Effective Schooling for the Community: Core-Plus Education

by Tony Townsend

Book Overview

This book offers a new perspective on the management of schools by bringing together the knowledge and understanding of school effectiveness and community education. Tony Townsend argues that the core activity of the school, to provide a learning environment for children, should be supplemented by educational activities that service the needs of the community as a whole. He offers a model for the development of the 'core-plus' school, including practical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415104181
• ISBN13: 9780415104180
• Release Date: December 1993
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary