232 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

232 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

232 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The Self-Transforming School combines an insightful meta-analysis of factors contributing to the success of schools, and an examination of powerful mega-trends that are shaping developments in education, to offer the first mega-analysis in education policy and practice. The book spans fifty years, beginning with Caldwell and Spinks’ ground-breaking work The Self-Managing School which... Read more

1: Narratives in Self-Management  2: Expectations and Impact of Self-Management  3: Unchaining the Self-Managing School  4: A Study of Contrasts in the West  5: Can the West Catch Up?  6: Possibilities for the Powerhouses  7: Contours of Change  8: Innovation Everywhere  9: The Transformation of Learning  10: Financial Capital and Transformation  11: Funding Models and their Fitness for Purpose  12: Re-discovering Social and Spiritual Capital  13: The Knowledge  14: Governance Ethos Leadership Policy  15: Narratives in Self-Transformation

Biography

Brian J. Caldwell is Managing Director and Principal Consultant at Educational Transformations, Australia, and Professorial Fellow and former Dean of Education at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Jim M. Spinks is Director of All Across the Line and a former school principal who consults widely on student-focused planning and resource allocation, both in Australia and internationally.

‘The impact of the work of Caldwell and Spinks on policy makers and practitioners over the past twenty-five years has been enormous and this new book takes their thinking to a new and exciting frontier, one that will inspire the next generation of teachers wherever they are in the world.’ - Dame Pat Collarbone, Director of Creating Tomorrow Ltd, UK