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Changing Classroom Practices: The Role of School-Wide Capacity for Sustainable Improvement
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Peter J.C. Sleegers; Eric E.J. Thoonen; Frans J. Oort; Thea T.D. Peetsma – Journal of Educational Administration, 2014
Purpose: Elementary schools have been confronted with large-scale educational reforms as strategies to improve the educational quality. While building school-wide capacity for improvement is considered critical for changing teachers' classroom practices, there is still little empirical evidence for link between enhanced school capacity for…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary School Teachers, Educational Change, Elementary Schools
An Extreme Case of Action Learning at BAT Niemeyer
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Eckstein, Emiel; Veenhoven, Gert; De Loo, Ivo – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2009
Becoming a "winning organization" when one currently is an "ugly ducking" can be a difficult and strenuous task. BAT Niemeyer in the Netherlands succeeded in making such a transformation over the course of four years. Action learning was used, among other methods, to steer part of this transformation, in which employee…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Employees, Professional Development
The Netherlands' Firebird School: Clusters for a Flexible Learning Environment
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Stuebing, Susan – PEB Exchange, 2005
Innovative teaching methods and organisational change make new demands on our future learning environments. The Brink and the Laak Clusters are two related examples of a new type of building for a community in the Netherlands. The Firebird School ("Vuurvogel"), a primary school for students from ages 4 to 12, is currently housed in the…
Descriptors: Building Design, Foreign Countries, Educational Environment, Teaching Methods