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Democratic Learning: The Challenge to School Effectiveness »

Authors: John Macbeath, Lejf Moos
ISBN-13: 9780415326964, ISBN-10: 0415326966
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: December 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: John Macbeath

Book Synopsis

The time has come to challenge many of the age-old assumptions about schools and school learning. In this book leading thinkers from around the world offer a different vision of what schools are for.

	Introduction	1
1	Democratic learning and school effectiveness: are they by any chance related?	19
2	Reforming for democratic schooling: learning for the future not yearning for the past	52
3	Democratic values, democratic schools: reflections in an international context	74
4	Learning democracy by sharing power: the student role in effectiveness and improvement	95
5	Children's participation in a democratice learning environment	113
6	The darker side of democracy: a visual approach to democratising teaching and learning	132
7	Democratic leadership in an age of managerial accountability	151
8	Democratic leadership for school improvement in challenging contexts	164
9	Learning in a knowledge society: the democratic dimension	179
	Conclusion: reflections on democracy and school effectiveness	190
	Index	196