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by Giacomo Bruno
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 1, 2014

Programma di Lettura Veloce per Bambini Tecniche di Lettura e Apprendimento Rapido per Bambini da 0 a 12 Anni COME FUNZIONA LA MENTE DEI BAMBINI Quali sono le strategie più efficaci per la memorizzazione. Il segreto delle immagini: perché sono essenziali per l'apprendimento. Come aiutare...
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Just Who Do We Think We Are?

Methodologies for Autobiography and Self-Study in Education

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Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013

Drawing upon diverse and specific examples of self-study, described here by the practitioners themselves, this unique book formulates a methodological framework for self-study in education. This collection brings together a diverse and international range of self-studies carried out in teacher...
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New Creativity Paradigms

Arts Learning in the Digital Age

by Kylie Peppler
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2014

Commissioned by the Wallace Foundation, this book explores research indicating that youth are learning new ways to engage in the arts on their own time and according to their own interests. Digital technologies, such as production tools and social media, allow youth to create and share their art....
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Contested Sites in Education

The Quest for the Public Intellectual, Identity and Service

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Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2015

Emerging from the contested site of a new university campus, educators reflect upon the transformative process of reconceptualising and rebuilding a faculty of education in the twenty-first century. Contested Sites in Education seeks to improve an understanding of and conversations about the nature,...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016

The last half century has created deep tensions in how we analyze educational and social change. Educators, policymakers, and concerned citizens have had to cope with competing belief systems in evaluating and acting upon school policies and practices. This illuminating book untangles many of the...
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What Is Authentic Educational Reform?

Pushing Against the Compassionate Conservative Agenda

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Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2017

"In response to the nationwide attacks on education in the name of educational reform packaged in No Child Left Behind, general analyses and local accounts of these attacks, as well as arguments on behalf of 'authentic educational reform' are badly needed.... This volume offers a useful combination...
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by Pasi Sahlberg, Timothy D. Walker
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2019

Seven key principles from Finland for building a culture of trust in schools around the world. In the spring of 2018, thousands of teachers across the United States—in states like Oklahoma, Kentucky, and Arizona—walked off their jobs while calling for higher wages and better working conditions....
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Enhancing Teacher Education, Development, and Evaluation

Lessons Learned from Educational Reform

by Alyson L. Lavigne, Thomas L. Good
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2019

Enhancing Teacher Education, Development, and Evaluation examines the complex role that recent educational reforms have played in the teaching profession. The failure of programs like Race to the Top to benefit teaching and learning outcomes has yielded many questions about what went wrong and how...
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by Boyce Brown
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2015

A Policy History of Standards-Based Education in America is a narrative history of the development of standards-based education in the United States over the last several decades, from the perspective of anarchist cultural studies. There have been other books on the evolution of federal education...
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Why Reading Books Still Matters

The Power of Literature in Digital Times

by Martha C. Pennington, Robert P. Waxler
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2017

Bringing together strands of public discourse about valuing personal achievement at the expense of social values and the impacts of global capitalism, mass media, and digital culture on the lives of children, this book challenges the potential of science and business to solve the world’s problems...
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Consensus

Education Reform Is Possible

by William Hayes
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013

As we consider the current status of educational reform, it is clear that the United States lacks a clear vision as to how to improve our schools. In the recent past, we have been able to gain support for ideas such as the need for special education programs, free and reduced lunches, pre-school programs,...
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Massaging the Mindset

An Intelligent Approach to Systemic Change in Education

by Dr. Felecia Nace
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2015

Massaging the Mindset: An Intelligent Approach to Systemic Change in Education is a must read. Massaging the mindsets of staff is a great way to lay a foundation for change in school systems. If educational leaders desire swift collective changes to occur in today’s schools, they must approach change...
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Reviving Professional Learning Communities

Strength through Diversity, Conflict, Teamwork, and Structure

by Perry P. Wiseman, Hector Arroyo, Nicholas Richter
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2012

A Professional Learning Community is undeniably one of the most effective processes out there for improving student achievement, as well a school’s overarching culture and climate. With such widespread notoriety, though, there has been a dilution of the true essence of the term. Understanding of...
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Surviving Internal School Politics

Strategies for Dealing with the Internal Dynamics

by Beverley H. Johns, Sarup R. Mathur, Mary Z. McGrath
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2012

This book provides readers with the basic coping strategies of surviving within the political arena of their schools. If educators want to survive, they should read this book and find practical strategies from those who have collectively worked within the school setting for over 75 years—voices...
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