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Rethinking the education mess : a systems approach to education reform /

This book uses a form of systems thinking to provide a new vision and tools to all those working to improve schools, implement reforms, and keep them safe from violence. It analyzes K-12 education as a complex, "messy" system, which must be understood and tackled as a whole rather than as...

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Main Authors: Mitroff, Ian I
Group Author: Hill, Lindan B; Alpaslan, Can M. Can Murat
Published: Palgrave Macmillan,
Publisher Address: New York, NY :
Publication Dates: 2013.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: First edition.
Series: Palgrave pivot
Subjects:
Educational change > United States
System analysis
Education
Educational change
United States
Summary: This book uses a form of systems thinking to provide a new vision and tools to all those working to improve schools, implement reforms, and keep them safe from violence. It analyzes K-12 education as a complex, "messy" system, which must be understood and tackled as a whole rather than as a collection of problems that can each be studied in isolation. No single factor by itself (such as great teachers, adequate parenting, or good living conditions) is sufficient to lower the achievement gap, even though each of the factors is necessary. Employing Jungian typology to clarify to different stak
Carrier Form: xv, 172 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-166) and index.
ISBN: 9781137384829 (hardback) :
1137384824
Index Number: LA217
CLC: G571.21
Call Number: G571.21/M684
Contents: Introduction : TEM, The Education Mess -- What Is a System and What Is a Mess? -- The Psychology and Philosophy of Inquiry, Philosophical Psychology, and Psychological Philosophy -- The Charter School Mess, A Messy Systems View -- The Charter Schools of the Future -- Possible Designs -- Hiding in Plain Sight : Education Reform in Indiana -- General Heuristics for Coping with The Education Mess -- Waiting for Wilberforce -- Making Sense of and Coping with the Tragic and Senseless -- Crisis Management -- An Imperative For Schools -- Epilogue.

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