Bücher der Reihe What's in it for schools?

This book is designed to help teachers to think through the possibilities and protocols of consulting students about teaching and learning and to consider how to do this within the context of their own school.

The purpose of this book is to reorient the current agenda in education towards learning. It is an accessible discussion woven with practical examples and strategies and suggests useful follow-up reading.

This title examines leadership in a practical way by helping principals, heads, teachers and parents establish their roles and responsibilities and come to grips with the unique leadership requirements of schools. Issues discussed include how to build commitment, and how to use local standards.

This volume demystifies school self-evaluation and encourages schools to be self-critical and self-confident. It helps schools and teachers develop the necessary confidence to work with evaluation tools.

In classrooms that operate as learning communities, the social and learning purposes advance together through all participants being involved and engaged in building knowledge. This book demonstrates a new way of seeing and managing classrooms.

There has been much debate on the purposes and methods of assessment over the last couple of years. This book gathers together the latest thinking and looks at how asessment can be used to promote or inhibit learning.

This book traces the development of different forms of inspection. It contributes to the debate about the most appropriate and effective form of school inspection.