International Perspectives in Educational Effectiveness Research
This edited volume explores questions about ‘what works’, how, for whom, when, and why in education, and considers how and to what extent such knowledge can be understood and extended across countries and different educational systems. The book starts by
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ternational Perspectives in Educational Effectiveness Research
International Perspectives in Educational Effectiveness Research
James Hall • Ariel Lindorff • Pamela Sammons Editors
International Perspectives in Educational Effectiveness Research
Editors James Hall Southampton Education School University of Southampton Southampton, UK
Ariel Lindorff Department of Education University of Oxford Oxford, UK
Pamela Sammons Department of Education University of Oxford Oxford, UK
ISBN 978-3-030-44809-7 ISBN 978-3-030-44810-3 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44810-3
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This book is dedicated to all the hard-working practitioners and policy makers seeking to support equity and improve educational quality across the globe.
Foreword
International Perspectives in Educational Effectiveness Research is a much needed book. As is clear from its accounts of research, there is a fervent desire throughout the world for better education. As the book also makes clear, however, better education needs to include the pursuit of equality as well as of academic prowess. Traditionally, education systems have been good at working with advantaged, motivated students. They have not been good at working with the least advantaged and those who – for whatever reasons – have little interest in traditional academic achievement. Better education, today, needs to be about creating successful and responsible citizens from all social backgrounds. It should also be about capitalising on the latest neurological developments and on artificial intelligence and should use the full gamut of digital opportunities that are becoming avai
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