Educational Theory category: 17068 books

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Dystopia & Education

Insights into Theory, Praxis, and Policy in an Age of UtopiaGoneWrong

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Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013

Dystopia and Education: Insights into Theory, Praxis, and Policy in an age of Utopia Gone Wrong provides an asofyet unexplored critical perspective for examining contemporary educational theory, praxis, and policy with particular reference to the current state of dehumanizing and often oppressive policy...
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Multicultural Education for Educational Leaders

Critical Race Theory and Antiracist Perspectives

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Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2014

Multicultural Education for Educational Leaders: Critical Race Theory and Antiracist Perspectives is a riveting book that contains a compilation of powerful essays that cogently argue why multicultural education is important for educational leaders. Using a critical multicultural framework the contributors...
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Studying Educational and Social Policy

Theoretical Concepts and Research Methods

by Ronald H. Heck
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2004

The overall purpose of this text is to introduce beginning researchers to the study of educational and social policy, how it has been examined from a scholarly perspective, and the salient issues to consider in conceptualizing and conducting policy research. The emphasis is on "introduce,"...
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by Lorri J. Santamaría, Andrés P. Santamaría
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013

Educational leaders are seeing the increasing need for practical transformative models and theories to address academic, cultural, and socio-economic gaps separating learners at all levels of the educational system. Applied Critical Leadership in Education explores a leadership model arising from...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013

This book examines aspects of Western psychological and educational theory in relation to educational practice around the world, and considers the extent to which current understandings are truly applicable to a range of diverse settings. In so doing, it also seeks to question, where appropriate, existing orthodoxies within Western educational systems.
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Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 1998

This volume presents the most current perspectives on the role of metacognition in diverse educationally relevant domains. The purpose is to examine the ways in which theoretical investigations of metacognition have recently produced a strong focus on educational practice. The book is organized...
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Culture and Educational Policy in Hawai'i

The Silencing of Native Voices

by Maenette K.P. A Benham, Ronald H. Heck
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013

This comprehensive educational history of public schools in Hawai'i shows and analyzes how dominant cultural and educational policy have affected the education experiences of Native Hawaiians. Drawing on institutional theory as a scholarly lens, the authors focus on four historical cases representing...
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by Tania Ferfolja, Jacqueline Ullman, Criss Jones Díaz
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2015

In contemporary classrooms, it is crucial for teachers to have a thorough understanding of sociological issues in education. Understanding Sociological Theory for Educational Practices addresses sociological theory, highlighting its relevance to policy, curriculum and practice for the pre-service...
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Schools for Growth

Radical Alternatives To Current Education Models

by Lois Holzman
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2016

A passionate deconstruction and reconstruction of learning, development, and schooling that urges teachers to explore and create new educational opportunities for themselves and their students, Schools for Growth: Radical Alternatives to Current Educational Models asks the following questions: Can...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2003

This 2003 book comprehensively covers all major topics of Vygotskian educational theory and its classroom applications. Particular attention is paid to the Vygotskian idea of child development as a consequence rather than premise of learning experiences. Such a reversal allows for new interpretations...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2003

`Leadership in education is receiving increasing attention, and this text contributes much to the debate. A useful text that will appeal to a wide audience of senior managers, teachers, programme designers and researchers' - Learning and Skills Research `If one were on a fact-finding mission...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2014

"Polished, clear, insightful, and meaningful.... This volume amounts to nothing less than a complete rethinking of what progressive education can be at its best and how education can be reconceptualized as one of the central practices of a genuinely democratic and sustainable society.... It is...
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Emerging Approaches to Educational Research

Tracing the Socio-Material

by Tara Fenwick, Richard Edwards, Peter Sawchuk
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2015

The last fifteen years have seen much conceptual and methodological innovation in research on education and learning across the lifecourse, bringing both fresh insights and new dilemmas. This innovation was initially fuelled by the growing influence of conceptual framings often named as either post-structural...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012

'This book is an excellent resource for graduate students in educational leadership programmes. Clearly written chapters and sections are contributed by an array of internationally recognized senior scholars of educational leadership. Connections between leadership concepts and practices are presented...
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