Educational Theory category: 17068 books
by John Milton Gregory
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2018
This is a clear and simple statement of the important factors governing the art of teaching. It has been used with great success as a handbook for teachers in the church school. Its reprint is the result of the strong demand for this book for this purpose, as well as for textbook use for those who...
The Rise and Fall of English
Reconstructing English as a Discipline
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
In this lucid book an eminent scholar, teacher, and author takes a critical look at the nature and direction of English studies in America. Robert Scholes offers a thoughtful and witty intervention in current debates about educational and cultural values and goals, showing how English came to occupy...
Coloring in the White Spaces
Reclaiming Cultural Identity in Whitestream Schools
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2017
This book examines the struggle against racial and cultural inequity in educational systems, presenting the case study of a New Zealand school and its community’s determination to resist alienating environments. If we look at an untouched child’s coloring book, for instance, we think of the pages...
African American Males in School and Society
Practices and Policies for Effective Education
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In this groundbreaking and timely volume Vernon Polite and James Earl Davis have brought together the perspectives and research findings of eminent scholars who study the educational and social lives of African American males. The result is a volume that brims with new outlooks and viewpoints—a...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
This authoritative handbook examines the community, district, and teacher leadership roles that affect urban schools. It will serve as a foundation for pedagogical and educational leadership practices that foster social justice, equity, and advocacy for those who have been traditionally and historically...
Why?
African American Children Can Not Read
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2009
WHY? Why do African American children fill the rolls of low achievers? Why do African American children fill the rolls of needs improvement schools? Why do African American children fill the rolls of high school dropouts? Why do African American children fill the rolls of special education classes?...
World Yearbook of Education 2014
Governing Knowledge: Comparison, Knowledge-Based Technologies and Expertise in the Regulation of Education
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
This latest volume in the World Yearbook of Education Series focuses on a major and highly significant development in the governing of education across the globe: the use of knowledge-based technologies as key policy sources. A combination of factors has produced this shift: first, the massive...
Hard Questions on Global Educational Change
Policies, Practices, and the Future of Education
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This new book, from internationally renowned education scholar Pasi Sahlberg and his colleagues, focuses on some of the most controversial issues in contemporary education reform around the world. The authors devote a chapter to each of these “hard questions”:Does parental choice improve...
It's Time for a Change
School Reform for the Next Decade
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
The United States entered the 21st century as the world’s sole superpower. Our diplomatic strength, military might, financial resources, and technological innovation were, and continue to be, the envy of the world. However, in the crucial area of education, the U.S. lags behind many other developed...
Accountability is the Key
Unlocking School Potential through Enhanced Educational Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2013
A Nation at Risk in 1983. The most recent trend has been to tie administrative evaluations to student performance, increasing stress among administrators at all levels. The cumulative effect of three decades of challenges to administrative authority has undermined the publics view of educational administrators...
Schools That Learn (Updated and Revised)
A Fifth Discipline Fieldbook for Educators, Parents, and Everyone Who Cares About Education
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2012
"A rich, much-needed remedy for the standardized institutions that comprise too much of our school system today… ideal for teachers and parents intent on resurrecting and fostering students' inherent drive to learn…An essential resource."
-Daniel H. Pink, author of DRIVE and A WHOLE...
Educational Leadership for the 21St Century
Building a Capacity for Change
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2010
Public education, once considered a dogmatic institution in the 20th century, now finds itself challenged at almost every level in todays sociopolitical environment. New realities, as evidenced by the political complexities of the global village, widespread technological advances that undermine established...
Why Race and Culture Matter in Schools
Closing the Achievement Gap in America's Classrooms
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
While race and culture remain important variables in how young people experience schools, they are often misunderstood by educators and school personnel. Building on three studies that investigated schools successful in closing the achievement gap, Tyrone Howard shows how adopting greater awareness...
Rethinking Family-school Relations
A Critique of Parental involvement in Schooling
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2000
This book addresses the complications and implications of parental involvement as a policy, through an exploratory theoretical approach, including historical and sociological accounts and personal reflection. This approach represents the author's effort to understand the origins, meanings, and effects...