Effective schools? Effective for whom? Effective for what? Who in fact gains from the school effectiveness research and school improvement movements? This book maintains that while purporting to be inclusive and comprehensive, school effectiveness research is riddled with errors and often excludes, amongst others, children with special needs, black boys, clever girls. Effectiveness schemes can be bureaucratic and disempowering. This collection of essays - written by academics and practioners - mounts a challenge to the overbearing qualities of the school effectiveness and school improvement movements. Particular criticism is levelled at the disassociation of what goes on in schools from the world at large. School effectiveness thus seems to avoid, or not succeed in, preparing children for citizenship, for parenthood and for work.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN-13
9780750706698
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95458990
Product Key Features
Author
Roger Slee, Gaby Weiner, Sally Tomlinson
Publication Name
School Effectiveness for Whom?
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Education
Publication Year
1998
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
234mm
Item Width
156mm
Item Weight
454g
Additional Product Features
Editor
Roger Slee, Gaby Weiner, Sally Tomlinson
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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