192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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Focusing on the Improving Schools Project in South Wales, Effective Change in Schools explores the process of successful and substantial educational change. The 32 schools which took part in the project all made significant changes in their practice in order to improve pupil achievement. This book describes and analyses the central features of that educational transformation process. The authors... Read more
1. Introduction 2. The Project, the Schools and the Context 3. Educational Change 4. The Challenge: the schools in the pre-acceleration stage 5. Initiating Change: moving into the acceleration stage 6. Living with Change: the acceleration stage 7. Going Strategic: the post-acceleration stage 8. The Special Role of Leadership 9. The Institutional Transformation Perspective 10. The Process of Educational Transformation 11. Some Lessons from Educational Transformation
Biography
Chris James, Una Connolly
'... would be a useful addition to the shelves of many educational managers. It could be particularly helpful for NPQH candidates, newly-appointed heads, and current school leaders who know that they must initiate major change projects. I wish I had read it before I took up headship!' - Janet A. Harvey, School Leadership and Management
