It places at the centre of the discourse some of the less controlable aspects of professional development - the undercurrents of professional presuppositions and beliefs as well as the surface waves of professional knowledge and learning. From this perspective, building a learning community is a dynamic process that engages the individual, the group and the organization in embedded interdependencies and mutual influences. ...

The book is divided into four sections. Section one presents qualitative data on the nature of organizational learning in schools, the conditions which foster or inhibit such learning, and some of the outcomes of such learing. Section two describes four distinct strategies for developing the organizational learning capacities of schools - cognitive mapping, participatory evaluation, professional development schools and action research. Section ...

This text aims to connect school organization theory with the school effectiveness knowledge base. Each chapter presents a comprehensive overview of the knowledge base on the central theme and addresses the question of what is known about the subject as a school effectiveness-enhancing condition. The conclusion discusses insight into the school organizational factors influencing the effectiveness of schools, and presents a proposal for the ...