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Cultivating Inquiry-Driven Learners
A College Education for the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Inquiry-driven learners anticipate, embrace, and adapt to disruptive change. Clifton Conrad and Laura Dunek advance a transformative purpose of a college education. They invite stakeholders from across higher education to engage in vigorous dialogue about the aims of a college education—and how...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Multicultural Education for Learners with Special Needs in the TwentyFirst Century provides general and special educators innovative information that address the road blocks to effective practice such that diverse learners will be appropriately; identified, assessed, categorized, placed and instructed....
by William F. Pinar
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2012
This primer for teachers (prospective and practicing) asks readers to question the historical present and their relation to it, and in so doing, to construct their own understandings of what it means to teach, to study, to become "educated" in the present moment.
Curriculum theory...
Supervision and Evaluation for Learning and Growth
Strategies for Teacher and School Leader Improvement
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2015
This CHOICE award-winning author has teamed up with national school resource experts to write a comprehensive book on supervision and improvement of learning. Everything you need to know about supervision and student learning, professional development, coaching and evaluation, standards, and creating...
Creating Effective Community Partnerships for School Improvement
A Guide for School Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2013
Creating Effective Partnerships for School Improvement places the school within the community which is composed of a number of key players, including school leaders, classroom teachers, private foundations, higher education institutions, business and community based organizations, and government agencies....
by William F. Pinar
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2019
This primer for prospective and practicing teachers asks students to question the historical present and their relation to it, and in so doing, reflect on their own understandings of what it means to teach, to study, to educate, and to become educated in the present moment in the places we inhabit.
Not...
Academic Success
Applying Learning Theory in the Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2013
Beginning with guiding teachers in establishing a positive and supportive learning environment for student achievement, Academic Success then presents a review of behavioral, constructivist, and cognitive learning theories. These theories are reflected within the four main categories with which teachers...
The Great American Education-Industrial Complex
Ideology, Technology, and Profit
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
The Great American Education-Industrial Complex examines the structure and nature of national networks and enterprises that seek to influence public education policy in accord with their own goals and objectives. In the past twenty years, significant changes have taken place in the way various interest...
From Brain to Mind
Using Neuroscience to Guide Change in Education
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2012
"From Brain to Mind challenges educators to see what children learn from the perspective of neuroscience, and to see what this perspective provides educators.... The metacognition Zull advocates should lead the reader to work through the chapters and come up with ideas about or approaches to education....
Science Education from People for People
Taking a Stand(point)
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2009
Contributing to the social justice agenda of redefining what science is and what it means in the everyday lives of people, this book
introduces science educators to various dimensions of viewing science and scientific literacy from the standpoint of the learner, engaged with real everyday concerns...
by Norman Eng
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2018
How do I write a syllabus? What kind of tone should it set? Isn't there a template I can just use? These are some of the questions many professors—especially if you're NEW—want answered. You just want the specifics, minus the jargon. A syllabus that captivates students and gets them excited about...
Teacher Education for Social Justice
Perspectives and Lessons Learned
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
A group of multiethnic scholars and practitioner researchers explore concepts of teaching for social justice and preparing teachers to work towards social justice in schools and communities. The objectives of this book are to 1. present different perspectives on the preparation of teachers for social...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2016
Higher education and society are becoming increasingly intertwined. Both act as a transmitter of culture, yet many colleges and universities also ideally seek to create a more perfectible society and more enlightened, engaged citizens. When the connections between social structures and post-secondary...
NoNonsense Rethinking Education
Whose knowledge is it anyway?
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2016
What is knowledge? Who decides what is important? Who owns it? These are central themes that run through this title that aims to change perceptions and understanding of education. Using historical and contemporary examples, the authors examine the motivations, conflicts, and contradictions in education....