The Routledge international handbook of educational effectiveness and improvement : research, policy, and practice /: research, policy, and practice. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Christopher Chapman, Daniel Muijs, David Reynolds, Pam Sammons, and Charles Teddlie.
• Authors: Chapman, Christopher, 1972-; Muijs, Daniel; Reynolds, David, 1949-; Sammons, Pam; Teddlie, Charles
• Editors: Chapman, Christopher, 1972-; Muijs, Daniel; Reynolds, David, 1949-; Sammons, Pam; Teddlie, Charles
• Contents: 1. Educational effectiveness and improvement research and practice: The emergence of the discipline -- 2. Methodological and scientific properties of school effectiveness research: Exploring the underpinnings, evolution, and future directions of the field -- 3. Effective school processes -- 4. The scientific properties of teacher effects/effective teaching processes -- 5. School improvement and system reform -- 6. Theory development and educational effectiveness research -- 7. Quantitative methods -- 8. Qualitative methods in educational effectiveness and improvement research -- 9. Educational effectiveness research in new, emerging, and traditional contexts -- 10. Comparative educational research -- 11. Educational effectiveness and improvement research and educational policy: The rise of performance-based reforms -- 12. Educational effectiveness research and system reconstruction and change -- 13. Leadership development and issues of effectiveness -- 14. Educational effectiveness and improvement research, and teachers and teaching -- 15. The challenges of globalisation and the new policy paradigms for educational effectiveness and improvement research -- 16. Critical and alternative perspectives on educational effectiveness and improvement research -- 17. Conclusions: The future of educational effectiveness and improvement research, and some suggestions and speculations.
• Publisher Details: Abingdon, Oxon New York, NY : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (539 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 371.2/07; Educational productivity -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; School improvement programs -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; EDUCATION -- Administration -- General; EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions; Educational productivity; School improvement programs; Schule; Effektivität; Bildung; Steuerung; Governance; Handbuch; Electronic books; Handbooks and manuals
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317394327; 1317394321; 9781315679488; 1315679485; 9781317394310; 1317394313
• Related ISBNs: 9780415534437; 0415534437
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.