thinking about schools

Thinking About Schools New Theories and Innovative Practice【電子書籍】 Aimee HowleyIndependent Thinking on Loss A little book about bereavement for schools (Independent Thinking On... series)【電子書籍】 Ian GilbertThinking about Schools A Foundations of Education Reader【電子書籍】 Eleanor Blair Hilty
 

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  • <p>As its title implies, this book has a deceptively simple mission: to prepare would-be school leaders to draw upon a variety of theoretical perspectives when thinking about schools and schooling. It shows how theories can function as cognitive tools to be mastered, carefully stored in one's intellectual toolbox and used to interpret and resolve real world problems. Beneath this goal lies the belief that the most effective leaders are those who are able to construct their own well-grounded interpretations of events and their own responses to those events. Key features of this exciting new text include the following.</p> <p><strong>Focus on Alternative Theories</strong> - The functionalist theoretical views that have dominated administrator preparation programs for the last half-century are reviewed early in the book and are shown to be inadequate to the task of understanding and coping with the complex realities of modern day schooling. The remainder of the book presents ...
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  • <p>Written from the personal experience of a parent and his three children, <em>Independent Thinking on Loss: A little book about bereavement for schools</em> details the ways in which schools can help their pupils come to terms with the death of a parent.</p> <p>A child loses a parent every twenty-two minutes in the UK. Childhood bereavement brings with it a whole series of challenges for the children involved challenges they will deal with all their lives. The research shows teachers want to help, but don't know what to do.</p> <p>This book is a start.</p> <p>Written by Independent Thinking founder Ian Gilbert together with his three children, <em>Independent Thinking on Loss</em> is a personal account of the way educational institutions tried and succeeded, tried and failed and sometimes didn't try at all to help William, Olivia and Phoebe come to terms with the death of their mother.</p> <p>Several months after their mother's death, BBC's <em>Newsroun...
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  • <p>This book considers how American public education came to be the way it is today. It helps students to have a better sense of how the past informs the present and how questions regarding who is served best by the schools tell us about the goals and aspirations of present-day schools in America.</p>画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。
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