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Print version: Lai, Mei Kuin ; Research-Practice Partnerships for School Improvement : The Learning Schools Model, Foreword -- Chapter 1 : Ambitious aims : research for solutions and knowledge -- Chapter 2 : The Learning Schools Model (LSM) -- Chapter 3 : Collaborative data analysis -- Chapter 4 : Partnerships for design and sustainability -- Chapter 5 : Resourcing and Professional Learning and Development (PLD) -- Chapter 6 : Sustainability of the LSM -- Chapter 7 : Learning to learn -- References -- Index

Print version: Leading futures, Cover ; Advance Praise ; Contents ; Acknowledgements ; International Comparisons: Critique, Culture and Context ; Section 1: System Level ; Leading Futures: System Transformation ; 1. Who's Afraid of PISA: The Fallacy of International Assessments of System Performance ; 2. Economic Development and Competitiveness: A Primary Driver of School Reform Policy in the USA ; 3. Innovative Schools and Their Role in the Education Policy Cycle in Russia ; 4. School Leadership Development in Hong Kong: Taking a Retrospective and Prospective View on Policy and Practice, 5. Movers and Shapers: Reframing System Leadership for the 21st Century 6. Leading System-wide Educational Improvement in Ontario ; Section 2: Professional Level ; Leading Futures: Leading Professional Learning ; 7. Exploring the Practice of Professional Learning Communities: Case of Hong Kong Primary Schools ; 8. Principal Preparation and Professional Development in Malaysia: Exploring Key Influences and Current Practice ; 9. Designing and Developing Australian Principal Certification: With the Profession, For the Profession, 10. Networking for Educational Equity: Rethinking Improvement Within, Between and Beyond Schools 11. Leading Professional Learning to Improve Schools in Challenging Circumstances in Russia ; 12. Developing Leaders for Schools in Singapore ; Section 3: Leader and Learner Level ; Leading Futures: Leading Learning ; 13. Generation X Leaders in Global Cities: Emerging Perspectives on Recruitment, Retention and Succession Planning ; 14. Getting Beyond Our Fixation with Leaders' Behaviours: Engaging with Leading Practice for Real ; 15. Leading Effective Pedagogy, 16. Leading Future Pedagogies International Comparisons: Good or Misunderstood? ; About the Editors and Contributors ; Index

Print version: Lepeley, María Teresa ; Eduquality, Cover; Series page; Eduquality; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; Dedication; Contents; Preface; About the Author; PART I; Chapter 1: Introduction to Quality in Education; Chapter 2: Global Claims for Quality in Education; Chapter 3: Quality Standards for Education; PART II; Chapter 4: Human Centered Sustainable Quality Management in Education; Chapter 5: Management Area 1; Chapter 6: Management Area 2; Chapter 7: Management Area 3; Chapter 8: Management Area 4; Chapter 9: Management Area 5; Chapter 10: Management Area 6; Chapter 11: Management Area 7

Print version: Action learning and action research, Intro; Title Page; Copyrights Page; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Reviewers' Comments; About the Authors; List of Acronyms; List of Tables; List of Figures; Introduction; Chapter 1-Introduction to Action Learning and Action Research: Genres and Approaches; Chapter Outline; Introduction; Aims, Scope and Contributions of This Book; Learning and Research Paradigms in the Social Sciences; AL and AR for Addressing 'Wicked' Problems in our Turbulent World through Relationships; Sustainability; Relationships; Main Genres of AL and AR Discussed in this Book; Reflections and Conclusions, Topics for DiscussionFurther Reading; References; Part 1-Action Learning; Chapter 2-Action Learning: Past, Present and Future; Chapter Outline; Introduction; Action Learning: The Past; Different Conceptions of Action Learning; Action Learning: The Present State; Talent and Leadership Development; Organizational Learning and Restructuring; Sales and Marketing; Environment and Sustainability; Product and Service Innovation; Corporate Culture and Ethics; Action Learning: The Future; Conclusions; Topics for Discussion; Further Reading; References, Chapter 3-Lifelong Action Learning: Principles and Case StudiesChapter Outline; Introduction; Lifelong Action Learning; GULL's Approach to LAL for Personal and Community Development; Workplace; Business-led Development; People-focused Development; Organization-led Development; Community; Cause-led Development; Young Adult Development; Non-governmental Organization-led Development; Poverty Alleviation; The Role of Self-directed Networks; Conclusion; Topics for Discussion; Further Information and Reading; References; Chapter 4-Action Learning and Mindfulness for Mental Health in the Workplace, Chapter OutlineIntroduction; The Complementarity and Mutual Reinforcement of Action Learning and Mindfulness; Self-awareness and Mental Health; Developing Self-awareness through Action Learning and Mindfulness; Developing Self-awareness through Action Learning. Action learning develops self-awareness through the norm of supportive challenge by peers in an action learning set, along with the challenge of doing something of significance about something important, Developing Self-awareness through Mindfulness. Vago and Silbersweig (2012) undertook a systematic review of 300 articles on ­mindfulness and developed the Self-Awareness, Self-Regulation, Self-­Transcendence model as an integrated, systems-based model, inAgency and Mental Health; Building Agency in the Workplace through Action Learning; Building Managerial Agency through Action Learning. Agency is a defining characteristic of action learning, which involves learning with and through action and reflection on the consequences of action, both intended and unintended. Action learning is typi

Print version: What we know about grading, Reliability in grading and grading scales / Susan M. Brookhart and Thomas R. Guskey -- Report card grades and educational outcomes / Alex J. Bowers -- The composition of grades: cognitive and noncognitive factors / Sarah M. Bonner and Peggy P. Chen -- Surveys of teachers' grading practices and perceptions / James H. McMillan -- Standards-based grading / Megan Welsh -- Grading students with learning differences / Lee Ann Jung -- Leadership for grading reform / Laura J. Link -- Grading in higher education / Jeffrey K. Smith and Lisa F. Smith -- Conclusion: where do we go from here? / Thomas R. Guskey and Susan M. Brookhart

Print version: Leading from a feminist soul, Beginning and becoming / Catherine E. Hackney -- The fourth draft : my path toward recovery and healling / Mandy Cenker -- Leadership, the feminist ethic, and leading from a feminist soul / Carol Winter -- Mulling over becoming : being shaped and being a shaper / Jennifer L. Scheider -- Waking up : reflections of an early career principal / Merritt F. Waters -- I am ... and you are too / Wendy Samford -- I am and you are / Alexa L. Sandman -- Struggles and storms / Carol Winter -- Gently shaking the world / Rosemary Gornik -- The beach / Alexa L. Sandmann -- Protecting the good work / Wendy Samford and Catherine E. Hackney -- Love, unexpected / Merritt F. Waters -- Flesh, feathers, and feet : meditations on living the feminist ethic / Jennifer L. Schneider -- It boils down to gratitude, which flows as generosity / Catherine E. Hackney

Print version: Fostering a relational pedagogy, Engaging self-study to untangle issues of identity / Ellyn Lyle -- "We arrive, as it were, too late" / David W. Jardine -- My students' stories became a gift : a tale of poetic professional learning / Kathleen Pithouse-Morgan -- Being indigenous in the indigenous education classroom : a critical self-study of teaching in an impossible and imperative assignment / Jennifer Markides -- Leveraging arts integration to transform mathematics praxis / Timothy M. Sibbald -- The transformative becomings of a nature-based educator / Cher Hill and Laura Piersol -- Negotiating fear and whiteness / Elizabeth Kenyon -- A self-study of culturally relevant pedagogy in a higher education institution in the United Arab Emirates / Sepideh Mahani -- Seeing ourselves on the walls : teacher identity and visual displays in schools / Sherry Martens -- Negotiating identity in a relational pedagogy : a cross-cultural perspective / Chinwe H. Ikpeze -- Opening into Aletheia / Kate Mccabe -- Navigating a narrative path : a self-study on using stories to deepen learning in pre-service teaching / Deborah Graham -- International novice teacher educators navigating transitional sel(f)ves in multicultural education teaching / Vy Dao and Yue Bian -- Finding layers in our stories : using collective memory work as transformative praxis / Sara K. Sterner, Amanda C. Shopa, Lee C. Fisher, and Abby Boehm-Turner -- Eavesdropping on a conversation : thinking through critical self-reflexivity, whiteness, and gender / Teresa Anne Fowler and Willow S. Allen -- Illuminating teacher educators' self-understanding through the study of relationships in the teacher education classroom / Aaron Zimmerman -- Always becoming : life as self-study / Charity Becker -- Looking in, leading out / Diane Burt -- Writing from the heart-mind : cultivating not-knowing towards an "earthly pedagogy" / Jodi Latremouille

Print version: EPortfolio as curriculum, Eportfolio as curriculum : re-visualizing the composition process / Amy Cicchino, Rachel Efstathion, and Christina Giarrusso -- Collateral learning as an ePortfolio curriculum / Sharon Burns and Jo Ann Thompson -- Eportfolios in a world language learning curriculum / Karen Simroth James, Emily E. Scida, Yitna Firdyiwek -- Hampshire college eportfolios : a curriculum on reflection to support individualized educational pathways / Laura Wenk -- Identity development as curriculum : a metacognitive approach / Susan Kahn -- Untangling the past and present while weaving a future : ePortfolios as a space for professional discernment and growth / Gail Matthews-DeNatale -- Limiting portfolio requirements, raising student energy : establishing a culture of student advocacy for portfolio programs / Sue Denning -- Creating an ePortfolio studio experience : the role of curation, design, and peer review in shaping eportfolios / Kathleen Blake Yancey -- Macaulay springboards : the capstone as an open learning ePortfolio / Joseph Ugoretz -- Metacognition across the curriculum : building capstone ePortfolios in Stanford University's notation in science communication / Jennifer Stonaker, Jenae Druckman Cohn, Russ Carpenter, Helen L. Chen -- The invited ePortfolio curriculum / Katherine Bridgman -- Integrative learning and ePortfolio networks / Cheryl Emerson and Alex Reid -- Concluding forward / Kathleen Blake Yancey

Print version: Student affairs assessment, evaluation, and research, The status of assessment, evaluation, and research in student affairs -- Development of competencies in assessment, evaluation, and research, with terms and concepts -- Student affairs assessment in the broader institutional context: values, ethics, and politics -- Assessment, evaluation, and research (AER) design -- Methodology, data collection, and data analysis -- Interpreting, reporting, and using results -- The role of assessment, evaluation, and research in professional development and professional identity -- The scholarship of assessment, evaluation, and research in student affairs

Print version: HUGHES, DAVID ; FUTURE-PROOF YOUR SCHOOL, Cover; Half-title; Series page; Title page; Copyright information; Endorsements; Table of contents; Meet the author; Introduction; Bibliography; 1. Culture and school improvement; Defining culture: levels and players; Cultural norms: induction and socialisation; Social models of culture; Socialisation into the profession: the new teacher; Socialisation: the good, the bad and the ugly; Psychological insights into culture; Induction strategies and learning; Reflection as an improvement methodology; Bibliography; 2. Leadership models of school culture: some disturbing developments, Pressures on schools: an international perspectiveLeadership and culture: super heads and superheads; Characteristics of the superhead; Characteristics of the super head: strategy and quality; Perceptions and cultures of tolerance; Culture and context: qualitative measures of effectiveness; The growth of managerialism; A holistic approach to school improvement; Bibliography; 3. Pupils: passive or active participants in your school?; A meaningful role for pupils in a changing world; Pupil voice; Integrating democracy in learning; Bibliography, 4. Parents: relationships, processes and partnershipsParents: your most valuable partners; The primary school experience of parents; The secondary school experience of parents; Some good practice explored; Parents' evening; Bibliography; 5. The INSET conundrum: training opportunities or continuous professional development? Project or process?; The professional development landscape; INSET, professional development and training: a short historical survey; The national curriculum: homogeneity and constipation; Ofsted and cultural change, Ensuring professional development activities are congruent with whole school improvementBibliography; 6. The ICT fixation: promoting sustainable change; A short history of information and communication technologies (ICT) in schools; Unbalanced supply and demand in learning technologies; Educational features and learning benefits of ICT; Bibliography; 7. Intellectual property: recognising the talent in your school; Schools: a criminal waste of time and resources; Cultural processes and intellectual capital; Capturing your best practice and making it your common practice, Recruitment and retentionContinuous professional development: templates and libraries; PowerPoint with educational purpose; Bibliography; 8. A holistic view of school development needs; A congruent model of CPD development; Situational analysis: INSET, professional development, school improvement and effectiveness; The twenty-first-century change agenda: new paradigms, new learning for all; A universal challenge to education: technologies, neuroscience and an existential crisis; 1. Personalisation; 2. Metacognition; 3. Digital technologies, Includes index