In the US, intense political attention has been focused on accountability, on standardised testing and on the equity effects of both accountability and testing. The great majority of recent debate about educational equity and accountability in US education policy circles has failed to attend to either the dynamism or complexity of these issues, and has, instead, been carried out in a dualistic, good versus evil, fashion. In contrast, the scholarship collected in this edited book moves beyond the prevailing dualism and pushes the discourse about accountability, testing, and educational equity...
In the US, intense political attention has been focused on accountability, on standardised testing and on the equity effects of both accountability an...
In recent years, research in the social sciences has been dominated by the debate on the merits of qualitative method versus quantitative methodology. Until recently, the debate appeared to have been won by those promoting the qualitative approach, but then postmodern theory appeared on the scene, challenging all our preconceptions about research method. This book goes one step further than those working at the philosophical level, showing the implications of postmodernism for practice.
In recent years, research in the social sciences has been dominated by the debate on the merits of qualitative method versus quantitative methodology....
James Joseph Scheurich J. Scheurich Scheurich James
In recent years, research in the social sciences has been dominated by the debate on the merits of qualitative method versus quantitative methodology. Until recently, the debate appeared to have been won by those promoting the qualitative approach, but then postmodern theory appeared on the scene, challenging all our preconceptions about research method. This book goes one step further than those working at the philosophical level, showing the implications of postmodernism for practice.
In recent years, research in the social sciences has been dominated by the debate on the merits of qualitative method versus quantitative methodology....
This guide" "encourages school leaders and teachers to develop creative strategies for student equity and advancement using tools like accountability, equity audits, and proactive redundancy.
This guide" "encourages school leaders and teachers to develop creative strategies for student equity and advancement using tools like accountabili...
This resource demonstrates how equity audits can support increased achievement for all students, regardless of socio-economic class, and provides "inequity indicators" for evaluating your school.
This resource demonstrates how equity audits can support increased achievement for all students, regardless of socio-economic class, and provides "ine...
The rapid growth of diversity within U.S. schooling and the heightened attention to the lack of equity in student achievement, school completion, and postsecondary attendance has made equity and diversity two of the principle issues in education, educational leadership, and educational leadership research. The Handbook of Research on Educational Leadership for Equity and Diversity is the first research-based handbook that comprehensively addresses the broad diversity in U.S. schools by race, ethnicity, culture, language, gender, disability, sexual identity, and class. The Handbook both highly...
The rapid growth of diversity within U.S. schooling and the heightened attention to the lack of equity in student achievement, school completion, and ...
The rapid growth of diversity within U.S. schooling and the heightened attention to the lack of equity in student achievement, school completion, and postsecondary attendance has made equity and diversity two of the principle issues in education, educational leadership, and educational leadership research. The Handbook of Research on Educational Leadership for Equity and Diversity is the first research-based handbook that comprehensively addresses the broad diversity in U.S. schools by race, ethnicity, culture, language, gender, disability, sexual identity, and class.
The...
The rapid growth of diversity within U.S. schooling and the heightened attention to the lack of equity in student achievement, school completion, a...
