Product Description: The purposes and processes of leading and managing primary schools, like the processes of teaching and learning, are complex. They defy generalized prescriptions, easy analysis and simplistic solutions. In this book the authors explore the intricate processes involved in helping people to be, and to perform, at their best, believing that excellent leaders ar...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This study has two aims. Firstly, to consider the challenges facing primary schools as they move towards a new century and a new millennium; and secondly. to celebrate the work of primary schools and note their unique qualities and achievements...read more

Product Description: The UK National Curriculum reforms build on the assumption that if the content is right, standards will rise. This book challenges this assumption and argues that the teaching and learning process itself is vital. The author discusses how we have vastly underestimated individuals' capacity to manage their own learning...read more

Product Description: Schools are currently undergoing a period of upheaval and change as they adapt to new requirements and altered circumstances. This book sets out to explore the world of change in which education is now set.