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Author Sharan, Shlomo, 1932-

Title Organizing schools for productive learning / Shlomo Sharan, Ivy Geok Chin Tan
Published [New York?] : Springer, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 111 pages) : illustrations
Contents Two Models of School Structure; The School as a Community; The School in the Community; Student Engagement in Learning; Class Size and School Size; The Integrated Curriculum; Duration of Class Sessions and the Problem of Teaching Method; Student Assessment; A Systems Approach to Organization and Instruction in Schools
Summary This book offers an alternative approach to secondary school organization. In line with the definition formulated by John Dewey's philosophy of education, the new approach aims to promote productive learning. The book shows the way to extricate schools from their past in order to respond more successfully to the requirements of the information age in which we are living today. The chapters treat the primary components of teachers' work in schools in light of systems' theory as opposed to the organization of instruction prevalent in today's schools that is designed in light of bureaucratic theo
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 91-96) and indexes
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Subject School management and organization.
Educational change.
School supervision.
Effective teaching.
High school teaching.
secondary education.
Sciences humaines.
Sciences sociales.
Education.
Educational change
Effective teaching
High school teaching
School management and organization
School supervision
Form Electronic book
Author Tan, Ivy Geok-chin
ISBN 9781402083952
1402083955