Life Under High Stakes Testing in Mathematics Classrooms: An in-depth look at the views and practices of mathematics educators in BC - Softcover

MacPherson, Glen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3639186613 ISBN 13: 9783639186611

Publisher: VDM Verlag, 2009

Synopsis

In 2005 the author immersed himself in the life of two Vancouver-area high schools (one public, one private) during in-depth case studies of the personal, pedagogical, and professional responses of teachers and principals to the high stakes BC Provincial Examination Program. This book documents the power of high stakes testing to warp a once world-renowned educational system and push teachers and principals to the limit as they balance the testing stakes with the true meaning of education.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Glen MacPherson is a K-University educator across many subjects, former principal, clinician in mathematics diagnosis and remediation, staff inservicing, conference presentation, and field-based quantitative and qualitative research. He teaches in BC public schools and at the University of British Columbia at the Faculty of Education.

Edition details

• Publisher: VDM Verlag
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3639186613
• ISBN 13: 9783639186611
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256