Improving Learning Environments - School Discipline and Student Achievement in Comparative Perspective

Zusatztext "This state-of-the-art work addresses the important question of the extent to which school disciplinary environments shape educational outcomes. This new volume will provide policy makers with a much needed empirical basis for the development of effective policies." Informationen zum Autor Richard Arum is Professor of Sociology and Education at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University. He is coauthor of Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses (2011).Melissa Velez is a Senior Analyst in the Social and Economic Policy Division at Abt Associates, Inc. Klappentext This book provides the first systematic comparative cross-national study of school disciplinary climates. Zusammenfassung This book provides the first systematic comparative cross-national study of school disciplinary climates.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Velez Arum
• Assisted by: Richard Arum (Editor), Melissa Velez (Editor)
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.06.2012
• EAN: 9780804778039
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-7803-9
• No. of pages: 360
• Series: Studies in Social Inequality
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system