Table of Contents

Section I: The School as Community: Extending Our Conceptual Understanding

1. The Complexity and Coherence of Educational Communities: An Analysis of the Images that Reflect and Influence Scholarship and Practice
Lynn G. Beck

2. Postmodernism and Community in Schools: Unraveling the Paradox
Gail Furman

3. The Role of Community in Spiritually Centered Leadership for Justice
Colleen A. Capper, Madeline M. Hafner, and Maureen W. Keyes

Section II: Research on School Community: Focus on Teachers

4. Contradictions of School Community in Restructuring Elementary Schools: Lessons from a Case Study
Paul Goldman and Gerald Tindal

5. Tensions and Struggles in Moving Toward a Democratic School Community
Ulrich C. Reitzug and Mary John O'Hair

6. Learning from Educators: Insights into Building Communities of Difference
Carolyn M. Shields

Section III: Research on School Community: Focus on Students

7. Schools as Communities for Students
Karen Osterman

8. Thinking about Community from a Student Perspective
Carolyn M. Shields

9. Children with Severe Disabilities in Regular Classrooms: Risk and Opportunity for Creating Inclusive Communities
Charles A. Peck, Chrysan Gallucci, and Debbie Staub

Section IV: Research on School Community: The Ecological Perspective

10. The Microecology of Social Capital Formation: Developing Community beyond the Schoolhouse Door
Hanne B. Mawhinney

11. Listening to Communities: An Ecological Perspective on Education and Human Services
Robert G. Croninger and Barbara Finkelstein

Conclusion: Toward a Practice of School Community
Gail Furman

Contributors

Index