Books by David Hopkins
These are some of my most recent and popular books. For a complete list view my publications list.
Every School a Great School
| Publisher: | Open University Press |
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| ISBN-10: | 0335220991 |
| ISBN-13: | 978-0335220991 |
David Hopkins in this book argues that 'every school a great school' is not just a slogan, but an aspiration for the next stage of educational reform, in which each student has the opportunity to reach their potential. The book argues that for 'every school a great school' to become a reality, it requires a move from individual school improvement efforts and 'top down' short term objectives to a sustainable system wide response that seeks to rebalance between national prescription and schools leading reform with a presumption towards the latter.
Ensuring that every school is a great school requires strategies that not only continue to raise standards, but also build capacity within the system. There are a limited number of educational drivers, that, if pursued relentlessly and deeply, have the potential to deliver 'every school a great school'. These are:
- personalised learning;
- professionalised teaching;
- networking and innovation; and
- intelligent accountability
It is the power of system leaders to mould the four drivers to particular and individual school contexts. It is leadership that enables systemic reform to be both generic in terms of overall strategy and specific in adapting to individual and particular situations. It is also system leaders who reach beyond their own school to create networks and collaborative arrangements that, not only add richness and excellence to the learning of students, but also act as agents of educational transformation.
A Teacher's Guide to Classroom Research
| Publisher: | Open University Press |
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| ISBN-10: | 033521004X |
| ISBN-13: | 978-0335210046 |
This book is a practical guide for teachers that wish to conduct research in their classrooms and for schools that wish to improve their practice. Classroom research, as described in this book, will enable teachers to enhance their own or their colleagues' teaching, to test the assumptions of educational theory in practice and to implement and evaluate whole school developments. A Teacher's Guide to Classroom Research is currently being updated and it will emphasise the contribution teacher research can make to enhance personalized learning and school transformation.
School Improvement for Real
| Publisher: | Routledge Falmer |
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| ISBN-10: | 0415230764 |
| ISBN-13: | 978-0415230766 |
School Improvement for Real offers a strategy for educational change that focuses on student achievement by modifying classroom practice and adapting the management arrangements within the school to support teaching and learning. It outlines an approach to school improvement that has a medium-term, systemic orientation, providing both principles and suggestions for better practice. Hopkins argues in detail that it is only through viewing school improvement holistically and by adopting strategic, inclusive response that the challenge of enhancing the level of student learning and achievement can be met.
Models of Learning - Tools for Teachers
| Publisher: | Open University Press |
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| ISBN-10: | 0335210152 |
| ISBN-13: | 978-0335210152 |
Authors Joyce, Calhoun and Hopkins provide a comprehensive, accessible and successful text to meet the needs of teacher, advisers, inspectors, teacher educators and educational researchers. Its purpose is to introduce some of the array of models of teaching that have been developed, polished and studied over the thirty years. Some of these models have been shown both to accelerate rates of learning and also bring within reach of pupils types of conceptual control and models of inquiry which have been almost impossible to generate through traditional chalk and talk teaching. Rather than being formulas to be followed slavishly, each model brings teachers into the study of how students learn thereby promoting reflective action research in the classroom.
Improving the Quality of Education for All
| Publisher: | David Fulton Publishers |
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| ISBN-10: | 1853466496 |
| ISBN-13: | 978-1853466496 |
The Improving the Quality of Education for All (IQEA) school improvement project has, over six years, produced and evaluated a model of development that strengthens the school's ability to provide high quality education for all its pupils by building upon existing good practice. The schools within the IQEA network have also provided the setting for a long term investigation into the processes of school change and the enhancement of student achievement. The book contains many examples of the kinds of specific changes which have taken place in IQEA schools, relating both to the progress of students and the professional development of their teachers. These examples demonstrate that improving the quality of education has many facets, not all of which can be measured and translated into league tables.
Creating the conditions for Teaching and Learning
| Publisher: | David Fulton Publishers |
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| ISBN-10: | -1853466892 |
| ISBN-13: | 978-1853466892 |
This handbook, arising out of the IQEA project, focuses on a basic repertoire of teaching and learning strategies and a series of activities designed to help teachers extend and deepen their range of teaching skills. The authors set out for CPD tutors ways of bringing research evidence and critical self-reflection to bear on practice, in the pursuit of confident teaching and effective learning. The goal is to locate and unleash the full potential of individual teachers through evidence, reflection and variety, rather than to impose pre-determined notions or models of teaching and learning, regardless of the relevance to particular groups of students and their teachers.
Personal Growth Through Adventure
| Publisher: | David Fulton Publishers |
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| ISBN-10: | 185346158X |
| ISBN-13: | 978-1853461583 |
The powerful impact of adventure education experiences upon people’s self-confidence, upon their understanding of their relationship with the wider social and natural environment, is now widely recognized. What is less clear is how this impact is produced, what are the processes of change and development which take place, and what are the implications for society. Personal Growth through Adventure directly addresses these themes. The book explores the basic psychological and sociological ideas underlying adventure education, and the principles involved in programme design, with a series of case studies to illustrate examples of good practice. The authors also seek to place adventure education on a wider context by exploring the evolution of an underlying philosophy, and suggesting how this approach may be increasingly relevant.