Enhancing Educational Excellence Equity And Efficiency

Author : Roel J. Bosker,Bert P.M. Creemers,Sam Stringfield
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789401142533

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Enhancing Educational Excellence, Equity and Efficiency by Roel J. Bosker,Bert P.M. Creemers,Sam Stringfield Pdf

Promoting high standards in education while striving for equal opportunities under the budget constraints - these are the new global objectives of education systems. This book brings together research-based evidence on the effectiveness of major Australian, Dutch, and UK improvement efforts in education at both primary and secondary level, whilst making comparisons with similar US initiatives. The book addresses several major questions in this new environment. Those questions include: how to combat educational disadvantages, how to integrate pupils with special educational needs in regular education, how to implement educational standards initiatives, how to restructure secondary education, how to implement decentralized policy-making, and how to implement a class size reduction initiative? Finally, the authors suggest directions for future research in order to increase our understanding of what works in education and why.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Bernan Press(PA)
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Education
ISBN : UIUC:30112004952575

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Promoting Equity, Excellence and Efficiency in Higher Education by Anonim Pdf

Author : Leonidas Kyriakides,Bert Creemers,Evi Charalambous
Publisher : Springer
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319720661

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Equity and Quality Dimensions in Educational Effectiveness by Leonidas Kyriakides,Bert Creemers,Evi Charalambous Pdf

This book aims to make a contribution to the theory, research and practice on quality and equity in education by providing a comprehensive overview of these two dimensions of educational effectiveness and proposing a methodological instrument that may be used to measure the contribution that each school can make to promoting equity. The importance of using this instrument is demonstrated by analysing results of various effectiveness studies conducted over the last decade. The book draws upon research across the world, especially research conducted in the Europe, the United States, and Australasia. It is shown that promoting equity has no negative effect on the promotion of quality. The importance of using this methodological instrument to identify factors that promote both quality and equity at different educational levels (i.e. teacher, school and educational system) is stressed. The book also demonstrates how we can measure stability and changes in the effectiveness status of schools over time in terms of fostering quality and equity. In addition it underlines the importance of identifying factors measuring changes in the effectiveness status of schools in terms of equity and points to the alternative strategies that can be used at school and system level. In our attempt to encourage the further development and use of this methodology for school improvement purposes, we demonstrate how experimental studies can be conducted to discover whether and under which conditions the proposed methodology can help schools promote both quality and equity. Finally, implications for school evaluation, research, educational policy and practice are drawn. In this way, the book contributes significantly to the debate on how quality and equity can be achieved and encourages policy-makers and practitioners not to view these two dimensions of effectiveness as being in competition with each other but as constituting the major objectives of any reform policy and/or improvement effort at school and/or national levels.

Author : Leonidas Kyriakides,Bert P.M. Creemers,Anastasia Panayiotou,Evi Charalambous
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351401173

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Quality and Equity in Education by Leonidas Kyriakides,Bert P.M. Creemers,Anastasia Panayiotou,Evi Charalambous Pdf

Quality and Equity in Education draws attention to the importance of developing and testing theories of educational effectiveness and using these theories for improvement purposes. It makes a major contribution to knowledge and theory building in research on promoting quality and equity in education. The book presents an improved version of the dynamic model of educational effectiveness based on the empirical data emerged from studies testing its validity, claiming that the proposed theory can be used for establishing links between educational effectiveness research and school improvement. Towards that end, the book presents the Dynamic Approach to teacher and school improvement, demonstrating its impact on quality and equity in education. The book not only proposes an agenda for further research on developing and testing the dynamic theory of educational effectiveness but also refers to research methods that can be used to test the assumptions of this theory and search for relevant cause and effect relations. The agenda also refers to the need of identifying the conditions under which the dynamic approach to teacher and school improvement can have an effect on student learning outcomes. This book will be of great interest for academics, researchers and postgraduate students working in education research and the area of quality and equity in education. It will also be of interest to policymakers, school advisors and other stakeholders in education.

Author : Nele McElvany,Heinz Günter Holtappels,Fani Lauermann,Aileen Edele,Annika Ohle-Peters
Publisher : Waxmann Verlag
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783830991519

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Against the Odds - (In)Equity in Education and Educational Systems by Nele McElvany,Heinz Günter Holtappels,Fani Lauermann,Aileen Edele,Annika Ohle-Peters Pdf

(In)Equity in education and educational systems is a topic of outstanding relevance. Factors, like, for example, students' socio-economic status or migration background have been found to be strongly related to academic achievement in various studies and this is a constant finding in large-scale assessment studies - especially for Germany. Does educational inequity accumulate over a child's life span or what compensating factors can be identified? Not least because of the topics' timeless meaning the 5th Dortmund Symposium on Empirical Educational Research was focused on questions pertaining to (in)equity. Factors of influence and approaches to overcome (in)equity were discussed by an international and interdisciplinary expert panel, with contributions from Cyprus, Ireland, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and Germany.

Author : Christopher Chapman,Daniel Muijs,David Reynolds,Pam Sammons,Charles Teddlie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 641 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317394310

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The Routledge International Handbook of Educational Effectiveness and Improvement by Christopher Chapman,Daniel Muijs,David Reynolds,Pam Sammons,Charles Teddlie Pdf

The International Handbook of Educational Effectiveness and Improvement draws together leading academics and researchers in the field to reflect on the history, traditions and the most recent developments in this dynamic and influential field. This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of: the foundations of the field the evolution of educational effectiveness theory and methodology the links with other research disciplines the links between policy and practice. In conclusion, the handbook sets out a new agenda for future educational effectiveness research. This handbook is an essential resource for those interested in the effectiveness of educational systems, organisations and classrooms. It offers academics, researchers, students and policy-makers new insights into the latest thinking and evidence about educational effectiveness.

Author : Terrence Wendel,Society for the Advancement of Excellence in Education
Publisher : SAEE
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Academic achievement
ISBN : 9780968514443

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Creating Equity and Quality by Terrence Wendel,Society for the Advancement of Excellence in Education Pdf

This monograph is the first in a series of reports related to the Successful Secondary Schools Study in three Canadian provinces, a study that will contribute to high student achievement outcomes for students of low socioeconomic status. This document provides a synopsis of the literature and research dealing with successful and effective schools, school improvement, and the effects of socioeconomic status on overall student learning. The particular focus is on practices in high-achieving schools with low socioeconomic status. Chapter 1 introduces the Successful Secondary Schools Study, and chapter 2 considers the literature on socioeconomic status and student achievement. Chapter 3 provides a historical view of school effectiveness, and chapter 4 considers linking school effectiveness and school improvement. The review of research shows that schools can make a difference and can help students overcome the harmful effects of socioeconomic status. School improvement is revealed as neither simple nor easy, but research shows that committed teachers, focusing on student learning, make the difference. (Contains 4 figures and 57 references.) (SLD)

Author : Robert Thomas Hess
Publisher : R&L Education
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Education
ISBN : 1578862027

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Excellence, Equity, and Efficiency by Robert Thomas Hess Pdf

This book presents a 'Quality School Improvement' (QSI) framework for overcoming the conflict that exists between excellence, equity, and efficiency and provides recommendations for principals and policymakers to meet the demands for accountability and continuous improvement based upon that framework.

Author : Jaap Scheerens
Publisher : Springer
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789401774598

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Educational Effectiveness and Ineffectiveness by Jaap Scheerens Pdf

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.

Author : Bert Creemers,Leonidas Kyriakides
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2007-09-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134168392

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The Dynamics of Educational Effectiveness by Bert Creemers,Leonidas Kyriakides Pdf

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 the comprehensive model developed by Creemers. Written by one of the worlds leading experts in the field, this book will both elucidate our current understanding of educational effectiveness and carry the discipline forward by proposing profound changes to accepted views.

Author : Bert Creemers,Leonidas Kyriakides,Panayiotis Antoniou
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789400752078

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Teacher Professional Development for Improving Quality of Teaching by Bert Creemers,Leonidas Kyriakides,Panayiotis Antoniou Pdf

This book makes a major contribution to knowledge and theory by drawing implications of teacher effectiveness research for the field of teacher training and professional development. The first part of the book provides a critical review of research on teacher training and professional development and illustrates the limitations of the main approaches to teacher development such as the competence-based and the holistic approach. A dynamic perspective to policy and practice in teacher training and professional development is advocated. The second part of the book provides a critical review of research on teacher effectiveness. The main phases of this field of research are analysed. It is pointed out that teacher factors are presented as being in opposition to one another. An integrated approach in defining quality of teaching is adopted. The importance of taking into account findings of studies investigating differential teacher effectiveness is argued. Another significant limitation of this field of research is that the whole process of searching for teacher effectiveness factor was not able to have a significant impact upon teacher training and professional development. For this reason it is advocated that teacher training and professional development should be focused on how to address grouping of specific teacher factors associated with student learning and on how to help teachers improve their teaching skills by moving from using skills associated with direct teaching only to more advanced skills concerned with new teaching approaches and differentiation of teaching. The book refers to studies conducted in different countries illustrating how the proposed approach can be used by policy and practice in teacher education. Specifically, the book provides evidence supporting the validity of the theoretical framework upon which this approach is based. Moreover, experimental and longitudinal studies supporting the use of this approach for improvement purposes are presented and suggestions for further research utilising and expanding the Dynamic Approach for teacher training and professional development are provided.

Author : Vanessa Scherman,Roel J. Bosker,Sarah J. Howie
Publisher : Springer
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789463004534

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Monitoring the Quality of Education in Schools by Vanessa Scherman,Roel J. Bosker,Sarah J. Howie Pdf

The monitoring of quality has been part of the educational landscape for many decades. Originally the need to monitor arose as part of an economic process whereby policy makers wanted to discern the return on investment in education. This bottom line thinking, while still prominent, has receded into the background in light of global changes and the emergence of a global economy. Now in addition to the question “what is the return on investment?”, the more important question is “are the students in schools ready to participate in the economy of a 21st century society?”. This is underpinned by the inquiry into what knowledge and competencies are required for students to participate meaningfully in nation-building. This inquiry can only be undertaken by means of monitoring, evaluating where the students are and what is required so that students reach their potential. In an ever-changing technologically-oriented world the manner in which competencies and knowledge are identified and how these need to be measured and identified is important. In this book, the theory and practice of underpinning the monitoring of the quality of education is described. This is followed by a number of practical examples, in the form of country case studies, on how theory plays out in practice. The book further provides common themes across developed and developing emerging economies underscoring the need for approaches which are locally relevant but internationally transferable.

Author : Zijian Li,Michael Williams
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Education
ISBN : 1594549443

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School Improvement by Zijian Li,Michael Williams Pdf

School improvement is at the centre of educational reform and is perceived by many as a key to social and economic advance. It contributes to determining the personal fulfilment and career paths of individual students and consequently engages the interest of parents and community members. It is an ever-present commitment of teachers and managers in schools. Policy makers and politicians at international, national and local levels devote much time and effort to their search for better schools. School improvement has also attracted the attention of researchers and scholars in many countries. They have been drawn from various disciplines and fields within the educational studies community, including psychology, sociology, history, evaluation, and studies in curriculum and assessment. There is now an established body of findings from studies conducted in many contexts. This book brings together leading experts drawn from many countries and several continents, reflecting diverse approaches to educational policy and practice, evaluation and research. Variations between countries and between local communities within countries are highlighted. The possibilities and difficulties inherent in transferring evidence from one educational system, at a number of levels, to another are clearly discussed. What emerges from the cross-national and cross-cultural evidence are several significant threads, currently under active investigation, including: school structure and management, classroom organisation, school leadership, teacher training and staff development, curriculum and assessment, community involvement, lifelong learning and special provision for students with special educational needs. "School Improvement: International Perspectives" is written for national educational policy makers, teachers and student teachers, governing bodies and parents from various levels of schooling, and university researchers and scholars.

Author : Bert Creemers,Leonidas Kyriakides,Pam Sammons
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136966316

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Methodological Advances in Educational Effectiveness Research by Bert Creemers,Leonidas Kyriakides,Pam Sammons Pdf

Methodological Advances in Educational Effectiveness Research is an important new work by some of the leading researchers in the field of Educational Effectiveness Research (EER). The book provides a state of the art snapshot of the methodology of EER now and clearly demonstrates the way it is applied in both research and evaluation. It shows how developments in the research methodology area such as the use of multilevel modelling approaches to analyse nested data have promoted the knowledge-base of educational effectiveness. But at the same time, as the authors show, the knowledge-base of educational effectiveness and the attempt to establish theoretical models do paradoxically challenge the development of methodologically appropriate studies including ways of analysing data. Guiding readers though the effective and appropriate use in educational effectiveness of: Longitudinal Studies Experimental Studies Mixed Research Methods Meta-analyses of effectiveness studies Using IRT to measure outcomes and factors Using Generalisability Theory to test the quality of data Multilevel modelling , and Structural Equation Modelling Techniques The authors draw in the expertise of scholars from around the world to show the mathematical background of each technique, the current and future applications, and Specific examples of applying this orientation to help the readers design their own effectiveness studies using specific methodological tools.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9264130845

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Equity and Quality in Education Supporting Disadvantaged Students and Schools by OECD Pdf

Across OECD countries, almost one in every five students does not reach a basic minimum level of skills. This book presents a series of policy recommendations for education systems to help all children succeed.