Schools With Heart - Voluntarism and Public Education

List of contents

Preface -- Is Voluntarism Important? -- Experiences with School Voluntarism -- School Gifts, Givers, and Giving -- Some Effects of Benevolence -- Issues of Student Equity -- The Administration of Voluntary Public Schools -- Voluntary Public School Organization -- Generalizations and Policies -- The Voluntary Public School as a Bridging Institution -- Some Theories of Voluntarism -- Educational Policy: Macro and Micro -- Appendix: The Research Method

About the author

Daniel J. Brown is professor of education at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. He has written books and articles on school-based management, voluntarism, and school enterprise.

Summary

In Schools with Heart , Brown explores voluntarism by using original data gathered from 185 interviews with public school principals, teachers, and volunteers, many of whom worked in schools known for their volunteer programs.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel Brown, Daniel J. Brown
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9780367286637
• ISBN: 978-0-367-28663-7
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, Philosophy & theory of education, Philosophy and theory of education