School Improvement An Unofficial Approach [Paperback]

Martin Thrupp argues that there has to be a much bigger educational and social justice agenda to school improvement than the managerial approaches typically taken by government policy. He critiques those school improvement texts, courses and consultancies which mostly frame their analyses within the terms of current policy and therefore act to apologise for it. An alternative, more critical approach to school improvement is developed in the book and the author also provides examples of practical strategies to be employed within this approach.

Guide to acronymsChapter 1Introduction Chapter 2Always winter and never ChristmasChapter 3Just one piece of Turkish Delight?Chapter 4Even the trees are on her sideChapter 5Best keep down here Chapter 6A strange sweet noise Recommended reading Notes References