Educational Theory category: 17068 books
by Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
With an emphasis on pragmatic approaches that can be accomplished in the classroom, this almanac of teaching solutions provides inner-city educators with 100 all-new strategies to daily challenges. As turnover rates remain excessively high among teachers in urban schools-83 percent of whom are white...
by Michael Baffoe, Lewis AsimengBoahene
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
For a long time, many American educators and educational stakeholders have drawn their ideas for educational reforms from ideas generated in Europe and Asia for the changing demographics of America’s diverse classrooms. This book is therefore motivated by a bold attempt at advocating for the revision...
«Covenant Keeper»
Derrick Bells Enduring Education Legacy
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2016
Although he spent his career as a lawyer and law school professor, Derrick Bell had a profound impact on the field of education in the area of educational equity. Among many accomplishments, Bell was the first African American to earn tenure at the Harvard Law School; he also established a new course...
Anarchism and Education
A Philosophical Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2010
Arguing that the central role of educational practice in anarchist theory and activism has been overlooked by many theorists, this examination of contemporary educational philosophy counters the assertion that anarchism reflects a naïve or overly optimistic view of human nature. By articulating the...
by Glenn Fieber
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
Seeing Inside the Theories of Behavior and Learning looks at some of the major theories that have shaped our understanding of both how we behave and how we learn. The book has been informed by my 42 years as both a classroom teacher and a teacher of teachers, and by my wide interest in how the mind...
American School Reform
What Works, What Fails, and Why
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
Dissecting twenty years of educational politics in our nation’s largest cities, American School Reform offers one of the clearest assessments of school reform as it has played out in our recent history. Joseph P. McDonald and his colleagues evaluate the half-billion-dollar Annenberg Challenge—launched...
A Pedagogy of Faith
The Theological Vision of Paulo Freire
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2017
This is the first book-length study in English to investigate Freire's landmark educational theory and practice through the lens of his lifelong Catholicism. A Pedagogy of Faith explores this often-overlooked dimension of one of the most globally prominent and influential educational thinkers of the...
by Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Because the attrition rate for new teachers in high-poverty schools averages between 40% and 50% over the first five years of teaching, this investigation offers practical solutions to more than 100 of the daily challenges they face. With an emphasis on pragmatic approaches that can be accomplished...
Globalisation and Education Reforms
Paradigms and Ideologies
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
This book explores the interrelationship between ideology, the state, and education reforms, placing it in a global context. It examines some of the major education reforms and policy issues in a global culture, particularly in light of recent shifts in quality and standards-driven education, and...
Globalizing Education for Work
Comparative Perspectives on Gender and the New Economy
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2004
This book explores how changes in the new world economy are affecting the education of male and female workers. Authors from Australia, Africa, Brazil, Europe, North America, and South Korea use methodologies--such as literature reviews, case studies, legislative analysis, evaluations of model delivery...
Helping Educators Grow
Strategies and Practices for Leadership Development
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
How can we prepare practicing and aspiring education leaders for the complex, adaptive challenges they face? In Helping Educators Grow, Eleanor Drago-Severson presents a new approach to leadership development.
Too often, she argues, we teach leadership development the same way we teach world...
Multicultural Teaching in the Early Childhood Classroom
Approaches, Strategies and Tools, Preschool-2nd Grade
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This unique book features an array of approaches, strategies, and tools for teaching multiculturally in the early years. The teachers and classrooms portrayed here provide young children with rich educational experiences that empower them to understand themselves in relation to others. You will see...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2016
The position and role of the business school and its educational programmes have become increasingly prominent, yet also questioned and contested. What management education entails, and how it is enacted, has become a matter of profound concern in the field of higher education and, more generally,...
by Professor Richard Bailey, René van der Veer
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
Lev Vygotsky, the great Russian psychologist, had a profound influence on educational thought. His work on the perception of art, cultural-historical theory of the mind and the zone of proximal development all had an impact on modern education.
This text provides a succinct critical account...