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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449889203321

Titolo

World class schools : international perspectives on school effectiveness / / edited by David Reynolds. [and others] ; with Wynford Bellin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeFalmer, , 2002

ISBN

1-138-14774-5

1-134-52560-5

1-280-09854-6

0-203-16462-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BellinWynford

ReynoldsDavid <1949->

Disciplina

379.1/58

Soggetti

Schools - Evaluation

School improvement programs

Educational change

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [294]-301) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; Untitled; 1 The intellectual and policy context; 2 The methodological strategy of ISERP; 3 The quantitative data; 4 North America ... the United States; 5 North America ... Canada; 6 The Pacific Rim and Australia ... Taiwan; 7 The Pacific Rim and Australia ... Australia; 8 The Pacific Rim and Australia ... Hong Kong; 9 Europe ... the Netherlands; 10 Europe ... Norway; 11 Europe ... the Republic of Ireland; 12 Europe ... the United Kingdom; 13 Comparisons across country case studies; 14 Creating world-class schools: what have we learned?; Bibliography; Supplementary information; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this book the authors have conducted extensive research and describe what makes a successful school and how this varies in different countries. The book follows the progress of a cohort of 7-year-old children through their schools over a two-year period. It covers schools in the US, Canada, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Australia, the UK, Norway, the Netherlands, and Ireland and:*draw together what it is that the most and least effective schools do in each country*pinpoints



what makes 'effective teaching' across the globe*analyses which effectiveness-producing school and teaching factors a