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  • 1
    ISBN: 9789048194735
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XII, 988 p. 79 illus., 18 illus. in color. eReference, online resource)
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    Series Statement: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Eemeren, Frans H. van, 1946 - Handbook of argumentation theory
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Philosophy ; Logic ; Law ; Social sciences ; Linguistics. ; Argumentationstheorie
    Abstract: The Handbook Argumentation Theory provides an up to date survey of the various theoretical contributions to the development of argumentation theory for all scholars interested in argumentation, informal logic and rhetoric. It describes the historical roots of modern argumentation theory that are still an important theoretical background to contemporary approaches. Because of the complexity, diversity and rate of developments in argumentation theory, there is a real need for an overview of the state of the art, the main approaches that can be distinguished and the distinctive features of these approaches. The Handbook covers classical and modern backgrounds to the study of argumentation, the New Rhetoric developed by Perelman and Olbrechts-Tyteca, the Toulmin model, formal approaches, informal logic, communication and rhetoric, pragmatic approaches, linguistic approaches and pragma-dialectics. The Handbook is co-authored by Frans H. van Eemeren, Bart Garssen, Erik C.W. Krabbe, A. Francisca Snoeck Henkemans, Bart Verheij and Jean Wagemans, who are a coherent and prominent writing team whose expertise covers the whole field. The authors are assisted by an international Editorial Board consisting of outstanding argumentation scholars whose fields of interest are represented in the volume
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  • 2
    ISBN: 9789400747258
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVII, 169 p. 65 illus, digital)
    Series Statement: Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Issues, Concerns and Prospects 16
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    Keywords: Educational tests and measurements ; Education ; Education ; Educational tests and measurements ; Berufsbildung ; Evaluation
    Abstract: The transferability of vocational education and training qualifications across international borders is a live issue in this heterogeneous field. Key to this goal is defining a common methodology for measuring vocational competences. This publication sets out a proposal for just that, based on the results of a pilot project known as COMET on competence diagnostics in the field of electrical engineering. The study deploys longitudinal analysis to explore issues of competence development, the development of vocational identity, and occupational commitment. It focuses on two discrete occupational profiles in electrical engineering in an ambitious test of a model currently applied to other professions as well. The models success in its first phase is detailed in the second part of the volume, where the authors show that the transfer of the competence framework into an empirical model was successful. They also demonstrate that the methodology can be applied to designing and evaluating vocational education and training processes, making the material relevant to VET teachers and trainers as well as academics. With its first section comprising a full description of the theoretical framework, this book is a significant step forward in an urgent task facing administrations, labor forces and employers around the world. The achievement is in proportion to the notorious complexities of a field whose diversity makes tough demands on large-scale methods of assessment.
    Description / Table of Contents: Competence Development and Assessment in TVET (COMET); Foreword by Book Series Editor; Preface; Contents; Introduction: Competence Diagnostics in Vocational Education - What For?; References; Chapter 1: Measuring Professional Competence; 1.1 Vocational Education and Training: A Challenge for Competence Diagnostics; 1.2 Examination and Competence Assessment: Two Distinct and Complementing Types of Evaluating Professional Competence Development; 1.3 Professional Competence: A Conceptual Clarification; 1.4 Professional Creativity as a Topic of Competence Diagnostics
    Description / Table of Contents: 1.5 Potentials and Limits of Competence Measurement1.5.1 Implicit (Tacit) Professional Knowledge; 1.5.2 Professional Action Competence (Professional Aptitude); 1.5.3 The "Increment of Learning"; 1.5.4 Manual Skill; 1.5.5 Social Competences; 1.5.6 Skills That Are Expressed in the Interactive Course of Work; References; Chapter 2: Foundations of a Competence Model; 2.1 Professional Knowledge; 2.2 The Training Objective: Professional Aptitude, Acting Competence, and Shaping Competence; 2.3 Professional Competence Development; 2.4 Professional Identity and Occupational Commitment; References
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 3: The COMET Competence Model: Foundations for the Study of Professional Competence and Identity3.1 Competence Models; 3.2 Conceptual Clarifications; 3.3 The COMET Competence Model; 3.3.1 The Levels of Professional Competence (Requirement Dimension); 3.3.2 The Content Dimension; 3.3.3 The Criteria of Holistic Problem Solving as Competence Criteria; 3.3.4 The Action Dimension; 3.4 Measuring Commitment, Professional Identity, and Context Data; References; Chapter 4: Test Development and Design of the Study; 4.1 Development and Selection of the Test Tasks; 4.1.1 Development of Test Tasks
    Description / Table of Contents: 4.1.2 Pretest4.1.3 Selection of Test Tasks for the Main Survey; 4.2 Development of the Questionnaire for the Context Data; 4.2.1 Personal Characteristics; 4.2.2 Characteristics of In-Company Training; 4.2.3 Characteristics of the Vocational Schools; 4.3 Development of the Commitment Scale; 4.4 Development of the Assessment Sheet and Operationalization of the Assessment Criteria; 4.5 Design of the Large-Scale Survey; References; Chapter 5: Test Instruments and Implementation of the COMET Study; 5.1 Instruments at the First Test Date; 5.1.1 Open Test Tasks; 5.1.2 The Context Questionnaire
    Description / Table of Contents: 5.2 Extension of the Test Methodology for the Second Test Date5.2.1 Application of a Non-verbal Test for the Assessment of Basic Cognitive Abilities; 5.2.2 Measuring Test Motivation: Survey of Trainees and Test Supervisors; 5.2.3 Rater Survey on the Weighting of Competence Criteria; 5.3 Participants of the Test Dates; 5.3.1 First Test Date (2008); 5.3.2 Second Test Date (2009) and Extension of the Study by Additional Test Dates; 5.4 The Training Enterprise as an Alternative Test Location; 5.5 Analysis of the Test Results; Reference; Chapter 6: Results 2008: The Survey Population
    Description / Table of Contents: 6.1 Selection of the Sample and Survey of the Context Data
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  • 3
    ISBN: 9789400749726
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVII, 180 p. 32 illus, digital)
    Series Statement: Educating the Young Child, Advances in Theory and Research, Implications for Practice 5
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T.
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    Keywords: Educational tests and measurements ; Early childhood education ; Education ; Education ; Educational tests and measurements ; Early childhood education
    Abstract: We live in a world that is transitioning from focus on early childhood education within individual countries into a global perspective that considers how early childhood education is conducted in many diverse cultures and environments. The challenge on a global basis is how to develop programs in countries and environments that are different from a specifically western perspective. Economic, geographic, and cultural influences infuse early childhood programs around the world.In 1999, a group of educators representing 36 countries developed guidelines for establishing minimum standards for preschool programs. A purpose for developing the guidelines was to provide guidance for countries that wished to evaluate and improve their own programs. A second purpose was to help developing countries initiating preschools to have relevant information about quality programs. The later development of an assessment tool based on the Global Guidelines served as a vehicle to use the guidelines to assess a single program or multiple programs. The continuing work with these guidelines in many countries throughout the world since 2000 has resulted in the collection of information that reveals the uniqueness of programs in different countries.
    Description / Table of Contents: pt. 1. Background -- pt. 2. School environments -- pt. 3. Curriculum content and pedagogy -- pt. 4. Children with special needs -- pt. 5. The early childhood educator -- pt. 6. Family, school, and community partnerships.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Looking at Early Childhood Programs from a Global Perspective -- Part 1: Background -- 2. Cross-Cultural Collaboration Research to Improve Early Childhood Education -- Part 2: School Environments -- 3. From Montessori to Culturally Relevant Schools Under the Trees in Kenya -- 4. Preschool Environments in Rural West Africa -- 5. Kindergarten Environments in Reggio Emilia, Bologna, Modena, and Parma, Italy -- Part 3: Curriculum Content and Pedagogy -- 6. Kindergartens in Russia’s Far East: The Effect of Climate -- 7. Preserving Cultural Heritage in Korea -- Part 4: Children with Special Needs -- 8. International Perspectives on Services for Young Children with Special Needs -- 9. New Visions for Preschool Inclusive Education in Mexico -- 10. Early Childhood Special Education in China: Advocacy and Practice -- Part 5: The Early Childhood Educator -- 11. Administrators, Teachers, and Nineras: Professional Partnerships for Quality in Guatemala -- 12. Early Childhood Teachers in Slovakia -- 13. Teachers of Dual Language Children in China -- Part 6: Family, School and Community Partnerships -- 14. Family and Village Partnerships in Rural Schools in Senegal -- 15. Weaving Relationships between Preschools, Families, and Communities: the Nurturing Connections to the Reggio Emilia Region of Italy -- 16. Conclusion -- Index. .
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  • 4
    ISBN: 9789400748163 , 1283634147 , 9781283634144
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIV, 216 p. 15 illus, digital)
    Series Statement: Studies in Educational Leadership 17
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Data-based decision making in education
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    Keywords: Educational tests and measurements ; Education ; Education ; Educational tests and measurements ; Education ; Decision making ; Data mining ; Erziehung ; Entscheidung ; Data Mining ; Erziehung ; Entscheidung ; Data Mining
    Abstract: In a context where schools are held more and more accountable for the education they provide, data-based decision making has become increasingly important. This book brings together scholars from several countries to examine data-based decision making. Data-based decision making in this book refers to making decisions based on a broad range of evidence, such as scores on students assessments, classroom observations etc.This book supports policy-makers, people working with schools, researchers and school leaders and teachers in the use of data, by bringing together the current research conducted on data use across multiple countries into a single volume. Some of these studies are best practice studies, where effective data use has led to improvements in student learning. Others provide insight into challenges in both policy and practice environments. Each of them draws on research and literature in the field.
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents; About the Authors; About the Editors; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 How Will This Book Help You?; 1.3 Organization of Chapters; References; Chapter 2 Data-based Decision Making: An Overview; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Broadening Our Understanding of Data; 2.3 Why Data?; 2.3.1 The Nature of Effective Teaching and School Leadership; 2.3.2 Evidence of Improvements in Student Learning and Achievement; 2.4 The Process of Using Data; 2.5 How Data Can be Used; 2.6 Reflection Questions; References
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 3 Analysis and Discussion of Classroom andAchievement Data to Raise Student Achievement3.1 Introduction: Context Description; 3.2 Why Decision-Making Using Data Requires Linking Achievement Patterns to Classroom Practices; 3.3 The Overall Intervention Model in Three Clusters; 3.4 Gains in Achievement; 3.5 Analysis and Discussion of Data; 3.5.1 General Process of Analysing and Discussing Achievement Data; 3.5.2 General Process of Analysing and Discussing Observation Data; 3.5.3 Linking Student Achievement to Classroom Observations; 3.6 Enablers and Discussion
    Description / Table of Contents: 3.7 Conclusions and Next Steps3.8 Reflection Questions; References; Chapter 4 From ``Intuition''- to ``Data''-based Decision Making in Dutch Secondary Schools?; 4.1 Introduction: Context Description; 4.2 Two Stories of Data-based Decision Making; 4.2.1 Data-based Decision Making in the Real World:School Level; 4.2.2 Data-based Decision Making in the Real World:Classroom Level; 4.2.3 Data-based Decision Making in a Perfect World:School Level; 4.2.4 Data-based Decision Making in a Perfect World:Classroom Level; 4.3 Supporting and Hindering Factors; 4.4 Possible Effects and Side Effects
    Description / Table of Contents: 4.5 Conclusion and Discussion4.6 Reflection Questions; References; Chapter 5 Professional Attitudes to the Use of Data in England; 5.1 Introduction and Background; 5.2 Research Questions and Research Base; 5.3 Selecting and Recruiting the Participating Schools; 5.4 Collection of Data; 5.5 Discussion of Findings; 5.5.1 Use of Pupil Attainment and Progress Data; 5.5.2 Teachers' Understanding of Pupil Attainment and Progress Data and Confidence in Their Skills to Access, Utilise and Interpret Data; 5.5.3 The Impact of Training and Continuing Professional Development
    Description / Table of Contents: 5.5.4 Management, Analysis and Interpretation of Pupil Attainment and Progress Data: Who Does Whatand Who Should Do What in Schools?5.5.5 The Rationale for Collecting Pupil Attainment and Progress Data: What Teachers Perceive It To Be and What They Consider It Should Be; 5.6 Summary and Conclusion; 5.7 Reflection Questions; References; Chapter 6 Approaches to Effective Data Use: Does One Size Fit All?; 6.1 Introduction: Context; 6.2 Data Dissemination and Data Use: How the One Influences the Other; 6.3 Research Design and Methodology; 6.3.1 The Feedback System; 6.3.2 Sample
    Description / Table of Contents: 6.3.3 Instruments and Data Collection
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  • 5
    ISBN: 9789400752078
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVIII, 262 p. 5 illus, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Creemers, Bert, 1942 - Teacher professional development for improving quality of teaching
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    Keywords: Educational tests and measurements ; Education ; Education ; Educational tests and measurements ; Lehrer ; Berufserfahrung ; Unterricht ; Lehrer ; Berufserfahrung ; Unterricht
    Abstract: This book makes a major contribution to knowledge and theory by drawing implications of teacher effectiveness research for the field of teacher training and professional development. The first part of the book provides a critical review of research on teacher training and professional development and illustrates the limitations of the main approaches to teacher development such as the competence-based and the holistic approach. A dynamic perspective to policy and practice in teacher training and professional development is advocated. The second part of the book provides a critical review of research on teacher effectiveness. The main phases of this field of research are analysed. It is pointed out that teacher factors are presented as being in opposition to one another. An integrated approach in defining quality of teaching is adopted. The importance of taking into account findings of studies investigating differential teacher effectiveness is argued. Another significant limitation of this field of research is that the whole process of searching for teacher effectiveness factors was not able to have a significant impact upon teacher training and professional development. For this reason it is advocated that teacher training and professional development should be focused on how to address grouping of specific teacher factors associated with student learning and on how to help teachers improve their teaching skills by moving from using skills associated with direct teaching only to more advanced skills concerned with new teaching approaches and differentiation of teaching. The book refers to studies conducted in different countries illustrating how the proposed approach can be used by policy and practice in teacher education. Specifically, the book provides evidence supporting the validity of the theoretical framework upon which this approach is based. Moreover, experimental and longitudinal studies supporting the use of this approach for improvement purposes are presented and suggestions for further research utilising and expanding the Dynamic Approach for teacher training and professional development are provided
    Abstract: This book makes a major contribution to knowledge and theory by drawing implications of teacher effectiveness research for the field of teacher training and professional development. The first part of the book provides a critical review of research on teacher training and professional development and illustrates the limitations of the main approaches to teacher development such as the competence-based and the holistic approach. A dynamic perspective to policy and practice in teacher training and professional development is advocated. The second part of the book provides a critical review of research on teacher effectiveness. The main phases of this field of research are analysed. It is pointed out that teacher factors are presented as being in opposition to one another. An integrated approach in defining quality of teaching is adopted. The importance of taking into account findings of studies investigating differential teacher effectiveness is argued. Another significant limitation of this field of research is that the whole process of searching for teacher effectiveness factors was not able to have a significant impact upon teacher training and professional development. For this reason it is advocated that teacher training and professional development should be focused on how to address grouping of specific teacher factors associated with student learning and on how to help teachers improve their teaching skills by moving from using skills associated with direct teaching only to more advanced skills concerned with new teaching approaches and differentiation of teaching. The book refers to studies conducted in different countries illustrating how the proposed approach can be used by policy and practice in teacher education. Specifically, the book provides evidence supporting the validity of the theoretical framework upon which this approach is based. Moreover, experimental and longitudinal studies supporting the use of this approach for improvement purposes are presented and suggestions for further research utilising and expanding the Dynamic Approach for teacher training and professional development are provided.
    Description / Table of Contents: 〈p〉Preface -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- PART 1: Research on Teacher Training and Professional Development.- PART 2: Main Foundations of Research on Teacher Effectiveness.- PART 3: Combining Teacher Effectiveness Research with Research on Teacher Training and Professional Development.- References. - Index.〈/p〉.
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  • 6
    ISBN: 9789400746299 , 1283935899 , 9781283935890
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (X, 160 p. 21 illus, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. The role of international large-scale assessments: perspectives from technology, economy, and educational research
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    Keywords: Educational tests and measurements ; Economic policy ; Education ; Education ; Educational tests and measurements ; Economic policy ; Konferenzschrift ; Schulleistungsmessung ; Schulleistungsmessung ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: This volume offers contributions by thought leaders from a variety of disciplines and different perspectives, which are brought together in a final chapter. The contributions give insight in the role of large-scale international assessments as change agents. As national leaders recognize the growing importance of human capital and how it is distributed, policymakers, economists and decision makers in education have become increasingly interested in results from comparative international surveys. These assessments offer important information on the development of cognitive skills and the consequences of differences in the distribution of these skills. Researchers use the data to assess the role of human capital in predicting outcomes and to identify factors that may contribute to the development of more human capital. An invaluable resource for researchers in international comparative education, policy studies, economics, civics education, educational technology, and policy makers.
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface; Table of Contents; Contributors; Chapter-1; On the Growing Importance of International Large-Scale Assessments; Large-Scale Assessments of Student Populations; Large-Scale Assessments of Adults; The Expanded Range of Large-Scale Assessments; Evidence-Based Policy Information; Perspectives on International Large-Scale Assessments; References; Chapter-2; International Large-Scale Assessments as Change Agents; Transparency as a Change Agent: A Think Model; The Policy Impact of PISA; Transmission; Conclusion; References; Chapter-3
    Description / Table of Contents: Technologies in Large-Scale Assessments: New Directions, Challenges, and OpportunitiesIntroduction; The Role of Technology in Assessment; Universal Design of Assessment; The Role of Technology in National Large-Scale Assessments; Israel; Instruction, Learning and Assessment via Computers; United States of America; The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP); US State Assessments; Recent Developments in the United States; US Department of Education (DOE); The Role of Technology in International Large-Scale Assessments (ILSAs)
    Description / Table of Contents: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC); The International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA); International Computer and Information Literacy Study (ICILS)-2013; Conclusion; Appendix; Advantages; Technological challenges; Significant methodological challenges include; References; The Role of International Assessments of Cognitive Skills in the Analysis of Growth and Development; Chapter-4; Introduction; International Testing; The Explosion of Studies
    Description / Table of Contents: Studies of the Determinants of AchievementThe Studies of Outcomes; Some Things to Be Addressed; Some Measurement Issues; Understanding Individual Economic Outcomes; Issues of Causation; Conclusions; References; The Utility and Need for Incorporating Noncognitive Skills Into Large-Scale Educational Assessments; Chapter-5; Introduction; The Test Score Image and Reality; Multiple Sources of Support for Noncognitive Measures; Employer Needs; Cognitive or Noncognitive Effects; Schools and Noncognitive Outcomes; Schooling and Labor Market Effects; Noncognitive Variables; The Five-Factor Model
    Description / Table of Contents: Summary and Implications for Educational AssessmentsNext Steps; References; The Contributions of International Large-Scale Studies in Civic Education and Engagement; Chapter-6; History of ILSAs and of IEA in Relation to Civic Education; International Studies in Civic Education and Engagement; Why and How the Civic Domain Is Important to ILSAs; IEA's Role in Civic Education; Studies of Civic Education as Opportunities to Study Multiple Aspects of Student Outcomes; Cognitive Diagnostic Models of Conceptual Knowledge and Skills; Examining Countries' Positions on Multiple Dimensions of Attitudes
    Description / Table of Contents: Person-Centered Approaches to Understanding Patterns of Civic Attitudes
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  • 7
    ISBN: 9789400744585
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXII, 221 p. 24 illus, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Research on PISA
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    Keywords: Mathematics ; Science Study and teaching ; Educational tests and measurements ; Educational psychology ; Literacy ; Education ; Education ; Mathematics ; Science Study and teaching ; Educational tests and measurements ; Educational psychology ; Literacy ; Konferenzschrift 2009 ; PISA-Studie
    Abstract: The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is an important part of the OECD's Indicator Programme. It collects data and provides comparative indicators of education systems in OECD member and partner countries. PISA provides datasets of outstanding quality regarding samples, instruments and analyses. In addition to its important function for educational monitoring, the PISA datasets are the basis of a wide range of secondary analyses from a number of different scientific perspectives and disciplines. The aim of this book is to make some of the outstanding PISA related research results available for a wider audience. Specifically four research areas will be focused: (1) Content related research; (2) Methodological research; (3) Context related research; (4) Research on trends in PISA. Each part of the book is devoted to one of these areas and will start with an introduction from a leading expert in the field followed by chapters covering research conducted in this field.
    Description / Table of Contents: Research on PISA; Acknowledgements; Contents; Contributors; Introduction: Research on PISA, with PISA, and for PISA; The Purpose of PISA; Structure of Research on PISA; Research with PISA: How to Extend a PISA Cycle?; Research on PISA: Some Expectations; References; Part I: Content Related Research; Introduction : Content Related Researchon PISA; References; Chapter 1: Implications of PISA Outcomes for Science Curriculum Reform in the Netherlands; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Dutch Science Education and the PISA 2006 Scientific Literacy Framework; 1.2.1 The PISA 2009 Scientific Literacy Framework
    Description / Table of Contents: 1.2.2 Comparison of Dutch Science Education with the PISA Framework1.2.3 Expected Strengths and Weaknesses of Dutch Students; 1.3 Methods; 1.3.1 Introduction; 1.3.2 Method of Analysis at the Item Level; 1.4 Results; 1.4.1 Strengths and Weaknesses of Dutch Students; 1.4.1.1 Relatively Difficult Items; 1.4.1.2 Relatively Easy Items; 1.4.2 Differences Between Students in General and Vocational Secondary Education; 1.4.3 Analyses of the Attitudinal Scales; 1.5 Conclusions; 1.5.1 Implications for Dutch Science Education; Appendix: PISA items; The Greenhouse Effect: Fact or Fiction?; Mary Montagu
    Description / Table of Contents: The History of VaccinationReferences; Chapter 2: Using Mathematical Competencies to Predict Item Difficulty in PISA: A MEG Study; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Competency Related Variables; 2.3 Analysis of the Application of the MEG Item Difficulty Framework; 2.3.1 Psychometric Quality; 2.3.1.1 Correlation of Variable Average Code Values; 2.3.1.2 Coder Consistency; 2.3.2 Results of Difficulty Analyses; 2.3.2.1 Predicting Variance Explained; 2.3.2.2 Factor Analysis; 2.4 Present Status of the Study; References
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 3: PISA Mathematics in Germany: Extending the Conceptual Framework to Enable a More Differentiated Assessment3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Need to Differentiate: Mathematics Achievement Is Not Homogeneous Across Countries; 3.3 A Model for Mathematical Tasks; 3.4 Features of Mathematical Tasks; 3.5 Profiles of Mathematical Achievement; 3.6 Advantages of Differentiated Assessment; References; Part II: Methodological Research; Introduction: Methodological Research in Large-Scale International Assessments; References; Chapter 4: Modeling Reciprocal Determinism in PISA
    Description / Table of Contents: 4.1 Reciprocal Determinism4.1.1 Reciprocal Determinism in PISA; 4.2 Formulating a Nonrecursive Structural Equation Model; 4.2.1 Identification; 4.2.2 Measurement Models; 4.2.3 Estimation; 4.3 Findings; 4.3.1 The Fit Between the Model and the Data; 4.3.2 Parameter Estimates; 4.3.3 Reciprocal Determinism; 4.3.4 Other Influences on Mathematics Self-efficacy and Achievement; 4.4 Modeling Reciprocal Determinism in PISA; References; Chapter 5: The Measurement of Translation Error in PISA-2006 Items: An Application of the Theory of Test Translation Error; 5.1 Theoretical Framework
    Description / Table of Contents: 5.1.1 Definition of Translation Error
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  • 8
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    ISBN: 9789400745070 , 1283697998 , 9781283697996
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXI, 433 p. 100 illus, digital)
    Series Statement: Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects 18
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    Keywords: Educational tests and measurements ; Educational psychology ; Education ; Education ; Educational tests and measurements ; Educational psychology ; Pädagogischer Test
    Abstract: The Asia-Pacific region needs to maximize the benefits of education to enable it to compete in an economic future dominated by innovation, in which assessing student progress must be an empowering rather than delimiting factor. This detailed exposition of the theoretical basis and application tools of self-directed learning-oriented assessment (SLOA) reflects the very latest research championed by the Assessment Research Centre at The Hong Kong Institute of Education. Featuring a range of relevant case studies, it explores the varied theoretical issues related to SLOA and offers an integrated view of the system fully in line with the constructivist paradigm of learning which advocates formative rather than summative assessment. Many of the initiatives outlined here are firsts in the region.SLOA is already being applied in many schools with links to the ARC. It is an approach to assessment that acknowledges the centrality of self-directed learning and which positions assessment as a tool to enable and enhance self-directed learning. It draws on several theories of learning and assessment, including the constructivist notion that learning is best achieved when students take ownership of their educational process, setting their own goals and monitoring their own progress towards those goals. SLOA has been the research and service approach of the ARC since 2005. In the intervening years the centre has developed a number of tools to facilitate SLOA learning and assessment, including vertical ability scales, teacher-friendly computer software and packages for self-directed learning.
    Description / Table of Contents: Self-directed Learning Oriented Assessments in the Asia-Pacific; Introduction by the Series Editors; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Contributors; Part I: Theory of Self-Directed Learning Oriented Assessment; Chapter 1: Assessment Reform in the Asia-Pacific Region: The Theory and Practice of Self-Directed Learning Oriented Assessment; 1.1 Background: The Broader Context for Change; 1.1.1 Assessment Reforms in the Region; 1.1.2 Commonalities of Assessment Reforms in the Asia-Paci fi c Region; 1.1.3 Assessment as Learning Reform: Self-Directed Learning
    Description / Table of Contents: 1.1.4 Assessment for Learning Reform1.1.5 Resolving Tensions in Assessment Reforms; 1.2 Conceptions of Self-Directed Learning Oriented Assessment; 1.2.1 Learning Oriented Assessment; 1.2.2 Self-Directed Learning; 1.2.3 Metacognition; 1.2.4 Feedback; 1.2.5 SLOA: Integrating Assessment Of , For and As Learning; 1.2.6 Theoretical Underpinnings of SLOA; 1.3 Implementation Strategies of SLOA in Schools; 1.4 Tools for the Implementation of SLOA; 1.5 Examples of Implementation in the Asia-Paci fi c Region; 1.6 Conclusion; References; Chapter 2: Assessment, Standards-Referencing and Standard Setting
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.1 Assessment2.1.1 The Meaning of Assessment; 2.1.2 Reporting of Assessments; 2.2 Standards-Referencing; 2.2.1 Giving Meaning to Student Achievement: Norm-Referencing; 2.2.2 Giving Meaning to Student Achievement: Criterion-Referencing; 2.2.3 Giving Meaning to Student Achievement: Standards-Referencing; 2.2.4 Characteristics of Standards-Referenced Systems; 2.2.5 De fi ning Standards; 2.3 Standard Setting; 2.3.1 Setting Standards; 2.3.2 Using Performance Standard to Summarise Student Performance; 2.3.3 Reporting Student Performance
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.3.4 Some Suggestions for Teachers and Examiners in Setting Examinations and Tests in a Standards-Referenced System2.3.5 Standards-Referencing for School Executives; 2.4 Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: Rapid Dynamic Assessment for Learning; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Theoretical Framework; 3.2.1 Knowledge Base and the Nature of Expertise; 3.2.2 Rapid Schema-Based Assessment; 3.2.3 General Design Framework; 3.3 Rapid Diagnostic Assessment Methods; 3.3.1 Rapid Assessment of Expertise in Coordinate Geometry; 3.3.1.1 Model of Expertise; 3.3.1.2 Task Model; 3.3.1.3 Evidence Model
    Description / Table of Contents: 3.3.2 Rapid Assessment of Expertise in Solving Arithmetic Word Problems3.3.2.1 Model of Expertise; 3.3.2.2 Task Pattern; 3.3.2.3 Evidence Model; 3.4 Toward Rapid Dynamic Assessment for Learning; 3.5 Conclusion; 3.5.1 Future Developments; 3.5.1.1 Establishing Generality of the Tool; 3.5.1.2 Using Rapid Assessment in Adaptive Learning Environments; References; Chapter 4: Standardized Diagnostic Assessment Design and Analysis: Key Ideas from Modern Measurement Theory; 4.1 Introduction; 4.1.1 Assessment Of , For , and As Learning; 4.1.2 Measurement Models for Diagnostic Assessment Data
    Description / Table of Contents: 4.2 Evidence-Centered Design
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction by the Series Editors.-  Acknowledgements -- List of Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- About the Contributors -- SECTION 1: Theory of Self Directed Learning Oriented Assessment -- 1. Assessment Reform in the Asia-Pacific Region: The Theory and Practice of Self-directed Learning Oriented Assessment -- 2. Assessment, Standards-Referencing and Standard Setting -- 3.  Rapid Dynamic Assessment for Learning -- 4. Standardized Diagnostic Assessment Design and Analysis: Key Ideas from Modern Measurement Theory -- 5. Application of the DINA Model Framework to Enhance Assessment and Learning -- 6. Theory of Self-Directed Learning-Oriented Assessment: A Non-Technical Introduction to the Theoretical Foundations and Methodologies of Cognitive Diagnostic Assessment -- 7. Getting to the Core of Learning: Using Assessment for Self-monitoring and Self-regulation -- 8. Metacognitive Self-Confidence in School-Aged Children -- SECTION 2: Tools for Implementing Self Directed Learning Oriented Assessment -- 9. Using Item Response Theory as a Tool in Educational Measurement -- 10. A Concurrent-Separate Approach to Vertical Scaling -- 11. Student-Problem Chart: An Essential Tool for SLOA -- 12. Using User-defined Fit Statistic to Analyze Two Tier Items in Mathematics -- 13. Dynamic Assessment of Learning Potential -- 14. Exploiting Computerized Adaptive Testing for Self-Directed Learning -- SECTION 3: Case Studies of Self Directed Learning Oriented Assessment in the Region -- 15. Learning Assessment Reform in Thailand -- 16. Concerns of Student Teachers: Identifying Emerging Themes through Self-assessment -- 17. Informing Learning and Teaching Using Feedback from Assessment Data: Hong Kong Teachers’ Attitudes towards Rasch Measurement -- 18. Accelerated Approach to Primary School English Education in China: Three Case Studies -- 19. Physical Education in Higher Education in Hong Kong: The Effects of the Intervention on Pre-service Sports Coaches’ Attitudes towards Assessment for Learning used in Sports -- 20. The Case of St Margaret’s Girls’ College: How SLOA Promotes Self Assessment and Peer Assessment to Enhance Secondary School Student English Learning -- Index. .
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  • 9
    ISBN: 9789400755529 , 1283908689 , 9781283908689
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (VI, 117 p. 19 illus, digital)
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Education
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    Series Statement: Bücher
    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T.
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    Keywords: Educational tests and measurements ; Educational psychology ; Education ; Education ; Educational tests and measurements ; Educational psychology ; Pädagogik ; Internet ; Netzwerk
    Abstract: Identifying 'networked flow' as the key driver of networked creativity, this new volume in the Springer Briefs series deploys concepts from a range of sub-disciplines in psychology to suggest ways of optimizing the innovative potential of creative networks. In their analysis of how to support these networks, the contributing authors apply expertise in experimental, social, cultural and educational psychology. They show how developing a creative network requires the establishment of an optimal group experience in which individual intentions inform and guide collective goals. The volume represents a three-fold achievement. It develops a ground-breaking new perspective on group creativity: the notion of 'networked flow' as a bridging concept linking the neuropsychological, psychological and social levels of the creative process. In addition, the authors set out a six-stage model that provides researchers with a methodological framework (also by referring to the social network analysis) for studying the creativity traditionally associated with interpersonal contexts. Finally, the book includes perceptive analysis of the novel possibilities opened up by second-generation internet technologies, particularly in social networking, that seem destined to develop and sustain online creativity. As a wide-ranging exposition of a new direction in theoretical psychology that is laden with exciting possibilities, this volume will inform and inspire professionals, scholars and students alike
    Abstract: Identifying ‘networked flow’ as the key driver of networked creativity, this new volume in the Springer Briefs series deploys concepts from a range of sub-disciplines in psychology to suggest ways of optimizing the innovative potential of creative networks. In their analysis of how to support these networks, the contributing authors apply expertise in experimental, social, cultural and educational psychology. They show how developing a creative network requires the establishment of an optimal group experience in which individual intentions inform and guide collective goals.The volume represents a three-fold achievement. It develops a ground-breaking new perspective on group creativity: the notion of ‘networked flow’ as a bridging concept linking the neuropsychological, psychological and social levels of the creative process. In addition, the authors set out a six-stage model that provides researchers with a methodological framework (also by referring to the social network analysis) for studying the creativity traditionally associated with interpersonal contexts. Finally, the book includes perceptive analysis of the novel possibilities opened up by second-generation internet technologies, particularly in social networking, that seem destined to develop and sustain online creativity. As a wide-ranging exposition of a new direction in theoretical psychology that is laden with exciting possibilities, this volume will inform and inspire professionals, scholars and students alike.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: From Creativity to Creative Networks Chapter -- 2: The Cognitive Foundations of Networked Flow Chapter -- 3: The Emergence of Networked Flow Chapter -- 4: Analyzing the Experience of Networked Flow through Social Network Analysis​.
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  • 10
    ISBN: 0415397804 , 0415397812 , 9780415397810 , 9780415397803
    Language: English
    Pages: XIV, 158 S.
    Edition: 1. publ.
    Series Statement: Key guides for effective teaching in higher education series
    DDC: 371.27/1
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    Keywords: Didactiek ; Hoger onderwijs ; Tests ; Educational tests and measurements ; Feedback (Psychology) ; Education, Higher ; Leistungsmessung ; Höheres Bildungswesen ; Höheres Bildungswesen ; Leistungsmessung
    Abstract: This book is based on the argument that detailed and developmental formative feedback is the single most useful thing teachers can do for students. It helps to clarify the expectations of higher education and assist all students to achieve their potential. This book promotes student learning through formative assessment and feedback, which: enables self-assessment and reflection in learning, encourages teacher-student dialogue, helps clarify what is good performance, provides students with quality information to help improve their learning, encourages motivation and self-confidence in students, and aids the teacher in shaping teaching. Underpinned by the relevant theory, the practical advice and examples in this book directly address the issues of how to motivate students to engage in formative assessment effectively and shows teachers how they can provide further useful formative feedback.
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  • 11
    ISBN: 9781402060229
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource , v.: digital
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Science and Law Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Studies in Educational Leadership 6
    DDC: 371.2
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    Keywords: Education ; Educational tests and measurements ; Schulleitung ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: This book offers cutting edge thinking on effective leadership processes. It pulls together the thinking of 16 educators with diverse backgrounds and experiences, all of whom hold keen interests in harnessing the forces that can improve educational opportunity for students. The book is intended to stimulate the thinking of every educator who aspires to influence decision-making and to provide direction to their school, district or institution.
    Abstract: Effective educational leadership, while highly contextualized, is more and more recognized as a crucial input and process variable that determines to a very large extent the outcomes for educational organizations. This book pulls together the thinking of 16 educators with diverse backgrounds and experiences, all of whom hold keen interests in harnessing the forces that can improve educational opportunity for students. Becoming an effective education leader requires more than a passing knowledge of leadership theory, it also requires knowledge of what works in education and an on-going commitment to thinking about how leadership dynamics and pedagogical theory intersect within contextual realities. Intelligent Leadership: Constructs for Thinking Education Leaders is intended to stimulate the thinking of every educator who aspires to influence decision-making and to provide direction to their school, district or institution.
    Description / Table of Contents: Front Matter; In Search of the Elusive General Theory; Observations on Leadership: Linking Theory, Practice and Lived Experience; Change Theory as a Force for School Improvement; What We Know About Educational Leadership; Contemporary Learning Theories, Instructional Design and Leadership; Democratic School Leadership in Canada's Public School Systems: Professional Value and Social Ethic; School and Community; Using Resources Effectively in Education; Leading Towards Learning and Achievement: The Role of Quality Classroom Assessment
    Description / Table of Contents: A Survey of Existing School Leadership Preparation and Development Programs
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  • 12
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    ISBN: 9781402062261
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource , v.: digital
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Science and Law Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Enhancing teaching and learning through assessment
    DDC: 370
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    Keywords: Education ; Educational tests and measurements ; Schulleistungsmessung ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Assessment is the daily life of a teacher; designing plans, setting questions, giving feedback and grading are all activities that teachers undertake on a regular basis. This book provides a practical guide on the effective use of assessment. It includes the use of assessment tools and pedagogical design that help students deepen their learning. Major issues on assessment and some excellent examples are presented as a useful resource to university teachers in enhancing teaching and students' learning.
    Abstract: Assessment is the daily life of a teacher, designing plans, setting questions, giving feedback and grading are all activities that teachers undertake on a regular basis. Yet, the close examination of such activities can be hindered by constraints caused by the context in which different teaching and learning activities occur and an unawareness of the effect that assessment has on the students themselves. This book provides a practical guide on the effective use of assessment. It includes the use of assessment tools and pedagogical design that help students deepen their learning. Major issues on assessment and some excellent examples are presented as a useful resource to university teachers in enhancing teaching and students' learning. It will also be found useful by teachers when implementing various assessment methods. School administrators and teaching development professionals will find the book useful when making decisions related to learning and teaching issues in their institutions.
    Description / Table of Contents: Front Matter; Implementing Criterion-Referenced Assessment; Reinforcing Formative and Summative Assessment; Aligning Assessment with Learning and Teaching; Rethinking Teacher Professional Development; Teaching with Group Work, Peer and Self Assessment; Designing Multiple Assessment Methods; Reviewing Outcome-based Assessment and Implementation issues; Examining Assessment in the Workplace; Making Use of Technology in Assessment; Exploring Implementation Issues and their Implications; Back Matter
    Note: "Assessment series"--P. facing t.p , "This book arose out of papers given at the UGC-funded First International Conference 'Enhancing Teaching and Learning through Assessment', held at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in June, 2005"--Foreword , "The contributions ... are from ... Conference titled, 'The First International Conference on Enhancing Teaching and Learning through Assessment'--Acknowledgements , Includes bibliographical references and index , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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  • 13
    ISBN: 9781402056123
    Language: English
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    Series Statement: Educational Innovation in Economics and Business 10
    DDC: 658.40711
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    Keywords: Führungskräfteentwicklung ; Betriebswirtschaftsstudium ; Wirtschaftsstudium ; Wirtschaftspädagogik ; Education ; Education, Higher ; Educational tests and measurements ; Führungskraft ; Hochschulbildung
    Abstract: This volume explores the challenges of educating professionals to succeed in a complex, uncertain and global business world. The book contains intellectual concepts and practical advice from leaders in innovative education around the globe. It will help educators and the educational enterprise become more innovative, efficient, and effective in addressing the teaching/learning challenges associated with helping students prepare to face their own challenges.
    Abstract: "As an educator, are you struggling with any of the following challenges? Do you know what competencies, capacities, attitudes, and perspectives learners need to develop so they can be contributing, productive members of organizations and society? What resource constraints do you need to address in trying to provide innovative and meaningful education? How can you make the learning process more effective? How can you best use technology to effectively deliver content and meaningfully engage learners in the educational process? What can you do to help people become effective leaders of businesses and other organizations in an increasingly complex and values-driven world that is changing rapidly and often contentiously? How do you accommodate the needs of learners throughout their lives? How do you accomplish all of this in a multicultural and global environment? If you are facing any of these challenges, this volume is a ""must read"" it tackles these questions and more, providing perspectives and insights from leading educators around the globe. This volume will help educators and the educational enterprise become more innovative, efficient, and effective in addressing the teaching/learning challenges associated with helping students prepare to face their own challenges as leaders and followers in an increasingly complex, uncertain, and global economy."
    Description / Table of Contents: CONTENTS; Contributing Authors; Acknowledgments; Editorial Team; Preface; PART I: INTRODUCTION; The Challenges of Educating People to Lead in a Challenging World; PART II: THE TEACHING/LEARNING CONUNDRUM: ISSUES, CHALLENGES, AND PROSPECTS; The Education Objective for the Knowledge Economy; A Process for Implementing Problem-based Learning; Universitat Oberta de Catalunya; A Tempus Tacis Project as a Catalyst for Change in Post-Soviet Georgia; Is There a Gap Between the Idea and its Application in Higher Education?; Implementing and Sustaining Educational Innovations
    Description / Table of Contents: Use, Misuse, and Abuse of Student Evaluations of InstructionPART III: ASSESSING THE DIMENSIONS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF LEARNING AND LEARNERS; The Identification of Constructivist Pedagogy in Different Learning Environments; Development of Competence in Translating Business Ideas into Practice; Commonalities in Attitudes and Beliefs Toward Different Academic Subjects; Multicultural Perceptions of the Entrepreneurial Lifestyle; Developing Learning Materials for the Unknown Online Learner; Piloting the Accreditation of Experiential Learning - A Case Study
    Description / Table of Contents: PART IV: DEVELOPING COMPETENCIES FOR CAREER SUCCESS: ISSUES AND PRACTICESTeaching for Life - Generic Capabilities that Link University Learning with Workplace Learning; How Distance Education Can Sustain the Development of Competencies; An Approach for Helping Students Become Authentic Ethical Role Models; Developing Critical Thinking Skills Online to Facilitate a Discursive Multicultural Classroom; The Role of University Education; PART V: USING TECHNOLOGY TO FACILITATE TEACHING AND LEARNING; Where Did the Didactics Go?; An Exploratory Analysis
    Description / Table of Contents: Applying the Concept of a Corporate University to a Business SectorThe ITESM Model; An Exploratory Case Study Examining the Impact of Action Learning on the Design of Management-level Web-based Instruction; Lower Perceived Performance by Students; PART VI: TEACHING AND LEARNING INSIGHTS FROM UNIQUE APPLICATIONS; Powerful Ideas for Innovative Learning Design and the Use of IT in Corporate Education; Leveraging Diversity in Globalizing Education; The Relevance of a Public Sector Experiment for Innovative Education; Principles and Practices; PBL Experience with First Year Business Undergraduates
    Description / Table of Contents: Index
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  • 14
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    Dordrecht : Springer
    ISBN: 9781402064463
    Language: English
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    DDC: 371.207
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    Keywords: Education ; Education and state ; Educational tests and measurements ; Bildungswesen ; Organisationsentwicklung ; Governance
    Abstract: Educational systems are now more than ever faced with the challenge of improving their performance and proving that suitable measures are being taken to guarantee greater efficiency regarding equity. Bringing together a wide range of disciplines and experience in several countries, this book details possible models of governance and describes ways to measure their effects in terms of efficiency and equity.
    Abstract: Education has increasingly become the focus of public discourse and policy, with its methods, resources and achievements widely debated. As a result, educational systems are now more than ever faced with the challenge of improving their performance and of proving that suitable measures are being taken to guarantee greater efficiency regarding equity. This desire for better results requires that better methods for their measurement exist so that they can be better understood and, ultimately, improved. Several disciplines have already developed instruments for this purpose. The educational sciences have been particularly active in this field. Other disciplines, such as sociology, economics, management, information technology, and political science are also making significant contributions to the emergence of a better form of governance. Before one can benefit from these developments, one first must know about their existence and analyse and question them. The proposed book is unique in that it brings together a wide range of disciplines and experience from several countries. What are possible models of governance? How do we measure their effects in terms of efficiency and equity? What type of contribution can financial and information systems make? How do we adapt the prevailing culture to the challenge of better performance? These are some of the concrete questions to which this book provides an answer.
    Description / Table of Contents: Front Matter; Introduction: Governance and Performance of Education Systems; The New Regulation Forms of Educational Systems in Europe: Towards a Post-bureaucratic Regime; Comparing Higher Education Governance Systems in Four European Countries; Purpose and Limits of a National Monitoring of the Education System Through Indicators; Measuring and Comparing the Equity of Education Systems in Europe; The Economic Benefits of Improved Teacher Quality; Direct Democracy and Public Education in Swiss Cantons; School Factors Related to Quality: Multilevel Analysis for Three Swiss Cantons
    Description / Table of Contents: Are Swiss Secondary Schools Efficient?Funding Schools by Formula; A Cost Model of Schools: School Size, School Structure and Student Composition; The Potential of School Information Systems for Enhancing School Improvement; School Autonomy and Financial Manoeuvrability: French Principals' Strategies; Finnish Strategy for High-Level Education for All; Back Matter
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  • 15
    ISBN: 9781402036811
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource , v.: digital
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    Series Statement: Lifelong Learning Book Series 4
    DDC: 374.0082
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    Keywords: Education ; Social sciences ; Erwachsenenbildung ; Frau ; Lebenslanges Lernen ; Frau
    Abstract: "The Inclusion of Other Women brings together insights and narratives of three women, of European, Arab and of Romà descent, who address issues of feminism and social inclusion within the framework of adult education and learning. The authors discuss the experiences of the ""other women"": non-academic women who have been historically silenced from the feminist mainstream discourse and are now claiming their voice. This volume provides a rigorous theoretical analysis of feminist thought and real women's lives, drawing the connection between marginalized women's social participation, dialogically oriented adult education and solidarity, as key elements in the creation of personal meaning and social transformation. Grounded in a dialogic educational perspective, the authors' insightful work and the voices of the ""other women"" make this a highly unique, engaging, accessible reading experience. This book will prove of great value to professors, researchers, graduate students, teachers and teacher trainers with a strong interest in Adult Education, Lifelong Learning and Women's Studies."
    Description / Table of Contents: From Imposition to Negotiation and Consensus; From Academic Feminism (of the élite) to Universal Feminism (for All); We are Women for Transformation, We are not Women for Accommodation; Creation of Meaning Through Lifelong Learning; From Competition to Complexity: Solidarity; The Equal Right to be Different
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