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34 produkter
Inquiry, Data, and Understanding
A Search for Meaning in Educational Research
Häftad, 2020
785 kr
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Inquiry, Data, and Understanding is a reflective collection of papers in which Lorin Anderson offers his personal perspective on developments in educational research over thirty years. Following an introductory chapter, in which educational research is defined as disciplined inquiry, the remaining …
Improving Schools and Educational Systems
International Perspectives
Av Alma Harris, Janet Hageman Chrispeels
Häftad, 2020
629 kr
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School improvement has become a dominant feature of educational reform in many countries. The pressure upon schools to improve performance has resulted in a wide-range of improvement programmes and initiatives which can provide both inspiration and advice to everyone involved in school improvement. …
Preparing School Leaders for the 21st Century
Häftad, 2020
785 kr
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The quality and success of schools depend upon school leadership. Increasingly, in many countries worldwide, this belief has led to designing and implementing appropriate training and development programs for educational leaders. In an international comparative research project, current school …
Reshaping the Landscape of School Leadership Development
A Global Perspective
Häftad, 2020
785 kr
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Reshaping the Landscape of School Leadership Development: A Global Perspective traces developments in this arena as they evolved since 1980. The book is comprised of chapters authored by the leading scholars in the fields of educational leadership and school leadership development from the United …
Improving Schools Through Teacher Development
Case Studies of the Aga Khan Foundation Projects in East Africa
Häftad, 2020
559 kr
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This book presents a story of school improvement activity in East Africa from 1985 to 2000, which focused on sustained teacher development. The core of the book consists of six evaluations of school-and district-wide school improvement projects (SIPs) supported by the Aga Khan Foundation in …
Improving Schools and Educational Systems
International Perspectives
Av Alma Harris, Janet Hageman Chrispeels
Inbunden, 2006
3078 kr
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School improvement has become a dominant feature of educational reform in many countries. The pressure upon schools to improve performance has resulted in a wide-range of improvement programmes and initiatives which can provide both inspiration and advice to everyone involved in school improvement. …
Contexts of Learning Mathematics and Science
Lessons Learned from TIMSS
Av Sarah J. Howie, Tjeerd Plomp
Inbunden, 2006
743 kr
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This book is the result of research from over fifteen countries, asking which background and environmental factors influence achievement in mathematics and science. This research is based on data from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), which was conducted under the …
Organizing for School Change
Inbunden, 2005
2441 kr
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Improving education is a key priority for governments around the world. While many suggestions on how best to achieve this are currently under debate, years of academic research have already revealed more about how to encourage change than is sometimes assumed. This volume brings together for the …
Failure-Free Education?
The Past, Present and Future of School Effectiveness and School Improvement
Inbunden, 2010
2441 kr
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David Reynolds is recognised internationally as one of the leaders of the school effectiveness and school improvement movement, and Failure Free Education? brings together for the first time many of his most influential and provocative pieces. Drawing on the author’s work from over three decades, …
Dynamics of Educational Effectiveness
A Contribution to Policy, Practice and Theory in Contemporary Schools
Av Bert Creemers, Leonidas Kyriakides
Inbunden, 2007
2441 kr
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This book brings together the current thinking and research of two major investigators in the field of educational effectiveness. After defining educational effectiveness, the authors analyse the various theories and strands of research within educational effectiveness, especially with respect to …
Dynamics of Educational Effectiveness
A Contribution to Policy, Practice and Theory in Contemporary Schools
Av Bert Creemers, Leonidas Kyriakides
Häftad, 2007
601 kr
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This book brings together the current thinking and research of two major investigators in the field of educational effectiveness. After defining educational effectiveness, the authors analyse the various theories and strands of research within educational effectiveness, especially with respect to …
Managing Schools Towards High Performance
Häftad, 2006
474 kr
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This text aims to connect school organization theory with the school effectiveness knowledge base. Each chapter presents a comprehensive overview of the knowledge base on the central theme and addresses the question of what is known about the subject as a school effectiveness-enhancing condition.
School Improvement Through Performance Feedback
Av A.J. Visscher, R. Coe
Häftad, 2007
870 kr
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Internationally there is an increasing trend to publish and feed back information to schools and teachers on their functioning. School improvement is often the central goal, though accountability and the promotion of parental/student school choice also play an important role.Practical initiatives …
Educational Evaluation, Assessment and Monitoring
A Systematic Approach
Av Cees Glas, Jaap Scheerens m. fl.
Häftad, 2007
870 kr
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This book looks at the foundations of school self-evaluation from a scientific as from a practical perspective. Planning concepts, restructuring of education systems, organizational theory on schools, evaluation methodology and models of school effectiveness and school improvement are discussed as …
Contexts of Learning Mathematics and Science
Lessons Learned from TIMSS
Av Sarah J. Howie, Tjeerd Plomp
Häftad, 2008
361 kr
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This book is the result of research from over fifteen countries, asking which background and environmental factors influence achievement in mathematics and science. This research is based on data from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), which was conducted under the …
Improving Schools and Educational Systems
International Perspectives
Av Alma Harris, Janet Hageman Chrispeels
Häftad, 2008
743 kr
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School improvement has become a dominant feature of educational reform in many countries. The pressure upon schools to improve performance has resulted in a wide-range of improvement programmes and initiatives which can provide both inspiration and advice to everyone involved in school improvement. …
International Perspectives on Contexts, Communities and Evaluated Innovative Practices
Family-School-Community Partnerships
Inbunden, 2009
2441 kr
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Research and practice in the vast field of school-family-community relations have evolved dramatically over the last thirty years. Schools throughout the world face enormous challenges due to demographic changes and societal problems, making partnerships among schools, families and community groups …
International Perspectives on Student Outcomes and Homework
Family-School-Community Partnerships
Inbunden, 2009
2441 kr
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This synthesis of the latest knowledge on homework presents unique findings by researchers from various countries and diverse professional backgrounds. It approaches the topic of homework from several perspectives, including its political and cultural contexts aspects of parental involvement and …
Profound Improvement
Building Capacity for a Learning Community
Av Coral Mitchell, Larry Sackney
Inbunden, 2011
2441 kr
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The book discusses the idea of the learning community as a vehicle for professional learning and school development.As the authors show, the learning community develops in response to building capacity in three domains: personal, interpersonal and organizational. In the personal domain, educators …
Profound Improvement
Building Capacity for a Learning Community
Av Coral Mitchell, Larry Sackney
Häftad, 2011
714 kr
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The book discusses the idea of the learning community as a vehicle for professional learning and school development.As the authors show, the learning community develops in response to building capacity in three domains: personal, interpersonal and organizational. In the personal domain, educators …
Failure-Free Education?
The Past, Present and Future of School Effectiveness and School Improvement
Häftad, 2011
714 kr
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David Reynolds is recognised internationally as one of the leaders of the school effectiveness and school improvement movement, and Failure Free Education? brings together for the first time many of his most influential and provocative pieces. Drawing on the author’s work from over three decades, …
International Perspectives on Student Outcomes and Homework
Family-School-Community Partnerships
Häftad, 2013
799 kr
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This synthesis of the latest knowledge on homework presents unique findings by researchers from various countries and diverse professional backgrounds. It approaches the topic of homework from several perspectives, including its political and cultural contexts aspects of parental involvement and …
International Perspectives on Contexts, Communities and Evaluated Innovative Practices
Family-School-Community Partnerships
Häftad, 2013
799 kr
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Research and practice in the vast field of school-family-community relations have evolved dramatically over the last thirty years. Schools throughout the world face enormous challenges due to demographic changes and societal problems, making partnerships among schools, families and community groups …
Improving Schools and Educational Systems
International Perspectives
Av Alma Harris, Janet Hageman Chrispeels
Inbunden, 2016
2441 kr
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School improvement has become a dominant feature of educational reform in many countries. The pressure upon schools to improve performance has resulted in a wide-range of improvement programmes and initiatives which can provide both inspiration and advice to everyone involved in school improvement. …
Organizing for School Change
Häftad, 2019
672 kr
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Improving education is a key priority for governments around the world. While many suggestions on how best to achieve this are currently under debate, years of academic research have already revealed more about how to encourage change than is sometimes assumed. This volume brings together for the …
Road to Improvement
Häftad, 1999
573 kr
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This is a collection of 19 articles charting developments in school effectiveness research, both on the evaluative and reflective side, and the emergence from it of pro-active school improvement ideas and initiatives.
Managing Schools Towards High Performance
Inbunden, 2001
1478 kr
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This text aims to connect school organization theory with the school effectiveness knowledge base. Each chapter presents a comprehensive overview of the knowledge base on the central theme and addresses the question of what is known about the subject as a school effectiveness-enhancing condition.
Improving Schools Through Teacher Development
Case Studies of the Aga Khan Foundation Projects in East Africa
Inbunden, 2002
2044 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book presents a story of school improvement activity in East Africa from 1985 to 2000, which focused on sustained teacher development. The core of the book consists of six evaluations of school-and district-wide school improvement projects (SIPs) supported by the Aga Khan Foundation in …
Educational Evaluation, Assessment and Monitoring
A Systematic Approach
Av Cees Glas, Jaap Scheerens m. fl.
Inbunden, 2003
2441 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book looks at the foundations of school self-evaluation from a scientific as from a practical perspective. Planning concepts, restructuring of education systems, organizational theory on schools, evaluation methodology and models of school effectiveness and school improvement are discussed as …
Preparing School Leaders for the 21st Century
Inbunden, 2004
2979 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The quality and success of schools depend upon school leadership. Increasingly, in many countries worldwide, this belief has led to designing and implementing appropriate training and development programs for educational leaders. In an international comparative research project, current school …
