This book provides a unique map of the focus and directions of contemporary research on school leadership since 2000 in 24 countries. Each of these directions has its own particular cultural, educational and policy history. Taken together, the various chapters in the volume provide a rich and varied mosaic of what is currently known and what is yet to be discovered about the roles and practices of principals, and their contributions to the improvement of teaching and the learning and achievement of students. The particular foci and methodological emphases of the research reported illustrate the different phases in the development of educational policies and provision in each country. This collection is an important addition to existing international research that has shown beyond any reasonable doubt that the influence of school principals is second only to that of teachers in their capacity to impact students’ progress and achievement and to promote equity and social justice.

Mejorar el rendimiento de una organización, a la par que la satisfacción y la realización de las personas que trabajan en ella, es la meta que cualquier buen empresario, gestor o directivo persigue en su día a día. Sin embargo, no todos la logran. Hace falta entrenar mucho el intelecto y la inteligencia emocional, entre otras capacidades, para subirse al podio del éxito en el arte del gobierno de las personas y las compañías. Con el fin de ayudar a cuantos más mejor a conseguir este fin, Javier Fernández Aguado, reconocido profesional del management, capitanea a otros once grandes expertos para ofrecer las claves y las reflexiones a quienes se interesen por este importante asunto. Las perspectivas de José Aguilar, José Manuel Casado, Cosimo Chiesa, Nuria Chinchilla, Luis Huete, Marcos Urarte, Eugenio de Andrés, Enrique Sueiro, Catalina Hoffmann, Christopher Smith y Francisco Misiego cubren tanto el ámbito público como el privado, el de las pymes y el de las multinacionales... Claves del management no es cualquier libro, sino el mejor ejemplo de que España ha dejado de ser importadora de pensamiento directivo para convertirse en exportadora neta del mismo. ¿Te lo vas a perder?

The International Handbook of Educational Change is a state of the art collection of the most important ideas and evidence of educational change. The book brings together some of the most influential thinkers and writers on educational change. It deals with issues like educational innovation, reform, restructuring, culture-building, inspection, school-review, and change management. It asks why some people resist change and what their resistance means. It looks at how men and women, older teachers and younger teachers, experience change differently. It looks at the positive aspects of change but does not hesitate to raise uncomfortable questions about many aspects of educational change either. It looks critically and controversially at the social, economic, cultural and political forces that are driving educational change. School leaders, system administration, teacher leaders, consultants, facilitators, educational researchers, staff developers and change agents of all kinds will find this book an indispensable resource for guiding them to both classic and cutting-edge understandings of educational change, no other work provides as comprehensive coverage of the field of educational change.

This book reviews of the development, implementation and practice of the disciplines of school effectiveness and school improvement. Seven main topics are addressed: History of the school effectiveness movement over the last 25 years; Changes in accountability and standards; Leadership in school effectiveness; Changes in teacher education; Impact of Diverse Populations; Education Funding and its Impact; and Best Practice Case Studies. The contributors are active in school effectiveness research worldwide.

This edition of the World Bank has been revised and expanded by the Terminology Unit in the Languages Services Division of the World Bank in collaboration with the English, Spanish, and French Translation Sections. The Glossary is intended to assist the Bank's translators and interpreters, other Bank staff using French and Spanish in their work, and free-lance translator's and interpreters employed by the Bank. For this reason, the Glossary contains not only financial and economic terminology and terms relating to the Bank's procedures and practices, but also terms that frequently occur in Bank documents, and others for which the Bank has a preferred equivalent. Although many of these terms, relating to such fields as agriculture, education, energy, housing, law, technology, and transportation, could be found in other sources, they have been assembled here for ease of reference. A list of acronyms occurring frequently in Bank texts (the terms to which they refer being found in the Glossary) and a list of international, regional, and national organizations will be found at the end of the Glossary.