Double-Shift Schooling: Design and Operation for Cost-Effectiveness - Softcover

Bray, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0850926505 ISBN 13: 9780850926507

Publisher: Commonwealth Secretariat, 2001

Synopsis

Originally published in 1989, this book has been fully revised and updated. It highlights the advantages and problems of double-shift systems, drawing in experiences in a wide range of countries. Single-shift systems are compared with four- and five-shift systems. Double-Shift Schooling is intended for national and regional policy makers, and for head teachers and others responsible for running double-shift systems.
It provides a judicious mix of analytical and conceptual arguments with practical down-to-earth suggestions.

About this title

About the Author

Mark Bray is Director of UNESCO’s International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) in Paris. Prior to taking this post in 2006, he worked for 20 years at the University of Hong Kong where, among other roles, he was Director of the Comparative Education Research Centre. He has also taught in secondary schools in Kenya and Nigeria, and at the Universities of Edinburgh, Papua New Guinea and London. He is widely known for his work on planning and financing of education systems, and has undertaken consultancy work in over sixty countries of Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, North American, and the South Pacific.

Review

'Extremely useful, readable, systematic presentation, accessible content and argument... With its clear structure, examples and pictorial representation of arguments it's a very useful text for teaching, training and self-study'- Comparative Education, Volume 38, No 2, 2002. 'Researchers, policy makers and planners, as well as practitioners will find this book a most valuable resource and handbook.' - Journal of Education and Development in the Caribbean, Volume 6, Numbers 1 & 2, 2002. 'The author displays an impressive breadth of knowledge on shift schooling.' - International Journal of Educational Development, Volume 23, Issue 6, November 2003. 'A book which all educational planners and policy makers in developing nations in particular should read.' - Educational Studies, Volume 28, No 3, 2002. 'Succinct and readable, this book is addressed both to the initiate and the educational expert and is highly recommended for every policy maker, administrator and school practitioner who is seeking ways to enhance enrolment and optimise the use of limited social and economic resources.' - Journal of Educational Planning and Administration, Volume XV, No 4, October 2001. 'This new edition of Bray's well-known book is a useful policy making tool in the hands of people in the upper echelons of education ministries. It can also serve as a wonderful resource manual for regional school administrators and school principals of multiple-shift schools.' - SARE (Southern African Review of Education), Number 7. 'Mark Bray is clearly an authority in this area of research, and this updated version of Double-shift Schooling extends further that authority.' - Journal of Research in International Education, April 2009, Volume 8, No. 1.

Edition details

• Publisher: Commonwealth Secretariat
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0850926505
• ISBN 13: 9780850926507
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 100