Economic Foundations of Education

Abstract

Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- General Editors' Preface Bruce Maxwell and Lauren Bialystok -- Introduction Álvaro Choi -- 1 Mapping the Field: The Golden Age of a Young Discipline Álvaro Choi -- 2 Purposes of Education: The Iterative 5D Model for Sustainable Improvement of Educational Quality Chris van Klaveren and Ilja Cornelisz -- 3 Curriculum: Exposure to Mathematics in Secondary Education and Its Economic Benefits-The Role of Mathematics Achievement, Attitudes, and Self-Beliefs Francesca Borgonovi and Alessandro Ferrara -- 4 Schools and Education Systems: How Costs and Production Technologies Influence the Structure of Provision Geraint Johnes -- 5 Learning and Human Development: Educational Achievement-Its Determinants and Long-Term Effects Silvia Granato, Enkelejda Havari, and Sylke V. Schnepf -- 6 Teaching and Teacher Education: What We Know, Who Enters, Stays in, and Thrives in the Classroom Seth Gershenson -- 7 Assessment and Evaluation: The Uses and Misuses of Test-Based Assessments Helen F. Ladd and Edward B. Fiske -- List of Contributors -- Index.