Bos / Creemers / Kyriakides Establishing a knowledge base for quality in education: Testing a dynamic theory for education

Handbook on designing evidence-based strategies and actions to promote quality in education
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-3-8309-7933-3
Verlag: Waxmann Lehrbuch
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 97 Seiten

Although European policies promote the development of a knowledge-based society, international comparative studies reveal that large differences exist in the average achievement level and in offering equal opportunities to diverse student populations. In this handbook we provide suggestions to schools on establishing an evidence-based and theory-driven approach to promote quality in education. Specifically, we offer guidelines to schools on how to establish School Self-Evaluation (SSE) mechanisms measuring the functioning of school factors and identify priorities for improvement. By making use of the knowledge-base of EER, schools are also provided with guidelines on how to develop strategies and action plans to address their improvement priorities. Thus, the main aim of this handbook is to encourage readers, when faced with different challenges/problems, to uncover and exploit the available knowledge-base of EER and to act with flexibility in using the dynamic approach to design, implement and evaluate policies and action plans for promoting quality in education. Contributors: Bert Creemers, Leonidas Kyriakides, Anastasia Panayiotou, Wilfried Bos, Heinz Günter Holtappels, Michael Pfeifer, Mario Vennemann, Heike Wendt, Katja Scharenberg, Emer Smyth, Léan McMahon, Selina McCoy, Jan Van Damme, Gudrun Vanlaar, Panayiotis Antoniou, Charalambos Charalambous, Evi Charalambous, Eliana Maltezou, Darko Zupanc, Matev? Bren, Ga?per Cankar, Alenka Hauptman, Galini Rekalidou, Efthymia Penderi, Konstantinos Karadimitriou, Anastasia Dimitriou, Despina Desli, Antiopi Tempridou.

Prof. Dr. Wilfried Bos, Direktor des Instituts für Schulentwicklungsforschung, Technische Universität Dortmund Arbeitsschwerpunkte - Empirische Forschungsmethoden - Qualitätssicherung im Bildungswesen - Internationale Bildungsforschung - Pädagogische Chinaforschung - Sozialisationsprozesse ethnischer Minoritäten unter den Aspekten einer europäischen Integration

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bos, Wilfried

Creemers, Bert

Kyriakides, Leonidas

Holtappels, Heinz Günter

Panayiotou, Anastasia

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Buchtitel;1
2;Contents;6
3;Chapter 1: Developing a dynamic theory of educational effectiveness to promote
quality in education: A European project;8
3.1;Introduction;8
3.2;Research design;10
3.3;The aims and the structure of the handbook;11
4;Chapter 2: The dynamic model of educational effectiveness:
An overview and empirical evidence introduction;12
4.1;Introduction;12
4.2;The rationale of the model;12
4.3;The essential characteristics of the dynamic model;13
4.4;Looking at qualitative characteristics of factors to provide feedbackfor improvement purposes;15
4.5;The dynamic model: Factors operating at student, classroom, school,and system level;19
4.6;Empirical evidence supporting the dynamic model;38
4.7;Conclusions;43
5;Chapter 3: The dynamic approach to school improvement;45
5.1;Introduction;45
5.2;Major steps for effective school improvement;47
5.3;Overview of the major steps of DASI and supporting evidence;55
6;Chapter 4: Using DASI for school improvement purposes: Translating the approach
into actions;62
6.1;Introduction;62
6.2;Why school self-evaluation is an essential part of DASI?;62
6.3;What steps do schools have to follow in using the DASI to improve theireffectiveness?;65
6.4;The design of actions and strategies for improvement;71
6.5;Main conclusions emerging from the handbook;87
7;References;88