School Climate and Culture vis-a-vis Student Learning (eBook)

Keys to Collaborative Problem Solving and Responsibility

Cletus R. Bulach, Frederick C. Lunenburg, Les Potter (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
130 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4758-2924-2 (ISBN)

Infos

In this book, the authors describe a comprehensive school reform approach that addresses the six areas needing reform and reduces resistance to school reform. Creating a “high-performing” school is an organizational approach to school reform that creates a distinctly different school culture and climate than can be found in existing schools. The authors detail a vision and mission for a comprehensive school reform that involves all stakeholders and leads to high performance.

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The purpose of School Climate and Culture vis-a-vis Student Learning is to describe a reform that improves test scores, reduces dropouts and decreases bullying behavior. There are six areas that must be improved in order to accomplish this purpose. These six areas are the following: discipline, basic needs of humans, culture and climate, control, parent and community involvement, and levels of openness and trust. Discipline is one of the main problems in classrooms across the US. The authors describe a comprehensive school reform approach that addresses the six areas and reduces resistance to school reform. Creating a "e;high-performing"e; school is an organizational approach to school reform that creates a distinctly different school culture and climate than can be found in existing schools. The authors detail a vision and mission for a comprehensive school reform that involves all stakeholders and leads to high performance.

Autor

Dr. Cletus R. Bulach is a career educator with experience as a teacher, school administrator, and university professor of educational leadership. His research and numerous publications have been on school culture and climate, bullying behavior, character education, and leadership development.Dr. Fred C. Lunenburg is a career educator with experience as a teacher, school administrator, and university professor of educational leadership. He has authored or co-authored 26 books and more than 200 journal articles in the areas of educational leadership and supervision.Dr. Les Potter is a career educator with experience as a teacher, school administrator, and university professor of educational leadership. He has over 90 publications in books, chapters, book reviews, and articles educational journals.

Inhalt

PrefaceIntroductionPhase OneChapter 1: Four Types of School CulturePhase TwoChapter 2: A Four-Step Process for Identifying and Reshaping the Culture of a School Chapter 3: Implementing a Plan to Improve the Climate and Culture of the School Phase ThreeChapter 4: Power and Authority: Nine Techniques for Motivating Faculty and Students Phase FourChapter 5: A Character Education Program That Is the Foundation of a High Performing SchoolAppendix A: Supervisory Climate BehaviorsAppendix B: A Report of Caring BehaviorsAppendix C: School Climate GraphAppendix D: Measure of School Culture and ClimateAppendix E: Selected Character Traits and Their Corresponding BehaviorsAbout the Authors

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.8.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Schulbuch / Allgemeinbildende Schulen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Pädagogische Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
• Schlagworte: School culture
• ISBN-10: 1-4758-2924-8 / 1475829248
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4758-2924-2 / 9781475829242