Improving quality in education : dynamic approaches to school improvement / / Bert P.M. Creemers and Leonidas Kyriakides

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910461664103321
• Autore: Creemers Bert P. M.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012
• ISBN: 1-283-46281-8; 9786613462817; 0-203-81753-2; 1-136-72983-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (308 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): KyriakidesLeonidas
• Disciplina: 371.2/07; 371.207
• Soggetti: School improvement programs; School management and organization; 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Improving Quality in Education; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of appendices; Preface; Part A: Foundations of the improvement approach; 1. Developments in school improvement: the value of a theory-driven approach; 2. Establishing links between educational- effectiveness research and school improvement: the contribution of the dynamic model; 3. The dynamic approach to school improvement; Part B: Research projects on the dynamic approach to school improvement; 4. Establishing school self-evaluation mechanisms to improve the quality of education; 5. Facing and preventing bullying through improving the school learning environment6. Schools establishing school self- evaluation mechanisms for improvement purposes: case studies of two primary schools in Slovenia; 7. Using DASI to improve teacher effectiveness: a group randomisation study; 8. Development of DASI: studies on teacher effectiveness in different educational settings; Part C: Translating the approach into action: guidelines and instruments; 9. Using DASI to establish mechanisms for school self-evaluation for improvement ; purposes; 10. Instruments for measuring quality of teaching and school level factors11. The design of actions and strategies for improvement, their implementation and evaluation; Part D: Further developments of the dynamic approach to school improvement; 12. Reflections on the viability of the approach; References; Appendix to Chapter 4; Appendix to Chapter 5; Appendix to Chapter 6; Appendix to Chapter 7; Appendix to Chapter 10; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book explores an approach to school improvement that merges the traditions of educational effectiveness research and school improvement efforts. It displays how the dynamic model, which is theoretical and empirically validated, can be used in both traditions. Each chapter integrates evidence from international and national studies, showing how the knowledge-base of educational effectiveness research can be used for improvement purposes. In a clear and practicable manner it outlines:Foundations of the improvement approachResearch projects investigating