Single-Sex Schools - A Place to Learn

Informationen zum Autor By Cornelius Riordan Klappentext This book takes up the challenge of studying the effectiveness of single sex schools. Riordan frees the discussion of its ideological and political baggage and brings a degree of theoretical and empirical balance to the debate. The book provides a sociological foundation for considering single sex schools. Zusammenfassung This book takes up the challenge of studying the effectiveness of single sex schools. Riordan frees the discussion of its ideological and political baggage and brings a degree of theoretical and empirical balance to the debate. The book provides a sociological foundation for considering single sex schools. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Educational Politics and Educational PolicyChapter 2 Some Simple Assumptions Chapter 3 What Are School Effects and How Do We Measure Them?Chapter 4 What Do We Know About Single Sex School Effects?Chapter 5 Single Sex School Effects are Larger for Disadvantaged StudentsChapter 6 What Do We Know About Public Single Sex Schools?Chapter 7 Why are Single-Sex Schools More Effective than Coeducational Schools?Chapter 8 Groups and Organizations Matter

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• Authors: Cornelius Riordan, Cornelius H. Riordan, Riordan Cornelius
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.07.2015
• EAN: 9781475813647
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-1364-7
• No. of pages: 82
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / Administration / General, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, Educational administration and organization, Philosophy & theory of education, Philosophy and theory of education, Students & Student Organisations