Monday, May 31, 2004
Var að lesa haust útgáfu 2003 Wilson Quarterly, ársfjórðungslegt tímarit fyrir súdóintelligensíuna hér í Bandaríkjunum. Þetta blað var sent mér af ættingjum vegna þess að þar er að finna okkrar misathyglisverðar geinar um stjórnamálafræði. Þar er líka tilkynnt un grein sem birtist í blaðinu Education Next sumarið 2003. Þar sem nokkrir lesendur stumpsins hafa mikinn áhuga á menntamálum þá fylgja hér stuttir kaflar úr þessari grein:
"The researchers studied 18 countries, taking advantage of the natural variations in class size between grades to determine whether smaller was better....In only two of the 18 countries-Greece and Iceland - did smaller classes seem to improve student performance....Students scored just over two points higher for every one student fewer in their class." Why? The difference may be in the quality of the teachers, West and Woessmann speculate. The two countries rank relatively low in per pupil spending and teacher salaries-and, presumably, in teacher quality. Apparently, better teachers can handle bigger classes. "Smaller classes appear to be beneficial," the authors conelude, "only in countries where average teacher quality is low."
Þar hafiði það, Íslenskir kennarar eru semsagt svona lélegir! Ég er nú ekki viss um að þessi rannsókna standist nákvæma skoðun. Við fyrstu sýn virðist sem könnunin vanmet laun íslenskra kennara. Annars geta áhugasamir skoðað upphaflegu greininga með því að smella hérna.
"The researchers studied 18 countries, taking advantage of the natural variations in class size between grades to determine whether smaller was better....In only two of the 18 countries-Greece and Iceland - did smaller classes seem to improve student performance....Students scored just over two points higher for every one student fewer in their class." Why? The difference may be in the quality of the teachers, West and Woessmann speculate. The two countries rank relatively low in per pupil spending and teacher salaries-and, presumably, in teacher quality. Apparently, better teachers can handle bigger classes. "Smaller classes appear to be beneficial," the authors conelude, "only in countries where average teacher quality is low."
Þar hafiði það, Íslenskir kennarar eru semsagt svona lélegir! Ég er nú ekki viss um að þessi rannsókna standist nákvæma skoðun. Við fyrstu sýn virðist sem könnunin vanmet laun íslenskra kennara. Annars geta áhugasamir skoðað upphaflegu greininga með því að smella hérna.
