The audacity to teach! : the impact of leadership, school reform, and the urban context on educational innovations / Jacob Easley II.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Easley, Jacob.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--United States.

Education.

Educational innovations--United States.

Educational innovations.

Teaching--United States.

Teaching.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (135 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : University Press of America, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is developed from a study of an inner city, urban elementary school that has undergone serial comprehensive school reforms. This book is intended for a fuller understanding of school improvement and effectiveness, providing commonsense recommendations for the future direction of American education that aim to promote student success.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Contemporary Context of Urban Schools; Chapter 2: Introducing Hillside Elementary School; Chapter 3: Teachers Defining Teaching and Learning Innovations; Chapter 4: Critical Correspondences of Pedagogical Capacity; Chapter 5: Context and Collaboration as Pedagogical Capacity; Chapter 6: Institutionalization of Teaching and Learning Innovations; Chapter 7: The Multidimensionality of Capacity for Teaching and Learning Innovations; References; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [111]-118) and index.

ISBN:

0-7618-8714-8

1-283-60357-8

9786613916020

0-7618-5444-4

OCLC:

854968830