Educational Theory category: 17068 books
Social Class and Educational Inequality
The Impact of Parents and Schools
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2014
Social class is often seen as an intractable barrier to success, yet a number of children from disadvantaged backgrounds still manage to show resilience and succeed against the odds. This book presents the findings from fifty Child and Family Case Studies (CFCS) conducted with 13-16 year olds. The...
Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
Disciplinary Approaches to Educational Enquiry
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2018
This book explores best practice approaches to undertaking enquiry into learning and teaching in higher education for staff from all academic disciplines. A general introduction to the methods most commonly used in undertaking enquiry in the field of education is complemented by chapters exploring...
Alasdair MacIntyre, Rationality and Education
Against Education of Our Age
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2018
Despite Alasdair MacIntyre being known as an academic who has made many notable contributions to a range of areas in philosophy, his thinking on education is not as well-known and/or properly understood by most audiences and readerships that predominantly reside in educational contexts. With this...
Besieged by Behavior Analysis for Autism Spectrum Disorder
A Treatise for Comprehensive Educational Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2014
Beginning with the claim that the field of educating individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder is hyper focused on behavior analytic methodologies, Eric Shyman proffers a polemic in support of comprehensive educational approaches including relationship-based, sensory, and behavioral components. By...
Testing and Inclusive Schooling
International Challenges and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2018
Testing and Inclusive Schooling provides a comparative perspective on seemingly incompatible global agendas and efforts to include all children in the general school system, thus reducing exclusion. With an examination of the international testing culture and the politics of inclusion currently permeating...
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...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2018
In an era of curricular changes and experiments and high-stakes testing, educational measurement and evaluation is more important than ever. In addition to expected entries covering the basics of traditional theories and methods, other entries discuss important sociopolitical issues and trends influencing...
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...
Pedagogy in Poverty
Lessons from Twenty Years of Curriculum Reform in South Africa
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2017
As South Africa transitioned from apartheid to democracy, changes in the political landscape, as well as educational agendas and discourse on both a national and international level, shaped successive waves of curriculum reform over a relatively short period of time. Using South Africa as a germane...
The Creative Self
Psychoanalysis, Teaching and Learning in the Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2017
The Creative Self engages with the work of the psychoanalyst D.W. Winnicott to develop alternative ways of thinking about key issues at the heart of pedagogy; specifically pedagogic relationships, creativity, defiance and compliance. These issues underpin the desires and defences of professionals...
Educational Gerontology
International Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2018
Originally published in 1985, this book was the first book in the UK to provide an overview of educational gerontology and examine the needs for educational opportunities for older adults. The book draws on developments and experience from the UK, Denmark and the USA and should be of interest to all...
Education in Japan
A Comprehensive Analysis of Education Reforms and Practices
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2019
This book illustrates the nature of Japan’s education system and identifies its strengths and weaknesses, as well as the socioeconomic environment surrounding education in contemporary Japanese society. It describes the basic institutional structure of each educational stage, in an overview of today’s...
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,...