ABSTRACT
Children spend more time in school than in any social institution outside the home. And schools probably exert more influence on children’s development and life chances than any environment beyond the home and neighbourhood. The purpose of this book is to document some important ways schools influence children’s development and to describe various models and methods for studying schooling effects. Key features include:
- Comprehensive Coverage – this is the first book to provide a comprehensive review of what is known about schools as a context for human development. Topical coverage ranges from theoretical foundations to investigative methodologies and from classroom-level influences such as teacher-student relations to broader influences such as school organization and educational policies.
- Cross-Disciplinary – this volume brings together the divergent perspectives, methods and findings of scholars from a variety of disciplines, among them educational psychology, developmental psychology, school psychology, social psychology, psychiatry, sociology, and educational policy.
- Chapter Structure – to ensure continuity, chapter authors describe 1) how schooling influences are conceptualized 2) identify their theoretical and methodological approaches 3) discuss the strengths and weaknesses of existing research and 4) highlight implications for future research, practice, and policy.
- Methodologies – chapters included in the text feature various methodologies including longitudinal studies, hierarchical linear models, experimental and quasi-experimental designs, and mixed methods.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |21 pages
Introduction
part |86 pages
Classroom Contexts
chapter |17 pages
Classroom Environments and Developmental Processes
chapter |15 pages
Learner-Centered Practices
part |51 pages
Schools as Social Context for Development
part |74 pages
Developmental Effects of School Transitions
chapter |19 pages
Bringing Rigor to the Study of Rigor
part |182 pages
Schooling and Educational Equity
part |92 pages
School Organization and Educational Policy
chapter |15 pages
Issues in Studying the Effects of Retaining Students with High-Stakes Promotion Tests
chapter |13 pages
Protect, Prepare, Support, and Engage
part |80 pages
School-Based Interventions