Action Research for Improving Educational Practice: A Step-by-Step Guide Whether you are a busy teacher doing research in your classroom, an undergraduate starting your research project, or a graduate student writing up your dissertation, this step-by-step guide takes you through every stage involved in carrying out action research. This book draws on Valsa Koshy’s extensive [...] Read more »
School Reform From The Inside Out: Policy, Practice, And Performance Reviews
School Reform From The Inside Out: Policy, Practice, And Performance Giving test results to an incoherent, badly run school doesn’t automatically make it a better school. The work of turning a school around entails improving the knowledge and skills of teachers-changing their knowledge of content and how to teach it-and helping them to understand where [...] Read more »
Learner-Centered Leadership: Research, Policy, and Practice (Topics in Educational Leadership Series)
Learner-Centered Leadership: Research, Policy, and Practice (Topics in Educational Leadership Series) Many new approaches to school improvement are being proposed in the current climate of assessment and school accountability. This book explores one of these approaches, a new model of leadership training known as Learner-Centered Leadership (LCL). It is built around the fundamental idea that [...] Read more »