Schools Making a Difference

By: Martin Thrupp, Thrupp

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Paperback | 1 May 1999

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Does an effective school really come about through the actions of teachers and school leaders, or does it also require an advantaged student intake? This question reflects a longstanding research debate about whether or not the social class mix of a school's student intake has much effect on individual achievement. Schools Making a Difference: Let's Be Realistic presents new evidence which suggests that school mix is likely to be important because of the way many school processes are deeply influenced by student intake characteristics. Low socio-economic schools face numerous intake-related constraints which make them highly resistant to improvement efforts. By suggesting that 'failing' schools are often overwhelmed rather than ineffective, this book provides a sympathetic reappraisal of the performance of teachers and school leaders in such schools. It also offers a critical response to the often unrealistic claims of the school effectiveness and school improvement movement and a fresh critique of market reforms in education.

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Non-Fiction Society & Culture Cultural Studies Popular Culture Education Organisation & Management of Education Schools & Pre-Schools Secondary Schools Philosophy & Theory of Education

List of figures and tables	p. vi
Preface and acknowledgements	p. vii
The problem of school mix
Introduction: The social limits of reform	p. 3
School effectiveness research and the enduring problem of school mix	p. 13
Possible mechanisms and a research strategy	p. 32
The Wellington schools
Setting the scene	p. 59
It's not what you know ...	p. 66
The negotiated curriculum	p. 79
The art of the possible	p. 103
Theory, practice, policy and research
Understanding the impact of school mix	p. 121
Social class segregation and the politics of polarization and blame	p. 136
Improvement research: How realistic?	p. 160
Conclusion: Let's be realistic!	p. 182
Notes	p. 197
References	p. 203
Index	p. 219
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