Success Against the Odds: Effective Schools in Disadvantaged Areas

ISBN-13: 9781138421042 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 396 str.

Paul Hamlyn

Opis

The follow up to the bestseller Learning To Succeed, this book examines one of the key themes of its predecessor, how schools in disadvantaged areas can be effective. An essential purchase for anyone interested in education.

Recenzje

'The schools in this book are an inspiration to all pupils, parents and teachers...We must learn what they can teach us.' - David Blunkett

'This book may prove to be the most valuable of all (the National Commission on Education's) influential reports.' - Times Educational Supplement

'...this marvellous book offers a powerful voice...' - Nick Tester

'This sharp collection of brass tacks points upwards.' - Nick Tester

Spis treści

NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Introduction: the challenge of disadvantage, 1 Fair Furlong Primary School, 2 Crowcroft Park Primary School, 3 Blaengwrach Primary School, 4 Columbia Primary School, 5 Lochgelly North Special School, 6 Burntwood Secondary Girls' School, 7 Haywood High School, 8 Hazelwood Integrated College, 9 St Michael's Roman Catholic Comprehensive School, 10 Sutton Centre, 11 Selly Park Girls' School Lessons in success, APPENDIX A: GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS, APPENDIX B: TERMINOLOGY USED IN CASE STUDIES, INDEX

O autorze

Paul Hamlyn