Schools Making A Difference
1st Edition
Published on 1. May 1999
239 pages
978-0-335-23141-6 (ISBN)
Description
Does an effective school really come about through the actions of teachers and school leaders, or does it also require an advantaged student intake? By suggesting that 'failing' schools are often overwhelmed rather than ineffective, this book provides a sympathetic reappraisal of the performance of teachers and school leaders in such schools. It also offers a critical response to the often unrealistic claims of the school effectiveness and school improvement movement and a fresh critique of market reforms in education.
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Martin Thrupp
SCHOOLS MAKING A DIFFERENCE
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05/1999
Open University Press
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Content
- Front cover
- Half title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of figures and tables
- Preface and acknowledgements
- Part 1 The problem of school mix
- Chapter 1 Introdution: the social limits of reform
- Chapter 2 School effectiveness reasearch and the enduring problem of school mix
- Chapter 3 Possible mechanisms and a research strategy
- Part 2 The Wellington Schools
- Chapter 4 Setting the scene
- Chapter 5 It's not what you know...
- Chapter 6 The negotiated curriculum
- Chapter 7 The art of the possible
- Part 3 Theory,practice,policy and research
- Chapter 8 Understanding the impact of school mix
- Chapter 9 School class segregation and the politics of polarization and blame
- Chapter 10 Improvement research: how realistic?
- Chapter 11 Conclusion: let's be realistic
- Notes
- References
- Index
- Back cover
