Class size and pupil-teacher ratios : where education and economics collide

• Main Author: Peers, Chris (Lecturer) (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2016.
• Subjects: Class size.; Education > Finance.; Education > Parent Participation.; Educational strategies and policy.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806609932
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-68123-562-2
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 123 pages)

This book provides a "primer" with respect to the debate about class size between economists and educators. In particular it offers an overview of how economists look at school funding problems, and makes a comparison between the work of the Chicago School and others like Eric Hanushek, wh...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Chapter 1. Education and the industrial age
• Chapter 2. Class size as AI? symbol of social organization
• Chapter 3. The class size: A function of economic productivity
• Chapter 4. The economic and moral function of the school
• Chapter 5. Conclusions
• About the author. List of tables.