Equity and excellence in education : towards maximal learning opportunities for all students / / edited by Kris Van den Branden, Piet Van Avermaet, and Mieke Van Houtte

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (299 p.)
• Disciplina: 379.2/6
• Soggetto topico: Educational equalization
• Altri autori: AvermaetPiet van BrandenKris van den HoutteMieke van
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; 1 Promoting Equity and Excellence in Education: An Overview; 2 Measuring Excellence and Equity in Education: Conceptual and Methodological Issues; 3 School Competition, Institutional Differentiation, and the Quality and Equity of Education Systems: Evidence from PISA 2006; 4 So Where's the Teacher in School Effects Research?: The Impact of Teachers' Beliefs, Culture, and Behavior on Equity and Excellence in Education; 5 A Feminist Analysis of Gender and Educational Achievement ; 6 Teachers' Adaptations to Ethnic Minority Students in Belgium and England7 Early Childhood Education and Care: Equity and Excellence in the Foundational Stage; 8 Bilingualism for Equity and Excellence in Minority Education: The United States; 9 Finnish Basic Education: When Equity and Excellence Meet; 10 Literacy for All; 11 Caring Mothers and Teachers, Not Acting White, and Religiosity: What are the Success Factors of High-Achieving DiaspoRicans and Moroccan Students in Belgium?; 12 Full Service and Extended Schools: The Path to Equity?; Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Throughout the world, equity and excellence in education is a major issue of concern. International comparative studies such as those carried out by OECD (PISA) have launched a worldwide debate on the effectiveness of educational systems (macro level), schools (meso level) and teachers (micro level) in terms of enhancing equity and excellence. Inspired by the OECD research and spurred by national policy-making, quantitative and qualitative research studies have recently been conducted in different parts of the globe aiming to provide deeper insight into the crucial variables that have an im
• Titolo autorizzato: Equity and excellence in education
• ISBN: 1-136-83559-8; 1-136-83560-1; 1-283-04096-4; 9786613040961; 0-203-83233-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816247603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge research in education ; ; 50.