School as Community
From Promise to Practice
Published on 29. August 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
315 pages
978-0-7914-5416-9 (ISBN)
Description
Addresses the question: How can school communities be created and sustained?
An increasingly important and appealing concept for school renewal is that of school as community. While community holds multiple promises for schools, little is known about the practice of community in schools. This collection furthers our understanding about the nature of school community, its practice in public schools, and the role of leadership in this practice. Of particular importance is the question of how community can be created and sustained in K-12 public schools with highly diverse populations.
An increasingly important and appealing concept for school renewal is that of school as community. While community holds multiple promises for schools, little is known about the practice of community in schools. This collection furthers our understanding about the nature of school community, its practice in public schools, and the role of leadership in this practice. Of particular importance is the question of how community can be created and sustained in K-12 public schools with highly diverse populations.
Reviews / Votes
"Enriching our understanding of what constitutes a community-what it looks like, how it happens-and the tensions that arise in bringing about a sense of community, are useful understandings for educators." - Patrick James McQuillan, author of Educational Opportunity in an Urban American High School: A Cultural AnalysisMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Albany, NY
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student and over
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
515 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7914-5416-9 (9780791454169)
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E-Book
02/2012
1st Edition
De Gruyter
€37.99
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Person
Gail Furman is Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Counseling Psychology at Washington State University. She is the coauthor of Community and Schools: Promise and Paradox.
Content
Introduction
Section I: The School as Community: Extending Our Conceptual Understanding
1. The Complexity and Coherence of Educational Communities: An Analysis of the Images that Reflect and Influence Scholarship and Practice
Lynn G. Beck
2. Postmodernism and Community in Schools: Unraveling the Paradox
Gail Furman
3. The Role of Community in Spiritually Centered Leadership for Justice
Colleen A. Capper, Madeline M. Hafner, and Maureen W. Keyes
Section II: Research on School Community: Focus on Teachers
4. Contradictions of School Community in Restructuring Elementary Schools: Lessons from a Case Study
Paul Goldman and Gerald Tindal
5. Tensions and Struggles in Moving Toward a Democratic School Community
Ulrich C. Reitzug and Mary John O'Hair
6. Learning from Educators: Insights into Building Communities of Difference
Carolyn M. Shields
Section III: Research on School Community: Focus on Students
7. Schools as Communities for Students
Karen Osterman
8. Thinking about Community from a Student Perspective
Carolyn M. Shields
9. Children with Severe Disabilities in Regular Classrooms: Risk and Opportunity for Creating Inclusive Communities
Charles A. Peck, Chrysan Gallucci, and Debbie Staub
Section IV: Research on School Community: The Ecological Perspective
10. The Microecology of Social Capital Formation: Developing Community beyond the Schoolhouse Door
Hanne B. Mawhinney
11. Listening to Communities: An Ecological Perspective on Education and Human Services
Robert G. Croninger and Barbara Finkelstein
Conclusion: Toward a Practice of School Community
Gail Furman
Contributors
Index
Section I: The School as Community: Extending Our Conceptual Understanding
1. The Complexity and Coherence of Educational Communities: An Analysis of the Images that Reflect and Influence Scholarship and Practice
Lynn G. Beck
2. Postmodernism and Community in Schools: Unraveling the Paradox
Gail Furman
3. The Role of Community in Spiritually Centered Leadership for Justice
Colleen A. Capper, Madeline M. Hafner, and Maureen W. Keyes
Section II: Research on School Community: Focus on Teachers
4. Contradictions of School Community in Restructuring Elementary Schools: Lessons from a Case Study
Paul Goldman and Gerald Tindal
5. Tensions and Struggles in Moving Toward a Democratic School Community
Ulrich C. Reitzug and Mary John O'Hair
6. Learning from Educators: Insights into Building Communities of Difference
Carolyn M. Shields
Section III: Research on School Community: Focus on Students
7. Schools as Communities for Students
Karen Osterman
8. Thinking about Community from a Student Perspective
Carolyn M. Shields
9. Children with Severe Disabilities in Regular Classrooms: Risk and Opportunity for Creating Inclusive Communities
Charles A. Peck, Chrysan Gallucci, and Debbie Staub
Section IV: Research on School Community: The Ecological Perspective
10. The Microecology of Social Capital Formation: Developing Community beyond the Schoolhouse Door
Hanne B. Mawhinney
11. Listening to Communities: An Ecological Perspective on Education and Human Services
Robert G. Croninger and Barbara Finkelstein
Conclusion: Toward a Practice of School Community
Gail Furman
Contributors
Index