Making the Best of Schools: A Handbook for Parents, Teachers, and Policymakers.

Autor/inn/en	Oakes, Jeannie; Lipton, Martin
Titel	Making the Best of Schools: A Handbook for Parents, Teachers, and Policymakers.
Quelle	(1990), (334 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	0-300-04651-0
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Educational Change; Educational Improvement; Educational Policy; Educational Practices; Elementary Secondary Education; Parent Materials; Parent Participation; Parent School Relationship; School Effectiveness; School Restructuring + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsreform; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungspraxis; Elternbrief; Elternmitwirkung; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Schuleffizienz; Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung
Abstract	An inevitable tension exists between what parents want for their own child and the educational opportunities that schools now provide for all children. This handbook shows parents and policymakers how to cooperatively improve schools for all children by explaining effective educational practices and suggesting educational policy reforms. Schools and school policies are analyzed from the following perspectives: (1) culture; (2) learning; (3) the classroom; (4) valued-knowledge; (5) evaluation and sorting; (6) special needs; (7) parent involvement; and (8) school reform. Each perspective offers a broad understanding of the following issues: (1) how the overall organization and atmosphere of a school affect students' opportunities to learn; (2) how classroom environments affects students' self-esteem; (3) how various classroom techniques affect how students learn the most important subjects; and (4) how the home environment affects school success. Recommendations are made for educational policy reform, based on democratic values and educational research. Each chapter includes suggestions for further reading. An index is appended. (FMW)
Anmerkungen	Yale University Press, 92A Yale Station, New Haven, CT 06520 ($19.95).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01