Roll Call for Reform
Working Toward Making a Difference in Schools
By (author) Amanda M. Rudolph Foreword by Ann Nutter Coffman
Publication date:
23 April 2013Length of book:
100 pagesPublisher
R&L EducationDimensions:
236x160mm6x9"
ISBN-13: 9781610480659
This book explores the parallel issues for public school and higher education teachers as well as the different challenges they both face as they work toward systemic school change. The book includes narratives in each chapter depicting culture and environment of the different positions. Barriers and obstacles to educational reform specific to that environment as well as the unique strengths are discussed for each perspective. Ultimately, educational reform will need to be sustained in higher education in order to support systemic reform of the P-12 schools.
This book had me hooked from the first few pages. This authentic text presents thought-provoking questions that require concerted effort on all of our parts to resolve. How do we support classroom teachers to 'become champions of systematic educational reform' (Rudolph, 2012, p.3) when their daily schedule often prevents this? How do higher education faculty, who are engaging in research but are often removed from the actual classroom, make their findings practical and involve the classroom teacher in the process? Dr. Rudolph examines these tough questions and offers substantial possibilities for effecting educational change.