Research on Exemplary Schools
- 1st Edition - October 7, 1985
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: Gilbert R. Austin, Herbert Garber
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 0 2 8 6 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 1 6 2 9 - 4
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Request a sales quoteResearch on Exemplary Schools covers significant research works on effective school learning, with particular emphasis on identifying and analyzing a student's abilities and characteristics on the assumption that student learning was primarily determined by differences in individual potential and needs. The information provided is derived from the assumption that the characteristics of the school learning environment may explain the extent to which students master the outcomes desired from the school teaching-learning experience. This text is organized into three parts encompassing 10 chapters. Part I reviews the history of the exemplary schools research movements and the research findings, as well as policy implications concerning the relationships between private and public schools education, both Catholic and nonsectarian. Part II describes the methods for identifying exemplary schools, school climate, and the roles of the teacher and the school principal. Part III describes the policy issues emerging from effective schools research. This part also provide some critical thoughts on the movement from the perspective of an educational psychologist whose specialties are educational measurement and instructional design. This book will prove useful to researchers and practitioners who wish to improve the outcomes of all students in their schools.
Contributors
Foreword
Preface
Part I. Scope and Content
1. Research on Exemplary Schools: An Historical Perspective
Introduction
Frame of Reference
American Education in Perspective
Schools, Research, and Individual Differences
The Tension between Selection and Equality
Schools Do Not Make a Difference
Changing Theoretical Perspectives on the Schools
Challenging the "No-School-Effects" Conclusion
Trends in the Research
Exemplary Schools
Current Work
Social Implications
References
2. Public and Private Schools: Are They Really Different?
Introduction
School Management Practices and School Culture
The Data
The Results
Management Practices
School Culture
An Observation on School Size
Summary and Conclusion
References
3. The Problems of Public Schools: The Catholic Connection
Introduction
The Changed Situation of Catholics: Post-1965
The Public School Crisis of the Late 1970s: The Catholic Connections
Catholic Schools: The Exemplary Image
The Policy Dimensions
Conclusions
References
Part II. Research Approaches
4. An Examination of 10 years of Research on Exemplary Schools
Introduction
The Maryland Study
The Importance of Leadership in Creating an Effective School
Exemplary Secondary Schools
Teachers in Exemplary Schools
Conclusion
References
5. Identification of Exemplary Schools on a Large Scale
Introduction
Perspectives
Method
Results
Discussion
Conclusions
References
6. The Investigation of School Climate
Introduction
Defining School Climate
Measuring School Climate
Variables Associated with School Climate
Usefulness of the Climate Construct
Summary and Conclusions
References
7. Effective Classroom Teaching: The Necessary but not Sufficient Condition for Developing Exemplary Schools
Opportunity to Learn
A Delivered Curriculum
Allocated Time
Engaged Time
Success Rate
Academic Learning Time
Related Characteristics of Effective Teachers
Climate Factors
Tests and Grades
Feedback
Summary of Characteristics of Effective Teachers
Conclusion
References
8. The Role of the Principal in School Improvement
Introduction
Methods
Results
Summary and Conclusion
References
Part III. Research Impact on Policy and Practice
9. Educational Policy and School Effectiveness
Effective Schools: A Cultural Perspective
School-Based District Policy
District Policy
State and Federal Policy for Bottom-Up Planning
State Policy: Competitive Funding
Federal Policy: Ends Not Means
Conclusion
References
10. Models, Media, Method: Research on Exemplary or Effective Schools as a Psychological Experience
What the Authors Were Told
What Our Authors Said
What Our Authors Left Unsaid
Facilitating Exemplary Schools Research: An Empirical Model
References
Author Index
Subject Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 7, 1985
- No. of pages (eBook): 246
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483202860
- eBook ISBN: 9781483216294
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