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Improving Learning Environments
- Cross-cultural Studies;
- Europe;
- K-12 Education
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Created in Fall 2007, this project brings together international researchers to examine the extent to which school discipline varies across societies in terms both of its application and its relationship to student performance. The project represents the first empirical examination of school discipline from an international comparative perspective as well as to explore the extent to which school discipline varies within national settings. Program Director Richard Arum is coordinating the study with eight other social science researchers who are leading teams that are conducting empirical research on countries strategically chosen for cross-national comparison. The researchers are working collaboratively on writing a book. They are:
- CANADA: Robert Anderson (University of Toronto)
- CHILE: Florencia Torche (New York University)
- ISRAEL: Yossi Shavit (Tel Aviv University)
- ITALY: Paolo Barbieri (University of Trento)
- JAPAN: Hiroshi Ishida(University of Tokyo)
- KOREA: Hyunjoon Park (University of Pennsylvania)
- THE NETHERLANDS: Herman van de Werhorst (University of Amsterdam)
- RUSSIA: Ted Gerber (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
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