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Direct linkFahey, Kevin; Breidenstein, Angela; Ippolito, Jacy; Hensley, Frances – Teachers College Press, 2019
This book is for educators who believe that schools need to be improved and are hopeful that real change can be achieved. The authors argue that if educators want to create more equitable, socially just, and learner-focused schools, then they need a more robust, transformational theory of school change--an UnCommon Theory. After describing the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Theories, Educational Improvement, Standards
Drago-Severson, Eleanor; Blum-DeStefano, Jessica – Harvard Education Press, 2016
In "Tell Me So I Can Hear You", Eleanor Drago-Severson and Jessica Blum-DeStefano show how education leaders can learn to deliver feedback in a way that strengthens relationships as well as performance and builds the capacity for growth. Drawing on constructive-developmental theory, the authors describe four stages of adult growth and…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Teachers, Leaders, Capacity Building
Kaufman, Michael – University of Chicago Press, 2019
Work hard in school, graduate from a top college, establish a high-paying professional career, enjoy the long-lasting reward of happiness. This is the American Dream--and yet basic questions at the heart of this competitive journey remain unanswered. Does competitive success, even rarified entry into the Ivy League and the top one percent of…
Descriptors: Success, Competition, Psychological Patterns, Undergraduate Students
Drago-Severson, Eleanor – Harvard Education Press, 2012
How can we prepare practicing and aspiring education leaders for the complex, adaptive challenges they face? In "Helping Educators Grow," Eleanor Drago-Severson presents a new approach to leadership development. Too often, she argues, we teach leadership development the same way we teach world history: just the facts. Instead, we need to…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Management Development, Capacity Building, Trust (Psychology)
Sachs, Brad E. – Palgrave Macmillan, 2010
In today's rapidly changing world and challenging economy, young adults increasingly find themselves at a crossroads between financial and emotional dependence and autonomy. Drawing on Dr. Sachs' extensive clinical experience and his illuminating discussion of the latest psychological research, "Emptying the Nest" will support parents in their…
Descriptors: Psychological Studies, Child Rearing, Young Adults, Family Relationship
Brookfield, Stephen D.; Holst, John D. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2010
This book offers new readings of the theory, politics, policy, and practice of radical adult education and learning where people's lives are understood as complex and interrelated matters. Brookfield and Holst's poetics and deeply human prose sound rebellious; the authors confront some of the main radical trends in the field of adult education…
Descriptors: Popular Education, Critical Theory, Transformative Learning, Adult Education
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Download full textPracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2017
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2017, taking place in Budapest, Hungary, from 29 of April to 1 of May, 2017. Modern psychology offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Anxiety, Cognitive Restructuring, Outcomes of Treatment
