International Handbook of School Effectiveness and Improvement: Review, Reflection and Reframing (Springer International Handbooks of Education)

Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
Front Matter....Pages 1-2
20 Years of ICSEI: The Impact of School Effectiveness and School Improvement on School Reform....Pages 3-26
Four Decades of Body-Surfing the Breakers of School Reform: Just Waving, Not Drowning....Pages 27-40
Generic and Differentiated Models of Educational Effectiveness: Implications for the Improvement of Educational Practice....Pages 41-56
Improving School Effectiveness: Retrospective and Prospective....Pages 57-74
School Effectiveness Research in Latin America....Pages 75-92
“Effective for What; Effective for Whom?” Two Questions SESI Should Not Ignore....Pages 93-110
Pursuing the Contextualisation Agenda: Recent Progress and Future Prospects....Pages 111-126
Front Matter....Pages 127-128
A History of School Effectiveness and Improvement Research in the USA Focusing on the Past Quarter Century....Pages 131-166
History of the School Effectiveness and Improvement Movement in Canada over the Past 25 Years....Pages 167-182
School Improvement in Latin America: Innovations over 25 Years (1980–2006)....Pages 183-204
Growing Together: School Effectiveness and School Improvement in the UK....Pages 207-222
Educational Effectiveness and Improvement: The Development of the Field in Mainland Europe....Pages 223-242
School Effectiveness and Improvement in Asia: Three Waves, Nine Trends and Challenges....Pages 245-268
School Effectiveness and Improvement in Taiwan....Pages 269-286
School Effectiveness and Improvement in Mainland China....Pages 287-306
The Maturing of a Movement: Tracking Research, Policy and Practice in Australia....Pages 307-324
Schooling Reform: Reflections on the New Zealand Experience....Pages 325-338
History of the School Effectiveness and Improvement Movement in Africa....Pages 341-350
School Autonomy for School Effectiveness and Improvement: The Case of Israel....Pages 351-362
Recent Initiatives in School Effectiveness and Improvement: The Case of Turkey....Pages 363-378
Front Matter....Pages 127-128
Recent Initiatives in School Effectiveness and Improvement: The Case of the Islamic Republic of Iran....Pages 379-392
Front Matter....Pages 393-394
The Relationship Between Student Attainment and School Resources....Pages 395-410
Accountability, Funding and School Improvement in Canada....Pages 411-424
Cost and Financing of Education and Its Impact on Coverage and Quality of Services and Efficiency and Equity in Sub-Saharan African Countries....Pages 425-450
Resources and School Effectiveness and Improvement....Pages 451-468
Front Matter....Pages 469-470
School Effectiveness and School Improvement (SESI): Links with the International Standards/Accountability Agenda....Pages 471-484
Evolution of School Performance Research in the USA: From School Effectiveness to School Accountability and Back....Pages 485-502
Education Decentralisation and Accountability Relationships in Latin American and the Caribbean Region....Pages 503-522
Equity, Efficiency and the Development of South African Schools....Pages 523-540
Policy Perspective on School Effectiveness and Improvement at the State Level: The Case of South Australia....Pages 541-556
Diverse Populations and School Effectiveness and Improvement in the USA....Pages 557-576
Front Matter....Pages 577-578
School Leadership, School Effectiveness and School Improvement: Democratic and Integrative Leadership....Pages 579-596
Leadership and School Reform Factors....Pages 597-614
The Emotional Side of School Improvement: A Leadership Perspective....Pages 615-634
Leadership and School Effectiveness and Improvement....Pages 635-658
Leadership Development for School Effectiveness and Improvement in East Asia....Pages 659-678
Front Matter....Pages 679-680
Teacher Leadership: Barriers and Supports....Pages 681-706
The Continuing Professional Development of Teachers: Issues of Coherence, Cohesion and Effectiveness....Pages 707-726
The Evolving Role of Teachers in Effective Schools....Pages 727-750
Teacher Education and Professional Development for Sustainable School Effectiveness....Pages 751-766
Front Matter....Pages 679-680
School and Teacher Effectiveness: Implications of Findings from Evidence-Based Research on Teaching and Teacher Quality....Pages 767-786
System Supports for Teacher Learning and School Improvement....Pages 787-806
Curriculum Reforms and Instructional Improvement in Asia....Pages 807-822
Front Matter....Pages 823-824
Effective School Improvement — Ingredients for Success: The Results of an International Comparative Study of Best Practice Case Studies....Pages 825-838
Self-Directed Learning as a Key Approach to Effectiveness of Education: A Comparison among Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan....Pages 839-858
Coming and Going: Educational Policy and Secondary School Strategy in the Context of Poverty — Latin American Case Studies....Pages 859-870
The School Review Process: The Case of the British Schools in Latin America....Pages 871-886
Inquiry-Based Science Education and Its Impact on School Improvement: The ECBI Program in Chile....Pages 887-902
Creating New Schools Using Evidence Based Solutions — A Case Study....Pages 903-916
Best Practice in Secondary School Improvement: The Case of Salisbury High School....Pages 917-930
Front Matter....Pages 931-933
School Effectiveness and Improvement in the Twenty-First Century: Reframing for the Future....Pages 933-962
Back Matter....Pages 963-996