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How schools work / Rebecca Barr, Robert Dreeben ; with Nonglak Wiratchai.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barr, Rebecca.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- School management and organization.
- Classroom management.
- Group work in education.
- Individualized instruction.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 191 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [1983]
- Summary:
- As budgets tighten for school districts, a sound understanding of just how teaching and administration translate into student learning becomes increasingly important. Rebecca Barr, a researcher of classroom instruction and reading skill development, and Robert Dreeben, a sociologist of education who analyzes the structure of organizations, combine their expertise to explore the social organization of schools and classrooms, the division of labor, and the allocation of key resources.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages 179-186.
- ISBN:
- 0226038114
- OCLC:
- 9442357
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