Closing the Achievement Gap in Disadvantaged Communities: Lessons from Successful Schools     

Pierre J. du Plessis 《Africa Education Review》2019,16(6):22-36

Abstract

The fact that all children must attend school has characterised South Africa over the past two decades. While many schools are struggling to address this challenge, others have made strides and progress in closing the gap between groups. This article recounts how these secondary schools have been able to narrow the achievement gap and sustain their success over time. The three schools described here are all large public schools that serve disadvantaged communities in Mpumalanga, South Africa. Data was collected during meetings with the three schools which consisted of two rounds of focus group and one whole group session. These meetings helped the researcher to gather important information about each school’s characteristics, school change process, school climate, role of the curriculum and instructional practices in promoting learner achievement. While each of the participating schools has unique characteristics, a set of important common practices emerged.  相似文献   

Computers in schools     

Pierre Duguet 《Prospects》1990,20(2):165-172

He has been responsible for OECD publications in this area and has written many articles in this and other educational fields.  相似文献   

Book reviews     

Pierre Furter  Vanilda Paiva  Udo Bude  Marcela Gajardo  Edwin Keiner  Antoine Gennaoui  Traian Vraşmaş  Vivian L. Gadsden  Renate Nestvogel 《International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue internationale l'éducation》1992,38(5):553-572

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An Epistemological Approach to French Syllabi on Human Origins during the 19th and 20th Centuries     

Marie-Pierre Quessada  Pierre Clément 《Science & Education》2007,16(9-10):991-1006

This study focuses on how human origins were taught in the French Natural Sciences syllabuses of the 19th and 20th centuries. We evaluate the interval between the publication of scientific concepts and their emergence in syllabuses, i.e., didactic transposition delay (DTD), to determine how long it took for scientific findings pertaining to our topic to be introduced in teaching. Conceptions were categorised into four successive periods, each of which lasted approximately half a century. We showed that the DTD on human origins was influenced in each period by the conceptions of the curriculum developers, by the educational system and, more generally, by the socio-political context.  相似文献   

The relationship between the school as a learning organisation and staff outcomes: A case study of Wales     

Marco Kools  Pierre Gouëdard  Bert George  Bram Steijn  Victor Bekkers  Louise Stoll 《European Journal of Education》2019,54(3):426-442

Does the school as a learning organisation affect staff outcomes? This article examines the relationship between the school as a learning organisation and staff job satisfaction and the school's responsiveness to staff needs using a purposefully designed “Schools as Learning Organisations Survey” completed as part of an OECD study in Wales. A positive and significant relationship is found between the school as a learning organisation and both job satisfaction of staff—that is school leaders, teachers and teaching support staff—and the school's responsiveness to staff needs. The article proposes ways of realising these outcomes and identifies areas for further research. Policy makers, school staff and other stakeholders in education and other public sectors internationally can use these findings as supporting evidence in recommending people to develop their organisations into learning organisations, given the potential benefits for employees and the organisation at large.  相似文献   

Introducing the Cell Concept with both Animal and Plant Cells: A Historical and Didactic Approach     

Pierre Clément 《Science & Education》2007,16(3-5):423-440

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Echecs scolaires à l'IESP et profil de recrutement     

Danièle Bonfond  Pierre Charlier  Francis Perée 《欧洲师范教育杂志》1986,9(1):85-107

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Education and personal development     

Sandy Jackson  Pierre Tap 《European Journal of Psychology of Education - EJPE》1998,13(4):435-445

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New Caledonia: Coutume and Culture in education     

Clanche  Pierre 《International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue internationale l'éducation》1999,45(3-4):359-365

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The school as a learning organisation: The concept and its measurement     

Marco Kools  Louise Stoll  Bert George  Bram Steijn  Victor Bekkers  Pierre Gouëdard 《European Journal of Education》2020,55(1):24-42

A growing body of scholars, educators and policy makers has argued for reconceptualising schools as “learning organisations” in the last 25 years as. However, a lack of clarity on the concept has hindered its advance in theory and practice. This study responds to this problem by developing a schools as learning organisations scale that expands and clarifies the concept on several points. Drawing on survey data (nschool staff = 1,703) from Wales (UK), it examines the key characteristics of a school as a learning organisation through a principal component analysis and reliability analysis. The results showed that such a school is associated with eight dimensions: (a) a shared vision centred on the learning of all students, (b) partners contributing to school vision, (c) continuous learning opportunities, (d) team learning and collaboration, (e) a culture of enquiry, innovation and exploration, (f) systems for collecting and exchanging knowledge and learning, (g) learning with and from the external environment, and (h) modelling learning leadership. The resulting 65-item scale demonstrated good psychometric qualities. A reliable and valid schools as learning organisations scale can help enhance our understanding of the concept. The scale can also be used by school leaders, teachers and all others wanting to develop a thriving learning culture in their schools.  相似文献