Improving Schools: Performance and Potential - Softcover

Hopkins, David; Reynolds, David; Wilcox, Brian; Farrell, Shaun; Jesson, David; Gray, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0335203981 ISBN 13: 9780335203987

Publisher: Open Univ Pr, 1999

Book by Gray, John

About the Author:

John Gray is Professor and Director of Research at Homerton College, Cambridge. David Hopkins is Professor and Chair of the School of Education at Nottingham University. David Reynolds is Professor of Education at the University of Newcastle. Brian Wilcox is a Senior Research Fellow at Homerton College, Cambridge and Professiorial Research Fellow at Sheffield University. Shaun Farrell is a lecturer at Christ Church College, Canterbury. David Jesson is Visiting Professor at the University of York. Between them the authors have produced over 20 books, mostly on aspects of school effectiveness and school improvement. Their most recent include: Good School, Bad School (Open University Press), Merging Traditions (Cassell), Making Good Schools (Routledge), Models of Learning - Tools for Teaching (Open University Press) and Inspecting Schools (Open University Press).

Review:

"...a highly user-friendly and informative text...a well designed format which makes the reader want to find a group and start on the exercise immediately." - Health Visitor