Educational Effectiveness and Ineffectiveness (eBook)

A Critical Review of the Knowledge Base

Jaap Scheerens (Autor)

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2015 | 1st ed. 2016
XV, 389 Seiten
Springer Netherland (Verlag)
978-94-017-7459-8 (ISBN)

Infos

This book is a critical assessment of the knowledge base on educational effectiveness, covering a period of five decades of research. It formulates a 'lean' theory of good schooling, and identifies and explains instances of 'ineffectiveness', such as low effect sizes of malleable conditions, for which expectations are highly strung. The book presents a systemic outlook on educational effectiveness and improvement, as it starts out from an integrated multi-level model that comprises system level, school level and instructional conditions. It offers a classification of school improvement strategies and scenarios for system level educational improvement. Above all, the analysis is very systematic, comprehensive and strongly grounded in theory. The book includes a case study analysis of various strands of improvement-oriented educational policy in the Netherlands as an illustration of some of the arguments used. 

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This book is a critical assessment of the knowledge base on educational effectiveness, covering a period of five decades of research. It formulates a "e;lean"e; theory of good schooling, and identifies and explains instances of "e;ineffectiveness"e;, such as low effect sizes of malleable conditions, for which expectations are highly strung. The book presents a systemic outlook on educational effectiveness and improvement, as it starts out from an integrated multi-level model that comprises system level, school level and instructional conditions. It offers a classification of school improvement strategies and scenarios for system level educational improvement. Above all, the analysis is very systematic, comprehensive and strongly grounded in theory. The book includes a case study analysis of various strands of improvement-oriented educational policy in the Netherlands as an illustration of some of the arguments used.

Inhalt

PART I: MODELLING EDUCATIONAL EFFECTIVNESS AT TEACHING, SCHOOL AND SYSTEM LEVEL.- Preface.- 1. AN OVERARCHING CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK.- 2. MODELING TEACHING AND LEARNING.- 3. DEFINING THE KEY FACTORS IN INSTRUCTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS.- 4. MODELING SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS.- 5. SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH AND THE MEANING OF THE MOST IMPORTANT EFFECTIVENESS ENHANCING CONDITIONS.- 6. SYSTEM LEVEL CONTEXT AND EFFECTIVENESS ENHANCING POLICIES.- PART 11 QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH RESULTS.- 7. EFFECTS AND EFFECT SIZES IN EDUCATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH.- 8. META-ANALYSES OF SCHOOL AND INSTRUCTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS.- 9. SYSTEM LEVEL CONDTIONS: MISCELLANEOUS RESULTS.- 10. OTHER SYNTHESES OF EMPIRICAL FINDINGS.- PART III: THEORETICAL INTERPRETATION AND PRACTICAL APPLICATION.- 11. THEORIES ON EDUCATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS AND INEFFECTIVENESS.- 12. RECAPITULATION AND APPLICATION.- 13. CASE STUDY: QUALITY ORIENTED EDCUATIONAL POLICY IN THE NETHERLANDS.- EPILOGUE.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.11.2015
• Zusatzinfo: XV, 389 p. 23 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: Dordrecht
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
• Schlagworte: classroom ecology • Comprehensive School Reform • constructivist oriented teaching • education as a hierarchical system • Learning and Instruction • opportunity to learn • participatory leadership • pro-active, interactive and retro-active teaching strategies • school effectiveness • schools as high reliability organizations • structure and independence in teaching • system effectiveness • Teaching effectiveness • theories on educational effectiveness
• ISBN-10: 94-017-7459-5 / 9401774595
• ISBN-13: 978-94-017-7459-8 / 9789401774598