Educational Theory category: 17068 books
by Magdalena Matulewicz
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2013
Go beyond the azure rooftops of Santorini and discover the mysteries and legends the island still hides. Dare yourself swim in its gigantic crater to see the underwater grass fields. Meet the volcano curious inhabitant and solve the puzzle of the sunken city of Atlantis. Get ready for the Quest!
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Montessori Comes to America
The Leadership of Maria Montessori and Nancy McCormick Rambusch
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2009
What role did women's leadership play in the introduction and revival of the Montessori Method in America? Phyllis Povell explores this question through the contributions of Maria Montessori and Nancy McCormick Rambusch, who brought the Montessori Method to the American educational scene.
Introduced...
Reclaiming the Game
College Sports and Educational Values
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2011
In Reclaiming the Game, William Bowen and Sarah Levin disentangle the admissions and academic experiences of recruited athletes, walk-on athletes, and other students. In a field overwhelmed by reliance on anecdotes, the factual findings are striking--and sobering. Anyone seriously concerned about...
Assault on Kids and Teachers
Countering Privatization, Deficit Ideologies and Standardization in U.S. Schools
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018
In Assault on Kids and Teachers, educators from across the United States push back against the neoliberal school reform movements that are taking the “public” out of public education, demonizing teachers, and stealing from youth the opportunity for an equitable, just, and holistic education. Contributors,...
Social Justice Instruction
Empowerment on the Chalkboard
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2016
This resource offers instructors a full palette of strategies for teaching social justice concepts across subject areas from kindergarten through college. Dividing its content between elementary, adolescent, and adult learners, the book analyzes the classroom experience as a powerful means of challenging...
Social Media in the Classroom
Why Ontario Students Are Failing in the Real World
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2012
We have all heard that our students are losing the ability to think for themselves, but what can we do to change that? Written by an educator on the front lines, Social Media in the Classroom: Why Ontario Students Are Failing in the Real World takes a strong stand on issues such as standardized testing,...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2007
`This book tackles the leadership question by looking both outward and inward, the latter being how to sustain oneself as a leader...Developing Sustainable Leadership is an important contribution to the field of educational leadership' - Education Libraries
`This collection of pithy analysis...
Blowout!, Enhanced Ebook
Enhanced ebook with video and audio - Sal Castro and the Chicano Struggle for Educational Justice
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
In March 1968, thousands of Chicano students walked out of their East Los Angeles high schools and middle schools to protest decades of inferior and discriminatory education in the so-called "Mexican Schools." During these historic walkouts, or "blowouts," the students were led...
A Century of Leadership
Biographies of Kappa Delta Pi Presidents
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Kappa Delta Pi is an international honor society in Education founded in 1911. This book chronicles the leadership of Kappa Delta Pi across the past century through a collection of short life stories about the 32 individuals who were elected by members to lead the Society. Through their work with...
Common Core Meets Education Reform
What It All Means for Politics, Policy, and the Future of Schooling
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
How can the Common Core complement and not conflict with school improvement efforts already at work across the United States? How can it be seamlessly integrated into accountability systems, teacher preparation and development, charter schools, and educational technology? This timely volume brings...
WhatOs Ahead in Education?
An Analysis of the Policies of the Obama Administration
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2010
What's Ahead in Education?: An Analysis of the Policies of the Obama Administration illuminates the educational views of President Barack Obama. This is done by studying his life to date, his writings and speeches, as well as his initiatives thus far, in the field of education. His unique educational...
Profound Improvement
Building Capacity for a Learning Community
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2011
The book discusses the idea of the learning community as a vehicle for professional learning and school development.
As the authors show, the learning community develops in response to building capacity in three domains: personal, interpersonal and organizational. In the personal domain, educators...
Class Dismissed
Why We Cannot Teach or Learn Our Way Out of Inequality
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
In Class Dismissed, John Marsh debunks a myth cherished by journalists, politicians, and economists: that growing poverty and inequality in the United States can be solved through education. Using sophisticated analysis combined with personal experience in the classroom, Marsh not only shows that...
Beyond Measure
Rescuing an Overscheduled, Overtested, Underestimated Generation
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
Now in paperback, the New York Times bestseller from Race to Nowhere director Vicki Abeles about how our schools can revolutionize learning, prioritize children’s health, and re-envision success for a lifetime.
Race to Nowhere, Vicki Abeles’s groundbreaking documentary about our educational...