Educational Reform category: 2687 books
by Eric Midwinter
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
Teachers, schools and education authorities invariably hide their considerable lights and their public relations techniques are often inadequate for broadcasting the invaluable work accomplished in schools. This book offers clear-cut and highly –practical advice for every teacher from pre-school...
Choosing Charters
Better Schools or More Segregation?
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Do charter schools strengthen students’ educational experience? What are their social costs? This volume brings together a group of premier researchers to address questions about the purposes of charter schools and the role of public policy in shaping the educational agenda. Chapter authors explore...
Japanese Education in a Global Age
Sociological Reflections and Future Directions
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
This book highlights recent education research on Japan based on sociological and other related approaches to historical developments and accomplishments. Written primarily by members of the Japan Society of Educational Sociology, it brings to light concerns and viewpoints that have grown out of the...
by Meena Kumari
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
Education policy are the principles and government policy-making in educational sphere, as well as the collection of laws and rules that govern the operation of education systems. Education occurs in many forms for many purposes through many institutions. Examples include early childhood education,...
Leapfrogging Inequality
Remaking Education to Help Young People Thrive
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
Exemplary stories of innovation from around the world
In an age of rising inequality, getting a good education increasingly separates the haves from the have nots. In countries like the United States, getting a good education is one of the most promising routes to upper-middle-class status,...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2018
This edited volume brings together leading scholars from the fields of educational leadership and policy studies to discuss qualitative, quantitative, and mixed research methods in an accessible and pedagogically well-designed volume. Authors discuss ways in which various research methodologies and...
Bye Bye, Little Red Schoolhouse
The Changing Face of Public Education in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
Never before has the hot seat for educational leaders reached such scorching temperatures. Even in a world marked by jarring change over fiercely compact time frames, one constant will not soon change: outcomes accountability. Too often, instructional leaders frantically sprint to a desired achievement...
Primary Science Education in East Asia
A Critical Comparison of Systems and Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2018
This edited volume is a state-of-the-art comparison of primary science education across six East-Asian regions; namely, the People’s Republic of China, Republic of Korea, Republic of China, Hong Kong SAR, Japan, and Singapore. While news of ...
Widening the Circle
The Power of Inclusive Classrooms
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2007
Widening the Circle is a passionate, even radical argument for creating school and classroom environments where all kids, including children labeled as “disabled” and “special needs,” are welcome on equal terms.
In opposition to traditional models of special education, where teachers...
Creative Schools
The Grassroots Revolution That's Transforming Education
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015
A revolutionary reappraisal of how to educate our children and young people by Ken Robinson, the New York Times bestselling author of The Element and Finding Your Element. You, Your Child, and School is forthcoming from Viking.
Ken Robinson is one of the world’s most influential voices in education,...
Cleverlands
The secrets behind the success of the world’s education superpowers
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Lucy Crehan is a respected teacher, education consultant and researcher who wrote a 40,000 word report on global teacher career structures for UNESCO.
Education policy is a timeless and constantly debated topic in the UK and abroad. This is an impeccably researched and documented exploration...
Change.edu
Rebooting for the New Talent Economy
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2011
It’s no wonder American higher education is facing a crisis.
While low-income students can’t find a spot in their local community colleges for lack of funding, public four-year universities are spending staggering sums on luxurious residence halls, ever-bigger football stadiums, and obscure...
A Decade of Research on School Principals
Cases from 24 Countries
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2015
This book provides a unique map of the focus and directions of contemporary research on school leadership since 2000 in 24 countries. Each of these directions has its own particular cultural, educational and policy history. Taken together, the various chapters in the volume provide a rich and varied...
by Richard Aldrich, Dennis Dean, Peter Gordon
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
In the 1990s education has become one of the major social and political questions of the day. This book has been written to provide an authoritative guide to the issues which underlie the formulation of educational policy. It stands both as a substantial historical study in its own right and as an essential background and introduction to the current educational debate.