Synopses & Reviews
A crucial factor in school effectiveness is a healthy learning environment or school climate -- the foundation that supports the structures of teaching and learning. This book provides for the first time a framework for educators to look at school and classroom climates using both informal and formal measures. Each chapter focuses on a unique aspect of climate and includes instruments that can be used in assessments by heads of schools or teachers to judge the conduciveness of their learning environment. The book shows that measuring the influence of change-directed activities on the climate in which teaching and learning occurs is a key component in achieving educational excellence.
Table of Contents
Introduction / H. Jerome Freiberg -- Measuring, improving and sustaining healthy learning environments / H. Jerome Freiberg and T.A. Stein -- The role of school and classroom climate in elementary school learning environments / Bert P.M. Creemers and Gerry J. Reezigt -- Using informal and formal measures to create classroom profiles / Charles Teddlie and James Meza, Jr. -- Using learning environment assessments to improve classroom and school climates / Barry J. Fraser -- Organizational health profiles for high schools / Wayne K. Hoy and John A. Feldman -- Organizational climate and teacher professionalism : identifying teacher work environment dimensions / Sharon Conley and Donna E. Muncey -- Perceptions of parents and community members as a measure of school climate / Carla J. Stevens and Kathryn S. Sanchez -- The teachers' lounge and its role in improving learning environments in schools / Miriam Ben-Peretz, Shifra Schonmann and Haggai Kupermintz -- The impact of principal change facilitator style on school and classroom culture / Gene E. Hall and Archie A. George -- The phoenix rises from its ashes ... doesn't it? / Sam Stringfield -- Three creative ways to measure school climate and next steps / H. Jerome Freiberg.