TY - BOOK AU - Harris,Alma AU - Bennett,Nigel TI - School effectiveness and school improvement : : alternative perspectives / SN - 0826451217 SN - 978082647 U1 - 371.200941 21 PY - 2005/// CY - London, New York PB - Continuum KW - School improvement programs KW - Great Britain KW - School management and organization N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Introduction 2. Contemporary perspectives on school effectiveness and school improvement 3. Beyond school effectiveness and school improvement? 4. A structural critique of school effectiveness and school improvement 5. The micro-politics of change, improvement and effectiveness in schools 6. Power, structure and culture: an organizational view of school effectiveness and school improvement 7. A cultural perspective on school effectiveness, school improvement and teacher professional development 8. School effectiveness, school improvement and the teaching profession of the twenty first century 9. A contextual perspective: fitting school round the needs of students 10. School effectiveness and school improvement: future challenges and possibilities ER -