Why not the best schools? / Brian J. Caldwell and Jessica Harris
- Bib ID:
- 4468482
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Caldwell, Brian J. (Brian John), 1941-
- Online Version:
- Table of contents only
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- Description:
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- Camberwell, Vic. : ACER Press, 2008
- x, 200 p. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9780864319555
- Summary:
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"Why not the best schools is drawn from a major research project undertaken by Brain Caldwell and Jessica Harris involving studies of successful schools in six countries (Finland, Wales, Australia, USA, China, England). It compares a total of 30 schools and examines the conditions necessary for schools anywhere to improve and attain high standard for students."--Publisher's website.
- Full contents:
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- Machine derived contents note: 1 Why settle for less than the best? 1
- What do we mean by 'the best'? 3
- International Project to Frame the Transformation of Schools 9
- Organisation of the book 14
- 2 Learning from the best 19
- International benchmarking 20
- Autonomy, accountability and choice 24
- Future directions in large-scale change 27
- Summary 33
- 3 The quality of schools will never exceed the
- quality of their staff 37
- Intellectual capital 37
- Findings from the International Project to Frame the
- Transformation of Schools 41
- Setting priorities among indicators of intellectual capital 55
- Discussion 56
- 4 The support of the entire community 59
- Indicators of social capital 59
- Trends in policy and practice 60
- Findings from the International Project to Frame the
- Transformation of Schools 66
- Relationships between social capital and other forms of capital 75
- Developing the social capital of schools 76
- Discussion 79
- 5 Affairs of the spirit 83
- Indicators of spiritual capital 83
- The study of spiritual capital 84
- Findings from the International Project to Frame the
- Transformation of Schools 87
- Discussion 98
- 6 More money is not enough 100
- Issues in the funding of schools 100
- Indicators of financial capital 104
- Findings from the International Project to Frame the
- Transformation of Schools 105
- Discussion 115
- 7 Breakthrough in governance 119
- Beyond structures, roles, responsibilities and accountabilities 120
- The breakthrough 120
- Findings from the International Project to Frame the
- Transformation of Schools 121
- Common features of governance 131
- Assessing capacity for good governance 136
- Discussion 137
- 8 Breakthrough in transformation 138
- Common practices in successful schools 139
- Breakthrough in improvement and effectiveness 142
- Breakthrough in leadership 144
- Public and private 148
- Discussion 156
- 9 Strategies for an education revolution 159
- 'Big ideas' 159
- Teaching for uncertain futures 161
- Futures-oriented curriculum 162
- History of an idea 164
- Strategies for a successful revolution 164
- Synthesis 170
- The way forward 171
- References 173
- Appendix 1 183
- Appendix 2 189.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- "What we have learned from outstanding schools around the world"--Cover.
- Bibliography: p. 173-182.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Harris, Jessica Louise, 1979-
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
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