1st Edition
The Metrics of Teacher Effectiveness and Teacher Quality Research Sidelining the Issues that Really Count
Chapter One. Framing the Scene
Chapter Two. Simplifying the Complex
Chapter Three. Reform
Chapter Four. Improve or Else!
Chapter Five. The Case of Teacher Effectiveness Research
Chapter Six. "Making the Difference": Sidelining the Contingent
Chapter Seven. Instruction, Skills or Pedagogy: Inventing the New Teacher
Chapter Eight. Pedagogic Adaptability
Chapter Nine. Implications
Chapter Ten. Concluding Comments
Biography
Andrew Skourdoumbis is an associate professor in education. His research engages with the quantitative findings of teacher effectiveness research and subsequent implications for policy development in pedagogic practice. His work examines global reform efforts in education and also teacher effectiveness/teacher quality and their impact on teaching and learning.
Shaun Rawolle is a senior lecturer in education. His research includes the way that education from schools, vocational education and training, and higher education is constituted, measured and impacted through education policy and by economic thinking. He draws on Pierre Bourdieu, contractualism and the social contract of education in his work.
