The school effectiveness movement: origins,shortcomings and future possibilities |
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Authors: | Clyde Chitty |
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Institution: | University of Birmingham |
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Abstract: | ABSTRACTThis paper argues that the school effectiveness/school improvement movement has provided an antidote to the pessimism and fatalism of the 1970s. However, it is deficient in four important respects: (1) it places too much emphasis on the notion of progressive school management as the dynamic of change; (2) it fails to take full account of the characteristics of the education system as a whole; (3) it shows little regard for issues of social class; (4) it has little to say about issues of curriculum content and pedagogy. |
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Keywords: | school effectiveness research school improvement research pedagogy social class change |
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