The Routledge International Handbook of Educational Effectiveness and Improvement Research, policy, and practice

The International Handbook of Educational Effectiveness and Improvement draws together leading academics and researchers in the field to reflect on the history, traditions and the most recent developments in this dynamic and influential field. This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of: the foundations of the field the evolution of educational effectiveness theory and methodology the links with other research disciplines the links betweenpolicy and practice. In conclusion, the handbook sets out a new agenda for future educational effectiveness research. This handbook is an essential resource for those interested in the effectiveness of educational systems, organisations and classrooms. It offers academics, researchers, students andpolicy-makers new insights into the latest thinking and evidence about educational effectiveness.

Contents Chapter 1 Educational Effectiveness and Improvement: Research and Practice (EEI): The Emergence of The Discipline Christopher Chapman, David Reynolds, Daniel Muijs, Pam Sammons, Charles Teddlie and Paul Clarke Chapter 2 The Scientific Properties of School Effects Pamela Sammons, Susila Davis and John Gray Chapter 3 Effective School Processes David Reynolds, Charles Teddlie, Chris Chapman Chapter 4 The Scientific Properties of Teacher Effects/ Effective Teaching Processes Daniel Muijs, David Reynolds and Leonidas Kyriakides Chapter 5 School Improvement and System Reform David Hopkins Chapter 6 Theory Development in Educational Effectives Research Bert Creemers, Leonidas Kyriakides and Y.C. Cheng Chapter 7 Quantitative Methods Daniel Muijs and Annie Brookman Chapter 8 Qualitative Methods in Educational Improvement and Effectiveness Mark Hadfield and Christopher Chapman Chapter 9 EER in New, Emerging and Traditional Contexts Sally Thomas, Leonidas Kyriakides and Tony Townsend Chapter 10 Comparative Educational Research David Reynolds, Brian Caldwell, Rosa Maria Cruz, Zhenzhen Miaou, Javier Murillo and Hamis Mugendawala Chapter 11 Educational Effectiveness and Improvement Research and Educational Policy: The Rise of Performance Based Reforms David Reynolds, Christopher Chapman and Anthony Kelly Chapter 12 EER and System Reconstruction and Change Sam Stringfield and Anthony Mackay Chapter 13 Leadership Development and Issues of Effectiveness Jim O’Brien and Christine Forde Chapter 14 EEIP and Teachers and Teaching Louise Stoll, Lorna Earl, Stephen Anderson and Kim Schildkamp Chapter 15 The challenges of Globalisation and the New Policy Paradigms for EEIP Anthony Kelly and Paul Clarke Chapter 16 Critical and Alternative Perspectives on EEIP Tony Townsend, John MacBeath and Ira Bogotch Chapter 17 Conclusions: The future of EER and Some Suggestions and Speculations David Reynolds, Christopher Chapman, Daniel Muijs, Pam Sammons andCharles Teddlie

Christopher ChapmanisDirector of the Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change and Professor of Educational Policy and Practice at the University of Glasgow, UK. Daniel Muijs is Professor of Education at theUniversity of Southampton, UK. David Reynolds isProfessor of Educational Effectivenessat theUniversity of Southampton, UK. Pam Sammons isProfessorial Senior Research Fellow in theDepartment of Education at theUniversity of Oxford, UK. Charles Teddlie isthe Jo Ellen Levy Yates Professor of Education, Emeritus, atLouisiana State University, USA.