Furman School as Community

From Promise to Practice
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-7914-8835-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 315 Seiten

Reihe: SUNY series, Educational Leadership

Addresses the question: How can school communities be created and sustained?

Autoren/Hrsg.

Furman, Gail

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Section I: The School as Community: Extending Our Conceptual Understanding
1. The Complexity and Coherence of Educational Communities: An Analysis of the Images that Reflect and Influence Scholarship and Practice
Lynn G. Beck
2. Postmodernism and Community in Schools: Unraveling the Paradox
Gail Furman
3. The Role of Community in Spiritually Centered Leadership for Justice
Colleen A. Capper, Madeline M. Hafner, and Maureen W. Keyes
Section II: Research on School Community: Focus on Teachers
4. Contradictions of School Community in Restructuring Elementary Schools: Lessons from a Case Study
Paul Goldman and Gerald Tindal
5. Tensions and Struggles in Moving Toward a Democratic School Community
Ulrich C. Reitzug and Mary John O'Hair
6. Learning from Educators: Insights into Building Communities of Difference
Carolyn M. Shields
Section III: Research on School Community: Focus on Students
7. Schools as Communities for Students
Karen Osterman
8. Thinking about Community from a Student Perspective
Carolyn M. Shields
9. Children with Severe Disabilities in Regular Classrooms: Risk and Opportunity for Creating Inclusive Communities
Charles A. Peck, Chrysan Gallucci, and Debbie Staub
Section IV: Research on School Community: The Ecological Perspective
10. The Microecology of Social Capital Formation: Developing Community beyond the Schoolhouse Door
Hanne B. Mawhinney
11. Listening to Communities: An Ecological Perspective on Education and Human Services
Robert G. Croninger and Barbara Finkelstein
Conclusion: Toward a Practice of School Community
Gail Furman
Contributors
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Gail Furman is Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Counseling Psychology at Washington State University. She is the coauthor of Community and Schools: Promise and Paradox.