School Improvement: What's In It For Schools?

This concise, accessible book provides an overview for the busy teacher about the connections between school improvement and improving what goes on in the classroom. The book illustrates how classroom improvement occurs.

This book aims to demystify the principles and practice of school improvement by demonstrating how successful classroom and school improvement occurs. It outlines the conditions, strategies and approaches that promote sustainable improvement and provides an overview of the main theoretical perspectives in this area.

This accessible text will be useful for practitioners working within schools and with schools, offering clear guidance for those keen to raise standards and improve achievement.

The What''s In It For Schools? series aims to make educational policy issues relevant to practitioners. Each book in the series focuses on a major educational issue. The author sets the issue in context, looks at how it impacts on the daily lives of schools and teachers, and raises key questions. The books are grounded in sound theory, recent research evidence and best practice, and will make an excellent addition to any staffroom bookshelf.

• | Author: Alma Harris
• | Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• | Publication Date: May 16, 2002
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780415249218
• | ISBN-10: 041524921X