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Forging Links - Effective Schools and Effective Departments (Paperback) Loot Price: R2,108
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Forging Links - Effective Schools and Effective Departments (Paperback): Pam Sammons, Sally M. Thomas, Peter Mortimore

Forging Links - Effective Schools and Effective Departments (Paperback)

Pam Sammons, Sally M. Thomas, Peter Mortimore

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`This book is a very useful text for anyone studying comparative education systems as well as those who seek to understand more fully the complexities and frustrations that lie beneath the underuse of the leadership skills and talents of women in schools, colleges and higher education in a number of European contexts: England and Wales, France, The Federal Republic of Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway and Spain' - School Leadership & Management `There are few books of which one can say 'all secondary teachers and governors should read this book' but this is one of them. I would recommend it to primary colleagues too....Its messages about school effectiveness can uniquely be applied to school improvement because there is data about how the same children fared under different regimes in different subject areas in the same school' - School Leadership & Management This major new school effectiveness study is a thought-provoking investigation of the concept of secondary school effectiveness. Based on a three-year study of secondary schools' GCSE performance, the authors point to the importance of looking at: trends over time; effectiveness for different groups of students; and subject differences. They highlight the importance of moving beyond 'league table approaches' and the need to focus on individual departments using value-added approaches. Forging Links illustrates the complexities of judging school performance. The findings make a significant contribution to our understanding of the factors and processes which help some schools and departments to enhance student progres

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Imprint: Sage Publications Ltd
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: October 1997
First published: 1997
Authors: Pam Sammons • Sally M. Thomas • Peter Mortimore
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 978-1-85396-349-0
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social research & statistics > General
Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > General
Books > Social sciences > Education > Schools > Secondary schools > General
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LSN: 1-85396-349-6
Barcode: 9781853963490

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