Can a good school help its students overcome the adverse effects of
economic disadvantage and family adversity? Recent educational
assessment suggests that the answer may be a painful no. Here,
however, is a book that contradicts the prevailing pessimism about
the possibilities of education. In Fifteen Thousand Hours, Michael
Rutter and his colleagues show conclusively that schools can make a
difference. In a three-year study of a dozen secondary schools in a
large urban area, Rutter's team found that some schools were
demonstrably better than others at promoting the academic and
social success of their students. Moreover, there were clear and
interesting differences between the schools that promote success
and the schools that promote failure. As Rutter shows, these
differences provide important clues to the kind of educational
reform that might allow inner-city schools to act more uniformly as
a positive and protective influence on students who must grow up in
an otherwise disordered and difficult world. For a dozen years
during their formative period of development, children spend as
many of their working hours at school as at home-some 15,000 hours
in all. To suggest that this tremendous amount of time has no
effect on development seems irrational. To settle for schools that
simply act as institutions of containment for disadvantaged
children seems a strategy of despair. The importance of this major
book in education is its clear demonstration that these are not the
only alternatives.
General
Imprint: |
Harvard University Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
March 1982 |
First published: |
March 1982 |
Authors: |
Michael Rutter
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Dimensions: |
140 x 215 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
294 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-674-30026-2 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Education >
Schools >
Secondary schools >
General
|
LSN: |
0-674-30026-2 |
Barcode: |
9780674300262 |
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