Can a good school help its students overcome the adverse effects of economic disadvantage and family adversity? Recent educational assessment suggests that the answer may be a painful no. Here, however, is a book that contradicts the prevailing pessimism about the possibilities of education. In Fifteen Thousand Hours , Michael Rutter and his colleagues show conclusively that schools can make a difference. In a three-year study of a dozen secondary schools in a large urban area, Rutter's team found that some schools were ...
Read More
Can a good school help its students overcome the adverse effects of economic disadvantage and family adversity? Recent educational assessment suggests that the answer may be a painful no. Here, however, is a book that contradicts the prevailing pessimism about the possibilities of education. In Fifteen Thousand Hours , Michael Rutter and his colleagues show conclusively that schools can make a difference. In a three-year study of a dozen secondary schools in a large urban area, Rutter's team found that some schools were demonstrably better than others at promoting the academic and social success of their students. Moreover, there were clear and interesting differences between the schools that promote success and the schools that promote failure. As Rutter shows, these differences provide important clues to the kind of educational reform that might allow inner-city schools to act more uniformly as a positive and protective influence on students who must grow up in an otherwise disordered and difficult world. For a dozen years during their formative period of development, children spend as many of their working hours at school as at home--some 15,000 hours in all. To suggest that this tremendous amount of time has no effect on development seems irrational. To settle for schools that simply act as institutions of containment for disadvantaged children seems a strategy of despair. The importance of this major book in education is its clear demonstration that these are not the only alternatives.
Read Less
Add this copy of Fifteen Thousand Hours: Secondary Schools and Their to cart. $4.98, fair condition, Sold by Solr Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Skokie, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1982 by Harvard University Press.
Add this copy of Fifteen Thousand Hours: Secondary Schools and Their to cart. $6.72, fair condition, Sold by BooksRun rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Philadelphia, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1982 by Harvard University Press.
Add this copy of Fifteen Thousand Hours: Secondary Schools and Their to cart. $12.50, good condition, Sold by Poverty Hill Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Mt. Prospect, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1982 by Harvard University Press.
Add this copy of Fifteen Thousand Hours: Secondary Schools and Their to cart. $14.04, good condition, Sold by Phatpocket Limited rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Waltham Abbey, ESSEX, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1982 by Harvard University Press.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less (usually same day). Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks, rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry.
Add this copy of Fifteen Thousand Hours to cart. $39.85, like new condition, Sold by Lisa Van Munster rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Oshawa, ON, CANADA, published 1982 by Harvard University Press.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Light Creasing on Front Cover; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Edges Lightly Soiled. SUB-TITLE: Secondary schools and their effects on children. CONTENTS: Preface and Acknowledgements 1 Introduction: previous studies 2 Background to the study 3 The schools and the area they serve 4 Research strategy and tactics 5 School outcomes: children's attendance, behaviour and attainments 6 Physical and administrative features of schools: associations with outcome 7 School processes: associations with outcome 8 Ecological influences 9 Composite analyses of all main variables 10 Conclusions: speculations and implications. Appendices; A Pupil behaviour scale; B School goals; C Ten naughty children: examples; D Format of pupil questionnaire; E Details of process items; F Observations; G Additional tables; H Analysis of multiway contingency tables by log linear models; I Attainment at the end of the first year in the sixth form; J Intake and administrative variables; K Comparison between 12 "research" schools and 8 other schools which took part in 14 year old survey. References; Name index; Subject index. ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Michael Rutter is Professor of Child Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, University of London. Barbara Maughan and Janet Ouston are researchers at The Institute of Psychiatry, University of London. Peter Mortimore is Director of Research and Statistics at the Inner London Education Authority. REVIEWS: "This important document should be taken seriously by all who are concerned with schooling...[It] confirms common sense: that approximately 15, 000 hours spent in schools does matter. It says that schools are complex social institutions in which many factors merge to create an atmosphere that can influence pupil outcomes differentially, regardless of pupil background. It offers hope that schools can be improved no matter where they are located. And it offers provocative findings that beg for serious attention and further research investigation."-American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. "[Rutter's] findings, backed up with impressive statistics, fly in the face of a popular American theory that holds that if a student body has too many social disadvantages, there is not much that can be done for it educationally."-New York Times.
Add this copy of Fifteen Thousand Hours: Secondary Schools and Their to cart. $43.35, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 1982 by Harvard University Press.
Add this copy of Fifteen Thousand Hours: Secondary Schools and Their to cart. $46.32, like new condition, Sold by GreatBookPrices rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Columbia, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1982 by Harvard University Press.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Fine. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 296 p. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.
Add this copy of Fifteen Thousand Hours: Secondary Schools and Their to cart. $46.36, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1982 by Harvard University Press.
