Learning to Change
Local Education Authority School Focused Initiative
Published in December 1989
Book
Paperback/Softback
202 pages
978-1-85000-631-2 (ISBN)
Description
This work comprises an explanation of the Sheffield Initiative, aimed at the rest of the education community, covering its origins, principles and practice. It focuses on the Sheffield Curriculum Initiative as an example of an LEA-led initiative aimed at changing the experience of learning in schools through a planned programme of professional and personal development with teachers.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
550 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85000-631-2 (9781850006312)
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Persons
Content
Part 1 Starting points: the vision and the context, Roy Hedge and Bill Walton; principles guiding change, Kath Aspinwall et al; from structure to practice - the management support team, Douglas Finlayson; the curriculum and assessment resource, Jeanie Hedge and Colin Martin; the school-focused development programme - the core, Daryl Agnew and Carole Goodwin. Part 2 Practice and progress: supporting change - the role of the tutor, Ian Anniss and Bob Gibbs; given time - developing practice, Pat McAteer et al; heads or tails - the ten-sided coin, Bob Driskell et al. Part 3 Some wider perspectives: a view from Europe, Fritz Bohnsack; questioning the franchise - a personal view from higher education, Peter Clough; implications for LEAs - the end of an era or the forerunner of a new?, Tim Brighouse.