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Informationen zum Autor Anthony S. Bryk is the president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Louis M. Gomez holds theMacArthur Chair in Digital Media and Learning in the Graduate School of Education & Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA and is a senior partner at Carnegie. Alicia Grunow is a senior partner and codirector of the Center for Networked Improvement at Carnegie. Paul G. LeMahieu is the senior vice president for programs at Carnegie and the former superintendent of education for the state of Hawaii, USA. Klappentext Using ideas borrowed from improvement science, Learning to Improve shows how a process of disciplined inquiry can be combined with the use of networks to identify, adapt, and successfully scale up promising interventions in education. Rather than "implementing fast and learning slow," the authors believe educators should adopt a more rigorous approach to improvement that allows the field to "learn fast to implement well." The authors focus on six principles that represent the foundational elements for improvement science carried out in networked communities: Make the work problem-specific and user-centeredFocus on variation in performanceSee the system that produces the current outcomesWe cannot improve at scale what we cannot measureUse disciplined inquiry to drive improvementAccelerate learning through networked communities Learning to Improve offers a new paradigm for research and development in education that promises to be a powerful driver of improvement for the nation's schools and colleges. "In this hopeful and accessible volume, Bryk and his colleagues describe six tenets for addressing vexing problems of educational practice. Yes, systematic actions guided by serious scientific inquiry can lead to improvements in a vast array of contexts, topics, and settings. Drawing on numerous real life examples and illustrations, the authors demonstrate how to develop and then critically execute good ideas to produce reliably positive outcomes." -- John Q. Easton, distinguished senior fellow, Spencer Foundation Anthony S. Bryk is the president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Louis M. Gomez holds the MacArthur Chair in Digital Media and Learning in the Graduate School of Education & Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, and is a senior partner at Carnegie. Alicia Grunow is a senior partner and co-director of the Center for Networked Improvement at Carnegie. Paul G. LeMahieu is the senior vice president for programs at Carnegie and the former superintendent of education for the state of Hawaii. Zusammenfassung As a field, education has largely failed to learn from experience. Time after time, promising education reforms fall short of their goals and are abandoned as other promising ideas take their place. Learning to Improve argues for a new approach. The authors believe educators should adopt a rigorous approach to improvement that allows the field to “learn fast to implement well”. Inhaltsverzeichnis ContentsPreface ixIntroduction 1 A Better WayMake the Work Problem-Specific and User-Centered 21Focus on Variation in Performance 35See the System That Produces the Current Outcomes 57We Cannot Improve at Scale What We Cannot Measure 87Use Disciplined Inquiry to Drive Improvement 113Accelerate Learning Through Networked Communities 141Living Improvement 171Glossary 195Appendix 203 Responses to Some Frequently Asked QuestionsNotes 211Acknowledgments 243About the Authors 247Index 251 ...
