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Evidence-Based School Development in Changing Demographic Contexts

1st ed. 2022

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Format Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10 3030768368
ISBN-13 9783030768362
Edition 1st ed. 2022
Publisher Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of Manufacture GB
Country of Publication GB
Publication Date Oct 1st, 2021
Print length 186 Pages
Ksh 8,100.00
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This Open Access book features a school development model (Arizona Initiative for Leadership Development and Research – AZiLDR) that offers a roadmap for schools to navigate the complexities of continuous school development. Filled with processes that balance evidence-based values with democratic, culturally responsive values, this book offers strategies to mediate the tensions and to address school culture, context and values, leadership capacity, using data as a source of reflection, curricular and pedagogical activity, and strengths-based approaches to meeting the needs of culturally diverse students. You will find:·       -  Active, reflective activities·        -  Case studies illustrating each concept·        - The research base supporting each concept·        -  Descriptions of processes from other contexts (South Carolina, Germany, Australia, Sweden)·        -  Thoughts about next steps for contextually sensitive and multi-level school development·       -   Suggestions for cross-national dialogue and research within the Zone of UncertaintyUse this ideal source to guide school leadership teams in creating productive schools that continually grow! 

Table of Contents

Forward: Ken Leithwood.....................................................................................3

Acknowledgements............................................................................................8

Part I: Changing Context for School Development and Description of the Model..................10

Chapter 1: School Development Approaches Over Time: Strengths, Limitations, and the  Need for a New Approach..............................................................................11

Chapter 2: A New Approach to School Development...............................................41

Part II: Lessons from the Arizona School Development Model.......................................68

Chapter 3: Values, Culture and Context...............................................................69

Chapter 4: Building and Sustaining School Leadership Capacity.................................84

Chapter 5: Using Data as a Source of Reflection in a Feedback Loop...........................94

Chapter 6: Going Deeper into Curriculum and Pedagogical Activity...........................105

Chapter 7: Strength-based Approaches to Meeting Culturally Diverse Student Needs.......115

Part III: Extending the Process to Other Contexts......................................................131

Chapter 8:  School Development in South Carolina - Building Leadership Capacity for Evidence-Based School Development in South Carolina Schools by Peter Moyi, Suzy   Hardie & Kathleen M.W. Cunningham, University of South Carolina.........................134

Chapter 9:  The Swedish Context - Bringing Support Structures To Scale: The Role of the State and School Districts by Olof Johansson & Helene Ärlestig, Centre for Principal Development, Umeå University......................................................................170

Chapter 10:  The Australian Context - National, State and School-level Efforts to Improve Schools in Australia by  David Gurr, Daniela Acquaro & Lawrie Drysdale, The University  of Melbourne............................................................................................193

Chapter 11:  The German Context - School Turnaround in Ten Schools in Difficult Circumstances in Germany: The Need for Adaptive and Contextualized Approaches             to Development and Change by Guri Skedsmo, Schwyz University of Teacher Education/University of Oslo and Stephan Huber, University of Teacher Education Zug...233

Part IV: Conclusions and Looking Ahead...............................................................259

Chapter 12:  Concluding Comments and Looking Ahead.........................................260


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