The Learning Equation

Daniel Wentland

doi:10.5771/9781475863604

Summary

Maximizing the learning environment and focusing on the principles of learning are the most critical needs facing educational leaders of every rank. The Learning Equation: The Education Process and Effective Schools, Teachers, and Students develops a “learning equation” that depicts various learning situations based upon the effectiveness of the school environment and the degree to which students want to learn.

The book begins with a practical framework that provides educational leaders with a means of creating an environment that will maximize student learning. The second part of the book underscores important aspects of learning that will help both students and educational leaders. The information in the two parts of the book is captured by the development of ‘the learning equation’ which predicts student academic performance. The learning equation cuts through political and educational ideologies and focuses on reality. Ultimately, the learning equation highlights how student achievement can be finally improved.

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Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4758-6358-1
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4758-6360-4
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 110
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. 1. Social Policies Must be Based upon Facts No access
1. 1. Problems with Education No access
  2. Critical Points to Remember No access
2. 1. Systems and Organizational Culture No access
  2. Setting the Stage for SEM: Workplace Parameters No access
  3. The First Workplace Parameter: Trust between Administrative and Nonadministrative Employees No access
  4. The Second Workplace Parameter: A Non-Politicized Work Environment No access
  5. The Third Workplace Parameter: Work Tasks and Ethical Behavior No access
  6. The SEM No access
  7. Critical Points to Remember No access
3. 1. Norm of Reciprocity No access
  2. Social Exchange Theory No access
  3. Efficiency Wage No access
  4. Merit Pay No access
  5. The Right Action Principle No access
  6. The Characteristics of the Right Type of Leader (Y-type Leader or Administrator) No access
  7. The Characteristics of a CREEP Leadership Style (X-type Leader or Administrator) No access
  8. A Description of the Right Type of Leader (Y-type Leader or Administrator) No access
  9. The Description of a CREEP (X-type Leader or Administrator) No access
  10. Critical Points to Remember No access
  11. References No access
4. 1. A School Can Become Obsolete and Eventually Become an Unproductive and Ineffective Learning Environment No access
  2. 85 Percent of the Problems in an Organization Are Under the Control of Management No access
  3. Changing the Managerial –Administrative – Employee Paradigm and Maximizing the School Environment to Improve Student Learning No access
  4. Effective Management Principles No access
  5. Critical Points to Remember No access
  6. References No access
5. 1. Three Workplace Attitudes: Job Satisfaction, Job Involvement, and Organizational Commitment No access
  2. The JCM No access
  3. Critical Points to Remember No access
  4. Reference No access
6. 1. Recap No access
  2. Understanding Strategic Planning, Decision-Making, and Value Creation No access
  3. Managerial Decision-Making No access
  4. Decision-Making Models No access
  5. The Optimizing Model No access
  6. The Satisficing Model No access
  7. The Implicit Favorite Model No access
  8. Organizational Procedures View No access
  9. The Intuitive Model No access
  10. The Political View No access
  11. The Individual Differences Perspective No access
  12. Cost Leadership Strategy No access
  13. Differentiation Strategy No access
  14. Focus Strategy No access
  15. Critical Points to Remember No access
  16. References No access
7. Chapter 7: An Effective School Environment in a Nutshell No access
1. 1. Reinforcement Theory No access
  2. Social Learning Theory No access
  3. Goal-Setting Theory No access
  4. Need Theories No access
  5. Expectancy Theory No access
  6. Critical Points to Remember No access
2. 1. What Teachers Make No access
  2. Critical Points to Remember No access
3. 1. The Blame Game No access
  2. Critical Points to Remember No access
4. 1. Learning Is a Complex Task No access
  2. Critical Points to Remember No access
  3. References No access
5. 1. Critical Points to Remember No access
  2. Reference No access
6. 1. The Achievement Rating Scale of the Learning Equation No access
  2. Worthless Degrees Are Worthless No access
  3. The Value Equation No access
  4. Critical Points to Remember No access
Epilogue: Summing Everything Up No access Pages 109 - 110