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Rey, Olivier; Gaussel, Marie – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2016
Although numerous claims are made about the necessity for research to improve teaching and learning practices, links between research and teaching are still tenuous. Therefore we argue that the issue of linking research to practice should be tackled in a different way than in the past. Research knowledge in education should consider teachers and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Educational Practices, Educational Policy
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Paul, Jean-Jacques – International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue Internationale de l'Education, 1999
Discusses the practice of grade repetition in French schools, indicating that repetition is not beneficial to the pupil concerned. Notes that countries that have abandoned grade repetition have not suffered a lowering of educational standards, nor have they incurred extra costs, and describes ways to achieve this end. Contains 11 references. (EMH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Educational Policy
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Anderson-Levitt, Kathryn M.; And Others – Elementary School Journal, 1991
Argues that, even though the French elementary education system has changed in recent decades, basic problems have reemerged in new forms. Maintains that, despite striking differences between France and the United States with respect to ability grouping, teaching preparation and methods, and other issues, deeper problems of the two educational…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Comparative Education, Educational Change, Elementary Education