Curricula category: 1261 books
The Early Years Matter
Education, Care, and the Well-Being of Children, Birth to 8
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This accessible and engaging work introduces current and future teachers, child care providers, and others interested in early childhood education to the importance of the early years in children’s well-being and success. It summarizes the research on the value of high-quality services for young...
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Inspiring Culturally Sustainable Environments
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
Inspiration and guidance on creating culturally sensitive and culutrally sustainable early childhood environments
400+ full-color photos
Addresses the on-going need for educational pedagogy that creates a sense of belonging, supports children's identities, brings joy and a sense of wonder,...
by Jessica Schwarzenbach, Paul Hackett
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2015
Once the US was the only country in the world to offer a doctorate for studio artists, however** **the PhD in fine art disappeared after pressures established the MFA as the terminal degree for visual artists. Subsequently, the PhD in fine art emerged in the UK and is now offered by approximately...
Moral Education in sub-Saharan Africa
Culture, Economics, Conflict and AIDS
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
The term ‘moral’ has had a chequered history in sub-Saharan Africa, mainly due to the legacy of colonialism and Apartheid (in South Africa). In contrast to moral education as a vehicle of cultural imperialism and social control, this volume shows moral education to be concerned with both private...
Indigeneity and Decolonial Resistance
Alternatives to Colonial Thinking and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2018
To be able to promote effective anti-colonial and decolonial education, it is imperative that educators employ indigenous epistemologies that seek to threaten, replace and reimagine colonial thinking and practice. Indigeneity and Decolonial Resistance hopes to contribute to the search for a more radical...
by Craig Lambert
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2018
This volume addresses an important gap in the literature on task design and second language use. Building on insights from over 50 years of research on the relationship between task demands and language use, it examines how referent similarity relates to developmentally-relevant variation in the use...
Innovative Business School Teaching
Engaging the Millennial Generation
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2014
Innovative Business School Teaching showcases the latest pedagogic innovations that actively engage the millennial generation in learning within the business domain. In the context of the contemporary macro issues facing higher education, this book presents the latest teaching practices and tools...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2016
This volume explores two aspects of change within higher education: macro factors governing and influencing the institutional environment, and micro issues taking place within the institutions themselves. The first part of the book examines some of the micro issues that influence business and economics...
Globally Networked Teaching in the Humanities
Theories and Practices
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015
As colleges and universities in North America increasingly identify "internationalization" as a key component of the institution’s mission and strategic plans, faculty and administrators are charged with finding innovative and cost-effective approaches to meet those goals. This volume...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2018
In an effort to enhance the quality of education, universities and colleges are developing programs that help faculty and staff internationalize curriculum. These programs will purposefully develop the intercultural perspectives of students. Curriculum Internationalization and the Future of Education...
Social Diversity within Multiliteracies
Complexity in Teaching and Learning
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
Using a multiliteracies theoretical framework highlighting social diversity and multimodality as central in the process of meaning making, this book examines literacy teaching and learning as embedded in cultural, linguistic, racial, sexual, and gendered contexts and explores ways to foster learning...
Reinventing the Curriculum
New Trends in Curriculum Policy and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2013
Scotland's Curriculum for Excellence offers an example of a different approach to national curriculum development. It combines what are claimed to be the best features of top-down and bottom-up approaches to curriculum development, and provides an indication of the broad qualities that school education...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2018
This comprehensive handbook is the ultimate reference work, providing authoritative and international overviews of all aspects of schools and schooling in Asia. Split into 19 sections it covers curriculum, learning and assessment, private supplementary tutoring, special education, gender issues, ethnic...
Children's Ways with Science and Literacy
Integrated Multimodal Enactments in Urban Elementary Classrooms
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Science is often a forgotten subject in early elementary grades as various mandates require teachers to focus on teaching young students to achieve specific reading and mathematical competencies. This book offers specific examples and empirical evidence of how integrated science-literacy curriculum...