Excellence in Education - The Making of Great Schools

Informationen zum Autor Sir Cyril Taylor, Conor Ryan Zusammenfassung Sir Cyril Taylor and Conor Ryan present a thorough examination of the characteristics of a high-performing school. The text draws on numerous case studies of successful schools, as well as showing how previously failing schools have been turned around. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: What makes a great school?; 1: How does your school measure up on the NFER criteria?; 1: Improvement techniques; 2: Starting out: the transition from primary to secondary school; 3: The drive for continuous improvement; 4: How to turn around a failing school; 5: Accountability, transparency and choice: the value of specialism; 6: Using data to improve performance; 7: Teamwork: teachers, trainees and teaching assistants; 8: Broad and balanced learning; 9: Term times, timetables and changing classrooms; 10: Discipline and attendance; 11: Inspection and audit; 12: Provision for children with special educational needs; 13: Schools helping schools: the value of partnerships; 14: Turning the rhetoric of school choice into reality; 15: Lessons from abroad; 16: Good schools manage their finances well and learn how to raise sponsorship; 17: New ways of learning using ICT and structural change; 18: Can we transform our schools?

Product details

• Authors: Conor Ryan, Sir Cyril Taylor, Sir Cyril Ryan Taylor
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.12.2004
• EAN: 9781843122135
• ISBN: 978-1-84312-213-5
• No. of pages: 300
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / Administration / General, Organization & management of education, Educational administration and organization, Schools and pre-schools, EDUCATION / Schools / General