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Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014
This book brings together recent research on Global Academic Mobility and Migration (GAMM) from a variety of perspectives and contexts. There is now a widespread consensus that most countries and world regions are witnessing GAMM. Bringing together leading scholars from Australasia and Europe, this...
Growing the Vocabulary of English Language Learners
A Starter Kit for Classroom Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2018
An ongoing challenge facing educators is the rising need to best accommodate English language learners in today’s classrooms. As the ELL population continues to significantly increase, there is also a demand for quality teacher preparation aligned with this work, as well. This growth requires a...
Kompetenz im Studium und in der Arbeitswelt- Competence in Higher Education and the Working Environment
Nationale und internationale Ansaetze zur Erfassung von Ingenieurkompetenzen- National and International Approaches for Assessing Engineering Competence
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2015
Gute Lehre an Hochschulen hat in den vergangenen Jahren erheblich an Bedeutung gewonnen. Dies gilt angesichts hoher Studienabbruchquoten insbesondere in den Ingenieurswissenschaften. Um die Effekte guter Lehre auf die Lernergebnisse bei den Studierenden zu erfassen, fehlen jedoch bislang empirisch...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2009
Lack of knowledge about immigrant and minority students’ learning outside school has contributed to the difficulties educators encounter when trying to embrace cultural diversity. Many educators do not have the knowledge base about immigrant and minority children’s culturallyspecific ways of learning...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2016
Cross-cultural experiences in university settings have a significant impact on students’ lives by enriching the learning process and promoting cultural awareness and tolerance. While studying abroad offers students unique learning opportunities, educators must be able to effectively address the specific...
Reclaiming Powerful Literacies
New Horizons for Critical Discourse Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
Offering a unique, reflexive framework for Critical Discourse Analysis focused on discourses of hope, transformation, and liberation, this book showcases a variety of powerful literacies in action. Drawing from original research in a range of public, educational spaces across the lifespan—from Kindergartners...
Surmounting all Odds Vol. 1&2
Equalizing Education Opportunities in the New Millennium (Vol 1 & 2)
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2003
by Sam. O. Salau
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
Have you ever wondered why, after apparently satisfactory preparation for and performance at an examination, you still come out with poor grades?
Do you find it difficult to settle down for serious study?
Do you easily forget what you read?
Do you belong to either the group of...
Teachers as Allies
Transformative Practices for Teaching DREAMers and Undocumented Students
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Teachers as Allies provides educators with the information and tools they need to involve immigrant students and their American-born siblings and peers in inclusive and transformative classroom experiences. The authors offer teaching strategies that address the needs of DREAMers and undocumented youth...
A Holistic Approach For Cultural Change
Character Education for Ages 13-15
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2017
Marc Levitt's A Holistic Approach for Cultural Change: Character Education for Ages 13-15 asks educators to consider how our contemporary curriculum and pedagogy supports isolation and competition, rather than our goals for school culture change. Mr. Levitt explores themes such as 'vengeance,' 'prejudice,'...
Liberating Sanctuary
100 Years of Women's Education at the College of St. Catherine
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
One hundred years ago, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet founded a college designed to unite women’s intellectual and spiritual development: The College of St. Catherine, now St. Catherine’s University. Is such an institution, a women-built and women-led Catholic college, an anachronism...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
This volume brings together an impressive array of respected scholars to examine the varied and complex ways in which peers influence adolescents’ beliefs and behaviors in the school context. The breadth of peer influence on academic and social adjustment is evident in the wide variety of topics...
Model Minority Myth Revisited
An Interdisciplinary Approach to Demystifying Asian American Educational Experiences
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2008
This is the first in the book series on educational research sponsored by Chinese American Educational Research and Development Association (CAERDA, www.caerda.org).
Portraits of Promise
Voices of Successful Immigrant Students
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
By 2040, more than 30 percent of students in the United States will be immigrants or the children of immigrants.
What factors can help these young people thrive in school, despite the many obstacles they face? And how can school staff best support immigrant students’ academic and personal...