{"product_id":"9781607095286","title":"Changing Schools from the inside Out : Small Wins in Hard Times (3RD)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt any time, public schools labor under great economic, political, and social pressures that make it difficult to create large-scale, 'whole school' change. But current top-down mandates require that schools close achievement gaps while teaching more problem solving, inquiry, and research skills_with fewer resources. Failure to meet test-based standards can produce consequences such as school closure or staff replacement. With this real-world challenge to education foremost, this book presents pertinent research and instructive case studies of two 'good' high schools. It advocates a proven strategy of small-scale, incremental change_small wins_which increases the likelihood that schools will improve despite a climate of 'do more with less.' Chapters describe the current societal context; the history of major change projects since the 1970s; the organizational and social characteristics of schools and classrooms; human factors that encourage and support improvement; the effects of technology; forces affecting teachers and principals; commonplace components of and vehicles for change; and practical 'levers and footings' for change that can have a high positive payoff.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield Education","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45507240329295,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":1853.0,"currency_code":"TWD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.tw\/products\/9781607095286","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Taiwan","version":"1.0","type":"link"}