Steven Katz – författare

Vägen framåt för svensk skola ligger till stor del i kollegialt lärande. Men i utvecklingsarbetet kring kollegialt lärande är det ibland svårt att komma vidare och få till verklig förändring.

Hur ska det kollegiala lärandet bäst organiseras?Vilka är de vanligaste utmaningarna och hur bemöts dessa på bästa sätt?

Professionsutveckling & kollegialt lärande – framgångsfaktorer och utvecklande motstånd svarar på just dessa frågor. Boken ger lärare och rektorer konkret hjälp med det komplexa skolutvecklingsarbetet och innehåller en mängd användbara verktyg och strategier.

Genom forskning, inte minst ett stort antal meta-studier, vet vi med rela­tivt stor säkerhet vad som ”borde fungera” i skolan. Ändå är det svårt att omsätta sådana generella forskningsresultat i praktiken, så att de får en positiv effekt på elevers lärande. Här krävs ett gemen­samt och undersökande arbete, men också en tilltro till den kollek­tiva förmågan att åstadkomma positiv förändring. Boken förklarar varför tilliten till den kollektiva förmågan i en grupp är avgörande vid förbättringsarbete och hur en sådan tillit påver­kar gruppers ansträngning, motivation och beslutsamhet. Vidare disku­terar författarna betydelsen av att fostra en uppgifts­orienterad snarare än en prestationsorienterad miljö, där gruppen lär tillsammans, undersöker orsakssammanhang samt agerar med­vetet och mål­inrik­tat. I en sådan grupp stärks tron på den kollektiva förmågan genom observationer och analys av målinriktat arbete och erfarenheter av att lyckas. Betydelsen av känslor och övertygelser i förändringsarbete berörs också i boken. Kraften i den kollektiva förmågan vänder sig till verksamma lärare och rektorer.

An anthology of essays examining the nature and practice of sexual masochismThe contested psychoanalytic concept of masochism has served to open up pathways into less-explored regions of the human mind and behavior. Here, rituals of pain and sexual abusiveness prevail, and sometimes gruesome details of unconscious fantasies are constructed out of psychological pain, desperate need, and sexually excited, self- destructive violence.In this significant addition to the Essential Papers in Psychoanalysis series, Margaret Ann Fitzpatrick Hanly presents an anthology of the most outstanding writings in the psychoanalytic study of masochism. In bringing these essays together, Dr. Fitzpatrick Hanly expertly combines classic and contemporary theories by the most respected scholars in the field to create a varied and integrated volume.This collection features papers by S. Nacht, R. Loewenstein, Victor Smirnoff, Sigmund Freud, Jacques Laplanche, Robert Bak, Leonard Shengold, K. Novick, J. Novick, S. Coen, Margaret Brenman, Esther Menaker, S. Lorand, M. Balint, Bernhard Berliner, Charles Brenner, Helene Deutsch, Annie Reich, Marie Bonaparte, Jessica Benjamin, S.L. Olinick, Arnold Modell, Betty Joseph, and Janine Chasseguet-Smirgel.

A History of Anti-Semitism examines the history, culture and literature of antisemitism from antiquity to the present. With contributions from an international team of scholars, whose essays were specially commissioned for this volume, it covers the long history of antisemitism starting with ancient Greece and Egypt, through the anti-Judaism of early Christianity, and the medieval era in both the Christian and Muslim worlds when Jews were defined as 'outsiders,' especially in Christian Europe. This portrayal often led to violence, notably pogroms that often accompanied Crusades, as well as to libels against Jews. The volume also explores the roles of Luther and the Reformation, the Enlightenment, the debate over Jewish emancipation, Marxism, and the social disruptions after World War 1 that led to the rise of Nazism and genocide. Finally, it considers current issues, including the dissemination of hate on social media and the internet and questions of definition and method.

A History of Anti-Semitism examines the history, culture and literature of antisemitism from antiquity to the present. With contributions from an international team of scholars, whose essays were specially commissioned for this volume, it covers the long history of antisemitism starting with ancient Greece and Egypt, through the anti-Judaism of early Christianity, and the medieval era in both the Christian and Muslim worlds when Jews were defined as 'outsiders,' especially in Christian Europe. This portrayal often led to violence, notably pogroms that often accompanied Crusades, as well as to libels against Jews. The volume also explores the roles of Luther and the Reformation, the Enlightenment, the debate over Jewish emancipation, Marxism, and the social disruptions after World War 1 that led to the rise of Nazism and genocide. Finally, it considers current issues, including the dissemination of hate on social media and the internet and questions of definition and method.

Train educators on using the power of data to positively impact student achievement!

Based on the best-selling book Leading Schools in a Data-Rich World, this guide gives staff developers and workshop leaders the tools to facilitate book study groups, seminars, and professional development events to help school leaders integrate data as a catalyst for school change and enhanced student performance.

This easy-to-use guidebook offers step-by-step instructions to support training sessions that can help educators gain:

An understanding of data analysis and data interpretationAn inquiry "habit of mind" to view the use of data as an integral part of the school improvement processLeadership capacity that supports an inquiry process

Each chapter features:

Facilitator's notesDiscussion questionsTimed activities

The Facilitator's Guide to Leading Schools in a Data-Rich World is ideal for staff developers or anyone leading professional training for groups of any size—pairs, small workshops, or large seminars.

"Taking your school from great to greater—this compelling book gives you tools to use with staff for reflecting on and refining professional practices. You and your team will find tools for taking learners to the next level of improvement!"—Lynn A. Kaszynski, Principal Harrison Street Elementary School, Sunbury, OHNetworked learning communities: A powerful school improvement strategy for school leaders!Ideal for school leaders and superintendents leading change efforts, this book describes how separate professional learning communities can be linked across schools by common instructional and learning issues to create dynamic networked learning communities (NLCs). Drawing on their work with schools throughout North America and England, Steven Katz, Lorna M. Earl, and Sonia Ben Jaafar show how participants in NLCs can share professional knowledge that ultimately improves performance at the school and district level.Through a sample school narrative, the book illustrates how NLCs can significantly enhance instruction, increase student performance, and empower local professional learning communities. This resource examines:Collaborative inquiry as a process that challenges teachers′ thinking, generates new learning, and fosters trusting relationshipsThe development of formal and informal leadership roles in NLCsHow NLCs support systematic data analysis and accountabilityDemonstrating how NLCs—small or large, local or statewide—can promote critical reforms while strengthening the work of individual professional learning communities, this invaluable resource reveals how educators can join forces across school and district boundaries to generate deep, meaningful, and sustainable change.

"Taking your school from great to greater—this compelling book gives you tools to use with staff for reflecting on and refining professional practices. You and your team will find tools for taking learners to the next level of improvement!"—Lynn A. Kaszynski, Principal Harrison Street Elementary School, Sunbury, OH

Networked learning communities: A powerful school improvement strategy for school leaders!

Ideal for school leaders and superintendents leading change efforts, this book describes how separate professional learning communities can be linked across schools by common instructional and learning issues to create dynamic networked learning communities (NLCs). Drawing on their work with schools throughout North America and England, Steven Katz, Lorna M. Earl, and Sonia Ben Jaafar show how participants in NLCs can share professional knowledge that ultimately improves performance at the school and district level.

Through a sample school narrative, the book illustrates how NLCs can significantly enhance instruction, increase student performance, and empower local professional learning communities. This resource examines:

Collaborative inquiry as a process that challenges teachers' thinking, generates new learning, and fosters trusting relationshipsThe development of formal and informal leadership roles in NLCsHow NLCs support systematic data analysis and accountability

Demonstrating how NLCs—small or large, local or statewide—can promote critical reforms while strengthening the work of individual professional learning communities, this invaluable resource reveals how educators can join forces across school and district boundaries to generate deep, meaningful, and sustainable change.

We interrupt this program to bring meaningful, conceptual change to your team's professional learning!

If you're involved in professional learning, you know that big ideas can sometimes get stuck on the way to becoming real change. Steven Katz and Lisa Ain Dack explain the secret to getting unstuck: interrupting the status quo of traditional activity-based professional development to help educators embrace permanent changes in thinking and behavior. They outline a process—grounded in psychological research—for real professional learning that ultimately leads to improved student achievement.

You can enable true learning by

Building a focus on learning, collaborative inquiry, and formal and informal instructional leadership in schoolsRecognizing the psychological processes involved in adult learning, and overcoming the psychological biases and barriers to change Using tools and strategies such as critical friend relationships, learning conversations, task sheets, and protocols

Illustrated with concrete, school-based examples drawn from real practice, Intentional Interruption shows how rethinking professional learning can lead to the development of a real and sustainable learning culture in your school.

"Few books challenge your thinking of a field to this degree. The authors reveal the secret key to unlocking true professional learning and thus impact for students."—Terry Morganti-Fisher, ConsultantLearning Forward

"Before your learning team goes much further, it needs to stop, read, and collectively reflect on these insights. This book will identify those sticky challenges and how you can optimize your joint work."—Mag Gardner, Superintendent of Student AchievementHamilton-Wentworth District School Board, ON

Jump start your roles as “learning leader” and “lead learner!”

 

Designed for leaders to learn and lead within the “middle space” between the seemingly opposing dynamics of district expectations and practitioner experience, this book advances the concept of the school as a learning organization. This innovative perspective guides leaders through an intentional, deliberate learning process to develop intelligent, responsive leadership practice. Using stories, strategies, and tools, the authors

Explain the power of “purposeful practice” as a methodology for getting better Show how to build the requisite capacities to lead effectively via “influence” Describe how to turn adaptive challenges into leadership inquiries for growth

"This important work demonstrates and reinforces the idea that continuous improvement can only come from deep, intentional, focused, and hard work on the part of everyone within an organization. While the examples are rooted within schools and school districts, this work is applicable to any organization that seeks meaningful and specific improvement in their results. This is a must-read for leaders!"

—Lynn Macan

University at Albany - SUNY, Albany, NY

Harness the power of collective efficacy to achieve quality implementation!  Designed to overcome a common barrier to successful implementation of school improvement efforts--entrenched belief systems--this book digs deeper into the power of collective efficacy. Teams with a strong sense of collective efficacy devise ways to make “what’s supposed to work” actually work, and find ways to exercise control over challenges that surround them. In addition to the examples from both inside and outside of education, readers will find • Ways to create environments that tap into mastery as the number one source of collective efficacy  • Methods to strengthen vicarious experiences through observational learning • Examination of social persuasion and affective states as additional sources of collective efficacy Expanding on this critically-important topic, this book accentuates the importance of collective efficacy as the single most important driver of student achievement and the key to successful implementation. This book is the spark you need to look at implementation in a completely new light.