1st Edition
Effective Schooling for the Community Core-Plus Education
By Tony Townsend
Copyright 1994
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book offers a new perspective on the management of schools by bringing together the knowledge and understanding of school effectiveness and community education. Tony Townsend argues that the core activity of the school, to provide a learning environment for children, should be supplemented by educational activities that service the needs of the community as a whole. He offers a model for the... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction: an international perspective on school effectiveness; Chapter 2 The effective school: towards a framework of understanding; Chapter 3 Community perceptions of effective schools; Chapter 4 Effective schools: the case studies; Chapter 5 The core-plus school; Chapter 6 Developing the core-plus school:a model for action; Chapter 7 Leadership in the core-plus school; Chapter 8 Process Issues for core-plus education; Chapter 9 From community needs to core-plus policies; Chapter 10 Programmes in the core-plus school; Chapter 11 Financing and managing the core-plus school; Afterword: a vision for the next century;
Biography
Tony Townsend is Director of the South Pacific Centre for School and Community Development, and is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education at Monash University.
