Transforming School Improvement now and for the Future
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School improvement is in danger ofbecoming simply a tool for the agendas ofpolicy makers to raise attainment in westernschool systems. While this agenda is importantwe argue that the focus on attainment andschool performance is inadequate to meet thechallenges of young people's futures.Furthermore we argue that an emphasis onperformance and delivery of outcomes is takingthe focus off learning. Schools will have nocurrency in the future unless there is greateremphasis on learning. This paper is acontribution to the debate about the futuredirection of school improvement. To develop these arguments this paperexplores three inter-linked themes: 1. School improvement theory and practiceneed to change direction to take more accountof schools' contexts and their likely futurecontexts. 2. Our beliefs about the purposes ofschooling and assumptions about schoolimprovement, its aims and how it is promotedare affected by our worldviews. The worldviewscurrently holding sway in schools and educationoften work against an emancipatory agenda. 3. School improvement must focus more onthe learning of all members of the schoolcommunity.
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