This four-volume set is part of the Fundamentals of Applied Research series and sits alongside Stephen Gorard's major reference collection "Quantitative Research Methods in Education." It brings together seminal and cutting edge articles on qualitative research internationally, and shows how the field has developed in influence in recent years. Importantly, this major reference collection reviews the ongoing debates and various issues about qualitative methods and the contribution they make to understanding educational issues. The set also comprises a timely analysis of the contribution which...
This four-volume set is part of the Fundamentals of Applied Research series and sits alongside Stephen Gorard's major reference collection "Quantitati...
Assessment is a key area of interest and debate in education. Its increased use by governments as a means of influencing educational practice are now features of the educational scene. This volume reviews such developments and explores the impact of assessment on all areas of education, from teaching skills to policy-making.
Assessment is a key area of interest and debate in education. Its increased use by governments as a means of influencing educational practice are now ...
Assessment and evaluation are crucial aspects of any educational system and rarely can they have been so central to educational policy-making and the reform of schooling as at the present time. (The introduction of the National Curriculum and Testing system in the UK and the test-based 'No Child Left Behind' legislation in the USA are but two high-profile examples.) Assessment processes interact with curriculum and teaching methods to frame the student experience of education, and the outcomes of assessment are crucially important in determining individual educational progression and...
Assessment and evaluation are crucial aspects of any educational system and rarely can they have been so central to educational policy-making and t...
Assessment is a key area of interest and debate in education. Its increased use by governments as a powerful means of influencing educational practice are now features of the educational scene worldwide. This volume was the first major international review of such developments and it explores the impact of assessment on all areas of education, from teaching skills to policy-making.
The contributors take a global perspective to spotlight the common problems facing teachers and students, policy-makers and politicians through the world as they seek to reconcile issues of equity and...
Assessment is a key area of interest and debate in education. Its increased use by governments as a powerful means of influencing educational pract...
