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ERIC Number: EJ512495
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-0068
Effective Schools?
Jansen, Jonathan D.
Comparative Education, v31 n2 p181-200 Jun 1995
Critically reviews and assesses the (largely North American) literature on effective schools. Examines the transnational impact of this literature and its limitations in developing nations. Outlines differences between the school effectiveness paradigm and the educational quality paradigm in assumptions about good educational practice. Proposes that research focus on the complexities of classroom practice. Contains 93 references. (SV)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Research, Developing Nations, Educational Policy, Educational Quality, Effective Schools Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Institutional Characteristics, Literature Reviews, Research Problems, School Effectiveness
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Cross National Studies; School Effects
Note: Special number 17; theme issue title: "Educational Reconstruction and Transformation in South Africa."