Educational Psychology category: 2684 books

Una brillante e concreta alternativa ai tradizionali sistemi educativi Il libro “Educare alla Vita” offre un sistema educativo che insegna ai bambini, accanto alle tradizionali materie di base, anche le fondamentali qualità umane: essere a proprio agio con se stessi e con gli altri, vivere...

This book makes a defence of compassion as an essential and significant quality that should be at the heart of the education of young people. It provides a careful exploration of what compassion means; how it is relevant to the various relationships among students, teachers, and the wider community;...

This book examines how major Asian cities have enhanced their global competitiveness by transforming their higher education systems to equip their graduates with global competence. It primarily focuses on policy implications and urban governance, especially comparing how governments are responding...

This book provides new insights into how interactions in early childhood education are being studied, and into what these studies’ findings mean for improving the quality of early childhood education.  The editors examine the methods, ethics, practices, and questions arising from such close work...

"L'educazione dei figli. Un bambino è come un albero", è un'antologia originale di scritti di Bertrand Russell: saggi, aforismi e alcuni articoli inediti in Italia sul tema dell'educazione dei figli e dell'istruzione. Tra le molteplici attività di Bertrand Russell - logico, matematico,...

Plusieurs enseignants sont des profs dans l’âme ; aucun doute, ils incarnent leur rôle avec passion. Mais qu’est-ce qu’un prof de l’âme ? Jonathan Gravel est enseignant au niveau primaire au Québec. L'harmonisation entre ses valeurs personnelles et professionnelles a inspiré son...

The amount and range of information available to today’s students—and indeed to all learners—is unprecedented. Phrases like “the information revolution”, “the information (or knowledge) society”, and “the knowledge economy” underscore the truism that our society has been transformed...

Kate Phillippo evaluates the practice of having teachers also serve as advisors, tasked with providing social-emotional support to students. Through an in-depth survey of teacher-advisors at three different urban high schools, she examines the different ways in which advisors interpret and carry out the role and the outcomes for students.

Teaching and Measuring Cognitive Readiness presents theoretical and empirical findings regarding cognitive readiness and assessments of their impact on adult learning. The term readiness is used in assessing student preparation for K-12 schools, while in the military and in industry, "readiness"...

In this volume cultural, social and cognitive influences on the research and teaching of mathematical modelling are explored from a variety of theoretical and practical perspectives. The authors of the current volume are all members of the International Community of Teachers of Mathematical Modelling...

As the number of English language learners across the United States – and indeed, the world – increases exponentially, it is critical that pre-service teachers be prepared. Many currently available instructional materials are written primarily for practicing teachers, not for pre-service teachers...

If you are starting college or know someone who is, this concise and powerful book will provide the tools every freshman needs. Success in the first year of college means more than a high GPA. To be truly successful in college and beyond requires emotional intelligence. Average 2 Awesome will guide...

Class-based self-perception is a rising issue worldwide. Through observation in kindergartens in Fiji, Brison examines how schools instil these ideas in Suva children. Teachers have different goals depending on the social background of the families while students create friendships through shared experience of toys, gender roles, and mass media.

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2011 in the subject Pedagogy - School Pedagogics, , course: Education, language: English, abstract: ABSTRACT This study sought to establish the impact of school feeding programme on pupil's retention in primary schools in Garissa District, Kenya. The study...