Improving School Learning Environments: A Resource Manual of Knowledge and Strategies.
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| Title: | Improving School Learning Environments: A Resource Manual of Knowledge and Strategies. |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Butler, E. Dean, Memphis Univ., TN. Center for Research in Educational Policy. |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 18 |
| Publication Date: | 1995 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | Tennessee State Dept. of Education, Nashville. |
| Document Type: | Information Analyses |
| Descriptors: | Educational Environment, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Organizational Climate, School Effectiveness, School Restructuring, State Action |
| Geographic Terms: | Tennessee |
| Abstract: | This paper presents information to be used by school-leadership teams engaged in the development of school-improvement plans. It reviews recent literature on shared leadership and collaborative schools, school-improvement teams, school culture, and effective schools/positive learning environments. The paper also identifies school-level and class-level characteristics of effective schools. The Positive Attitudes in Tennessee Schools (PATS) program, implemented in 1989 as part of the school-decentralization movement in Tennessee, is also described. The program seeks to build school capacities for transforming learning environments through regular and systemic assessments and school-leadership teams. The school-climate audits are used to identify and strengthen or modify school-climate dimensions. (Contains 66 references.) (LMI) |
| Entry Date: | 19960101 |
| Accession Number: | ED386787 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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