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Multiple Competencies and Selfregulated Learning
Implications for Multicultural Education
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2002
Although cultural diversity in classrooms is hardly a new phenomenon, its influences on teaching and learning are increasingly discussed. Cultural diversity could lead to better learning and democracy outcomes. However, it also poses challenges for educators and schools. For example, research has...
Handbook on Teaching Social Issues
NCSS Bulletin No. 93
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2007
There’s no book like this one for educators interested in issuescentered teaching. More than 40 experts have contributed articles offering comprehensive coverageof the field of social issues education. In addition to a full examination of objectives and methods, contributors show how social issues...
Curriculum Windows
What Curriculum Theorists of the 1970s Can Teach Us about Schools and Society Today
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
Curriculum Windows: What Curriculum Theorists of the 1970s Can Teach Us about Schools and Society Today is an effort by students of curriculum studies, along with their professor, to interpret and understand curriculum texts and theorists of the 1970s in contemporary terms. The authors explore how...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Developing and Sustaining Adult Learners is the second volume in a series of scholarly publications associated with the annual Adult Higher Education Alliance (AHEA, The Alliance) conference. The title of this volume, derived from the theme of the 2012 conference cosponsored by American Association...
Learning Efficacy
Celebrations and Persuasions
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1900
Learning Efficacy: Celebrations and Persuasions is a process of learning and instructing with two rather interrelated, if not interwoven, perspectives. The part of this book's title, namely learning efficacy , speaks to possible indicators or elements involving effective learning. To some learners,...
In the Service of Learning and Empowerment
ServiceLearning, Critical Pedagogy, and the ProblemSolution Project
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
Too often teachers and students doubt their own abilities to forge collective work and dynamic critical learning in the midst of education reform practices that limit their opportunities to do so. This doubt can be heightened for elementary school teachers or even their students who are led to believe...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2002
This series is dedicated to advancing our understanding of schools through empirical study and theoretical analysis. Scholars, both young and established, are invited to publish original analyses, but we especially encourage young scholars to contribute to Theory and Research in Educational Administration....
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Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Over the last 35 years, studies focusing in young children’s knowledge about the mental world have developed into an important area. This body of social knowledge is called theory of mind, which refers to the individuals’ ability to interpret and anticipate the other individuals’ thinking, feeling,...
Mentoring African American Males
A Research Design Comparison Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Mentoring African American Males provides important black male research and student performance data to guide the efforts of those who accept the enormous task of standing in the gap to increase black male achievement. Dr. Ross provides guidance for individuals and institutions embracing the important...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Building Sustainable Futures for Adult Learners is an edited and refereed collection of papers published in conjunction with the joint Adult Higher Educational Alliance (AHEA) and American Association of Adult and Continuing Education Conferences (AAACE). This book is the third in a series of scholarly...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
We recognize that our society and demands for lifelong learning changes rapidly, and needs to continue to be rapidly effectively infused in changing forms into the teaching and learning process. Conversations about Adult Learning in Our Complex World focuses the study of adult learning to address...
Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue
Vol. 15 # 1 & 2
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue (CTD) is a publication of the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum (AATC), a national learned society for the scholarly field of teaching and curriculum. The field includes those working on the theory, design and evaluation of educational programs at large....
Educational Policies and Youth in the 21st Century
Problems, Potential, and Progress
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
As our student population diversifies rapidly, there is a critical need to better understand how national, regional, and/or local policies impact youth in school settings. In many cases, educational policies constructed with the goal of helping youth often have the unintended consequence of inhibiting...
Inclusion in Urban Educational Environments
Addressing Issues of Diversity, Equity, and Social Justice
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2006
This book is motivated by our experiences in working with students and their families in urban communities. We are particularly concerned about the urgent imperative to address the endemic educational and societal challenges that pervade the lives of urban students, particularly those who live in...