Class Size

Class Size

Eastern and Western perspectives

Chan, Kam Wing; Lee, John Chi-kin; Galton, Maurice; Blatchford, Peter; Lai, Kwok Chan

Taylor & Francis Ltd

11/2016

292

Mole

Inglês

9781138228146

15 a 20 dias

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Part I: Introduction 1. Bringing together east and west approaches to the class size issue: An introduction to Class Size: East and West perspectives' Peter Blatchford, Maurice Galton and Kwok Chan Lai Part II: Socio-cultural and political context 2. Eastern and Western perspectives: Educational and policy contexts and how they have shaped approaches to class size Kwok Chan Lai, Peter Blatchford and Beifei Dong 3. East Asian contexts of small class teaching: Policies and practices John Chi-Kin Lee Part III: Research evidence on class size 4. Long-term impacts of class size reduction Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach 5. Research on class size in France Pascal Bressoux 6. Is it true that class size does not matter? A critical review of research on class size effects Peter Blatchford 7. The right question in the debates about class size: Why is the (positive) effect so small? John Hattie Part IV: Class size and classroom processes 8. Does class size (still) matter? Jeremy D. Finn and Michele E. Shanahan 9. Creating autonomous learners in small classes: The critical importance of motivation and wellbeing Maurice Galton 10. Classroom interaction in reduced-size classes: a Hong Kong perspective Gary Harfitt 11. Class size and collaborative approaches and group work Kam Wing Chan Part V: Professional development for small class teaching 12. Teachers' professional development for small class teaching in Hong Kong and Taiwan Kwok Chan Lai, Kuo-Liang Yen and John Chi-Kin Lee 13. Teachers' professional development for small class teaching in Shanghai Beifei Dong, Kwok Chan Lai and Kam Wing Chan 14. Catering for diversity in small classes in Nanjing Xiaomei Wang, Jian Yang, Kam Wing Chan and Kwok Chan Lai 15. Curriculum adaptation in small class environment in Hong Kong Ellen Yuefeng Zhang, John Chi-Kin Lee and Michael Ho-Fai Chau 16. Enhancing the effectiveness of small class teaching through innovative learning environments in Hong Kong schools Kam Wing Chan 17. Utilizing pedagogical strategies of the learner-centred model in primary small class teaching settings in Hong Kong Celeste Y.M. Yuen Part VI: Future developments 18. Eastern and Western approaches to class size: Conclusions and future directions Peter Blatchford