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The elements which influence a student's rate and degree of learning are outlined in this volume. Madeline Hunter demonstrates a diversity of practical teaching techniques, including how to design practice so that it does `make perfect' and how to avoid the `black holes' in any sequence of learning.

This 'how-to' book for teachers and administrators at all grades presents many proven techniques for reducing the time and effort spent on trying the achieve the important goal of student self-discipline.

This work describes how curriculum development, instruction, assessment, and teaching are different in a process-oriented learning organization.

This book details the steps that need to be taken to move from a traditional school system to a true learning organization.

The contributors present a strong case for teaching the learning process--which evidence shows can be more effective than the teaching of specific disciplines.

This book provides a new vision and theory of educational leadership. Robert J Starratt explores the `vision' element of leadership, and examines the policies, programmes and organizational arrangements which often impede this vision. Leaders with Vision provides a unique focus for principals and teachers who wish to exercise leadership in the ongoing work of school renewal.

School-based professional community is a concept that portrays teachers as working together towards a set of shared goals of improved professionalism for themselves and increased learning opportunities for students. Attempts to put this into practice in urban schools in the United States have met with varying degrees of success. Using case studies, the contributors to this book examine the reasons for this inconsistency, focusing on the structural, social and human relations conditions of schooling.

This book provides unique insights into one of the United States' most comprehensive school-restructuring movements, the Accelerated Schools Project. Since its inception in 1986, the Project has aimed to transform school cultures which slow down learning through remediation into cultures which accelerate the learning of all students. The contributors to the book explore the challenges which face those involved in the Project.

Critical issues facing the future of teacher education are presented in this book. The contributors tackle factors including: multicultural education for an increasingly multicultural population; using technology in teacher preparation programmes; developing teacher leadership abilities for on the spot decision-making; and international perspectives in teacher education.

The author of this innovative book develops the thesis that educational reform in its current state is incomplete and ill-suited to democratic nations. Maxcy argues that 'decentralization' philosophies could seriously damage schools and children. He advocates a comprehensive 'new school order' to suit the changing features of postmodern culture. Key themes in this text include: poststructuralist versus structuralist assumptions; and order versus chaos in popular reform movements.Democracy, Chaos and the New School Order should become a landmark in postmodern approaches to education.

Based on a study of a group of teachers and principals, this book details the Maine Academy for School Leaders' programme which argues that there is a direct correlation between leadership effectiveness and the improvement of student performance. The authors explore the soundness of the programme's innovative ideas by following closely the results gained by the study group.

This guide provides educators and administrators with 21 quality tools for solving problems in the school environment and beyond. Each of the procedures is clearly described and has been adapted for use at four levels within the school system: district, school, classroom and home.

This book shows principals how they can make better decisions by using evaluation in a systematic way to find solutions to school problems. Cases of `real-life' problems are presented and analyzed and examples of solutions for commonly encountered problems are presented.The author demonstrates how the actual practice of school administrators can be studied and analyzed so as to inform theory/model building and how the resulting model in turn produces an instrument that allows school administrators to more systematically evaluate school problems and make decisions about them.

This book argues that if schools are to be successful learning places, the needs of teachers must be placed on a par with those of the students. The authors show how Total Quality Education schools address this problem, making learning an ongoing experience for both teachers and students.

Cultural therapy is a way of helping people cope with cultural diversity and societal inequity through the mediation of the school as a central institution for cultural transmission and maintenance.This book illustrates how cultural therapy can be applied in educational settings to promote better understanding among teachers and students. Each chapter presents a situation in which the author has been intimately involved, offering a variety of approaches to, and interpretations of, cultural therapy.

The authors of this book confront barriers of discrimination that must be overcome to ensure an equitable education for all students. Specific activities and approaches are included to broaden awareness, understanding and communication. The volume provides practical examples that can be used to incorporate the philosophy of TQE with multicultural teaching in positive and supporting ways.

Educational practitioners in America have become disillusioned with university preparation programmes that fail to prepare them for the realities of the workplace. This volume summarizes the knowledge gained from five of the programmes instigated by the Danforth Foundation in its efforts to stimulate new approaches to the training of educational leaders. The ramifications of what has been learned is discussed and an analysis of future issues for American schools is provided.

By understanding the realities, complex relationships and conditions of practice that influence urban schooling, educators can take advantage of the opportunities that urban settings present. The authors identify nine key problems of practice affecting city schools in the United States and provide examples of the possible interventions needed to improve the education of urban youth. The theory, research and analytic tools relevant to each issue are presented clearly and in a non-technical way.

By illustrating sound evaluation practices with realistic examples, this book provides an essential guide to each aspect of analyzing staff development programmes in schools. The author pays special attention to the process of selecting an evaluation team, the responsibilities of the team and implementing the team's recommendations.

This guide demonstrates how to conduct effective evaluation of school counselling programmes. The book shows how to use evaluation to improve the quality of programmes, how to document resources necessary for improvement and how to become convincing advocates for counselling services. Case studies are presented to illustrate the evaluation process from start to finish.

Offers precise lessons on how to focus the evaluation, identify tracking strategies, manage instrument development and data collection, analyze information, and interpret findings.

This volume focuses on maximizing productivity of teachers and other school staff and covers all phases of professional development. Specific suggestions are given on a number of areas, such as hiring the best teachers, providing quality in-service training, motivating and evaluating teachers, arresting burnout, dismissing incompetent teachers and using support staff resources.

Going beyond the traditional psychological and sociological approaches, this ground-breaking volume presents a new theoretical framework for understanding and resolving abusive family interactions: it takes a communication perspective to examine the interactional processes at the core of domestic abuse, aggression and violence.Covering spouse, child, elderly parent and courtship abuse, the contributors explore both commonalities and differences in emotional, psychological, verbal and sexual abuse. They illustrate how these different types of abuse stem from problematic communication patterns integral to the power imbalance inherent in abusive relationships. The contributors also suggest ways of modifying these patterns.

Ethnic minorities represent a growing percentage of the elderly population in the United States. This title covers issues that include: mortality and life expectancy; the incidence of chronic disease and disabilities; diet and nutrition; mental health; access to health services and long-term care; and public health-care policy.

Addressing the specific issues surrounding wrongful convictions and their implications for society, Convicted but Innocent includes: survey data concerning the possible magnitude of the problem and its causes; fascinating actual case samples; detailed analyses of the major factors associated with wrongful conviction; discussion of public policy implications; and recommendations for reducing the occurrence of such convictions.The authors maintain that while no system of justice can be perfect, a focus on preventable errors can substantially reduce the number of current conviction injustices.

Assessing state-of-the-art urban economic development, this book addresses such pertinent issues as the importance of `quality of life' in location decisions, and whether industry targetting is a viable economic development strategy. Each chapter is followed by commentaries - one written by an academic addressing research methodology, the other by a practitioner addressing both the question and the evidence. Each chapter's author then responds to the issues raised by the commentators. The result is a productive dialogue between academics, practitioners and citizens concerned with economic development.

The first shelter for battered women was established in Britain almost 25 years ago. This volume examines the progress made in the field to date. It reveals the character of the battered women's movement that is evident throughout the world and is a tribute to the results of often difficult and life-threatening work.