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Improving Schools from Within: Teachers, Parents, and Principals Can Make the Difference (Jossey Bass Education Series) - Hardcover

Barth, Roland S.

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9781555422158: Improving Schools from Within: Teachers, Parents, and Principals Can Make the Difference (Jossey Bass Education Series)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1555422152 ISBN 13: 9781555422158
Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 1990

Synopsis

"A humane blueprint for school reform that--instead of starting with a 'deficiency' model of what teachers can't do and giving them 'inservice' workshops ad infinitum--would build on the educational staff's existing strengths." —The New York Times Book Review

Barth hows how communication, collegiality, and risk-taking among adults can create an atmosphere of learning and leadership for all.

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Reviews

Despite the subtitle, this is basically a handbook for principals. It is one of the first of the recent spate of books on improving schools to concentrate on the role of the principal in bringing about educational reform. Barth stresses the relationship between teacher and principal and the importance of collegiality in fostering an active community of teachers who then become leaders themselves. Barth believes this will create a better climate for student learning. By calling attention to the principal as a factor in the school situation, Barth makes a definite contribution to the literature on the subject. For educational administration collections.
- Shirley L. Hopkinson, California State Univ., San Jose
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Publisher
Jossey-Bass
Publication date
1990
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1555422152
ISBN 13 
9781555422158
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
216
Rating
  • 3.94 out of 5 stars
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