Contexts of Learning Mathematics and Science

Lessons Learned from TIMSS

Edited by Sarah J. Howie, Tjeerd Plomp

This book is the result of research from over fifteen countries, asking which background and environmental factors influence achievement in mathematics and science. This research is based...

April 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-47432-0 (Routledge)

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Reflecting on Faith Schools

A Contemporary Project and Practice in a Multi-Cultural Society

Edited by Helen Johnson

Profound changes in society, government policy and the political landscape, as well as cataclysmic events such as 9/11, have greatly altered perceptions of faith schools...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46381-2 (Routledge)

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Education and the Labour Government

An Evaluation of Two Terms

Edited by Geoffrey Walford

This book presents a valuable and authoritative evaluation of the real impact Labour’s two terms have had on the British education system.

On the 1st May 1997...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46412-3 (Routledge)

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The University and Public Education

The Contribution of Oxford

Edited by Harry Judge

This book examines an important aspect of the relationship between higher education and the public - especially secondary - system of schooling in Britain.

Higher...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46413-0 (Routledge)

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Education Policy and Realist Social Theory

Primary Teachers, Child-Centred Philosophy and the New Managerialism

By Robert Wilmott

In Europe welfare state provision has been subjected to 'market forces'. Over the last two decades, the framework of economic competitiveness has become the defining...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46433-8 (Routledge)

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Learning, Natural Capital and Sustainable Development

Options for an Uncertain World

Edited by John Foster, Stephen Gough

This special issue of the journal Environmental Education Research addresses a topical area of importance - human behaviour towards the environment. The book explores the...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-46423-9 (Routledge)

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The Japanese High School

Silence and Resistance

By Shoko Yoneyama

For large numbers of school students in Japan school has become a battle field. Recent violent events in schools, together with increasing drop-out rates and...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-43829-2 (Routledge)

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School Improvement Through Performance Feedback

Edited by R. Coe, A.J. Visscher

Internationally there is an increasing trend to publish and feed back information to schools and teachers on their functioning. School improvement is often the central...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-43223-8 (Taylor & Francis)

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Managing Schools Towards High Performance

Edited by A.J. Visscher

This text aims to connect school organization theory with the school effectiveness knowledge base. Each chapter presents a comprehensive overview of the knowledge base on...

2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-42882-8 (Taylor & Francis)

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