Critical issues of partnerships between higher education and public schools / guest editor Raymond L. Calabrese.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

qCalabrese, Raymond L.

Series:

Volume 20, Issue 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education.

School management and organization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (69 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford, England : Emerald Group Publishing, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The theme of this e-book focuses on the critical issues of partnerships between higher education and public schools as a means of improving the administration, teaching, and learning capacities of public schools. There is growing awareness that school improvement is not the sole province of schools or educators; nor is research the sole province of higher education. The formation of short and long term partnerships between public school organizations and the private sector, universities, parents, and community groups are essential because partnerships offer numerous assets that are collective

Contents:

Cover; CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Introduction; Building social capital through the use of an appreciative inquiry theoretical perspective in a school and university partnership; School-university partnerships for closing the achievement gap: ethical concerns; Present company excepted or accepted?; Follow the leader; Creating collaborations: from isolationism to community; Cognitive dissonance, supervision, and administrative team conflict

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-54725-1

9786610547258

1-84544-957-6

OCLC:

71556298