Educational Theory category: 17068 books
Does Education Have a Future?
The Political Economy of Social and Educational Inequalities in European Society
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This volume has been prepared in the framework of Project 1: "Educating Man for the 21st Century" of Plan Europe 2000, sponsored by the European Cultural Foundation. While most of the studies launched under this Project deal with specific aspects or levels of education the present volume...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2008
'I recommend the book as an inspiration to those who are looking for the words that express what they may already do (or will do in the future!) for these well known writers have world wide experience in recognising and knowing what it is that makes the passionate leader' - International Journal of...
Geography of Education
Scale, Space and Location in the Study of Education
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2016
Geography of Education sets out the scope of this emergent, interdisciplinary field. It illustrates the essential affinity of geographical and educational studies, by emphasising the geographical factors influencing formal education systems and other forms of knowledge transfer. Colin Brock begins...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2017
Educational psychology has much to offer teachers and trainee teachers which can be of help to them in their work. In this book, originally published in 1983, leading experts look at a number of important topics in educational psychology. The chapters present detailed overviews of these key issues,...
Innovations in Higher Education
Igniting the Spark for Success
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Rising costs and increasing global competition press institutions to do more with less. At the same time, deep budget cuts and a general social and political impatience have revived calls for reform in educational affordability, curriculum, and outcome measurement. Yet within this environment, a myriad...
The Testing Charade
Pretending to Make Schools Better
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2017
For decades we’ve been studying, experimenting with, and wrangling over different approaches to improving public education, and there’s still little consensus on what works, and what to do. The one thing people seem to agree on, however, is that schools need to be held accountable—we need...
Colonized Schooling Exposed
Progressive Voices for Transformative Educational and Social Change
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2015
This book presents a novel perspective on neocolonialism, education and other related issues. It unveils the effects of neocolonialism on the learning and well-being of students and workers, including marginalized groups such as Native Americans, Latino/as, and African Americans. It is a collection...
SOLO Taxonomy: A Guide for Schools Bk 1
A common language
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2011
Translate “learning how to learn” from a pedagogical principle into everyday classroom practice with this series. SOLO Taxonomy offers a clear, simple and robust way of identifying the level of cognitive complexity of learning intentions and outcomes, and consequently makes feedback and “feed...
Succeeding Together?
Schools, Child Welfare, and Uncertain Public Responsibility for Abused or Neglected Children
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2017
Growing attention has focused on the education of children in the child welfare system, particularly those in foster care, but ninety-two percent of children in the child welfare system stay with their parents and their educational needs receive little attention.
Succeeding Together? is an...
Imagined Communities and Educational Possibilities
A Special Issue of the journal of Language, Identity, and Education
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Imagined Communities and Educational Possibilities focuses on three main themes: imaged communities expand the range of possible selves, technological advances in the last two decades have had a significant impact on what is possible to imagine, and imagination at even the most personal level is related...
Play from Birth to Twelve
Contexts, Perspectives, and Meanings
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2015
In light of recent standards-based and testing movements, the issue of play in child development has taken on increased meaning for educational professionals and social scientists. This third edition of Play From Birth to Twelve offers comprehensive coverage of what we now know about play and its...
Education
Ontario's Preoccupation
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1972
Education: Ontario's Preoccupation, a companion to the author's seven-volume series, ONTARIO'S EDUCATIVE SOCIETY, reviews the main highlights of educational development in Ontario, concentrating on interpretation rather than statistics. Written for everyone seriously interested in education, whether...
Christianity in Education
The Hibbert Lectures 1965
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
The Christian churches have frequently pioneered educational advances – from the seventh century down to the nineteenth. Schools, universities and colleges of education stand as tangible evidence of these efforts. Do all these ventures belong merely to educational history – relics of the days...
Special Educational Needs and School Improvement
Practical Strategies for Raising Standards
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2012
Providing a practical guide to strategic management in the field of special educational needs, this text gives the reader a framework for raising achievement throughout the school.