Learning Places: A Field Guide for Improving the Context of Schooling » (New Edition)

Michael Fullan is professor emeritus at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto, and is special adviser on education to Dalton McGuinty, the premier of Ontario. He holds honorary doctorates from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and from Nipissing University in Canada.

Fullan served as dean of the faculty of education at the University of Toronto from 1988 to 2003, leading two major organizational transformations, including a merger of two large schools of education. He is currently working as adviser and consultant on several major education reform initiatives around the world.

He bases his work on research and practice on both the public and private sectors, finding an increasing convergence in this literature. He has written several bestsellers on leadership and change that have been translated into several languages.

Need an inspiring approach to school change? Need staying power for school improvement initiatives? Organized to make learning contagious throughout the school, this user-friendly guide helps create a culture of learning that promotes the simultaneous development of students, teachers, and parents—addressing specific ways to maximize study groups, student data, classroom walk-throughs, and more. The interactive self-assessment protocols focus on

• Achieving a sense of purpose
• Facilitating program coherence
• Invigorating classroom teaching
• Supporting the professional development of teachers
• Developing wider circles of leadership

Issuing a call to action for all educational communities, this easy-to-use manual offers a visionary yet grounded approach to revitalize educators and reenergize their efforts for meaningful, lasting reform.

Author to Reader
Preface
Acknowledgements
About the Authors
Section A: Shaping Schoolwide Contexts
1. Building on Strengths
2. Achieving Momentum Through Innovativeness
3. Linking Standardized Test Data to Teaching and Learning
4. Promoting Purpose and Community
5. Making Learning Support Accessible
Section B: Improving Classroom Teaching
6. Sharing Ideas About Improving Classroom Teaching
7. Focusing Student Interest and Attention
8. Engaging Student Thinking
9. Supporting Student Performance
10. Affirming Student Understanding
Section C: Sustaining Passion and Commitment
11. Supporting Professional Development
12. Reframing Success
Index