Educational Research: Why 'What Works' Doesn't Work

by Marc Depaepe

Book Overview

Education and educational research, according to the current fashion, are supposed to be concerned with 'what works', to the exclusion of all other considerations. All over the world, and particularly in the English-speaking countries, governments look for means of improving 'student achievement' as measured by standardized test scores. Although such improvements are often to be welcomed, they do not answer all significant questions about what...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9048173345
• ISBN13: 9789048173341
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"