Educational Restructuring in the Context of Globalization and National Policy

Educational Restructuring in the Context of Globalization and National Policy

Author: Holger Daun

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9780815339410

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This study posits that global change is being driven mainly by financial forces, new patterns of economic growth and market ideology. It then goes on to examine the forces opposing such globalizing processes, such as religious and ethnic/social movements throughout Africa, Asia, and Latin America.


Race, Class, and Power in School Restructuring

Race, Class, and Power in School Restructuring

Author: Pauline Lipman

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 1998-02-26

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 9780791437704

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Explores the intersection of two central issues in American education today: school reform through restructuring and alienation from school of many children of color. A tough look at the impact of teachers' and administrators' beliefs and practices.


Restructuring Schooling

Restructuring Schooling

Author: Joseph Murphy

Publisher: Corwin

Published: 1993-03-16

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 9780803960619

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The editors of this volume aim to help educators make better decisions about their efforts at restructuring by showing what has and has not worked in some of the most widely known experiments. Because the programmes examined have been in place for several years, the cases offer richness of detail and a wealth of ideas. This book's insights and practical detail will benefit educators both in schools and at district level, as well as students and academics in the field.


Authentic Achievement

Authentic Achievement

Author: Fred M. Newmann

Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Published: 1996-10-28

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13:

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This new book presents the findings of a five-year, federally funded study that examined the connection between school restructuring and student achievement. Investigating twenty-four elementary and secondary schools from twenty-two districts across the country, the researchers found that restructuring efforts fail when there is too much focus on structure and technique and not enough attention paid to the intellectual quality of student and teacher work and to the vitality of the school community. Using a wealth of examples, the authors provide a vivid picture of the conditions under which innovations in a school's organization contribute to student achievement - extending learning beyond rote memorization of isolated facts to thinking, disciplined understanding, and complex communication.


Restructuring in the Classroom

Restructuring in the Classroom

Author: Richard F. Elmore

Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Published: 1996-03-15

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13:

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Restructuring in the Classroom goes into the classrooms of three elementary schools to take a detailed look at how teachers responded to changes in structure in their schools. The authors interviewed principals, teachers, parents, support staff, and district personnel to produce in-depth case studies of schools at various stages of restructuring, showing what the school had done to change its structure and how those changes had occurred. Selecting four teachers in each school for closer observation and discussion, the authors reveal how those teachers responded to the changes around them in their day-to-day practice in the classroom. They show, for example, how teaching practice is or is not affected by changes in the way students are grouped for learning, in the way teachers relate to groups of students and to each other, and in the way time is allocated to subject matter.


Restitution

Restitution

Author: Diane Chelsom Gossen

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780944337370

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Help your staff learn how to lead students to fix their own mistakes, focus on self-discipline, and build self-esteem. Expands on the ideas in the book Restitution and provides activities to conduct your own staff-development program. Contains invaluable reproducible handouts. New and revised Second Edition now available!


Race, Class, and Power in School Restructuring

Race, Class, and Power in School Restructuring

Author: Pauline Lipman

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 1998-02-26

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 1438411022

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Winner of the 1998 American Educational Studies Association Critics' Choice Titles This book challenges common assumptions about the efficacy of teacher collaboration, empowerment, and professional development to improve the educational experiences of low-achieving African American students without engaging the political and ideological contexts in which reforms take place. Written in a clear, engaging style, the book tells the story of two restructuring junior high schools in a single district, and how teachers' ideologies and race, class, and power contradictions in the schools, school district, and city shaped outcomes. Although the book is a critique of restructuring, powerful portraits of teachers who create culturally responsive and empowering educational experiences demonstrate the potential to reform educational practices and policies for African American students and suggest a direction for transforming schools.


Restructuring Schools for Collaboration

Restructuring Schools for Collaboration

Author: Diana G. Pounder

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 1998-03-19

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 1438416407

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This book provides a more comprehensive discussion of collaborative school efforts than any other single source currently available. Specifically, multiple disciplinary perspectives are presented, addressing the complexity or "promises and pitfalls" of school collaboration efforts. The book is organized in terms of major considerations in school collaboration initiatives—the organizational structure; the change process; inter-agency and intra-school collaborative efforts; and implications for instruction, leadership, and leadership preparation. Also, the book informs the design of educator preparation programs emphasizing collaborative schools and cross-disciplinary teaching. The chapters address many issues regarding school collaboration, such as which organizational structures will enhance collaborative efforts; which change processes are important in building school collaboration; the costs (in effort, energy, time, or other resources) of collaborating with other external agencies; how teachers' work can be redesigned to enhance collaboration between teachers and the anticipated outcomes for teachers and students; how educators can overcome their separate role socializations to build collaborative work relationships within schools; and the implications of school collaboration for teaching and learning, school leadership, and leadership preparation. The closing chapter offers five synthesizing issues or dilemmas for school collaboration.


Globalization and Educational Restructuring in the Asia Pacific Region

Globalization and Educational Restructuring in the Asia Pacific Region

Author: K. Mok

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2003-03-13

Total Pages: 387

ISBN-13: 1403990484

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The focus of this book is to examine the growing impact of globalization on education policy and development in the Asia Pacific region. It analyses the reaction of selected societies and the strategies that their governments have adopted in response to the tidal wave of marketization, corporization, commercialization and privatization. Particular attention is paid to educational restructuring in the context of globalization.