Building Community in Schools
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Sergiovanni, T.J. |
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1994 |
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Building Community in Schools |
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Jossey-Bass, Inc.
350 Sansome Street
San Francisco, California 94104
(415) 433-1740
Fax: (800) 605-2665
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http://www.josseybass.com/ |
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| Suggested Audience |
- Teachers
- Administrators
- Parents
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| Descriptors |
- Access to education
- Equal education
- Administrator roles
- Leadership
- Organizational climate
- Curriculum
- Teacher roles
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Content Abstract
Both in and out of schools, people are experiencing a loss of community. In this book, Thomas J. Sergiovanni explains why a sense of community is so vital to the success of any school, and he shows teachers, parents, and administrators what they can do to rebuild it.
Building community, according to Sergiovanni, requires the development of a ”community mind” represented in shared values, conceptions, and ideas about schooling and human nature. Using case studies and other school examples to illustrate his points, Sergiovanni shows how important it is to shift the focus away from schools as organizations based on contracts and rewards to schools as communities bound by moral commitment, trust, and a sense of purpose. Along with revealing the day-to-day struggles of making this transition, Sergiovanni also provides the necessary intellectual framework for understanding the human quest to build communities that are inclusive, meaningful, and democratic. Chapter titles are: (1) ”Changing Our Theory of Schooling,” (2) ”Relationships in Communities,” (3) ”Emerging School Communities,” (4) ”Understanding Our Need for Community,” (5) ”Becoming a Purposeful Community,” (6) ”Using Curriculum to Build Community,” (7) ”The Classroom as Democratic Community,” (8) ”Becoming a Professional Community,” (9) ”Becoming a Community of Learners,” (10) ”Becoming a Community of Leaders,” and (11) ”The Challenge of Leadership.” (excerpt from book back cover)
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