Closing the Achievement Gap from an International Perspective Transforming STEM for Effective Education /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Clark, Julia V. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Θέματα: Education.; Mathematics > Study and teaching.; Science education.; Teaching.; Science Education.; Mathematics Education.; Teaching and Teacher Education.

In a changing world that demands new skills, a vital concern of public education is the gap in academic performance between low- and high-achieving students. There is no excuse for the achievement gaps that persist among poor and minority students in schools today. All students can succeed at high l...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• PREFACE, Edmund W. Gordon
• Introduction, Julia V. Clark
• Closing the Achievement Gap: A Systemic View, Linda Darling Hammond
• Teacher Qualification and Achievement Gap: A Cross-National Analysis of 50 Countries, Motoko Akiba and Guodong Lang
• SECTION TWO: NORTH AMERICA
• Addressing the Achievement Gap in the United States, Julia V. Clark
• Closing the Science, Mathematics, and Reading Gaps from a Canadian Perspective, Larry D.Yore, Leslee Francis Pelton, Brian W. Neill, Tim W. Pelton, John Anderson, and Todd M. Milford
• Achievement Gap in Mexico-Present Situation and Outlook, Armando Sanchez Martinez
• SECTION THREE: SOUTH AMERICA
• Racial Achievement Gaps in Another America: Discussing Schooling, Outcomes and Affirmative Action in Brazil, Marcos A. Rangel and Ricardo A. Madeiria
• SECTION IV:  EUROPE
• Narrowing the Achievement Gap:  Policy and Practice in England 1997-2010
• Geoff Whitty and Jake Anders
• The Achievement Gap in Science and Mathematics: A Turkish Perspective, Mustafa Sami Topcu
• SECTION FIVE: ASIA
• Achievement Gap in China, Gaoming Zhang and Yong Zhao
• Employing a Socio-historical Perspective for Understanding the Impact of Ideology and Policy in Educational Achievement in the Republic of Korea, Sonya N. Martin, Seung-Urn Choe, Chan-Jong Kim, Youngsun Kwak
• Closing the Achievement Gap in Singapore, Jason TAN
• SECTION SIX: AFRICA
• Equity Deferred: South African Schooling Two Decades into Democracy, Nick Taylor and Johan Muller
• SECTION SEVEN: AUSTRALIA
• Securing STEM Pathways for Australian high school students from lower SES localities, Debra Panizzon
• The Road to Excellence: Promoting Equality and Equity to Close the Achievement Gap Worldwide, Julia V. Clark.