Promoting Quality in Learning
Does England Have the Answer?
Published on 1. February 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
290 pages
978-0-304-70684-6 (ISBN)
Description
Are English children able to grasp grammar better or worse than that of children in other countries? Are they better or worse at numeracy than their neighbours? Does the English education system measure up to the challenge from its competitors? This is an examination of the education system in England as compared with neighbouring countries, such as France. This text shows what pupils in England and France are doing in the classroom and what standards they achieve. The voices of the pupils themselves articulate numerous perceptions.
Reviews / Votes
"Interesting reading. Educationalists will enjoy analysing the results, reading the many tables and charts, and answering the tests which appear in the Appendices." -School Librarian Journal, Spring 2001More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
445 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-304-70684-6 (9780304706846)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Patricia Broadfoot | Marilyn Osborn | Claire Planel
Promoting Quality in Learning
Does England Have the Answer?
E-Book
02/2000
1st Edition
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
€122.99
Available for download
Persons
Patricia Broadfoot is Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Education at the University of Gloucestershire, UK, and former Pro Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Education at the University of Bristol, UK. She has been awarded a CBE. Marilyn Osborn is Professor in Education at the University of Bristol, UK, where she is Director of Hong Kong EdD. Claire Planel teaches at the University of Bristol, UK.
Content
Why compare? - the fashion for international comparisons; the QUEST project - its rationale and approach; primary schooling in England and France; pupils as learners in England and France; pupils as citizens in England and France; classroom processes and pupil outcomes in English and French primary schools; ntional differences in performance in language; national differences and strategies in mathematics; whast makes a difference - social disadvantage, gender and national context?; overview - why quest?