Educational Theory category: 17068 books

Cover of Herbartianism and its Educational Consequences in the Period of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
by Edvard Protner
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014

Herbartianism is without a doubt one of the most important pedagogic movements of the 19th century. While quoting J. F. Herbart, his followers – Herbartians – built a pedagogic system which strongly marked educational theory and practice not only in Europe. The book offers a detailed insight into...
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APOS Theory

A Framework for Research and Curriculum Development in Mathematics Education

by Maria Trigueros, Ed Dubinsky, Asuman Oktaç
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2013

In spite of the fact that APOS Theory has been used extensively in numerous scholarly publications, in the design of textbooks, and in teaching practice, there is no single references that contains all the relevant information about its components, and provides guidance about its application. The...
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Learning Through Dialogue

The Relevance of Martin Buber's Classroom

by Kenneth Paul Kramer
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2013

Educational practice today often fails to make the crucial distinction between learning as an accumulation of information and learning as a dialogical interaction that elicits one’s personal response to the material. Learning Through Dialogue offers an alternative approach to teaching and learning,...
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Conceptual Profiles

A Theory of Teaching and Learning Scientific Concepts

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Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2014

The language of science has many words and phrases whose meaning either changes in differing contexts or alters to reflect developments in a given discipline. This book presents the authors’ theories on using ‘conceptual profiles’ to make the teaching of context-dependent meanings more effective....
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Focusing on the Underserved

Immigrant, Refugee, and Indigenous Asian American and Pacific Islanders in Higher Education

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Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016

Recent discussions and dissemination of information regarding the rapid growth of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) across our nation are creating some awareness among administrators and educators in higher education institutions regarding the extensive diversity of AAPIs, the struggles...
Cover of A Developmental Approach to Educating Young Children
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Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2010

Launch young learners on positive pathways through school! The first in the *Classroom Insights From Educational Psychology *series, this book gives PreK–3 teachers valuable insight into how current research and theory from educational psychology can be applied to create a child-centered...
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Teacher Education through Active Engagement

Raising the professional voice

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Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2013

Teacher Education through Active Engagement identifies and addresses a contemporary issue: the ways in which teaching and teacher education are articulated by politicians, civil servants, business leaders and educational entrepreneurs intent on profit-making in the current global neoliberal policy...
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School Improvement

What's In It For Schools?

by Alma Harris
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013

This book aims to demystify the principles and practice of school improvement by demonstrating how successful classroom and school improvement occurs. It outlines the conditions, strategies and approaches that promote sustainable improvement and provides an overview of the main theoretical perspectives...
Cover of Visible Learning and the Science of How we Learn
by John Hattie, Gregory C. R. Yates
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2013

On publication in 2009 John Hattie’s Visible Learning presented the biggest ever collection of research into what actually work in schools to improve children’s learning. Not what was fashionable, not what political and educational vested interests wanted to champion, but what actually produced...
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New Understandings of Teacher's Work

Emotions and Educational Change

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Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2011

Within educational research that seeks to understand the quality and effectiveness of teachers and school, the role emotions play in educational change and school improvement has become a subject of increasing importance. In this book, scholars from around the world explore the connections between...
Cover of Gramsci and Education
by Paula Allman, Estanislao Antelo, Ursula Apitzsch
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2002

Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937) is one of the major social and political theorists of the 20th century whose work has had an enormous influence on several fields, including educational theory and practice. Gramsci and Education demonstrates the relevance of Antonio Gramsci's thought for contemporary educational...
Cover of Perspectives on the Sociology of Education
by Philip Robinson
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2017

First published in 1981, this book provides a basic introduction to the sociology of education. It brings together many of the principal arguments in order to help the student reach an understanding of the multitude of conflicting opinions, theoretical positions and biases within the field. The...
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Uniting Mississippi

Democracy and Leadership in the South

by Eric Thomas Weber
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015

Uniting Mississippi applies a new, philosophically informed theory of democratic leadership to Mississippi's challenges. Governor William F. Winter has written a foreword for the book, supporting its proposals. The book begins with an examination of Mississippi's apparent Catch-22, namely the...
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The Paradoxes of High Stakes Testing

How They Affect Students, Their Parents, Teachers, Principals, Schools, and Society

by Michael Russell, George Madaus, Jennifer Higgins
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2009

As a nation, we spend more than 1 billion a year on federally mandated educational tests that 30 million students must take each year. The country spends an additional 1.2 billion on test preparation materials designed to help students pass these tests. While test mandates were put in place with good...
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