Lecture 1 Jessamine case study

Lecture 1 Jessamine case study

Lecture 1 is a concise description of the Jessamine county educational system (context) and the case study. Due to the above mentioned, this lecture is interesting as such and worth watching. At the end of the lecture Professor Björk gives three group tasks which are discussed in the second lecture.

Before any lecture either open or save to your computer the assigned PowerPoint presentations.

Assignment before the lecture: Please read Björk. L. 2000. The transformative role of school superintendents: creating a community of learners. In P. Short and J. Scribner (Eds.), Case studies on superintendency. Lancaster, PA: Technomic Publishing co. pp. 41-60.
http://art2009.edublogs.org/files/2009/09/Summer-school2009-Bj%C3%B6rk-forMay-28.pdf

Recommended readings:

Creswell, J.W. (2007). Qualitative inquiry & research design: choosing among five approaches. 2nd edition. Sage Publications.
Fowler Jr., F.J. (2009). Survey Research Methods. 4th edition. Sage Publications.
Patton, M.Q. (2002). Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods. 3rd edition. Sage Publications.

Open or save the PowerPoint slides related to this lecture HERE.

Listen to the lecture, and afterwards do the assignment given below.

Write your learning experiences into your personal Reflective report

Assignment after the lecture:
Try to answer to the group tasks given at the end of the lecture (see also slide five). Please, write into Reflective report: