Good teachers, good schools

How to create a successful school

By David Hudson

'Good schools think with people and not to people' argues David Hudson in this thought-provoking practical guide for those wanting to bridge the gap between...

September 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-47132-9 (David Fulton Publis)

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Distributed School Leadership

Developing Tomorrow's Leaders

By Alma Harris

Tomorrow’s schools will need new forms of leadership. The old hierarchical models of leadership simply do not fit any longer. We need to develop new...

July 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-41958-1 (Routledge)

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Connecting Leadership and Learning

Principles for Practice

Edited by John MacBeath, Neil Dempster

Leading schools is becoming almost daily a more complex and demanding job. Connecting Leadership and Learning reassesses the purpose of schools, the nature of learning...

July 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45295-3 (Routledge)

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Engaging Pupil Voice to Ensure that Every Child Matters

A practical guide

By Rita Cheminais

Pupil voice is at the heart of Every Child Matters and is the driving force in acknowledging the rights, voice and choice of children and...

July 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46854-1 (David Fulton Publis)

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Improving Schools and Educational Systems

International Perspectives

Edited by Alma Harris, Janet Hageman Chrispeels

School improvement has become a dominant feature of educational reform in many countries. The pressure upon schools to improve performance has resulted in a wide-range...

July 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-47931-8 (Routledge)

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Distributed Leadership According to the Evidence

By Kenneth Leithwood, Blair Mascall, Tiiu Strauss

Although not new, the concept of distributed (shared) leadership has re-emerged in recent years as one highly promising response to the complex challenges currently faced...

July 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-99217-6 (Routledge)

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Reforming Child Protection

By Bob Lonne, Nigel Parton, Jane Thomson, Maria Harries

Child protection is one of the most high profile and challenging areas of social work, as well as one where children’s lives and family life...

July 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-42906-1 (Routledge)

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A Guide to School Attendance

By Ben Whitney

Improving school attendance remains a contentious topic and is a high priority for the DCFS, local authorities and schools. Thousands of sessions are missed every...

June 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46585-4 (David Fulton Publis)

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The Methodological Dilemma

Creative, critical and collaborative approaches to qualitative research

Edited by Kathleen Gallagher

This thought-provoking book challenges the way research is planned and undertaken and equips researchers with a variety of creative and imaginative solutions to the dilemmas...

May 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46062-0 (Routledge)

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Cyber-Bullying

Issues and solutions for the school, the classroom and the home

By Shaheen Shariff

This book looks in depth at the emerging issue of cyber-bullying. In this increasingly digital world cyber-bullying has emerged as an electronic form of bullying...

March 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-42491-2 (Routledge)

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