Curricula category: 1261 books
Lesson Study and Schools as Learning Communities
Asian School Reform in Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2018
School as Learning Community (SLC), or Lesson Study for Learning Community (LSLC) represents an approach to lesson study that emerged in Japan in the 1990s and which has been studied intensively by educators and researchers worldwide to establish democratic learning communities for teachers and students...
Implementation Fidelity in Education Research
Designer and Evaluator Considerations
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
Implementation science is an important and underrepresented topic in the literature of educational research, despite the fact that it is inextricably tied to education policy and improvement. Implementation fidelity (the degree to which a program or intervention is delivered as planned) is, in particular,...
Environmental Learning
Insights from research into the student experience
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2009
Environmental education and education for sustainable development have become features of many countries’ formal education systems. To date, however, there have been few attempts to explore what such learning looks and feels like from the perspective of the learners. Based on in-depth empirical...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2002
The Reading for Real Handbook was very well received by both teachers and literacy specialists when it was published in 1992. Since its first publication there have been significant changes in the field of 'reading', not least of which has been governmental demands for higher standards in reading...
A Room for Learning
The Making of a School in Vermont
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2009
"Sometimes I have thought that this school is like the only place where the lilies are considered at all…" In this stirring account of a teacher and his fourteen students tucked away in the Green Mountains of Vermont, educator Tal Birdsey fervently documents the founding year of his small...
Planning an Appropriate Curriculum in the Early Years
A guide for early years practitioners and leaders, students and parents
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2016
Now its fourth edition, Planning an Appropriate Curriculum in the Early Years offers a comprehensive guide for early years practitioners and students on how to plan and implement a suitable curriculum for the children in an Early Years setting. It examines the key roles and responsibilities of practitioners...
Risk-Taking in Higher Education
The Importance of Negotiating Intellectual Challenge in the College Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2017
Risk-taking is foundational to the structure and goals of higher education. Encouraging students to consider new, diverse, even uncomfortable ideas is needed to develop a critically informed view of the world and establish one’s own values and beliefs. Yet, students and parents are increasingly...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2019
This book provides a one-stop resource for mathematics educators, policy makers and all who are interested in learning more about the why, what and how of mathematics education in Singapore. The content is organized according to three significant and closely interrelated components: the Singapore...
by John A. Weaver
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2018
In this book John A. Weaver suggests curriculum studies scholars need to engage more in science matters. It offers a review of science studies writing from Ludwick Fleck and Thomas Kuhn to Philip Mirowski. The volume includes chapters on the rhetoric of science with a focus on the history of rhetoric...
by Paula Greathouse, Brooke Eisenbach, Joan F. Kaywell
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2018
This text offers 6th - 12th grade ELA educators guided instructional approaches for including queer-themed young adult (YA) literature in the English language arts classroom. Chapters are authored by leading researchers and theorists in young adult literature, specifically queer-themed YA . Each chapter...
Focus on Thinking
Engaging Educators in Higher-Order Thinking
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2017
In the wake of initiatives such as No Child Left Behind and the use of high-stakes testing, the emphasis in schools has been on drill and practice for the test. Genuine understanding and critical thinking have been increasingly shortchanged. As a result, students have fewer opportunities to advance...
History, Theory and Practice of Philosophy for Children
International Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
This book on Philosophy for Children (P4C) is a compilation of articles written by its founders and the movement‘s leaders worldwide. These articles have been prepared in the dialogue and interview format. Part I explains the genesis of the movement, its philosophical and theoretical foundations....
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
ALAN J. BISHOP Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia RATIONALE Mathematics Education is becoming a well-documented field with many books, journals and international conferences focusing on a variety of aspects relating to theory, research and practice. That documentation also reflects the...
Improving Primary Mathematics Education, Teaching and Learning
Research for Development in Resource-Constrained Contexts
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2017
This book focuses on how to improve the teaching and learning of primary level mathematics education within resource-constrained contexts. It builds on two large numeracy projects within South Africa which speak to broader, global concerns and highlight how research and development not only enables...