Professionalism, School Effectiveness and Quality Improvement

This book is not only a required reading for all education professionals; it serves as an important vehicle for educating professionals to the potentials and issues surrounding school effectiveness and satisfies a great need for up-to- date learning materials for Africa rapidly growing education professionals at undergraduate, graduate and post graduate levels. It is an invaluable source of practical information for education administrators, planners, designers, policy makers, researchers, students and teachers. While backed with theories, the advice is realistic and down to earth. This reader explores the nature of interaction between students and their teachers in the classroom. It emphasizes the importance of such relationships for students learning and education practices. It provides comprehensive practical information for courses on arts of teaching, curriculum and instruction, educational management and planning, philosophy of education, sociology of education, psychology of education, ICT in education and research methodology in education.