Are Secondary Schools Spending Enough on Books?

Autor/inn/en	Hurd, Steve; Mangan, Jean; Adnett, Nick
Titel	Are Secondary Schools Spending Enough on Books?
Quelle	In: British Educational Research Journal, 31 (2005) 2, S.239-255 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0141-1926
Schlagwörter	Resource Allocation; Secondary Schools; Books; Information Technology; Expenditures; Foreign Countries; Academic Achievement; Family Environment; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ressourcenallokation; Sekundarschule; Book; Buch; Monographie; Monografie; Informationstechnologie; Ausgaben; Ausland; Schulleistung; Familienmilieu
Abstract	Evidence is provided to illustrate that the current level of spending on books by English secondary schools is low with regard to maintaining existing book stocks and that parental expenditure is not making up the shortfall. An analysis of the inspection regime suggests a tendency to emphasise information and communications technology (ICT) to the relative neglect of books. The authors also provide an empirical study at school level of the respective contribution of books, ICT and other inputs to both student performance and overall success in inspections. Its findings raise important questions about not only the efficiency of resource allocation but also the role and mutual consistency of the examination and inspection systems. (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10