School effectiveness and improvement research, policy, and practice : challenging the orthodoxy / [edited by] Christopher Chapman ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chapman, Chris, 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School improvement programs.

Educational evaluation.

Physical Description:

xiv, 291 pages ; 18 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2012.

Summary:

"This book provides a contemporary overview of school effectiveness and improvement. It charts the development theory and research in this area and looks at the contribution made to policy and practice. It also challenges some assumptions that have become ingrained into the theoretical and methodological traditions of the field. By challenging these orthodoxies, it provides a framework that sets a new agenda and repositions the field to meet the emerging challenges of the 21st century. It argues that traditional measures of school effectiveness are challenged as systems have attempted to adapt to a complex range of emerging agendas. New theoretical perspectives are required which consider "education" and a "broader set of outcomes". This shift requires a rethink of how effectiveness and improvement have been understood by the field, and a reconstruction by policy makers and practitioners. Attention must be given to promoting equity as well as effectiveness so that one school or student's gain no longer means another's loss. The field must develop new methodologies if inequities are to be challenged and a broader set of outcome measures are to be developed. The two questions guiding this book are: How can educational effectiveness and improvement research and practice support the development of a more equitable education service? What are the key indicators of educational effectiveness and improvement and what are the new methodologies required to facilitate a shift from "school" effectiveness and improvement to "educational" effectiveness and improvement? This book uses lenses of research, policy and practice to explore these key questions and articulate what such a repositioning may look like and how it may be achieved. It will prove invaluable for teachers, school leaders and anyone involved in policy and educational research." -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I Foundations of the field 7

1 Methodological issues and new trends in educational effectiveness research / Pam Sammons Sammons, Pam 9

2 School improvement research and practice: a case of back to the future? / Christopher Chapman Chapman, Christopher 27

3 Advances in school effectiveness theory / Leonidas Kyriakides Kyriakides, Leonidas 44

4 Methodological change in educational effectiveness research / Daniel Muijs Muijs, Daniel 58

Part II Educational effectiveness and improvement in practice 67

5 Closing the gap? A critical reflection on the impact of school improvement policies in England / Mel West West, Mel 69

6 Educational effectiveness and school improvement in Northern Ireland: opportunities, challenges and ironies / Anthony Kelly Kelly, Anthony 81

7 School effectiveness in Scotland: challenging the orthodoxy / John Macbeath Macbeath, John 97

8 School effectiveness in The Learning Country: Wales and school improvement / David Egan Egan, David 109

9 Educational quality, effectiveness and evaluation: perspectives from China, South America and Africa / Sally M. Thomas Thomas, Sally M., Massoud M. Salim Salim, Massoud M., Bernardota Munoz-Cjereai Munoz-Cjereai, Bernardota, Wen-Jung Peng Peng, Wen-Jung 125

Part III Recent developments and future perspectives 147

10 The potential of continuing professional development: evaluation and 'impact' / Jim O'Brien O'Brien, Jim 149

11 What we have learned from school improvement about taking educational reform to scale / David Hopkins Hopkins, David 163

12 Thinking and acting both locally and globally: the future for school effectiveness and school improvement / Tony Townsend Townsend, Tony 177

13 Finding balance: cultivating a future / Paul Clarke Clarke, Paul, Anthony Kelly Kelly, Anthony 188

14 Thinking the unthinkable? The future of school effectiveness and school improvement to be realised through closer relationships with educational policies and policy makers / David Reynolds Reynolds, David 205

15 Innovation, transformation and improvement in school reform / Ben Levin Levin, Ben 205.

ISBN:

9780415698948

0415698944

9780415698993

0415698995

9780203136553

0203136551

OCLC:

745609658