1st Edition
Effective Schooling for the Community Core-Plus Education
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 ideas for school leaders to build strategies for improving school programme possiblities and processes to encourage greater community involvement.
Biography
Tony Townsend is Director of the South Pacific Centre for School and Community Development, and is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education at Monash University.