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Understanding low achievement in English schools
Kingdon, Geeta; Cassen, Robert - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
Tens of thousands of young people leave school with no or very few qualifications in England. This paper seeks to build …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884594
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Disabled children's cognitive development in the early years
Parsons, Samantha; Platt, Lucinda - Department of Quantitative Social Science, Institute of … - 2014
following questions: do disabled children in England have lower cognitive skills prior to school entry? How do educational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010936500
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Social Segregation in Secondary Schools: How Does England Compare with Other Countries?
Jenkins, Stephen P.; Micklewright, John; Schnepf, Sylke V. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
We provide new evidence about the degree of social segregation in England’s secondary schools, employing a cross … for sampling variation in the estimates. England is shown to be a middle-ranking country, as is the USA. High segregation … Scotland. In explaining England’s position, we argue that its segregation is mostly accounted for by unevenness in social …
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Value Added in English Schools
Ray, Andrew; McCormack, Tanya; Evans, Helen - In: Education Finance and Policy 4 (2009) October, pp. 415-438
Value-added indicators are now a central part of school accountability in England, and value-added information is … and national governments. The article outlines the development of value-added models in England following the introduction …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010559571
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Attractiveness, Easiness, and Other Issues : Student Evaluations of Professors on RateMyProfessors.com
Felton, James - 2009
Felton, Mitchell and Stinson (2004) reported that web-based student evaluations of teaching (SET) demonstrated a student preference for course easiness and instructor sexiness. This study explores these same relationships with a larger and improved database. Results indicate even stronger...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012721564
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Corruption as a Legacy of the Medieval University : Financial Affairs
Osipian, Ararat - 2008
Looking back upon the centuries one would suspect that in earlier ages universities of medieval France and Italy were very different from the multiplicity of organizational and institutional forms of higher education institutions in modern times, and yet one would be surprised how much these old...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012724512
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The Influence of System Transfer on Perceptions of Association between Education and Development : A Comparison of Three Eras of Mozambican Education
Cossa, José Augusto - 2008
In this study I assessed why the phenomenon of system transfer influences perceptions of association between education and development in Mozambique. I analyze the interaction of key concepts, i.e., education, development, and system transfer within the frameworks of economic nationalism,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012727981
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Skill-Specific Rather than General Education : A Reason for Slow European Growth?
Krueger, Dirk - 2008
In this paper, we develop a model of technology adoption and economic growth in which households optimally obtain either a concept-based, quot;generalquot; education or a skill-specific, quot;vocationalquot; education. General education is more costly to obtain, but reduces the loss of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012728102
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Learning Beyond Boundaries Through Discussion : Two Cases Studies from 'Interdisciplinary' to 'Transdisciplinary'
Shen, Jia - 2007
This paper is situated in the relatively new tradition of learning stories to expose the approach to transdisciplinary learning in an authentic sense. Specifically, it focuses on the cases of two classroom discussions in philosophy course of Zhejiang University which is campus-wide course and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012728691
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Income Risk and Schooling Outcomes in Burkina Faso
Kazianga, Harounan - 2006
There is a large literature which explores how negative income shocks impact human capital accumulation (especially education) when financial markets are incomplete and households can neither insure nor borrow to smooth their consumption. The main conclusion is that households in these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012734879