School Improvement Networks and Collaborative Inquiry : Fostering Systemic Change in Challenging Contexts.

Intro -- SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT NETWORKS AND COLLABORATIVE INQUIRY -- Copyright Page -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES, ACRONYMSAND TABLES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- Introduction -- Professional Learning Networks -- Book Guiding Questions -- Book Chapters -- 1: School Improvement Networks in a Market-Oriented Education -- A Reform to Strenghten Public Education in a Market-Oriented System -- Chile's Educational Improvement Policy Framework -- School Improvement Networks -- 2: Collaborative Inquiry in Challenging Contexts -- Collaborative Educational Culture -- Collaboration in School Networks -- Collaborative Inquiry -- Principles and Values of Collaborative Inquiry -- The Collaborative Inquiry Cycle -- Identification of Common Challenges -- Inquiry and Taking Action -- Monitoring and Reflection -- Collaborative Inquiry and Professional Capital -- 3: A National Mixed-Methods Study of School Networks in Chile -- Mixed-Methods Design -- A Multi-Site Case Study of SIN -- SIN National Questionnaire -- Descriptive Analysis of the National Questionnaire -- Mixing Procedure -- 4: School Networks: From Competition to Collaboration -- Identification of Common Challenges -- Establishing Common Purposes -- Negotiating SIN Purpose among Partners -- Inquiry and Taking Action -- Disseminating and Inquiring of Educational Policies -- Collaborative Practices among School Leaders -- Knowledge Mobilization between Networks and Schools -- Monitoring and Reflection -- Developing Formal Strategies for Collective Reflection -- Identifying and Evaluating Network Outcomes -- Synthesis of Findings -- 5: Sustainability of the School Improvement ­Networks -- Effective Networks and Professional Capital -- Sustainability and Network Leadership -- Leading Downwards -- Lateral Leadership -- Leading Upwards -- System Infrastructure.

Fostering Systemic Improvement in Challenging Contexts -- Appendix -- References -- INDEX.

This book describes the processes and challenges of implementing collaborative practices in School Improvement Networks, focussing specifically on examples from Chile. The Chilean case is significant for other challenging contexts, particularly rural communities, that still seek to implement collaborative inquiry projects.

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