In recent years school‐to‐school collaboration in the English context has been promoted by
a myriad of policy initiatives. Many of these initiatives have been directed at structural …

In the early 90's, and especially in some American universities, with the emergence of virtual
reality, virtual environments and their manipulation began to be implemented, achieving …

This paper explores the nature of complexity theory and its applications for educational
reform. It briefly explains the history of complexity theory and identifies the key concepts of …

Collaboration and networking have recently come to the fore as major school improvement
strategies in a number of countries. A variety of initiatives, from government and other …

Quality and Equity in Education draws attention to the importance of developing and testing
theories of educational effectiveness and using these theories for improvement purposes. It …

The persistent challenge of achieving excellence and equity within education systems has
renewed interest in generating context-specific solutions through localised school networks …

This paper proposes a theoretical framework on how school policy can promote student
learning. School policy is considered to have an indirect effect on student achievement by …

This paper argues that the dynamic model of educational effectiveness can be used to
establish stronger links between educational effectiveness research (EER) and school …

In England, federations are defined as groups of schools that have a formal agreement to
collaborate with the aim of raising achievement and promoting inclusion and innovation …

Purpose Historically, the school effectiveness and improvement movement has focussed its
attention on “within school” factors associated with effectiveness and improvement and on …