Collective responsibility : redefining what falls between the cracks for school reform

Collective responsibility : redefining what falls between the cracks for school reform /

How to achieve school reform and organisational change has been a subject of much inquiry and interest by educators, education systems and academics. This volume advances both conceptual and methodological knowledge in understanding the cultural changes required at the school level to develop teache...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Whalan, Frances
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Rotterdam : Sense Publishers, 2012
Subjects:
Educational change.
School improvement programs.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Collective Responsibility
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF TABLES
  • LIST OF FIGURES
  • APPENDICES
  • FOREWORD: COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY: A Way Forward to Real Reform
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
  • ABSTRACT
  • CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
  • COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS
  • LINKS TO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT GAINS
  • Links to Collegiality
  • OUTLINE OF THE STUDY
  • CHAPTER 2: MAPPING THE TERRAIN: Discourses Related To Teachersâ€? Collective Responsibility For Student Learning
  • INTRODUCTION
  • RATIONALE FOR A MULTIPLE DISCOURSE APPROACH
  • PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY
  • Links to Collective ResponsibilityDefining Professional Community
  • Characteristics of Professional Communities
  • Tensions in the Formation of a Professional Community
  • Limitations to the Formation of Professional Community
  • PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
  • Links to Collective Responsibility
  • Defining Professional Development
  • Characteristics of Professional Development
  • Benefits and Tensions of Professional Development
  • Limitations of Professional Development
  • Professional Development and Leadership
  • RELATIONAL TRUST
  • Links to Collective ResponsibilityDefining Relational Trust
  • Characteristics of Relational Trust
  • Benefits and Tensions of Relational Trust
  • Leadership and Relational Trust
  • ACCOUNTABILITY
  • Links to Collective Responsibility
  • Defining Accountability
  • Benefits and Tensions of Accountability
  • Accountability and Leadership
  • SELF AND COLLECTIVE EFFICACY
  • Links to Collective Responsibility
  • Defining Self and Collective Efficacy
  • Benefits and Limitations of Efficacy
  • OVERVIEW OF THE FIVE DISCOURSES
  • CONCLUSION
  • CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY INTRODUCTION
  • MULTIPLE CASE STUDY
  • Selection of School Sites
  • MIXED METHODS APPROACH
  • QUANTITATIVE METHODS
  • Conceptual Differences in the Measurement of Collective Responsibility
  • Teacher Efficacy and Teacher Responsibility: Implications for Scale Development
  • QUALITATIVE METHODS
  • Individual and Group Interviews
  • CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DATA SET
  • Survey Data Set
  • Interview Data Set
  • Preparation of the Interview Data
  • LIMITATIONS OF THE METHODOLOGY
  • CONCLUSION
  • CHAPTER 4: EXPLORATION OF THE VARIABLES RELATED TO COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY INTRODUCTION
  • PREPARATION OF THE SURVEY DATA
  • FACTOR ANALYSIS AND SCALE RELIABILITY
  • Factor Structure
  • COMPARISON OF MEANS
  • Analysis of Variance and Effect Size Estimations
  • CORRELATION ANALYSIS
  • RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MEASURES OF TEACHER RESPONSIBILITY AND COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY
  • CONCLUSION
  • CHAPTER 5: COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY IN FOUR SCHOOLS
  • OVERVIEW
  • INTRODUCTION
  • GREENGATE PRIMARY SCHOOL
  • Contextual Overview
  • Professional Development

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