Schoolwide Action Research for Professional Learning Communities (eBook)

Improving Student Learning Through The Whole-Faculty Study Groups Approach

Karl H. Clauset, Dale W. Lick, Carlene U. Murphy (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2008
304 Seiten
SAGE Publications US (Verlag)
978-1-4522-9472-8 (ISBN)

Infos

"e;Clearly shows the success that can occur when a staff learns together. I highly recommend this book to aspiring and beginning principals, as well as those with years of experience."e;-Paul Young, Executive Director, West After School CenterFormer President, National Association of Elementary School PrincipalsFoster schoolwide professional learning through a collaborative action research model!Action research is a popular method for individual educators to examine their practices and grow in their profession. In this how-to guide, readers will learn how Whole-Faculty Study Groups (WFSGs) use action research to involve an entire school in advancing staff learning and school performance. The WFSG model is a type of professional learning community (PLC) that catalyzes school change with schoolwide action research as a central component. With over 20 years of experience, the authors draw from hundreds of examples and case studies to describe how implementing WFSGs can help students, teachers, administrators, and other staff members work collaboratively to improve teacher practice and student learning. The authors' empirical data and comprehensive approach help deepen educators' understanding of how to use meaningful action research to strengthen teamwork and realize school reform. Additionally, readers will learn how:The WFSG system compares with other approaches to action researchThe schoolwide action research process can be applied in a wide variety of school reform effortsStudy groups can move from discussion to actionPrincipals and district leaders can support schoolwide action researchDiscover the ways WFSGs can enhance student learning and result in real school improvement in this highly relevant, must-have guide.

Inhalt

List of Tables and Figures
Foreword
Preface
About the Author
1. Introduction
2. A Schoolwide Approach to Action Research
3. Creating Learning Teams and Professional Learning Communities
4. Conducting Schoolwide Action Research
5. Putting Action Into Action Research: Improving Teacher Practice
6. Putting Action Into Action Research: Improving Student Learning
7. Supporting Schoolwide Action Research: The Principal′s Role
8. Supporting Schools in Schoolwide Action Research
9. Taking Schoolwide Action Research to the Next Level
Epilogue
Resources
References
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.5.2008
• Verlagsort: Thousand Oaks
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lektüren / Interpretationen
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung
• Schlagworte: Closing Acheivement Gaps • Collaboration • data-based decision making • District Reform • Group Productivity • instructional leadership • Learning teams • PLC • principal leadership • professional development • School change • School Improvement • School reform • Schoolwide learning environment • small groups • staff development • Teacher leaders • WFSG
• ISBN-10: 1-4522-9472-0 / 1452294720
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4522-9472-8 / 9781452294728