Educational effectiveness and ineffectiveness : a critical review of the knowledge base /: a critical review of the knowledge base. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jaap Scheerens.
• Authors: Scheerens, J (Jaap)
• Contents: Preface; References; Contents; About the Author; Part I Modelling Educational Effectiveness at Teaching, School and System Level ; Introduction to Part I; References; 1 An Overarching Conceptual Framework; Introduction; Educational Systems as Hierarchical Structures; The Overall Framework; Alternative Representation and Expansion of the Basic Framework; A Closer Look at Effectiveness and Efficiency Interpretations of the Framework; The Effectiveness Perspective: Specification of Input-Process-Context-Output Models at Student, Classroom, School and System Level; General Definition. Demarcation Between School Effectiveness and Educational EffectivenessDemarcation Between School Effectiveness and School Improvement; The Efficiency Perspective: Effectiveness at the Lowest Possible Costs; Theoretical Concepts and Interpretations; Vertical Control Mix; Direct and Indirect Effects; Degree of Higher Level Pre-structuring; Synoptic Planning; The Cybernetic Principle; Creating Market Mechanisms: Alignment of Individual and Organizational Rationality; Self-organization; Making up the Balance on Planning Models and the Degree of Higher Level Structuring. Contingency, Complexity and the Limitations of International ComparisonChoice of ``Process'' and ``Input'' Variables, Depending on the Kind of Outcomes That Are Measured; Conclusion; References; 2 Modelling Teaching and Learning; Introduction; Student Learning; Teaching and Classroom Ecology; The Elementary Parts of Teaching: Matching of Content Elements, Psychological Operations and Didactic Considerations; Structure and Independence in Teaching; Direct Teaching; Constructivism; Pro-active and Retro-active Regulation in Teaching: The Case of Performance Feedback; Feedback. Providing Learning OpportunitiesClassroom Ecology and Climate; Motivational Aspects: Stimulating Student Engagement; Conclusion; References; 3 Defining the Key Factors in Instructional Effectiveness; Introduction; Review Studies; Developments in the Research on Teacher and Teaching Effectiveness; Early Emphases on Personality Characteristics of Teachers; Models on Structured Teaching Inspired by the Caroll Model; A Blending of Structured Teaching and Constructivist Principles; Domain Specific Differentiation; Summary of More Recent Reviews of the Variables in Instructional Effectiveness. A Closer Look at Teacher EffectivenessPersonality Traits; Formal Qualifications and Experience; Subject Matter Knowledge and Knowledge About Teaching and Learning; Pedagogical Content Knowledge; Key Factors; More Elaborate Conceptual Analysis of the Teaching Variables; A More Synthetic Use of the Factors; References; 4 Modelling School Effectiveness; Introduction; Results of Empirical School Effectiveness Research: A First Overview of Factors; Models and Theories of the School; Fend's Basic Theory of the School; The Professional Bureaucracy: Professional Autonomy.
• Publisher Details: Dordrecht : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 379.158; Educational evaluation; Educational productivity; School improvement programs; EDUCATION -- Administration -- General; EDUCATION -- Educational Policy & Reform -- General; Educational evaluation; Educational productivity; School improvement programs; Education; Administration, Organization and Leadership; Educational Policy and Politics; Learning & Instruction; International and Comparative Education; Curriculum Studies; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789401774598; 9401774595
• Related ISBNs: 9789401774574; 9401774579
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 14, 2016).
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