Taking Small Classes One Step Further - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Taking Small Classes One Step Further write by Jeremy D. Finn. This book was released on 2002-08-01. Taking Small Classes One Step Further available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Class Size
Class Size - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Class Size write by Peter Blatchford. This book was released on 2016-04-28. Class Size available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Much debate, research and commentary about class sizes in schools is limited because of an exclusive concern with class size and pupil academic attainment, and a neglect of classroom processes, which might help explain class size effects (or lack of them). Very little is known about the central question: how can teachers make the most of class size changes? Much of the commentary on class size effects has focused on Western and English-speaking countries but there are promising developments elsewhere, particularly the 'Small Class Teaching' initiatives in East Asia in the past decade, which have brought new knowledge and practical wisdom to the class size debate. This book seeks to move toward a clearer view of what we know and do not know about class size effects, and to identify future steps in terms of policy and research. There is a huge and exciting potential for international collaboration on knowledge concerning class size effects which can help with research-informed policy. The book aims to draw out Eastern and Western international contexts which underpin any understanding of the role of class size in school learning. The book has chapters by an international team of experts on class size effects, including Maurice Galton and John Hattie. Chapters are organised into four main sections: Socio-cultural and political contexts to the class size debate in the East and West; Research evidence on class size; Class size and classroom processes likely to be related to class size changes; Professional development for small class teaching in East Asia.
Class Size Reduction
Class Size Reduction - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Class Size Reduction write by Gary James Harfitt. This book was released on 2015-07-21. Class Size Reduction available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book provides a timely examination of the effects of class size reduction (CSR) on teaching and learning processes. It represents a departure in that the research covered focuses solely on the relationship between CSR and effective teaching in real secondary school classrooms. The book also presents a much-needed and powerful student voice on the impact of class size reduction on teaching and learning processes. It conceptualises the effects of class size on teaching and learning processes in secondary school classrooms, which are another under-researched perspective in this field. Drawing on multiple case studies concerning teaching and learning processes in large and small Hong Kong secondary-school classes, it highlights the qualitative differences in teaching and learning processes. On the basis of those studies, the book argues for a more purposeful, dynamic approach to education for teachers working in small or reduced-size classes.
School Reform Proposals
School Reform Proposals - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook School Reform Proposals write by Alex Molnar. This book was released on 2002-04-01. School Reform Proposals available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Twelve American academics and researchers contribute 13 chapters to this text reviewing current research on the conditions, policies, and practices in the reform of the American public school system. Coverage includes an examination of schools as institutions, and their structures; the teachers who deliver public education; and various proposals to replace all or part of the traditional public education system with institutions from outside that system. The reforms examined include examples of those which have clearly demonstrated their effectiveness, and others of questionable value. For scholars, policymakers, and citizens interested in education reform. No subject index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Rethinking Class Size: The complex story of impact on teaching and learning
Rethinking Class Size: The complex story of impact on teaching and learning - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rethinking Class Size: The complex story of impact on teaching and learning write by Peter Blatchford. This book was released on 2020-11-12. Rethinking Class Size: The complex story of impact on teaching and learning available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The debate over whether class size matters for teaching and learning is one of the most enduring, and aggressive, in education research. Teachers often insist that small classes benefit their work. But many experts argue that evidence from research shows class size has little impact on pupil outcomes, so does not matter, and this dominant view has informed policymaking internationally. Here, the lead researchers on the world’s biggest study into class size effects present a counter-argument. Through detailed analysis of the complex relations involved in the classroom they reveal the mechanisms that support teachers’ experience, and conclude that class size matters very much indeed. Drawing on 20 years of systematic classroom observations, surveys of practitioners, detailed case studies and extensive reviews of research, Peter Blatchford and Anthony Russell contend that common ways of researching the impact of class size are limited and sometimes misguided. While class size may have no direct effect on pupil outcomes, it has, they say, significant force through interconnections with classroom processes. In describing these connections, the book opens up the everyday world of the classroom and shows that the influence of class size is everywhere. It impacts on teaching, grouping practices and classroom management, the quality of peer relations, tasks given to pupils, and on the time teachers have for marking, assessments and understanding the strengths and challenges for individual pupils. From their analysis, the authors develop a new social pedagogical model of how class size influences work, and identify policy conclusions and implications for teachers and schools.
