Curricula list 60

Asia's High Performing Education Systems

The Case of Hong Kong

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Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2014

Education officials, specialist leaders and teachers have all been involved in different ways to bring about school reform in Hong Kong. This book is a very current and relevant analysis of this reform, highlighting the way in which agencies have cooperated in bringing about change over the last several...

The Strong State and Curriculum Reform

Assessing the politics and possibilities of educational change in Asia

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Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2016

As Asian education systems increasingly take on a stronger presence on the global educational landscape, of special interest is an understanding of the ways in which many of these states direct their schools towards higher achievement. What is missing, however, are accounts that take seriously the...

Discovering Voice

Lessons to Teach Reading and Writing of Complex Text

by Nancy Dean
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Discovering Voice is a collection of classroom exercises that helps students deeply understand the reading and writing of complex text. The lessons, which cover diction, detail, figurative language, imagery, syntax, and tone, help students understand voice in what they read and encourage them to develop...

A Teaching Assistant's Guide to Completing NVQ Level 3

Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools

by Susan Bentham, Roger Hutchins
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014

A Teaching Assistant's Guide to Completing NVQ Level 3 is a must-have for all teaching assistants embarking on this course, and invaluable reading for tutors and assessors. This textbook addresses both the performance and knowledge requirements of the course. A key element of your NVQ Teaching...

Empowering 21st Century Learners Through Holistic and Enterprising Learning

Selected Papers from Tunku Abdul Rahman University College International Conference 2016

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Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2017

This book consists of a collection of selected papers presented at the TARC International Conference 2016 held from 17 to 18 October, 2016. It offers a tool for empowering schools and teachers as a way forward for transforming education.

Effective Learning and Teaching in Social Policy and Social Work

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Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2004

Written to meet the needs of teachers, lecturers, tutors and trainers, this is the essential guide to understanding the key issues in learning and teaching in social policy and social work - as well as related areas such as early childhood studies, youth and community work and probation studies. The...

Art and Design Pedagogy in Higher Education

Knowledge, Values and Ambiguity in the Creative Curriculum

by Susan Orr, Alison Shreeve
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2017

Art and Design Pedagogy in Higher Education provides a contemporary volume that offers a scholarly perspective on tertiary level art and design education. Providing a theoretical lens to examine studio education, the authors suggest a student-centred model of curriculum that supports the development...

Planning, Teaching and Class Management in Primary Schools

by Denis Hayes
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013

This second edition has been fully updated in line with the standards for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) 202. It will prepare student (trainee) teachers to meet the competencies required for the Teaching Standards. The author looks at *Professional values and practice *Planning and Targets *Monitoring...

Winning the Math Homework Challenge

Insights for Parents to See Math Differently

by Catheryne Draper
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2016

If you’ve ever been stumped by your child’s math homework, this is the book for you. Winning the Math Homework Challenge shares students’ reasoning, thinking, and even misunderstandings about mathematics to provide you with the opportunity to see math through their eyes, including both the clarity...

The Evolution of College English

Literacy Studies from the Puritans to the Postmoderns

by Thomas P. Miller
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2011

Thomas P. Miller defines college English studies as literacy studies and examines how it has evolved in tandem with broader developments in literacy and the literate. He maps out “four corners” of English departments: literature, language studies, teacher education, and writing studies. Miller...

Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research

Volume 26

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Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2011

Published annually since 1985, the Handbook series provides a compendium of thorough and integrative literature reviews on a diverse array of topics of interest to the higher education scholarly and policy communities. Each chapter provides a comprehensive review of research findings on a selected...

Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue

Vol. 7 # 1 & 2

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Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2005

Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue is the journal of the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum (AATC). An important historical event in the development of organizations dealing with the scholarly field of teaching and curriculum was the founding of the AATC on October 1, 1993. The members...

Reclaiming the Multicultural Roots of U.S. Curriculum

Communities of Color and Official Knowledge in Education

by Wayne Au, Anthony L. Brown, Dolores Calderón
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Within curriculum studies, a “master narrative” has developed into a canon that is predominantly White, male, and associated with institutions of higher education. This canon has systematically neglected communities of color, all of which were engaged in their own critical conversations about...