Description
The School Leader’s Guide to Learner-Centered Education introduces a transformative leadership model for creating and sustaining a learner-centered school environment. Using core principles of educational psychology the authors examine how educators can support student growth development and achievement by focusing on key factors such as cognition meta cognition motivation affect and individual differences. Numerous reflective exercises assessment tools and real-life success stories help readers:
Provide moral leadership for creating school change
Incorporate learning standards without sacrificing student engagement
Form learner-centered support groups that utilize networking and technology
Prepare students for the challenges of global citizenship
Promote success for diverse populations and marginalized groups
In today’s educational environment school leaders must find new ways to create a positive school climate for staff and students while helping them meet rigorous testing and accountability requirements.
Designed to meet the needs of a rapidly evolving world this new leadership paradigm provides school principals superintendents and district leaders with the means to engage all members of the educational community in a lifelong process of growth improvement and empowerment.
Features:Title – The School Leader’s Guide to Learner-Centered Education
Sub-Title – From Complexity to Simplicity
Editor – Barbara L. McCombs
Primary Author Affiliation – University of Denver Human Motivation Learning and Development Center Denver CO
Other Author – Lynda Miller
Binding – Paperback
Pages – 288
Publication Date – 01-Aug-08
Primary Subject Code – Leadership – CA7
Item Weight – 21 oz.
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