Class Size: Eastern and Western perspectives - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 1138793787 ISBN 13: 9781138793781

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2016

Riassunto

Much debate, research and commentary about class sizes in schools is limited because of an exclusive concern with class size and pupil academic attainment, and a neglect of classroom processes, which might help explain class size effects (or lack of them). Very little is known about the central question: how can teachers make the most of class size changes? Much of the commentary on class size effects has focused on Western and English-speaking countries but there are promising developments elsewhere, particularly the 'Small Class Teaching' initiatives in East Asia in the past decade, which have brought new knowledge and practical wisdom to the class size debate.

This book seeks to move toward a clearer view of what we know and do not know about class size effects, and to identify future steps in terms of policy and research. There is a huge and exciting potential for international collaboration on knowledge concerning class size effects which can help with research-informed policy. The book aims to draw out Eastern and Western international contexts which underpin any understanding of the role of class size in school learning.

The book has chapters by an international team of experts on class size effects, including Maurice Galton and John Hattie. Chapters are organised into four main sections:

1. Socio-cultural and political contexts to the class size debate in the East and West;
2. Research evidence on class size;
3. Class size and classroom processes likely to be related to class size changes;
4. Professional development for small class teaching in East Asia.

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L'autore:

Peter Blatchford is Professor of Psychology and Education at the UCL Institute of Education, University College London and Honorary and Visiting Professor at the Education University of Hong Kong (formerly the Hong Kong Institute of Education).

Kam Wing Chan is Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and Honorary Advisor in the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching at the Education University of Hong Kong. He was formerly the Director of the Centre for Small Class Teaching at the University.

Maurice Galton is Emeritus Professor with the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge and Former Dean of Education and Continuing Education at the University of Leicester; previously he was Visiting Professor at Hong Kong Institute of Education and evaluator of the Hong Kong Government's small class teaching programme from 2004 to 2014.

Kwok Chan Lai is Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and Honorary Advisor in the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching at the Education University of Hong Kong. He was the founding Director of the Centre for Small Class Teaching from 2006 to 2012.

John Chi-Kin Lee is Vice President (Academic) and Chair Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, as well as Co-Director of the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, at the Education University of Hong Kong. He was conferred the title of Changjiang Chair Professor.

Contenuti:

Part 1: Introduction 1. Editorial introduction  Part 2: Socio-cultural and political context 2. Descriptive chapter, e.g., from OECD, on facts and figures about class size across the world. Author to be confirmed 3. Asian context – a chapter on the broad educational and cultural contexts in China and Asia. John Lee 4. The situation in the East and the West, stressing the educational and policy contexts that have shaped approaches to class size KC Lai, Peter Blatchford and Dong, Beifei 5. The USA perspective. Jeremy Finn on the current situation in the USA, 30 years after the STAR project  Part 3: Research evidence on class size 6. Class size and results from analysis of change over time in teacher effectiveness (author to be confirmed) 7. Critique of evidence on class size effects, e.g., from PISA and meta-analyses and what we know from the best dedicated studies of class size Peter Blatchford 8. One critical of small classes Author to be confirmed 9. An economist’s take on the evidence on class size effects. Author to be confirmed 10. On class size research in France, effects on academic attainment and classroom engagement – Pascal Bassoux, Pierre Mendes-France University, Grenoble, France  Part 4: Class size and teaching, curriculum development and assessment 11. Creating a climate for small class teaching (Maurice Galton) 12. Class size and teaching approaches and interactions Gary Harfitt 13. Class size and curriculum integration and adaptation - Lee, C.K.14. Assessment strategies in small classes (顏國樑) 15. Catering for diversity in small classes (汪笑梅 & 吳永軍)  Part 5: Professional development for small class teaching 16. Class size and collaborative approaches and group work Paul Chan 17. Optimizing small class teaching through personalized instruction (董蓓菲) Dr Dong, Beifei 18. Enhancing the effectiveness of small class teaching through innovative learning environments in Hong Kong schools (Chan, K.W.) 19. Teachers’ professional development for small class teaching in Shanghai and Nanjing (董蓓菲, 汪笑梅 & 郝京華) 20. Teachers’ professional development for small class teaching in Hong Kong and Taiwan (Lai, K.C., & 顏國樑)  Part 6: Future Developments 21. Future research directions and future developments in small class teaching Editors

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• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1138793787
• ISBN 13: 9781138793781
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 308
• Redattore: Blatchford Peter, Chan Kam Wing, Galton Maurice, Lai Kwok Chan, Lee John Chi-Kin