What makes a good school now?

Autor/inn/en	Brighouse, Tim; Woods, David
Titel	What makes a good school now?
Quelle	London u.a.: Network Continuum (2008), XVIII, 158 S.Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Illustrationen; Literaturangaben S. [152]-154
Zusatzinformation	Inhaltsverzeichnis
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	1-85539-084-1; 978-1-85539-084-3
Schlagwörter	Selbstevaluation; Partnerschaft; Neue Technologien; Schulsystem; Schulleitung; Schulverwaltung; Schulalltag; Schulkultur; Lehrerfortbildung; Schulerfolg; Lernbedingungen; Lernumgebung; Unterrichtsprozess; Steuerung; Internationalisierung; Fallbeispiel; Innovation; Qualitätssicherung; Europa; Großbritannien
Abstract	[The book] is aimed at headteachers and senior leaders, and is designed to offer practical advice on improving standards, and making schools as successful as possible. The book is an updated version of What Makes A Good School?, which was published in 1991. The new version focuses on those aspects of schooling that have remained constant since the early 1990s, but now also covers modern developments such as personalised learning, and the implications of Building Schools for the Future, CPD, and Every Child Matters. [The authors] use case studies from a range of schools to illustrate their advice, acknowledging the fact that every school is unique and faces different challenges. The authors also introduce the concept of "butterflies" - small interventions that they feel can have a disproportionately large and beneficial impact on a school' success. These cover a range of topics including seating plans, student supervisors, sending birthday cards to year 7 students, and improving communication between staff and governors. The potential impact of these steps is clearly described for each of the suggestions offered. The book reinforces the idea that real leadership matters. The background and experience of the authors lends credibility to the findings in the book. They take a practical approach to fixing our age old problem of improving our schools. It's this real life approach that makes the book interesting and a must read for people responsible for creating good schools. The section on what the authors call, "messy business" is very appropriate and timely because how leaders handle their messy business is often the distinguishing factor that keeps them from achieving high performance. High performers do certain things right, and the book does an excellent job of pointing those things out. This book makes the assumption that success is possible in every school and it looks at the various ingredients of successful schools. Each chapter is rounded off with a commentary or 'case study' in the authors' inimitable style. (DIPF/Orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2008/4