Educational Theory category: 17068 books
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Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2007
This Reader brings together selected papers from leading scholars to address the most significant recent development in educational policy and politics: the impact of globalisation. The papers discuss, document and analyse evidence of globalisation’s effects on the new direction of education policies...
Teaching for Success
Developing Your Teacher Identity in Today's Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2016
Teaching For Success is a comprehensive guide for navigating the process of becoming an effective teacher in the wake of contemporary and systemic challenges. Focusing on the core concept of teacher identity in clear, invigorating prose, the book illuminates how teachers can arrange, adjust, and assemble...
by Helen M. Gunter
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2013
The relationship between education and democratic development has been a growing theme in debates focussed upon public education, but there has been little work that has directly related educational leadership to wider issues of freedom, politics and practice. Engaging with ELMA through the work of Hannah Arendt enables these issues of power to be
ESL, EFL and Bilingual Education
Exploring Historical, Sociocultural, Linguistic, and Instructional Foundations
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
This collection of essays examines the historical, social, cultural, and educational foundations of ESL/EFL/Bilingual Education. The four themes of this book are: ¨ Historical, Legal and Political Foundations of Bilingual/ESL Education ¨ Linguistic and Sociocultural Issues in ESL/EFL Education ¨...
Pedagogies of the Image
Photo-archives, Cultural Histories, and Postfoundational Inquiry
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2016
This work considers the potential of photographs for orienting in a critical direction the scope, questions and interests of the disciplinary conventions of the field of educational inquiry. Visual objects may help illuminate broader socio-historical events and logics that are deeply entwined with...
Beyond Resistance! Youth Activism and Community Change
New Democratic Possibilities for Practice and Policy for America's Youth
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
The failure of current policy to address important quality of life issues for urban youth remains a substantial barrier to civic participation, educational equity, and healthy adulthood. This volume brings together the work of leading urban youth scholars to highlight the detrimental impact of zero...
The Way of a Child
An Introduction to Steiner Education and the Basics of Child Development
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2013
Despite the development of modern educational theories and the ingenious methods devised to hold a child’s attention today, education – and even childhood – appear to be facing something of a crisis. The fact that boredom – or even extreme violence – can be spoken of in connection with little...
Handbook of Public Pedagogy
Education and Learning Beyond Schooling
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2010
Bringing together scholars, public intellectuals, and activists from across the field of education, the Handbook of Public Pedagogy explores and maps the terrain of this burgeoning field. For the first time in one comprehensive volume, readers will be able to learn about the history and scope of the...
Talking Back and Looking Forward
An Educational Revolution in Poetry and Prose
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2016
As schools grow more and more vulnerable to the whims of profiteers and, as a result, become less and less a sacred public space of learning and justice, the voices of everyday educators and students are increasingly marginalized. This is the tyranny of neoliberal school reform: silence the people...
by Magdalena Matulewicz
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2013
This time we will take you to the Costa Rican rainforest full of stunning colours, howling monkeys and hidden waterfalls. Dare yourself cross hanging bridges, explore volcanic craters and feed baby toucans with us. Get ready for your boiling adventure!
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by Maria Solis
Language: Spanish
Release Date: February 9, 2014
Language: Spanish
Release Date: February 9, 2014
"My Spanish Alphabet/Mi Alfabeto Español" is a full colour book formed of the twenty nine letters of the Spanish alphabet, an original drawing for each, and corresponding words in English and Spanish. With this creative and educational guide, children between the ages of 2 and 5 will learn...
The Gove Legacy
Education in Britain after the Coalition
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2015
Michael Gove was, unquestionably, a pivotal figure in British educational reform during his time as the coalition's Secretary of State for Education. This team of experts, drawn from academia, think-tanks and trade unions, offer an unrivalled early assessment of the impact of Gove, and his reforms, on the British educational landscape.
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Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018
This book examines the implementation of inquiry-based approaches in science teaching and learning. It explores the ways that those approaches could be promoted across various contexts in Europe through initial teacher preparation, induction programmes and professional development activities. It...
The Anti-Education Era
Creating Smarter Students through Digital Learning
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2013
One of the first champions of the positive effects of gaming reveals the dark side of today's digital and social media
Today's schools are eager to use the latest technology in the classroom, but rather than improving learning, the new e-media can just as easily narrow students' horizons. Education...