World Class Schools

Author : Bert Creemers,David Reynolds,Sam Stringfield,Charles Teddlie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134525607

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World Class Schools by Bert Creemers,David Reynolds,Sam Stringfield,Charles Teddlie Pdf

In this book the authors have conducted extensive research and describe what makes a successful school and how this varies in different countries. The book follows the progress of a cohort of 7-year-old children through their schools over a two-year period. It covers schools in the US, Canada, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Australia, the UK, Norway, the Netherlands, and Ireland and: *draw together what it is that the most and least effective schools do in each country *pinpoints what makes 'effective teaching' across the globe *analyses which effectiveness-producing school and teaching factors appear to be the same and which are context specific *discusses how educational policies can be used to generate World Class Schools and which new blends of practice can, or should be used The existing literature based upon the comparison of the educational achievements of different countries is inadequate. This unique study provides a rich picture of the processes of the education systems of different countries which will appeal to practitioners and policy makers.

Author : Schleicher Andreas
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264300002

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Strong Performers and Successful Reformers in Education World Class How to Build a 21st-Century School System by Schleicher Andreas Pdf

Andreas Schleicher - initiator of PISA and an international authority on education policy - offers a unique perspective on education reform.

Author : Deborah Eyre
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-01-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317379270

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High Performance Learning by Deborah Eyre Pdf

Schools that want to be world class are now paying attention to the findings from neuroscience and psychology that tell us we can build better brains. They are changing their mindset, expecting success for far more students and no longer being constrained by ideas of genetic potential. High Performance Learning provides readers with a ground-breaking and approachable model for achieving high levels of academic performance for all students and schools. It takes what is known about how people reach advanced cognitive performance and translates it into a practical and user-friendly framework, which can be used with all students to systematically build the cognitive thinking skills and learner behaviours that will deliver success in school, in the workplace and in later life. Flexible and adaptable, High Performance Learning can be used in any context, with any curriculum and at any age. It does not require separate lessons but rather becomes the underpinning pedagogy of the school. Drawing on the author’s 40 years of research into how the most able students think and learn, this book provides a framework that has been extensively trialled in schools in eleven countries. . Themes include: Creating world class schools The High Performance Learning environment The High Performance Learning framework Advanced Cognitive Performance characteristics (ACPs) Values, Attitudes and Attributes (VAAs) Creating and leading a High Performance Learning school The role of parents, universities and employers. This invaluable resource will help schools make the move from good to world class and will be essential reading for school leaders, teachers and those with an interest in outstanding academic performance.

Author : James H. Stronge,Xianxuan Xu
Publisher : ASCD
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781416623960

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What Makes a World-Class School and How We Can Get There by James H. Stronge,Xianxuan Xu Pdf

For years, students in the United States have lagged behind students in many other countries on such measures of achievement as the PISA and TIMSS assessments. In an increasingly globalized world, such a gap is worrisome. Armed with statistics, examples, and cautionary tales from Scandinavia to Japan, James H. Stronge and Xianxuan Xu have written a book that can help educators better prepare students and close that gap. In What Makes a World-Class School and How We Can Get There, you will find Careful analysis of recent international assessment results—what they mean and what can be done to improve them. In-depth profiles of high-achieving education systems around the globe—their histories, their lessons learned, and what they can teach educators and policymakers in the United States. Strategies for aligning successful educational approaches from international systems to U.S. schools—which strategies to use, in which subjects, and with which students. Transformative ideas for cultivating a truly world-class system of schooling—both simple and complex ways to raise the bar for all students, no matter what their background. Educators in every country must ensure that their students are as prepared as possible to lead a future generation of citizens. This thought-provoking and copiously researched book provides educators with a blueprint for radical improvement based on the hard-learned experiences of their peers around the world.

Author : Pasi Sahlberg,Timothy D. Walker
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780393714012

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In Teachers We Trust: The Finnish Way to World-Class Schools by Pasi Sahlberg,Timothy D. Walker Pdf

Seven key principles from Finland for building a culture of trust in schools around the world. In the spring of 2018, thousands of teachers across the United States—in states like Oklahoma, Kentucky, and Arizona—walked off their jobs while calling for higher wages and better working conditions. Ultimately, these American educators trumpeted a simple request: treat us like professionals. Teachers in many other countries feel the same way as their US counterparts. In Teachers We Trust presents a compelling vision, offering practical ideas for educators and school leaders wishing to develop teacher-powered education systems. It reveals why teachers in Finland hold high status, and shows what the country’s trust- based school system looks like in action. Pasi Sahlberg and Timothy D. Walker suggest seven key principles for building a culture of trust in schools, from offering clinical training for future teachers to encouraging student agency to fostering a collaborative professionalism among educators. In Teachers We Trust is essential reading for all teachers, administrators, and parents who entrust their children to American schools.

Author : Susan Hughes
Publisher : Owlkids
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 177147579X

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Off to Class (updated Edition) by Susan Hughes Pdf

Author : Katherine Baird
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-09
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781442215498

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Trapped in Mediocrity by Katherine Baird Pdf

Our students aren’t learning, we’re falling behind other countries, and many of our college graduates are even functionally illiterate. We offer our kids a weak and poorly thought out curriculum; too many teachers do not make good use of classroom time and follow lesson plans that are superficial and repetitive; almost all state governments define “proficiency” at low levels of competency; and because kids with very uneven skills populate a classroom, teachers spend considerable time on review before introducing new material. This dismal picture is tempered by the fact that the hard work and dedication of countless teachers and administrators means that many students get an excellent education. But it doesn’t temper it much. As a group, even our top students are not as strong as are those in a large majority of other rich countries. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Katherine Baird, an economist, starts by clearly spelling out how our educational system is trapped in mediocrity. Yet, she doesn’t just expose where we are. She identifies the steps to get out of the trap. We need to (1) dramatically reform our education’s governance structure, (2) establish high expectations for all students, (3) provide adequate support to meet those expectations, and (4) introduce strong incentives for students to work hard in school so they do their part in meeting higher standards. Clearly, it isn’t as simple as it sounds, but Baird carefully examines each factor that has led to the current state in education and then spells out how a combination of policies will weaken the forces that keep our schools mediocre and instead make them ones worth copying

Author : Vivien Stewart
Publisher : ASCD
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781416613749

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A World-class Education by Vivien Stewart Pdf

Designed to promote conversation about how to educate students for a rapidly changing, innovation-based world, this comprehensive and illuminating book from international education expert Vivien Stewart focuses on understanding what the world's best school systems are doing right for the purpose of identifying what U.S. schools--at the national, state, and local level--might do differently and better.

Author : Amanda Ripley
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781451654431

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The Smartest Kids in the World by Amanda Ripley Pdf

Following three teenagers who chose to spend one school year living in Finland, South Korea, and Poland, a literary journalist recounts how attitudes, parenting, and rigorous teaching have revolutionized these countries' education results.

Author : Bert Creemers,David Reynolds,Sam Stringfield,Charles Teddlie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 467 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134525591

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World Class Schools by Bert Creemers,David Reynolds,Sam Stringfield,Charles Teddlie Pdf

In this book the authors have conducted extensive research and describe what makes a successful school and how this varies in different countries. The book follows the progress of a cohort of 7-year-old children through their schools over a two-year period. It covers schools in the US, Canada, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Australia, the UK, Norway, the Netherlands, and Ireland and: *draw together what it is that the most and least effective schools do in each country *pinpoints what makes 'effective teaching' across the globe *analyses which effectiveness-producing school and teaching factors appear to be the same and which are context specific *discusses how educational policies can be used to generate World Class Schools and which new blends of practice can, or should be used The existing literature based upon the comparison of the educational achievements of different countries is inadequate. This unique study provides a rich picture of the processes of the education systems of different countries which will appeal to practitioners and policy makers.

Author : Robert J. Manley,Richard J. Hawkins
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781452284439

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Making the Common Core Standards Work by Robert J. Manley,Richard J. Hawkins Pdf

Essential reading for school leaders! With the Common Core State Standards adopted by the vast majority of U.S. states, educators face the challenge of translating the standards into successful, positive change within schools. Written for school leaders, this practical guide offers a blueprint for implementing and exceeding the new standards using very targeted professional development. Readers will find realistic strategies supported by examples from a diverse range of schools. Topics include Empowering teachers and staff as partners in planning for and implementing the new standards Adapting existing curriculum to meet goals for mathematics and language arts at each grade level Designing assessments that measure mastery of the standards Ensuring that the standards benefit learning for all students, including multicultural learners Lead your school or district in fulfilling the promise of the Common Core State Standards and preparing students for a competitive global economy. "This book looks at the implementation of CCSS within the context of all of the components that face public schools, and, in doing so, puts the CCSS in a proper perspective. This is a book that could actually help make a difference in the improvement of instruction in the public schools." —Martin J. Hudacs, Superintendent Solanco School District, Quarryville, PA "Making the Common Core Standards Work provides a detailed approach to systems thinking and how to manage a real-life paradigm shift." —William Richard Hall, Jr., Principal R. C. Longan Elementary School, Henrico, VA

Author : James H. Stronge,Xianxuan Xu
Publisher : ASCD
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781416623953

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What Makes a World-class School and how We Can Get There by James H. Stronge,Xianxuan Xu Pdf

This thought-provoking and copiously researched book provides educators with a blueprint for radical improvement based on the hard-learned experiences of their peers around the world.

Author : David Reynolds
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2010-02-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134208845

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Failure-Free Education? by David Reynolds Pdf

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, these extracts from his seminal books, chapters, papers and articles combine to give a unique overview of how the movement developed, the problems involved in the application of the knowledge and the disciplines’ potentially glittering future now. The book also covers the issues raised by, and lessons learned from, his close involvement with English government educational policymaking from the mid 1990s to date. This book is essential reading for those who seek to understand how we can make every school a good school, and what the obstacles may be to achieving that goal.

Author : Steven G. Brint
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0804750734

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Schools and Societies by Steven G. Brint Pdf

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Author : Lauren McNiven
Publisher : Crabtree Classics
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Education
ISBN : 0778720136

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Schools in Different Places by Lauren McNiven Pdf

From the transportation used to get to and from school to the subjects studied during class, this book looks at the diversity of schools around the world. Well-crafted text and vibrant photographs introduce readers to the different ways children learn, share ideas, and grow. This inviting new title will surely earn top marks with young readers! Teacher's guide available.