TY - BOOK AU - Surgenor,E.W. TI - The gated society: exploring information age realities for schools SN - 9781578869336 (electronic bk.) PY - 2009/// CY - Lanham PB - Rowman & Littlefield Education, Published in partnership with the American Association of School Administrators KW - Public schools KW - United States KW - Canada KW - Educational change KW - School improvement programs N1 - Description based on print version record; Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-160); Learning in an age of new realities -- The fat lady has sung -- That was then, this might be now -- Five perspectives on education -- We are what we were -- Why change? why now? -- The lesson to be learned -- The industrial age school system versus the information age learning system -- Planning to plan: how to create systemic change consistent with information age thinking -- Prior learning: assumptions, perceptions, and presumptions (generalization one) -- Defining the philosophical thrust and structure of the learning organization (generalization two) -- Understanding what needs to be changed and why (generalization two) -- Creating a site-system leadership model (generalization two) -- A new context for collaboration, leadership teams, learning, and financial management (generalization two) -- Community (generalization two) -- Technology (generalization two) -- Values and ethics: sustaining the culture of change (generalization two) -- Assessment and evaluation (generalization two) -- A paradigm shift in planning: implementing the knowledge-based planning model (generalization three) -- Creating a new ethos -- Imagine -- Enabling a future UR - http://www.netlibrary.com.libraryumpsa.idm.oclc.org/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=262530 ER -