World class schools : international perspectives on school effectiveness / / edited by David Reynolds ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910821924103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : RoutledgeFalmer, 2002
• ISBN: 1-56676-144-1; 1-134-52559-1; 1-138-14774-5; 1-134-52560-5; 1-280-09854-6; 0-203-16462-8
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (321 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): ReynoldsDavid <1949->
• Disciplina: 379.1/58
• Soggetti: Schools - Evaluation; School improvement programs; Educational change
• 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