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Informationen zum Autor The Author PHILLIP C. SCHLECHTY is founder and CEO of the Schlechty Center for Leadership in School Reform. Schlechty is the author of Creating Great Schools , Working on the Work , Inventing Better Schools , Shaking Up the Schoolhouse , and Schools for the 21st Century . Klappentext Leading for Learning Written by acclaimed school reform advocate Phillip C. Schlechty, Leading for Learning offers educators the framework, tools, and processes they need to transform their schools from bureaucracies into dynamic learning organizations. Schlechty explains how to move beyond some of the deeply ingrained and negative conceptions of schooling that guide so much of their practice. He shows educators how they can take advantage of new learning technologies by increasing their organization's capacity to support continuous innovation. "Clearly not for the fainthearted, Schlechty's engrossing appraisal of American education calls for a bold, truly fundamental transformation of how we run our public schools. Some books are thought-provoking; this one is action-provoking." -- W. JAMES POPHAM , professor emeritus, UCLA "Dr. Schlechty has once again written an insightful book that educational leaders can use as a road map in transforming our schools into learning organizations designed to serve twenty-first century students." -- DR. RANDY BRIDGES , superintendent, Alamance-Burlington School System, NC "Because education is ultimately a community responsibility, Schlechty's proposal to shift school systems from bureaucracies to learning organizations can open doors to citizens who are frustrated by the bureaucracy in their efforts to reclaim their role in education. This book is as much for them as it is for professional educators." -- DAVID MATHEWS , president, Kettering Foundation "Anyone in a school leadership position--from the board room to the classroom--should read this engaging and thought-provoking book. It's a must-read for all immersed in or contemplating the transformation of public education." -- CLAUDIA MANSFIELD SUTTON , chief communications and marketing officer, American Association of School AdministratorsHow do schools compete with television, computer games, and the Internet to engage the hearts and minds of their students? Phil Schlechty argues that we must develop schools where innovation is encouraged, and students are given work that is truly rigorous, relevant, and exciting. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface ix The Author xix Part One Making the Case for Transformation 1 One: The Case for Transformation 3 Why Reformation is Not Enough 4 The Need for Transformation 5 Why We Tinker: The Problem Defined 19 Two: Systems and Technological Change 23 Understanding Schools as Complex Social Organizations 25 The Nature of Systemic Change 26 Disruptive and Sustaining Innovations 27 Critical Social Systems 29 Why Reform is So Difficult 31 Common Language, Power, and Separation 38 Three: Bureaucracies Versus Learning Organizations 39 Ideal Types: A Tool for Analysis 40 How is Social Control Established? 50 What is the School's Function? 61 Images of School 68 Four: Bureaucratic Images of Schools 69 About the Metaphors 70 A Basic Framework 71 The School as Factory 74 The School as Professional Service Delivery Organization 87 The School as Warehouse or Prison 99 Getting the Problem Right 110 Five: A New Image of Schools 113 Learning Organization or Learning Community? 113 Transmitting the Knowledge Work Culture 123 The School as a Small Community or a Family 134 Critical Steps to Transf...
