Research on Effective Schools: A Cautionary Note

Rowan, Brian; Bossert, Steven T.; Dwyer, David C.

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“…Yet this relatively small proportion of variance potentially attributable to school factors is not trivial, especially since school factors are more malleable than ''hard to change'' individual and family variables (Rowan, Bossert, & Dwyer, 1983). Schools are ecological contributors that need to be examined when developing promising prevention and intervention programs (Reinke & Herman, 2002).…”

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High School Social Climate and Antisocial Behavior: A 10 Year Longitudinal and Multilevel Study

Leblanc

Swisher

Vitaro

et al. 2008

J of Research on Adolesc

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A longitudinal and multilevel approach is used to examine the relationship between antisocial behavior during adolescence and high school social climate. The data are taken from a longitudinal study of 1,233 boys and girls who attended 217 public and private high schools. Students' disruptive behaviors were assessed yearly from 6 to 12 years of age. High school social climate was assessed by teachers, and students reported on their violent and nonviolent antisocial behavior while in high school. The multilevel analyses revealed (1) a large difference between the percentage of variance explained within schools (97%), compared with between schools (3%), and (2) teachers' reports of classroom behavior problems explain between-school differences in student reported antisocial behavior, after controlling for students' family adversity and history of behavior problems during elementary school. The theoretical and practical implications of the study are examined and future directions for research are discussed.

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High School Social Climate and Antisocial Behavior: A 10 Year Longitudinal and Multilevel Study

Leblanc

Swisher

Vitaro

et al. 2008

J of Research on Adolesc

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“…2 Purkey and Smith (1983) argued that "unusually effective" schools serving predominantly low-income and minority students may, in fact, have considerably lower levels of attainment than white middle class suburban schools because of the pervasive influences of social class on achievement and the possibility that even the "typical" suburban school has some important advantages over the relatively effective inner-city school. They arguedalong with Rowan, Bossert and Dwyer (1983) and Ralph and Fennessey (1983)-that "exemplary" schools had often been incorrectly identified for other reasons. These include measurement error, the use of data that is contradicted by other sets of contemporaneous data and follow-up studies, and the apparently widespread problem of data tampering within schools.…”

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The politics of being an educational researcher: Minimising the harm done by research

Thrupp

2010

Waikato Journal of Education

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“…Toutefois, selon Rowan, Bossert et Dwyer (1983), les recherches sur l'efficacité des écoles présentent des insuffisances conceptuelles et méthodologiques qui mettent en doute leur utilité à la fois comme modèle pour de futures recherches et comme guide pour améliorer l'efficacité des écoles.…”

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La qualité de vie au travail et l’efficacité des enseignants

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2007

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Cet article porte sur la contribution apportée à l'efficacité des écoles par la qualité de la vie au travail des enseignants. Il est proposé que l'efficacité des écoles passe par l'efficacité des enseignants et que cette dernière repose sur une bonne qualité de leur vie au travail. Après avoir établi un lien entre la qualité de la vie au travail, l'efficacité des écoles et les condi- tions de travail des enseignants, l'auteur propose des pistes pour améliorer la qualité de la vie au travail des enseignants et, par voie de conséquence, leur efficacité.This article examines how teachers' quality of life at school has contributed to the efficiency of schools. The author proposes that schools' efficiency is attained through teachers' efficiency which is the result of a good quality of life at school. Based on the rela- tion between quality of school life, efficiency of schools and working conditions, the author then proposes various avenues for improving the quality of teachers' school life and, as a result, their efficiency.Se estudia la eficiencia de las escuelas según la contribución a la calidad de vida en el trabajo de los profesores. Se propone que esta eficiencia pasa por la eficiencia de los profesores y que esta ultima se basa en una buena calidad de su vida en el trabajo. Luego de establecer una relación entre la calidad de vida en el trabajo, la eficiencia de las escuelas y las condiciones de trabajo reservadas a los profesores, el autor propone pistas para mejorar la calidad de vida en el trabajo de los profesores y, por ende, su eficiencia.Dieser Artikel behandelt den Beitrag, den die Lebensqualitàt am Arbeitsplatz der Lehrkràfte zum Lehrerfolg der Schulen leistet. Man vertritt die Ansicht, dass der Erfolg der Schule vom Erfolg der Lehrkràfte abhàngt, und dass dieser auf einer guten Lebensqualitàt derselben beruht. Der Autor stellt eine Verbindung her zwischen der Lebensqualitàt im Arbeitsmilieu, dem Lehrerfolg der Schulen und den Arbeitsbedingungen, die sich den Lehrkràften beiten; dann schlâgt er Wege vor zur Verbesserung der Lebensqualitàt im Arbeitsmilieu der Lehrkràfte und damit zur Verbesserung ihres Lehrerfolgs

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Research on Effective Schools: A Cautionary Note

Cited by 156 publications

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High School Social Climate and Antisocial Behavior: A 10 Year Longitudinal and Multilevel Study

High School Social Climate and Antisocial Behavior: A 10 Year Longitudinal and Multilevel Study

The politics of being an educational researcher: Minimising the harm done by research

La qualité de vie au travail et l’efficacité des enseignants

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