Brian O'Connell writes
>I have found very little literature on schools as learning
>organizations, and I am looking for help and guidance.
I found a few resources you may find applicable (thanks to the UW-Madison
Library):
A sound recording of Dennis Sparks interviewing Michael Fullan on schools
as learning organizations (Oxford, Ohio, National Staff Development
Council, 1994)
Six books written since 1995 on South African Educational Policy:
Education Policy in the New South Africa
Education After Apartheid
Education in a Future South Africa
An Analysis of Educational Challenges in the New South Africa
South Africa: Education in Transition
Mokoko: The Makgoba Affair
There have been a couple of threads here on schools as learning
organizations so you may want to look through the learning org archives.
On a slightly different tack, a book by Pearl S. Buck titled *Tell the
People: Talks with James Yen about the Mass Education Movement* may
provide some insight into an alternative educational system.
One caveat: I have only read the last book mentioned, and have no idea
whether the others will suit your needs.
Dennis Presser
dennis.presser@doa.state.wi.us
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