Reform as learning : school reform, organizational culture, and community politics in San Diego / Lea Hubbard, Hugh Mehan, and Mary Kay Stein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hubbard, Lea, 1946-

Contributor:

Mehan, Hugh, 1941-

Stein, Mary Kay.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School management and organization--California--San Diego.

School management and organization.

Educational change--California--San Diego.

Educational change.

California--San Diego.

Physical Description:

xi, 304 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2006.

Summary:

Reform as Learning explores the full range of critical issues pertaining to urban school reform by looking closely at recent reform efforts in San Diego. Drawing on the systemic school reform initiative that was launched in San Diego in the late 1990s, this book delves into all layers of the school reform process-from leadership in the central office, to work with principals and teachers, to the impact on how teachers interact with students in the classroom. A refreshing, new socio-cultural perspective on school reform and organizational change, this book makes significant contributions to theories of learning, organizations, and reform.

Contents:

Using theory to understand the San Diego reform

Using research to understand the San Diego reform

History of reform in New York Citys Community School District #2

Using district leaders' theory of action to understand the San Diego reform

Learning in classrooms : the enactment of the reform between teachers and students

Learning in teacher professional development : the enactment of reform between teachers and school leaders

Learning in leadership professional development : the enactment of reform between school leaders and instructional leaders

Demystifying the gap between theory and practice in the San Diego city schools reform

Changes in the reform : influences of technical constraints and cultural and political conflict

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-293) and index.

ISBN:

0415953766

0415953774

OCLC:

61731314

Publisher Number:

9780415953771 (pb)