Improving Learning
Practice in Secondary Schools
Open University Press
Published on 1. April 2002
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-0-335-20913-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book has developed from research into initiatives for school improvement in a range of secondary schools. It considers the views of students as a starting point and then charts action being undertaken to enhance the environment of classroom and school. The book concludes with consideration of the relationship between culture and achievement. Each chapter offers a blend of research data, real cases for discussion, contemporary literary comment and action points. Reference is also made to lines of further investigation using internet sources. An invaluable text for student teachers and teachers undertaking school based in-service work.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Milton Keynes
United Kingdom
Illustrations
references, index
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 174 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
538 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-335-20913-2 (9780335209132)
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Persons
Derek Glover is a Visiting Professor of Education at Nottingham Trent University. After 18 years' experience as the head of a large community school in Oxfordshire, he completed his PhD with the Open University and has now gone on to his 'second career' - teaching, researching and publishing extensively, particularly in the fields of school organization, financial management and the management of school reputation. He and Sue Law have previously co-written Managing Professional Development in Education and Educational Leadership and Learning. Sue Law is Professor of Education and Head of the Department of Secondary and Tertiary Education at Nottingham Trent University. After teaching in schools and colleges for 20 years, she became Director of Continuing Professional Development at Keele University, where she established innovative distance-learning MBA and MA educational management programmes. She now balances the leadership responsibilities of a large University department with researching and publishing on teachers' professional development, education management and educational policymaking.
Content
Acknowledgements The research team Abbreviations Preface The context of teaching and learning Perceptions Environment Expectations Learning styles Approaches to teaching Relationships The total curriculum Gender awareness Making a difference References Index.