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Class Size Reduction

Key Insights from Secondary School Classrooms

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Authors:
  1. Gary James Harfitt

    1. Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

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  • Provide readers with an alternative approach to researching the effects of class size reduction on teaching and learning

  • Shares insights and knowledge on how to maximize the opportunities presented to teachers and learners by reduced class sizes

  • Presents a powerful student voice on the effects of class size reduction on teaching and learning processes

  • Successfully addresses a long-standing challenge facing researchers and educators; namely how to theorise the issue of class size

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Class Size Reduction: A Global Debate

    • Gary James Harfitt
    Pages 1-30

  3. New Directions in Researching Class Size

    • Gary James Harfitt
    Pages 31-56

  4. Teachers’ Perceptions and Practices When Working with Small Classes

    • Gary James Harfitt
    Pages 57-95

  5. Hearing the Student Voice on Class Size Reduction

    • Gary James Harfitt
    Pages 97-121

  6. Using the Student Voice to Promote Teachers’ Pedagogical Innovation in Small Classes

    • Gary James Harfitt
    Pages 123-154

  7. Unpacking the Findings: Some Theoretical Perspectives

    • Gary James Harfitt
    Pages 155-184

  8. Insights and Implications: The Way Forward for Teaching Small Classes

    • Gary James Harfitt
    Pages 185-213

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 215-240
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About this book

This book provides a timely examination of the effects of class size reduction (CSR) on teaching and learning processes. It represents a departure in that the research covered focuses solely on the relationship between CSR and effective teaching in real secondary school classrooms. The book also presents a much-needed and powerful student voice on the impact of class size reduction on teaching and learning processes. It conceptualises the effects of class size on teaching and learning processes in secondary school classrooms, which are another under-researched perspective in this field. Drawing on multiple case studies concerning teaching and learning processes in large and small Hong Kong secondary-school classes, it highlights the qualitative differences in teaching and learning processes. On the basis of those studies, the book argues for a more purposeful, dynamic approach to education for teachers working in small or reduced-size classes.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

    Gary James Harfitt

About the author

Gary James Harfitt is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Education, the University of Hong Kong. He has lived and worked in Hong Kong for more than 25 years serving as a secondary school teacher and department head for almost 10 years before joining the University of Hong Kong in 2002. His research interests include the organisation and implementation of class size reduction, good practices in English Language Teaching and the experiences of early career teachers.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Class Size Reduction

  • Book Subtitle: Key Insights from Secondary School Classrooms

  • Authors: Gary James Harfitt

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-564-8

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-287-563-1Published: 30 July 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-1260-0Published: 23 October 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-287-564-8Published: 21 July 2015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 240

  • Number of Illustrations: 36 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Learning & Instruction

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