How Schools Improve
An International Report
Published on 1. November 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-304-32736-2 (ISBN)
Description
Educational reform is a complex process, involving individuals at all levels of the system. Based on a World Bank study, this book analyzes findings on the management of education in less developed countries and uses them to provide a programme for implementation of reform and its development.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
7 b&w diagrams
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 169 mm
Weight
680 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-304-32736-2 (9780304327362)
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Content
Part 1 Introduction: learning from success; experiences from field work in typically successful schools. Part 2 The country reports: the Escuela Nueva school programme in Colombia; the Primary Education Reform Programme in Ethiopia; universal primary education in Bangladesh. Part 3 International analysis and recommendations: the success seen centrally; the outcomes of educational reform - seen locally; explaining implementation, impact and institutionalization; findings; recommendations. Appendices: research questions; interview guide - teachers; factors from school display; worktables 1-48; display 7D; operational definitions.