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System Recall

Autor Alma Harris, Michelle S. Jones
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 12 noi 2019
The book focuses on what we know about contemporary educational improvement, transformation, and change. It will provide insights into what strategies work, long term, to build the capacity for principled change at the school and system level.
The book will consider what leaders can do to secure principled school and system improvement which fully embraces diversity, equity, and equality. It will also dispel some myths about reform at scale and challenge some prevailing ideas about educational change that, it will be posited, are not helping many young people to reach their potential.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781544342269
ISBN-10: 1544342268
Pagini: 152
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 8 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Ediția:First Edition
Editura: Corwin
Locul publicării:Thousand Oaks, United States

Recenzii

Harris and Jones deftly weave together seemingly polar opposite notions in education—equity and excellence—and provide persuasive arguments that the two are interrelated. System Recall proposes innovative and workable solutions to ensure that equity issues constitute the centerpiece of professional collaboration, policy-making, and educational reform. The key message is clear: poverty need not determine a child’s life chances, choices, or destiny if schools provide interventions that mitigate the impact of poverty and inequity on educational outcomes.
This important book looks systemic inequity in the face and calls out those things that exacerbate educational disadvantage around the world: punitive accountability regimes, marketplace competition, and a hyper-focus on international large-scale testing. System Recall presents a simple premise: that equity leads to excellence. It calls for those leading schools and education systems to consider culture and context, and provides a clear set of guiding principles.
In a time where “education has become the most important global currency,” this book is both needed and timely. Only if we make the changes described in this book can we ensure high quality and equitable education for all of our students. This is what excellence looks like.
System Recall: Leading for Equity and Excellence reminds all of us who are fortunate enough to be in leadership positions that achieving true excellence is only possible by placing ultimate value on equity.

Cuprins

Foreword by Adrian Piccoli
Foreword by Yong Zhao
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Introduction
Chapter 1. Inequality and Inequity
Chapter 2. Excellence Over Equity?
Chapter 3. Hard Truths
Chapter 4. Leading for Equity
Chapter 5. Leading Parental and Community Engagement
Chapter 6. Leading Professional Collaboration
Chapter 7. Reflections and Alternatives
References
Index

Notă biografică

Michelle Suzette Jones, PhD Bio
Dr. Michelle Suzette Jones is currently based at the University of Bath, Department of Education. She was formerly Deputy Director and Associate Professor at the Institute of Educational Leadership, (IEL) University of Malaya. She is internationally recognised for her expertise in educational leadership, school improvement, creating professional learning communities and blended & flipped learning design. Whilst in Malaysia, Dr Jones's expertise in blended ¿flippedlearning¿ inhigher education helped to shape the design and development of two new programmes: the Masters in Educational Leadership (MEL) and the PhD Advanced Research Methodology Course. In addition to co-ordinating the Post Graduate Courses for the Institute Dr Jones also managed the Institute's online learning platforms as well as staff CPD. At the University of Bath Dr Jones is contributing to the Post Graduate teaching within the Department of Education and is a member of the University Online Programme Board. She is the Editor in Chief of the journal 'School Leadership and Management'. Dr. Jones¿ commitment to educational excellence has driven her entire career. Before joining the University of Bath in 2017 and the Institute of Educational Leadership in 2012, Dr. Jones served as a Headteacher (Principal) of a school in one of the highest areas of deprivation in the UK. In 2006 she was awarded the title ¿Inspirational Headteacher (Principal) of the Year¿ and was invited to Downing Street for an audience with the prime minister in recognition for her efforts in securing high levels of sustained school improvement and effectiveness: Her work with over 300 schools and 800 teachers at the district level was deemed 'outstanding'. In 2008 she was seconded to the Welsh Government, UK as an Education Adviser assisting with the implementation of Professional Learning Communities in over 2000 schools. She has written comprehensively on system reform through building teachers¿ capacity: One of her co-authored books ¿Professional learning Communities in Action¿ (with Professor Alma Harris) has been translated into several languages including Russian, Lithuanian and Spanish. Dr. Jones was awarded her PhD in Education from the University of Warwick University, UK. She has been an Education consultant for the World Bank since 2010 and supports ministerial R and D projects in Russia. She has also been working with a variety of government agencies in England, Russia, Singapore, Australia and Malaysia to contribute to the design and delivery of their leadership and professional learning programmes. Most recently, Dr Jones has been appointed as a Research Fellow of the APCLC, Hong Kong Institute of Education. Her research interests involve: Leadership preparation and practice; improving schools in challenging circumstances, professional learning and innovative pedagogies, curriculum and assessment. Dr Jones is currently involved in three major research projects: · Co Principal Investigator of the '7 System Leadership Study', involving seven differentially performing education systems; · Principal Investigator, 'Leading Learning for Educational Effectiveness: Instructional Leadership Practices of Primary School Principals in Malaysia. APCLC, HKIE · Co Principal Investigator of 'Leading School Turnaround and Improvement in Indonesia and Malaysia: Identifying What Works, sponsored by the Head Foundation

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The book focuses on what we know about contemporary educational improvement, transformation, and change. It will provide insights into what strategies work, long term, to build the capacity for principled change at the school and system level. Failed strategies and approaches such as standardized testing, government mandates, and aligning to PISA testing are examined for their true worth.
The book will consider what leaders can do to secure principled school and system improvement which fully embraces diversity, equity, and equality. It will also dispel myths about reform at scale and challenge prevailing ideas about educational change that, it will be posited, are not helping many young people to reach their potential.