... – The intervention study was conducted with 54 math teachers (experimental group: n=29; control group: n=25) and their grade 7 and 8 classes (n=1,054) at 13 secondary schools. It aimed to increase teacher cooperation on teaching for promotion of students’ self-regulated learning...

...Larry Cuban Purpose The aim of this paper is to explain how errors in policymaking contribute to the minimal impact that structural, curricular and cultural changes have made on teaching practice in American schools. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on the author's research legacy...

...Chad Packer Jacob   Easley   II . The Audacity to Teach! The Impact of Leadership, School Reform, and the Urban Context on Educational Innovations . 2011 . 121 pp.   $22.50 , ISBN: 978‐0‐7618‐5443‐2 University Press of America, Inc. New York, NY © Emerald Group Publishing...

...Julie Searle On a practical level, the book is a reminder and guide to creating democracy in school as we consider everything from how students seats are chosen, to what shared literature we take on, to what questions we invite. More than any other book I have come across since I began teaching...

...Edwyna Synar Katy   Farber . Why Great Teachers Quit: And How We Might Stop the Exodus . Corwin , 2010 . 167 pp. , ISBN: 978‐1‐41297‐245‐1   $28.95 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 --> Education Teaching Teachers Education colleges Case studies...

...Wanjuan Zhong; Lisa Catherine Ehrich Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore two dimensions of leadership practices (i.e. teaching and learning and sources of power) used by two exemplary principals in mainland China against a background of education reform and to identify how broader...

...‐efficacy for the new type of teaching and self‐efficacy for using technology with the new curriculum. Originality/value The paper provides insights into teachers' cognitions associated with a major curriculum reform. Results have implications for system administrators and reforming curriculum bodies...

... both conventional, engineering tools and a survey capturing principals' assessments. School facility ratings using these alternate measurement methods were correlated with schools' quality of teaching and learning environments (QTLE). Findings Two central findings emerge. First, engineering...

...Cynthia L. Uline; Tak Cheung Chan Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the possible impact portable classrooms have on the teaching and learning process by exploring current related literature. Design/methodology/approach This paper takes a synthesis approach, analyzing current...

... on these assumptions, within schools, stakeholders within schools analyze discrepancies, determine needs, identify targets, adopt goals, and make commitments to change teaching and learning practices across the school. The methodology frequently occurs with support from system level consultants or sponsors of reform...

...Paul Begley; Anthony H. Normore; Stephanie Paul Doscher Purpose The purpose of this research is to explore the use of media as the basis for a social issues approach to promoting moral literacy and effective teaching in educational leadership programs. Design/methodology/approach Through...

...Paul Begley; Joan Poliner Shapiro; Robert E. Hassinger Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on a case study, framed as an ethical dilemma. It serves as an illustration for the teaching of moral literacy, with a special emphasis on social justice. Design/methodology/approach Initially...

... course content and instructional strategies to facilitate an ethos of values inquiry and reflection. Originality/value The framework may be useful to professors of education interested in integrating values inquiry and moral agency into their teaching. 1. attitude formation; 2. attitude...

...Paul Begley; Paul T. Begley; Jacqueline Stefkovich Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the nature of moral literacy as it applies to leadership development and the processes for promoting moral literacy through teaching in colleges and universities. Design/methodology/approach...

... educational outcomes were believed to be occurring were selected using a variety of data including performance in standardised tests, public examinations, various value added measures and nominations from various stakeholders. Sites were of two types: subject departments responsible for teaching certain...

... and rebellious students in a working class London school. Yet the film also highlights longstanding issues and tensions peculiar to schooling and teaching. From sociological and social‐psychological perspectives, this paper examines this film's underlying meanings and suggests how it can be used to advance...

... Education Leadership Learning organizations Communities Teaching The central theme of this paper is educational leadership focused on learning. This theme has arisen from our detailed classroom observations and interviews in 24 case study schools [1] as part of the Queensland School Reform...

... out in scenarios used to illustrate each strategic piece of management advice. Cleverly, Rogers teaches particular strategies by providing examples of poor (but nevertheless logically human) practice followed by examples of preferable practice. The delicious juxtaposition of case examples embeds...