Curricula category: 1261 books
by Min Yu
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2016
Winner of the AERA Division B Outstanding Book Recognition Award
This book examines the dynamics surrounding the education of children in the unofficial schools in China’s urban migrant communities. This ethnographic study focuses on both the complex structural factors impacting the education...
Education Policy Analysis
Liberal Studies and National Education in Hong Kong
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2016
This book reports on a five-year longitudinal study of the policy relating to the introduction of Liberal Studies, which was developed as an interdisciplinary curriculum in the New Senior Secondary (NSS) academic structure in post-colonial Hong Kong. It also examines the implementation of Moral and...
Interdisciplinary Place-Based Learning in Urban Education
Exploring Virtual Worlds
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2017
This book focuses on the interdisciplinary incorporation of place-based learning in faculty teaching strategies at the New York City College of Technology. Contributing authors highlight their creative use of the unique urban environment of Brooklyn, illustrating the integration of urban resources...
Pedagogical Documentation in Early Childhood
Sharing Childrens Learning and Teachers' Thinking
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2015
An inspiring step-by-step guide to documenting children's ideas, questions, and learning in a way that enhances teacher's thinking and understanding
Planning an Appropriate Curriculum in the Early Years
A guide for early years practitioners and leaders, students and parents
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2013
The foundation stage has a fundamental role in the laying of foundations for children's learning. In this new edition the author uses a wide range of material, including research evidence, to offer an additional dimension to work currently taking place in the Foundation Stage.
Each chapter...
How Arts Education Makes a Difference
Research examining successful classroom practice and pedagogy
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
This book presents ground-breaking research on the ways the Arts fosters motivation and engagement in both academic and non-academic domains. It reports on mixed method, international research that investigated how the Arts make a difference in the lives of young people. Drawing on the findings of...
Language Planning in the Asia Pacific
Hong Kong, Timor-Leste and Sri Lanka
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
This volume covers the language situation in Hong Kong, Timor-Leste and Sri Lanka explaining the linguistic diversity, the historical and political contexts and the current language situation, including language-in-education planning, the role of the media, the role of religion and the roles of non-indigenous...
Collaboration, Communications, and Critical Thinking
A STEM-Inspired Path across the Curriculum
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2019
This book makes a case for a STEM-based approach across the curriculum by highlighting the potential impacts of rapid societal change, newly emerging information technologies, and the increasing demand for a new generation of skillful and well-rounded citizens and workers. The book discusses how thinking...
Artful Teaching
Integrating the Arts for Understanding Across the Curriculum, K8
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The authors in this volume share exemplary arts-integration practices across the K–8 curriculum. Rather than providing formulas or scripts to be followed, they carefully describe how the arts offer an entry point for gaining insight into why and how students learn. The book includes rich and lively...
Math Remediation for the College Bound
Homework, Sample Tests, and Answer Keys
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2011
Algebra is the language that must be mastered for any course that uses math because it is the gateway for entry into any science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) discipline. Math Remediation for the College Bound fosters mastery of critical math and algebraic concepts and skills essential...
Mathematizing
An Emergent Math Curriculum Approach for Young Children
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2015
This proven, accessible approach to a curriculum presents a learner-centered approach to math education. Mathematizing provides both the emergent curriculum and professional development frameworks to help young children learn math throughout their everyday routine and to facilitate teachers' understanding...
by Christopher Casey
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2015
Understanding how numbers go together and come apart, how number operations are related to each other: number sense, is key to students' comprehension of higher levels of mathematics. Using these materials will help students see the interconnectedness of numbers, as well as giving them practice manipulating...
Planning the Curriculum for Pupils with Special Educational Needs
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
This second edition is revised and updated to take full account of recent developments in special needs. The core of the book focuses on planning for well-differentiated curriculum implementation. It describes a variety of models that explore progression, continuity, relevance and inclusion for pupils...
The Early Years Curriculum
The UK context and beyond
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
The Early Years Curriculum brings together a range of curriculum models from across the world, providing in-depth discussion on key issues and theories, and enabling readers to consider each approach to children's learning within an international context. It encourages readers to explore different...