Schools That Learn (Updated and Revised): A Fifth Discipline Fieldbook for Educators, Parents, and Everyone Who Cares About Education

Whether we experienced our student life as "sweat hogs" or not, each of us have tales to tell of being forced to learn in spite of the schools we attended instead of because of them. If we counted how many "good" schools or teachers we experienced over our lifetimes, we could probably count them on one hand (or finger!). For an institution that plays such a significant part in our development, this is a terrible performance record.With SCHOOLS THAT LEARN, Peter Senge (et al) legitimize the fieldbook format as an extremely effective teaching tool. Chocked full of examples, tools, theory, tips and traps to avoid, SCHOOLS THAT LEARN outlines an effective strategy for creating a powerful alliance between learners, schools, and communities. His is a call to action that must be heeded.Readers will be informed, challenged to get involved, inspired, troubled, and made to see how important an issue lifelong learning is. Rather than seeking to place blame, SCHOOLS THAT LEARN simply acknowledge the "opportunities" that are before each of us. Senge then uses this "gap" between the desired state of learning and the current state to motivate readers to take action.This is a book that should be on desk of every school administrator, teacher, parent and corporate training staff. The dialogue it will initiate has the potential to create, sustain and improve learning throughout all areas of our lives.Get it, read it, act on it, and SHARE IT WITH EVERYONE YOU KNOW!

Helps get information needed in my PhD program.

Most of the 99% people in the whole world educate in a wrong way to their children. We know that the future of our Countries, our cities and our families is in the hands of our children. It is very likely that our society will continue deteriorate with the kind of education and concepts we are transferring to our future generations. System thinking is the only correct way of thinking, we do not live in a linear world, but in an intricate system of systems we urgently need to understand to survive. As Jay Forrester said: Until we reach a much better public understanding of social systems, attempts to develop corrective programs for social troubles will continue to be disappointing. Unfortunately Peter Senge stays short, because his recommendations should go to home school, which is ultimately the complete corrective mechanism to have better generations, jointly with system thinking. Our world urgently needs this kind of education, but I'm afraid that is too late to change the direction of the human race. At least, to those who understand, we can make substantial changes in our families and, chances are, that in our local communities as well.

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If you want a book that takes an honest, unbiased approach to the challenges facing public education. Then this is it.Senge has a well deserved reputation as a cutting edge theorist on how organizations need to operate in order to become, and remain, healthy. His application of these thories to educational organizations is both refreshing and enlightening.It was hard not to highlight something on every page. To those of us with long careers in public education, it is a clear articulation (and a validation) of lots of often vague feelings we have had regarding the direction of our organizations.Thanks Peter, et al for your insights!

Oftentimes when an author or group of authors collaborate on serving those of us who desperately want to improve organizations and to present material in a systemic way, "Schools that Learn" and Perter Senge, et al. have done it again.Thank you young people for offering your time, energy, and resources to bring us another and updated version of what is already a seminal resource in our industry.Thomas Mallory HillDoctoral Student at Argosy University on-line program

Book is being used for a doctoral program. Includes many applications to practice.

Required text for doctoral class. Fairly well written, though the side comments and stories are distracting. Also distracting that the authors reference material they will discuss later in text. Lastly, some topics are not fully discussed.

Work in a school?Read this.Enough said.

Good book well preserved and inviting...

This is an excellent book for teachers and administrators. The book also advertises that it is good for parents but the focus is really for teachers and admin. I had to purchase it for a Master's course and I still constantly refer to it.You do not need to read it cover to cover, each section reads as a self contained unit and, if needed, reference other sections for more in-depth information.

Simply wonderful!

Este libro aporta una clara visión del modo de dirigir organizaciones educativas con el fin de que evolucionen y con la participación de todas las personas implicadas en ellas. Aporta estrategias, herramientas y metodologías para llevar todo esto a la práctica.