Organizing Schools for Productive Learning

LIST OF TABLES LIST OF FIGURES Introduction Students are bored in school Why the boredom? The road to productive learning in school Chapter 1 Two Models of School Structure Structural change: necessary but not sufficient Organizational regularities in school 1. The one-by-one formula The ’one-by-one’ formula and the hierarchical nature of bureaucracy A hard-nosed view of the one-by-one concept 2. The greater than one formula A policy of instructional coherence The discipline oriented organization of schools Human organization is contrived What structure cannot do for teachers School organization and teaching practices: a summary of our goals Chapter 2 The School as a Community; the School in the Community Part 1: The school as a community School organization and community Communities and other enterprises The goals of the school as a community Community and academic disciplines Qualities of leadership Part 2: The school in the community The community as a site for learning Chapter 3 Student Engagement in Learning A cognitive-affective concept Engagement and the learning environment Engagement and students’ conceptions of learning Meaning and student autonomy Chapter 4 Class Size and School Size What is a large class? Teaching methods omitted from studies of class size Does class size inhibit innovation? School size Chapter 5 The Integrated Curriculum The fusion of academic disciplines The problem of relevance The problem of integration Chapter 6 Duration of Class Sessions and the Problem of Teaching Method The anticipated demise of the 50-minute hour Alternative teachingmethods and the 50-minute hour More alternative schedules Extensive and intensive study projects How schedule reform affects teaching: some research Teachers’ evaluations Results regarding students Some conclusions Chapter 7 Student Assessment Assessment as testing Alternative assessment Summative and formative assessment More alternative approaches to assessment Chapter 8 A Systems Approach to Organization and Instruction in Schools Systems integrate, bureaucracies separate A system is not a collection Classrooms as social systems Can schools adopt new principles of organization? References