Improving Schools Productive Tensions Between the Local, the Systemi
This unique book explores school improvement policy – from its translation into national contexts and school networks to its implementation in leader and teacher practices in individual schools and classrooms within this network of schools and its impact
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Improving Schools
Shaun Rawolle · Muriel Wells · Louise Paatsch Russell Tytler · Coral Campbell
Improving Schools Productive Tensions Between the Local, the Systemic and the Global
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Shaun Rawolle School of Education Deakin University Waurn Ponds, VIC Australia
Russell Tytler School of Education Deakin University Waurn Ponds, VIC Australia
Muriel Wells School of Education Deakin University Waurn Ponds, VIC Australia
Coral Campbell School of Education Deakin University Waurn Ponds, VIC Australia
Louise Paatsch School of Education Deakin University Waurn Ponds, VIC Australia
ISBN 978-981-287-929-5 ISBN 978-981-287-931-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-981-287-931-8 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015952990 Springer Singapore Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer Science+Business Media Singapore Pte Ltd. is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
We would like to thank the regional staff, teachers, students and leadership staff in our case study schools for their honest and open sharing of their experiences about this short cycle of school improvement in their network of schools.
Foreword
When the chapters that make up this book were sent to me for perusal and consideration, I was heading to the beach at Kirra, for the annual family holiday. I have read the book and revisited the research with great interest, already knowing something about the inquiry that has informed it. Unlike most readers I have been privileged to have ‘watched’ the work of this project over its duration, as the research team presented and reflected on, first, the methodology, and then their early findings from the study, to the annual conference of Australian Educational Research Association (AARE). Over this time their work has reminded me about the central importa
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