Educational Reform category: 2687 books
by Marcel·lí Canal Besora, Montserrat Castelló Badia, Patrik Cerrato Alonso
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 15, 2009
PISA como excusa para favorecer cambios. Los efectos de la evaluación sobre el alumnado y el profesorado; una guía para analizar y modificar actividades de evaluación y enseñanza, y ejemplos reales de cómo llevar a cabo dicho análisis.
Dumbing Down America
The War on Our Nation's Brightest Young Minds (And What We Can Do to Fight Back)
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2014
At a time when the U.S. education system consistently lags behind its international peers, Dumbing Down America shows exactly why America can't keep up by providing a critical look at the nation's schools through the eyes of the children whose minds are languishing in countless classrooms. Filled...
Paying the Price
College Costs, Financial Aid, and the Betrayal of the American Dream
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
If you are a young person, and you work hard enough, you can get a college degree and set yourself on the path to a good life, right?
Not necessarily, says Sara Goldrick-Rab, and with Paying the Price, she shows in damning detail exactly why. Quite simply, college is far too expensive for many...
Most Likely to Succeed
Preparing Our Kids for the Innovation Era
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2015
The basis for a major documentary, two leading experts sound an urgent call for the radical reimagining of American education so we can equip students for the realities of the twenty-first-century economy. “If you read one book about education this decade, make it this one” (Adam Braun, bestselling...
How Children Succeed
Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2012
“Drop the flashcards—grit, character, and curiosity matter even more than cognitive skills. A persuasive wake-up call.”—People
Why do some children succeed while others fail? The story we usually tell about childhood and success is the one about intelligence: success comes to those...
You Must Be Very Intelligent
The PhD Delusion
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2017
You Must be Very Intelligent is the author’s account of studying for a PhD in a modern, successful university. Part-memoir and part-exposé, this book is highly entertaining and unusually revealing about the dubious morality and desperate behaviour which underpins competition in twenty-first century...
by Diego Palma
Language: Italian
Release Date: February 17, 2018
Language: Italian
Release Date: February 17, 2018
Questo libro racconta la storia comune a tanti docenti, precari come me. Che ogni giorno si imbattono tra i meandri della burocrazia e di leggi che spesso nemmeno i burocrati riescono a comprendere e di cui gli stessi dirigenti ministeriali che le hanno ispirate o scritte capiscono le conseguenze.
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by Fabrizio Jennings
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 18, 2013
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 18, 2013
“Diaspora” : “In generale, dispersione, specialmente di popoli che, costretti ad abbandonare le loro sedi di origine, si disseminano in varie parti del mondo”.
Un ragazzo come tanti, laureato e in cerca di un futuro,decide di partire alla volta di Londra, in cerca di qualcosa che il...
The Third Teacher
79 Ways You Can Use Design to Transform Teaching & Learning
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2014
Created by an international team of architects and designers concerned about our failing education system, The Third Teacher explores the critical link between the school environment and how children learn, and offers 79 practical design ideas, both great and small, to guide reader’s efforts to...
by James Paul Gee
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014
James Paul Gee begins his classic book with "I want to talk about video games--yes, even violent video games--and say some positive things about them." With this simple but explosive statement, one of America's most well-respected educators looks seriously at the good that can come from...
by Kytka Hilmar-Jezek
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 23, 2014
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 23, 2014
La pedagogía Waldorf es un método creado por el filósofo Rudolf Steiner basado en los principios de la Antroposofía (sabiduría del hombre) que considera al hombre en tres aspectos: el pensar, el sentir y el querer.
Esto nos lleva a un modelo de educación y cuidado de la primera infancia...
Failure Is Not an Option
6 Principles That Advance Student Achievement in Highly Effective Schools
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
School improvement that lasts: find out how with this masterful guide!
New case studies and field-tested tools and techniques uncover indispensible insights in the powerful third edition of this bestseller. Discover why more than 350,000 educators have used this book to create schools that...
The Shame of the Nation
The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2005
“The nation needs to be confronted with the crime that we’re committing and the promises we are betraying. This is a book about betrayal of the young, who have no power to defend themselves. It is not intended to make readers comfortable.”
Over the past several years, Jonathan Kozol has...
by Elizabeth Green
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2014
**A New York Times Notable Book
"A must-read book for every American teacher and taxpayer." —Amanda Ripley, author of The Smartest Kids in the World**
Launched with a hugely popular New York Times Magazine cover story, Building a Better Teacher sparked a national conversation...