Professional Learning Communities

Louise Stoll · Karen Seashore Louis

maalis 2007 · McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

E-kirja

232

sivuja

Arvioita ja arvosteluja ei ole vahvistettu Lue lisää

Tietoa tästä e-kirjasta

“All who are interested and concerned about educational reform and the improvement of schools will find this book a must read. It stimulates, it challenges, and it informs, such that the reader is most surely enriched by its plenitude.”
Dr Shirley Hord, Scholar Emerita

“At last we have a book of international cases to add to the literature on networks! Policymakers and practitioners alike will find the reasons why networks are fast becoming the reform organizations of choice. The book elevates network understanding to a new level.”
Ann Lieberman, Senior Scholar at the Carnegie Foundationfor the Advancement of Teaching

What is a professional learning community?
What are the key challenges facing these communities and how might they be resolved?
Is it time to extend our thinking about professional learning communities?

There is great interest internationally in the potential of professional learning communities for enhancing educational reform efforts and sustaining improvement. This international collection expands perceptions and understanding of professional learning communities, as well as highlighting frequently neglected complexities and challenges.

Drawing on research, each chapter offers a deeper understanding of topics such as distributed leadership, dialogue, organisational memory, trust, self-assessment and inquiry, and purpose linked to learning. The last section of the book focuses upon three of the most challenging dilemmas that face developing professional learning communities - developing professional learning communities in secondary school, building social capital, and sustaining professional learning communities. The authors provide pointers on why these challenges exist, offering rays of hope for ways forward.

Professional Learning Communities is key international reading for education professionals, school practitioners, policymakers, academics and research students. It is a must-read for anyone interested in building capacity for sustainable learning and the ability to harness your community as a resource for change.

Tietoja kirjoittajasta

Louise Stoll is Past President of the International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement and Visiting Professor at the London Centre for Leadership in Learning, Institute of Education, University of London and University of Bath. She was a co-director of the Effective Professional Learning Communities (EPLC) Project. Her current research, development work and writing focuses on capacity building and professional learning communities within and between schools nationally and internationally.

Karen Seashore Louis is Director of the Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement and Professor of Educational Policy and Administration at the University of Minnesota. Her primary research interests focus on school improvement and school reform, especially improvement in K-12 leadership and policy over the last 30 years, particularly in urban secondary schools. She is the author of many books, including Professionalism and Community: Perspective on Reforming Urban Schools, with Sharon Kruse and Associates.

Arvioi tämä e-kirja

Kerro meille mielipiteesi.

Tietoa lukemisesta

Älypuhelimet ja tabletit

Asenna Google Play Kirjat ‑sovellus Androidille tai iPadille/iPhonelle. Se synkronoituu automaattisesti tilisi kanssa, jolloin voit lukea online- tai offline-tilassa missä tahansa oletkin.

Kannettavat ja pöytätietokoneet

Voit kuunnella Google Playsta ostettuja äänikirjoja tietokoneesi selaimella.

Lukulaitteet ja muut laitteet

Jos haluat lukea kirjoja sähköisellä lukulaitteella, esim. Kobo-lukulaitteella, sinun täytyy ladata tiedosto ja siirtää se laitteellesi. Siirrä tiedostoja tuettuihin lukulaitteisiin seuraamalla ohjekeskuksen ohjeita.

Ilmoita laittomasta sisällöstä