Educational Effectiveness and Ineffectiveness
A Critical Review of the Knowledge Base
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Educational Theory, Educational Reform, Administration
| Author: | Jaap Scheerens | ISBN: | 9789401774598 |
| Publisher: | Springer Netherlands | Publication: | November 20, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Springer | Language: | English |
| Author: | Jaap Scheerens |
| ISBN: | 9789401774598 |
| Publisher: | Springer Netherlands |
| Publication: | November 20, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Springer |
| Language: | English |
This book is a critical assessment of the knowledge base on educational effectiveness, covering a period of five decades of research. It formulates a “lean” theory of good schooling, and identifies and explains instances of “ineffectiveness”, such as low effect sizes of malleable conditions, for which expectations are highly strung. The book presents a systemic outlook on educational effectiveness and improvement, as it starts out from an integrated multi-level model that comprises system level, school level and instructional conditions. It offers a classification of school improvement strategies and scenarios for system level educational improvement. Above all, the analysis is very systematic, comprehensive and strongly grounded in theory. The book includes a case study analysis of various strands of improvement-oriented educational policy in the Netherlands as an illustration of some of the arguments used.
This book is a critical assessment of the knowledge base on educational effectiveness, covering a period of five decades of research. It formulates a “lean” theory of good schooling, and identifies and explains instances of “ineffectiveness”, such as low effect sizes of malleable conditions, for which expectations are highly strung. The book presents a systemic outlook on educational effectiveness and improvement, as it starts out from an integrated multi-level model that comprises system level, school level and instructional conditions. It offers a classification of school improvement strategies and scenarios for system level educational improvement. Above all, the analysis is very systematic, comprehensive and strongly grounded in theory. The book includes a case study analysis of various strands of improvement-oriented educational policy in the Netherlands as an illustration of some of the arguments used.
