Informationen zum Autor Alan Bain is associate professor of inclusive education at Charles Sturt University, Australia and an international consultant to schools, education systems and industry on technology integration and school reform and improvement. Klappentext Despite immense efforts to understand schools, we know very little about the contribution they make to student learning. Further, the limited available evidence indicates that the way schools are designed, organized, and managed have only a minimal effect on student outcomes. The Self-Organizing School addresses this problem and the pressing need for reform models that go further, last longer, and posses the capacity to both respect, as well as deeply influence, what teachers and schools do. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Introduction 2 Next 3 Theory 4 Self-Organization 5 Simple Rules 6 Embedded Design 7 Scaling Up 8 Emergent Feedback 9 Technology 10 Results 11 Emergence

Klappentext

Despite immense efforts to understand schools, we know very little about the contribution they make to student learning. Further, the limited available evidence indicates that the way schools are designed, organized, and managed have only a minimal effect on student outcomes. The Self-Organizing School addresses this problem and the pressing need for reform models that go further, last longer, and posses the capacity to both respect, as well as deeply influence, what teachers and schools do.

Inhalt

1 Introduction
2 Next
3 Theory
4 Self-Organization
5 Simple Rules
6 Embedded Design
7 Scaling Up
8 Emergent Feedback
9 Technology
10 Results
11 Emergence