Rethinking the Education Mess : A Systems Approach to Education Reform / Ian I Mitroff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mitroff, Ian I.

Contributor:

Hill, Lindan B.

Alpaslan, Can M. (Can Murat)

Palgrave Connect (Online service)

Series:

Palgrave pivot

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational change.

Educational planning.

School management and organization.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (191 pages)

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Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Using a form of systems thinking, this book analyzes K-12 education as a complex, "messy" system that must be tackled as a whole and provides a series of heuristics to help those involved in the education mess to improve the system as a whole.

Contents:

Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; Outline of the Book; About the Authors; 1 Introduction: TEM, The Education Mess; 2 What Is a System and What Is a Mess?; 3 The Psychology and Philosophy of Inquiry, Philosophical Psychology, and Psychological Philosophy; 4 The Charter School Mess, A Messy Systems View; 5 The Charter Schools of the Future-Possible Designs; 6 Hiding in Plain Sight: Education Reform in Indiana; 7 General Heuristics for Coping with The Education Mess;

8 Waiting for Wilberforce-Making Sense of and Coping with the Tragic and Senseless; 9 Crisis Management-An Imperative For Schools; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Other Format:

Print version: Mitroff, Ian I. Rethinking the Education Mess : A Systems Approach to Education Reform

ISBN:

9781137386045

1137386045

OCLC:

861081469

Access Restriction:

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