adultes atypiques. Elle travaille depuis plus de quinze ans au contact d'enfants présentant des troubles du spectre de l'autisme ou des troubles du développement intellectuel, des multidys, des TDA(H) et des HPI. Elle soutient également leurs parents dans leur parcours d'accompagnement. Elle a exercé dans des institutions médico-sociales avant de pratiquer en libéral. Chez Mardaga, Myriam Bost a publié'L'Autisme chez l'enfant'en 2023.

A model guide for reconceiving the central office to help educational leaders build equity-aligned, research-based approaches to district reform. In From Tinkering to Transformation, Meredith Honig and Lydia Rainey call on superintendents and other district leaders to rethink the very premises that underlie the long-standing ways of working in their central offices. Based on the results of nearly two decades of research from districts of 2,000 to 200,000 students, Honig and Rainey pinpoint how central offices support equitable teaching and learning in schools through specific changes in key central office functions: teaching and learning, human resources, principal supervision, operations, and the superintendent's cabinet. Using lively case studies, detailed examples, and performance data from ten US school districts, Honig and Rainey deftly highlight how central offices must transform in order to support equitable teaching and learning in schools. They identify typical pitfalls district leaders may encounter, illustrate a guiding set of design principles that can be used to inform transformation efforts, and offer practical advice on how to realize the ambitious goals of fundamental systemic change for equity. This inspiring work shows how district leaders can move forward with revolutionary central office reforms that support equitable teaching and learning for every student.

Eine Voraussetzung für die erfolgreiche Realisierung lebenslangen Lernens liegt in Bildungseinrichtungen, die den Rahmen für die professionelle Begleitung und Unterstützung individueller Lern- und Bildungsprozesse schaffen. Mit Blick auf die organisationale Ebene rücken dann Steuerungsfragen in den Fokus, die auch auf eine Erneuerung oder Verbesserung der strategischen, strukturellen, kulturellen sowie angebotsbezogenen Merkmale und Prozesse der Bildungseinrichtungen zielen. Der Sammelband zielt darauf ab, Potentiale als auch Grenzen unterschiedlicher grundlagentheoretischer Zugänge (Systemtheorie, Neo-Institutionalismus, Soziologie der Konventionen) aufzuzeigen, um steuerungsbezogene Fragen von Bildungseinrichtungen zu analysieren und empirisch zu untersuchen.

This book inspires educational practitioners with special regard to the way how practice in the frontline service is able to inform leadership and policy decision. It empowers them to identify what features are counted as professional and how they could be turned into sources for developing wise judgment and eliciting creative acts in teaching, lesson planning and course design, collaboration, and knowledge excavation to shape policy decision and planning. In addition, for those who are used to conceive the world and their practice from a positivist tradition may find the insights of this book illuminating particularly when they are looking for a paradigm shift in understanding their practice. Last but not least, educators and teacher educators in particular will find the ideas in this book more promising in escalating the awareness of teachers of the next generation towards what is ‘good'(phronesis) in terms of their professional attitude and actual performance (informed byboth techne and episteme) in their relevant settings.

Komplementär zu der sich in den letzten Jahren etablierenden und methodisch bzw. methodologisch ausdifferenzierenden Kasuistik mit dem Fokus auf unterrichtliche Interaktion widmen sich die Beiträge des vorliegenden Bandes der institutionellen, organisationalen Verfasstheit und diskursiver Rahmungen pädagogischer Praxis. Indem innerschulische Bearbeitungen und Ausdeutungen (neuer) bildungspolitischer Erwartungen und gesellschaftlicher Wandlungsprozesse das Zusammenhandeln und die Relationierung schulischer Akteure zueinander ‒ nicht zuletzt im Umgang mit jenen Erwartungen sowie Ausformungen des Schulischen in Relation zu aktuell dominanten Professionalisierungserwartungen ‒ untersucht werden, wird Schule zum Fall gemacht. In der Gesamtschau der Beiträge zeigt sich eine Bandbreite methodischer und methodologischer Perspektivierungen, vielfältiger empirischer Gegenstände und untersuchter Protokolle schulischer Wirklichkeit, welche das Feld schulbezogener qualitativ/rekonstruktiver Forschung prägt und für das Feld kasuistischer Lehrer•innenbildung fruchtbar gemacht werden kann.

Building Better Schools with Evidence-based Policy: Adaptable Policy for Teachers and School Leaders provides an extensive set of free-to-use policies for building better schools. The policies included in this book cover a broad range of popular topics for schools that are not readily accessible, and each policy is built on theory, driven by research, and created by experts. Each policy is based on substantial evidence, and this is ensured through the inclusion of contributors who are active and highly reputable in their respective field. Most schools are obliged to write and maintain policy, and not all school leaders have the required skills, time, or expertise to do this effectively. Building Better Schools with Evidence-based Policy: Adaptable Policy for Teachers and School Leaders is a time-saving resource for schools. It aims to address the reported research-to-practice gap in education by delivering accessible evidence-based practice in a ready-to-use adaptable format. All policies within this book are designed to be adapted and tailored to the unique diversity and needs of each school as reflected by the context and the people that make up the school community. This book is relevant to every person who works in a school – worldwide. Users of this book can rest assured that each policy has been carefully formulated from the current understandings of best practice. This is a practical innovation and an example of how schools can use research evidence in their day-to-day practices.'The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.'

This edited volume explores how Chinese school-based educators learn from others and attain awareness in dialogue with the world in an era of increasing globalization and information exchange. Minzhu Primary School in Shanghai, China, and Bay Street School in Toronto, Canada, have been connected as sister schools of cross-cultural exchange since 2008. Together, they have explored ways to reciprocally learn in a cross-cultural partnership while remaining grounded in their home culture and language. In this book, chapter authors examine how Chinese school-based educators view themselves, understand others, and grow and develop as a consequence of a decade of cross-cultural reciprocal learning as sister schools. Further, the authors discuss prospects for future educational interactions between Canada and China.

This volume builds upon emergent understandings about educational leadership and policy in hopes of continuing to refine our understanding of what effective leadership means in linguistically and culturally diverse school contexts. The volume seeks to entrench a deeper understanding of the broader leadership policies and practices that promote the success of linguistically and culturally diverse students, while also recognizing that effective leadership can be highly dependent on context. It offers original empirical research that enhances an understanding of the interdependencies between leadership, culture, language, and policy (i.e., the mechanisms that engender or hinder successful stewardship of linguistic and cultural plurality). The confluence of school leadership, linguistic diversity, and multiculturalism makes this volume unique, especially considering the pace at which global migration continues to accelerate, coupled with the need to accommodate an array of diverselearning needs in today's schools.

Das Buch zeigt aus einer psychologisch-pädagogischen Perspektive auf, wie sich Lernen in Bildungseinrichtungen in Deutschland in den letzten Jahren verändert hat, welche neuen Angebote bereits entwickelt wurden und welcher Bedarf weiterhin noch besteht. Hierzu wurden Expertinnen und Experten um ihre Einschätzungen gebeten. Ihre Ideen und Konzepte zu Veränderungen, Entstehungskontexten und Auswirkungen aktueller Bildungsrichtungen werden dokumentiert. Zudem werden Organisationen und Initiativen in Deutschland vorgestellt, die Formen veränderten Lernens offline und online anbieten. Insofern ist das Buch auch ein Beitrag zur politischen Debatte.

Der Herausgeberband bietet einen Überblick zum Status Quo und jüngeren Entwicklungen der Zusammenarbeit von Schulleitungen und Schulaufsicht im Rahmen von Schulentwicklungsprozessen. Die Beiträge erörtern das Verhältnis zwischen Schulleitung und Schulaufsicht aus historischer, theoretischer und rechtlicher Perspektive, veranschaulichen es mit empirischen Befunden und eröffnen auf dieser Basis einerseits Entwicklungsperspektiven für die Praxis, zeigen andererseits aber auch Desiderata für Theorie und empirische Forschung auf.Der Inhalt•Rechtliche Perspektiven auf Schulaufsicht•Theorien und Bezugsdisziplinen•Erhöhte Eigenverantwortlichkeit von Schulen•Schulleitung und Schulaufsicht zwischen Kontrolle und Unterstützung•Kooperation und Beratung in Entwicklungsprozessen•Diskussion und Einordung aus bildungswissenschaftlicher und bildungsadministrativer PerspektiveDie HerausgeberinnenDr. Esther Dominique Klein ist akademische Rätin a.Z. an der Fakultät für Bildungswissenschaften der Universität Duisburg-Essen.Dr. Nina Bremm ist Professorin für Schulentwicklung in der Abteilung für Weiterbildung und Beratung an der Pädagogischen Hochschule Zürich.

Educators are always in search of approaches that promote student development and academic achievement. Engaging learners in purposeful instruction in skills and strategies is a cornerstone in every classroom. The gradual release of responsibility (GRR) model requires the responsibility of learning to shift from being teacher-centric towards students gradually assuming responsibility as independent learners. In the last 35 years, the gradual release of responsibility model of instruction has become synonymous with some of the most effective approaches to teach both skills and content to students of all ages. Evidence-based practices have been documented across the globe not only in literacy but also in most disciplines across the curriculum. While the GRR model is a well-established theory, its implementations have not been researched. This edited volume discusses how the GRR model evolved and has been applied, how it benefits learners and teachers, and how it can be utilised for years to come. By looking not only at the gradual release of responsibility model from a theoretical standpoint but also the research and practice of this approach, this book will prove invaluable for educational leaders and researchers alike.

Esses pensamentos aqui descritos podem ser condensados em vários aspectos de nossas existências humanas, sociais, políticas, econômicas, familiares e científicas. Também posso considerar que esses meus pensamentos e ideias são mensagens que quero transmitir e que possam ser aproveitadas, quem sabe, para algumas reflexões úteis, mas também escrevo para mim mesmo. Podemos aplicar os pensamentos em situações didáticas de curso. Por exemplo, mostramos aos alunos os pensamentos, os dividimos em termos, e, após pesquisarem o que querem dizer que os envolve, são analisados coletivamente com as análises de cada um sem conclusões finais, pois o que importa é o que cada um disse. Algumas citações aqui descritas podem ser consideradas úteis e outras talvez inúteis, mas todas foram tiradas de meus pensamentos e ideias.

This book evaluates contemporary approaches to education, with a particular focus on the ways in which assessment shapes the educational experience and influences pupils and students. It adopts a critical approach, arguing that there is a need for students to develop critical thinking skills, be flexible and have the capacity for originality. Education has increasingly come to be seen as a process with qualifications as the output; however, as economies change, attaining advantage increasingly relies on creativity and originality. Unfortunately, in the quest to remove uncertainty from education, creativity and originality are often overlooked; and the result is that education is impoverished. Creasy argues here that there is no single factor that has shaped education and led to this situation; rather, developments within education can be seen as having been shaped by a range of forces such as neoliberalism, New Public Management, standardization and internationalization. This is not toclaim any deliberate undermining of education, but the cumulative effect is that education is less and less fit for purpose. Written for anyone involved in education, student, teacher or manager, this book draws upon Educations Studies, Sociology and Social Policy to offer a compelling critique of contemporary education.

Teaching is a highly rewarding—and highly demanding—profession. Honoring educators for the invaluable work they do, this unique resource provides critical information about being a highly competent teacher while living a rewarding, satisfying life outside of work. New and experienced teachers will find a unique collection of strategies for developing essential skills for being masterful in teaching and in life. Focused on preparation and effective teaching techniques, this nuts-and-bolts volume helps teachers find the right balance between personal and professional priorities and covers a wide range of topics, such as: •Increasing their teaching effectiveness •Improving their ability to collaborate with others •Developing self-care strategies for a vibrant personal and professional life Featuring “bottom line” tips, reproducibles for teacher reflection and support, and up-to-date resources, Teach Well, Live Well is an essential tool for educators looking to enjoy vibrant, productive careers and lives.

Un libro esencial para la formación de equipos docentes y para todos aquellos que desean mejorar la calidad de la educación, para todos, en las instituciones educativas. Este manual, basado en un Proyecto de mejora de la calidad de la educación para todos, IQEA (Improving the Quality of Education for All), ofrece todo un plan de actividades, basadas en la experiencia y pensadas para quienes han asumido la responsabilidad de innovar el trabajo en sus escuelas. La obra proporciona ideas y materiales para ir buscando y creando las condiciones que apoyen aquellos cambios que las escuelas o los individuos consideren imprescindibles, a fin de lograr la mejora y la eficacia escolar. Para ello es necesario que tanto los centros como el profesorado, hagan su propio diagnóstico y modifiquen las condiciones internas de la escuela, al mismo tiempo que los métodos de enseñanza o el currículo. Los autores identifican seis condiciones para lograr el cambio en la escuela: crear un clima de investigación-reflexión sobre la práctica docente: adquirir un compromiso de planificación colaborativa: lograr la participación de todos, en los proyectos y las decisiones de la escuela: prestar especial atención a la formación permanente y el desarrollo profesional del profesorado: crear estrategias de coordinación y, finalmente lograr una función de liderazgo eficaz, implicando el claustro en estas tareas.

This book provides readers a comprehensive overview of the role of female higher education administrators in China. On the basis of more than 7,500 collected CVs, it compares and discusses different groups of female university administrators in China. The study found that the number of female university administrators in China is far lower than that for their male counterparts with a majority serving as deputies to more senior leaders. Female administrators have more political responsibilities, which are important in China, than administrative responsibilities. Using logistic regression models, the authors analyse and discuss factors that have negative impacts on the career paths of female administrators. Furthermore, by examining their biographies, the authors give suggestions on characteristics that helped these female administrators succeed. The book is intended for researchers and students who are interested in higher education in China. More specially, itwill benefit those readers who are interested in the topics of gender equality in China's higher education administration and the role of female administrators in higher education. Additionally, the information provided here could help policymakers and university administrators, in China and around the world, to make more informed decisions.

Im Zentrum des Bandes steht das Spannungsgefüge beruflicher Bildung. Es geht u. a. um die Frage, wie Lehr-Lern-Prozesse in Betrieben, Schulen und Hochschulen zu gestalten sind, damit Auszubildende sowie Fach- und Führungskräfte gegenwärtige und künftige Herausforderungen einer zunehmend digitalisierten und auf Nachhaltigkeit ausgerichteten Arbeits- und Bildungswelt bewältigen können. Dazu werden aktuelle Ergebnisse wirtschaftspädagogischer Forschung erörtert,interdisziplinäre Lösungsansätze für wirtschaftswissenschaftliche und erziehungswissenschaftlicheProblemstellungen skizziert sowie Gestaltungsvorschläge für die Berufsbildungspraxis, einschließlich Lehrerbildung formuliert.

In this edited collection, the authors pick up the communities of practice (CoP) approach of sharing practice in their reflection on the experience of taking their CoP vision from a dream to reality. Their stories articulate the vision, the passion and the challenge of working within and/or changing existing institutional culture and practice. The book discusses strategies that worked and considers the lessons learnt to inspire future dreamers and schemers. The multiple perspectives provided in the case studies will assist higher education leaders, as well as academic and professional staff, in establishing or assessing CoPs. The book offers insights into implementation strategies, practical guidelines and ideas on how CoP theoretical underpinnings can be tailored to the higher education context.

This edited book is on the theory and practice of teacher education from the most distinguished and experienced scholars in the field around the world. In this book, they explored the most urgent and significant issues in teacher education in this globalized time. The dealing of these issues can directly impact the quality of teacher education and education in general. How to improve the quality of teacher education is a global issue that many countries, no matter developed or developing, face. This book provides multiple perspectives to address the challenges and possibilities for improving teacher quality. A point needs to further highlight in this book is that the researchers pay more attention to the inner landscape of teachers, such as the issue of identity, sense of person, etc. In this book, the readers can learn the insights and multiple perspectives of the best scholars in teacher education.

Perhaps no other challenge preoccupies governments and citizens in the Mediterranean region than the mass unemployment of young people, many of who have invested in higher education in the hope that ability and effort lead to fulfilling lives. Transitions to independent adulthood are, however, frustratingly long drawn-out, and often jeopardised by labour markets that are neither youth-friendly nor meritocratic. While such challenges require structural responses at the macro-economic level, career education and guidance have an important role to play in addressing both the public and private good, and in furthering the social justice agenda. This volume provides a state-of-the-art review of career education and guidance in Southern Europe and the Middle East and North Africa Region, presenting a multi-faceted portrayal of the situation in each country as well as overviews of cross-cutting themes that are especially relevant to context, such as women's career development in the Arab states, job placement support for refugees, and the impact of faith on livelihood planning.

In diesem Buch entwickeln die AutorInnen Grundlagen zur systematischen Erforschung von Förderprogrammen der Kulturellen Bildung. Im Mittelpunkt steht das Programm Kulturagenten für kreative Schulen, das vor dem Hintergrund der Organisationstheorie des Neo-Institutionalismus sowie mit qualitativen und quantitativen empirischen Methoden analysiert wird. Das Untersuchungsinteresse galt dabei vor allem der Frage, ob und wie das Programm zum Aufbau von Kooperationen zwischen Schulen und Kultureinrichtungen beitragen konnte.

This book (Volume II) brings together lectures given by eminent educationalists between 1983 and 2008 in memory of the work of Ruth Wong, an influential figure in the field of education in the 1970s and early 1980s. Addressing learning, schooling, teaching, teacher education, educational research and policy innovations, it is a must-read for educators, education leaders and policy makers interested in making education more uplifting and successful for the next generation of learners.

The problem of organization and development of education, including higher education, has been a top-priority issue in all countries at all times, regardless of their political, economic, and religious situation. Modern stage of development of educational sphere is characterized by massive implementation of informational and telecommunication technologies into activities of all members of educational process. Informatization is one of the main factors that make education improve. Topicality of this special issue is determined by the fact that information it provides not only reflects the current state of university education but stimulates exchange of experience, determination of existing problems, and finding solutions for them through constructive dialog between scientists and students.

This book listens to the voices of post-school teachers, managers, theorists, trainees, teacher educators and students talking about the battle against being educated. It analyses models of classroom behaviour management, with examples of theory critiquing practice and practice criticizing theory. The contextual pressures of manageralism, demands imposed by Ofsted, economic survival for institutions based on student numbers, and mandatory attendance requirements have all meant ever-increasing pressures on teachers dealing with students'violent, disruptive and challenging behaviours, resulting in some highly disordered classrooms in many institutions. Lebor examines the attitudes of stakeholders, including disruptive students, teachers, trainees and managers, and explores a range of issues such as entering the classroom, abuse of computers and technology equipment, overt violence in classrooms, and counter-productive assessment processes, as well as exploring a range of available solutions to the problem. The book will be compelling reading for teachers, teacher educators, trainees, policy-makers, managers in education, but also anyone interested in education and training.

In diesem Sonderheft der ‘Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft'diskutieren Protagonisten und Kritiker über Leistungen und Defizite der empirischen Bildungsforschung. Ansätze und Ergebnisse, die in den vergangenen Jahren große Aufmerksamkeit erzeugt haben, werden aufgegriffen. Und die kritischen Positionen, die Funktionen und Effekte dieser Forschung hinterfragen, werden präsentiert.

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This volume argues for the need of a common ground that bridges leadership studies, curriculum theory, and Didaktik. It proposes a non-affirmative education theory and its core concepts along with discursive institutionalism as an analytical tool to bridge these fields. It concludes with implications of its coherent theoretical framing for future empirical research.Recent neoliberal policies and transnational governance practices point toward new tensions in nation state education. These challenges affect governance, leadership and curriculum, involving changes in aims and values that demand coherence. Yet, the traditionally disparate fields of educational leadership, curriculum theory and Didaktik have developed separately, both in terms of approaches to theory and theorizing in USA, Europe and Asia, and in the ways in which these theoretical traditions have informed empirical studies over time. An additional aspect is that modern education theory was developed in relation to nation state education, which, in the meantime, has become more complicated due to issues of ‘globopolitanism'. This volume examines the current state of affairs and addresses the issues involved. In doing so, it opens up a space for a renewed and thoughtful dialogue to rethink and re-theorize these traditions with non-affirmative education theory moving beyond social reproduction and social transformation perspectives.

Der Band liefert Hinweise zu den Rahmenbedingungen einer spezialisierten Partizipationsförderung an Ganztagsschulen und erstmals werden exemplarisch und weitgehend konkrete Planungs- und Handlungshilfen zur Umsetzung von Partizipation in klassischen Ganztagsangebot-Bereichen in Bewegung, Spiel und Sport vorgestellt.

This book sets out political economy explanations for higher education policy reform in Europe in the initial decades of the 21st century. With a sustained focus on the national level of policy implementation, institutional change is considered in relationship to broader trends in economic development and globalization. Since the concept of a “Europe of Knowledge” was presented by the European Commission in 1997, the pursuit of global competitiveness sets the context for the international initiative of the Bologna Process that has created the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). Growing from 29 to 48 participating countries, there are three core explanations for change in the policy process: globalization (economic), intergovernmentalism (political), and Europeanization (social). As part of multi-method research analysis, this book presents qualitative case studies on Portugal and Spain to consider points of comparison, including national governance history and modernization of higher education institutions. The structure of government in these countries affects the policy reforms. Ultimately, the Bologna Process serves as a model for integration of higher education reform in other world regions. This book is essential reading for students, researchers, and policy makers in the fields of education, economics, and public policy.

Promoting the Achievement of Looked After Children (PALAC) is a knowledge exchange programme that aims to support the development of practice in schools and to expand the evidence base to ultimately improve outcomes for children in care. Feedback on the first year of PALAC exceeded expectations, with practitioners using their projects to evaluate and adapt their practice. Now PALAC's leading researchers present a summary of the evidence, supported by numerous case studies, and reflect on its implications. This book will become a teaching resource for all professionals concerned with the education of children in care, such as designated teachers and Virtual School colleagues.

This book examines seven higher education organizations, exploring their interconnected lines: organizational change and organizational stability. These lines are nested within historical, social, cultural, and political contexts of two nations—the US and Canada—two provinces and three states: Alberta, British Columbia, California, Hawai'i, and Washington. The author studies the development of the community college and the development of the university from community college origins, bringing to the forefront these seven individual stories. Addressing continuity and discontinuity and identity preservation and identity change, as well as individual organizations'responses to government policy, Levin analyzes and illuminates those policies with neoliberal assumptions and values.

إن أهداف الإدارة المدرسية لم تعد قاصرة على حفظ النظام والتأكد من سير الدراسة وفق الجدول الموضوع، بل إنها تعدت ذلك إلى تحقيق الأغراض التربوية والاجتماعية، فأصبح محور العمل يدور في هذه الإدارة حول التلميذ وتنميته في جميع الجوانب، وبذل الجهود في تحسين العملية التربوية، وعلى ضوء ذلك يناقش هذا الكتاب بعض القضايا والنظريات الحديثة حول المدرسة المعاصرة، ويقع الكتاب في تسعة فصول: (المبنى المدرسي، الإدارة المدرسية، الإشراف الفني، مشكلات الإدارة المدرسية، دور الأسرة في العملية التعليمية، الأنشطة المدرسية، المكتبات المدرسية، الإذاعة المدرسية، والمقصف المدرسي).

This book presents the outcomes of research and practical endeavour in some of the diverse contexts in which learning takes place: classrooms, schools, professional development settings, community projects and service sector agencies. It invites the reader to engage with two related questions of contemporary concern in the leadership field:'What can we learn about the important influence of different contexts on leadership practice and how are people brought together as collective human agents in different patterns of distributive leadership?'In doing so, this collection emphasises three of the critical concepts at play when leadership is viewed, not as position, but as activity. The three concepts are purpose, context and human agency. When this view of leadership is understood, it is always about achieving shared goals with people power, no matter the circumstances in which they are gathered together.

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This book examines the unexpected convergence between the higher education systems of India and France. This has resulted due to links between higher education investment and economic growth in the light of the knowledge triangle and the Lisbon strategy, which has recently been replaced by the Horizon 2020 scheme. The current state of Indo-French cooperation is highlighted and discussed in detail, with chapter 4 co-authored by prominent Indian scholar Geeta Nair, and it is suggested that the prospective Indo-French knowledge management system will provide a competitive advantage in the contemporary knowledge economy.

This edited volume addresses the different methods professionals use to promote a critical reflective and reflexive stance among practitioners, leading to both a reconceptualization of practice and its subsequent change. The goal of increased reflection in professional education is intended to expand approaches for professionals to work with diverse others. It is also intended to increase their levels of cognitive differentiation and depth of professional consciousness about themselves alongside diverse others in a rapidly changing world. This is an important issue in a range of applied professional programs, from education to medicine, social work to psychology, business to criminal justice, in nearly every country in the world.

Karin Hardebusch zeigt die Herausforderungen auf, vor denen die Bildungsarbeit für ältere Menschen – auch im Kontext der Kirche – aufgrund der sich zunehmend differenzierenden Bevölkerungsgruppe älterer Menschen und der Verlängerung der nachberuflichen/nachfamiliären Lebensspanne steht. Basierend auf einer empirischen Untersuchung im Kontext der Evangelischen Kirche in Hessen und Nassau (EKHN) leitet die Autorin Chancen und Herausforderungen sowie mögliche Faktoren für das Gelingen selbstorganisierter Altenbildung ab. Denn um die unterschiedlichen Bildungsbedürfnisse der heterogenen Zielgruppe umfassend, doch gleichwohl differenzierend und individualisierend erfüllen zu können, bedarf es der Veränderung bestehender sowie der Entwicklung neuer Angebotsformen. Selbstorganisierte Bildungsarbeit kann eine solche Form diversitätsorientierter Altenarbeit sein.

Learning support units (LSU) are an important piece in the jigsaw of educational and social inclusion. This book will help plan and run an effective LSU that is part of a whole school approach.

Matthias Alke geht der Frage nach, wie sich Kooperationsaktivitäten von Weiterbildungsorganisationen in vernetzten Strukturen verstetigen. Dazu führt er eine empirische Untersuchung auf zwei Ebenen durch: Zum einen werden die strategischen Orientierungen der beteiligten Akteure und zum anderen der gemeinsame Interaktionszusammenhang rekonstruiert. Durch die Analyse zeigt sich, dass die Verstetigung von Kooperation eine permanente Handlungsherausforderung im Spannungsverhältnis von Interaktion und Organisation darstellt. Zudem beleuchtet die Studie, dass Kooperation als eine Strategie der Existenzsicherung eingesetzt wird, durch die sich Weiterbildungsorganisationen Ressourcen und Legitimation in ihren institutionellen Umwelten verschaffen können.

​Anhand der Ergebnisse von drei empirischen Studien stellen die Beitragsautoren Heterogenität, Zielgruppenbezug und Matchingherausforderungen der wissenschaftlichen Weiterbildung pointiert und differenziert dar. Der Erfolg wissenschaftlicher Weiterbildung ist Resultat der richtigen Passung von vier unterschiedlichen Zielgruppen: den individuellen und institutionellen Nachfragern (extern) sowie den Hochschulleitungen und WissenschaftlerInnen (intern). Alle vier Zielgruppen sind noch einmal je für sich überaus heterogen, so dass das Matching der verschiedenen Gruppen die zentrale Herausforderung für eine gelingende Implementierung darstellt.​

Das Buch soll nicht nur einen Einblick in den Themenkomplex „Hochbegabung“ vermitteln, sondern zeigen, wie Hochbegabung erkannt wird (Diagnostik) und gefördert werden kann. Im Grunde richtet sich das Fachbuch an die Gesellschaft, also an die soziale Umwelt, in der sich eine hochbegabte Person befindet. Nach den einleitenden Sätzen, warum hochbegabte Kinder und Jugendliche Hilfe brauchen (Kap. 1), erfährt der Leser Grundlagen und -überlegungen zur Hochbegabung (u.a. wie Definitionen; Modelle von Mönks, Heller und Ziegler; Einflussfaktoren; Kap. 2). In Kap. 3 sollen die Diagnostik und Fördermaßnahmen näher gebracht werden, speziell für den schulischen Bereich. Auch wenn Lehrkräfte jeder Schulart Tipps für den Unterricht erhalten, bleibt für Eltern eine bessere Kontrolle und ein gezieltes Nachfragen. Das Buch endet mit reflektierenden Fragestellungen und mit dem eigentlichen wissenschaftlichen Bestreben: Mit Hilfe der gezogenen Erkenntnisse sollen die Betroffenen unterstützen werden. Das Buch eignet sich für alle, die mit Kindern und Jugendlichen arbeiten. Steigen Sie in die Welt der Hochbegabten ein!

Die stationäre Erziehungshilfe befindet sich in Deutschland in einem besonderen Spannungsfeld zwischen der Wahrung der elterlichen Erziehungskompetenz auf der einen und dem Schutz des Kindeswohls auf der anderen Seite. Um dem hohen gesetzlichen Anspruch im Bereich erzieherischer Hilfen gerecht zu werden, bedarf es gerade bei Fachkräften im stationären Bereich einer klaren Grundhaltung, auf der das pädagogische Handeln aufbaut. Der systemische Ansatz liefert nicht nur diese Grundhaltung, sondern hält auch eine Vielzahl von Methoden bereit, welche sich bei der Erfüllung des gesetzlichen Auftrages der Jugendhilfe als nützlich erweisen können. Dieses Buch gibt einen Überblick über die historische Entwicklung der Heimerziehung und des systemischen Beratungsansatzes. Es soll die Möglichkeit eröffnen, die stationäre Erziehungshilfe nicht mehr als letztes Mittel zu begreifen und lange „Hilfekarrieren“ zu verkürzen. Hierzu wird der historische Kontext der Heimerziehung aufgearbeitet und unter Berücksichtigung der Entwicklungen im KJHG und der systemischen Perspektive, in einen neuen Gesamtzusammenhang gebracht.

Analysen zur Mehrebenenperspektive, Steuerung und Koordination werden in diesem Sammelband grundlagentheoretisch sowie mit Beiträgen zu Forschungsbefunden diskutiert. Die Beiträge umfassen verschiedene Ebenen, Akteure und Themen aus den Bildungssystemen Deutschlands und der Schweiz. Dabei geht es sowohl um Steuerung und Koordination von der Makro- zur Mikroebene, als auch um Entwicklungsprozesse auf kommunaler Ebene sowie in der Schule. Theoretisch reflektierende und empirische Beiträge differenzieren das Konzept des Mehrebenensystems, indem sie Möglichkeiten und Probleme der Handlungskoordination als dynamische Prozesse in unterschiedlichen Kontexten nachvollziehbar machen.

This book brings together selected lectures given by eminent educationalists in memory of Ruth Wong, an influential figure in the field of education. The lectures represent the powerful ideas seeded by Dr Wong and address the challenges of education in Singapore's journey from a textbook case of poor education to a world-class educational system. The educational standard that we enjoy today was only possible thanks to visionary thinking and missionary zeal. This collection addresses key themes and issues in learning, schooling, teaching, teacher education, educational research and policy innovation, making it a must-read for educators, educational leaders and policy makers interested in providing uplifting education for the next generation of learners.

What was the interrelationship between education and society during the twentieth century in the United States and India? What is the essence of the historical development of educational policies and social systems in these two countries? What philosophical views and developmental courses underlie their outdoor-oriented education? What are their aims of outdoor-oriented education? What procedures are connected with their outdoor-oriented education? These questions are examined in this unique volume. This book is divided into three parts. The first part creates a context for the comparison of the issues concerning education and society. The second part analyzes the social systems and educational policies of the United States and India following their developmental trends and patterns. The third part is an analysis and comparison of the phenomena previously presented that are related to education and society through the lenses suggested by sociological theories. It compares the dimensions of the interrelationship between education and society from the standpoint of outdoor-oriented education in the two countries during the twentieth century. This thought-provoking volume is intended for anybody interested in the interplay between education and society in all its complexity. It offers a fascinating journey into the past and present of the issues that have defined the development of education and society in the United States and India.

Maria Montessoris reformpädagogischer Ansatz gehört unbestritten zu den pädagogischen Klassikern. Er bezeichnet eine ab 1906 entwickelte Bildungsmethodik und -philosophie für Kindergärten und Schulen und genießt auch heute noch eine beträchtliche Relevanz. Die Ergebnisse der Neurowissenschaften hingegen drängen erst seit den letzten Jahren zunehmend in die pädagogische Fachöffentlichkeit und Theorieentwicklung, da ihnen technische Fortschritte Möglichkeiten eröffneten, Aussagen zu Bedingungen des Lernens zu treffen. Montessori erstellte ihr didaktisches Konzept aufgrund von Beobachtungen und Erfahrungen. Die Neurowissenschaften betrachten die physischen Voraussetzungen von Lernen und die physischen Prozesse, welche beim Lernen ablaufen. Es handelt sich also um eine gänzlich andere Herangehensweise, umso spannender ist es daher zu untersuchen, ob bei den Ergebnissen Ähnlichkeiten und Parallelen zu finden sind.

These teaching tips help educators grab and maintain students'attention through engaging presentation techniques for tone of voice, body language, pacing, and graphic displays.Each tip includes an explanation of the strategy, an activity to help readers integrate the skill into their repertoire, a learning strategy, and a self-reflection prompt.

Wie können es Lehrende und Studierende in sogenannten „Massenstudien“ schaffen, die institutionellen und die eigenen Ansprüche an gute Lehre und gutes Studieren mit dem Alltag in überfüllten Lehrveranstaltungsräumen in Einklang zu bringen? Welcher Bedingungen innerhalb stark nachgefragter Studiengänge bedarf es heute, damit Lehrende gerne und gut lehren und Studierende mit Interesse und Elan studieren? Diesen Ansprüchen wird in dem vorliegenden Sammelband auf unterschiedlichen Ebenen nachgegangen. Dabei werden die Potenziale, Bedingungen und Möglichkeiten, aber auch die Beschränkungen und strukturellen Hindernisse von forschungsgeleiteter Lehre in einem Massenstudium nachgezeichnet und analysiert.

This book written by international experts in the field of educational innovation is a guide for universities to become world-class universities. It contributes to the current international intellectual debate on the future of higher education. It also tells the story of King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) and its effort to become a world-class university. The book discusses excellence in different aspects such as education, research, community services, strategic planning, knowledge economy and international cooperation.