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S0121 · bennett_1976_teaching_styles · registry identity

Teaching Styles and Pupil Progress

Bennett · 1976
study independent3 occurrences across 2 books · load 6
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Teaching Styles and Pupil Progress
Wragg, Bennett · 1977 · British Journal of Educational Studies · journal-article
doi.org/10.2307/3120052
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P23 — Equity requires commonality: advantaged children acquire the enabling knowledge at home, so only a school-imposed common curriculum can e…
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2016 · Why Knowledge Matters
The Bennett Report (1976) which showed that progressive methods in Britain increased inequality without raising creativity.
direct Individualized education methods in Britain exacerbated social inequalities without leading to improvements in student creativity.
ch 7 · empirical_study · wkm:ch7_E43
Warrant (implicit): Failure to improve student creativity while simultaneously widening achievement gaps demonstrates the failure of individualized educational methods.
could fail ifStandardized measures of 'creativity' and 'inequality' may fail to capture qualitative gains in student engagement or well-being that the methods were intended to produce.
2024 · The Ratchet Effect
The Bennett Report (1976) which analyzed the impact of new educational methods on inequality and creativity.
direct The Bennett Report (1976) indicated that progressive educational methods exacerbated inequalities without improving creativity.
ch appendix-i · empirical_study · re:chappendix-i_E40
Warrant (implicit): Research findings regarding the correlation between teaching methods and student outcomes are sufficient to determine whether those methods achieve their ideological goals.
could fail ifThe 'creativity' measured by the report may use a narrow definition that fails to capture the divergent thinking skills progressive educators aim to foster.
The Bennett Report of 1976 showed progressive methods increased inequality without creative gains.
direct The Bennett Report (1976) indicated that progressive educational methods exacerbated inequalities without improving creativity.
ch appendix-i · statistical_data · re:chappendix-i_E41
Warrant (implicit): If a statistical report shows that new methods correlate with wider achievement gaps, then those methods are the functional cause of that inequality.
could fail ifSelection bias in which schools adopted the new methods first could confound the relationship between method and student performance.
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  • Neville Bennett, Teaching Styles and Pupil Progress (1976)