Curricula category: 1261 books
Design Education
A vision for the future
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2018
How do designers do what they do? How do architects, engineers, industrial, fashion and graphic designers think? What is it that goes on in their minds that enables them to shape the things that people buy, use and inhabit? And how far do they share their mental abilities with people at large? Is...
Curriculum Studies in India
Intellectual Histories, Present Circumstances
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2015
Curriculum Studies in India examines Indian scholars in dialogue regarding their intellectual life histories and subjective investments in their field. With chapter introductions by William Pinar, scholars explore their intellectual history and present circumstances of curriculum studies in India,...
The Case for Contention
Teaching Controversial Issues in American Schools
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2017
From the fights about the teaching of evolution to the details of sex education, it may seem like American schools are hotbeds of controversy. But as Jonathan Zimmerman and Emily Robertson show in this insightful book, it is precisely because such topics are so inflammatory outside school walls that...
by Shane Dixon
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2016
100 TESOL Activities for Teachers is a teacher training manual and activity guide that has been used by teacher training groups from Korea, China, Japan, Iraq, Peru, Mexico and many other parts of the world as part of the popular TESOL Certificate Program: Teach English Now! from Coursera and Arizona...
Using Circle Time for PHSE and Citizenship
A Year’s Plan for Key Stage 2 Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2008
Imagine having a year’s worth of lesson plans at your fingertips…
PHSE and Citizenship in Circle Time is an invaluable resource for teachers and classroom assistants. Covering the PHSE/citizenship national curriculum for key stage 2 this practical companion provides a year’s worth of...
Addressing Social Issues in the Classroom and Beyond
The Pedagogical Efforts of Pioneers in the Field
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2007
Addressing Social Issues in the Classroom and Beyond: The Pedagogical Efforts of Pioneers in the Field is comprised of essays that delineate the genesis and evolution of the thought and work of pioneers in the field of social issues and education. The authors (many of whom, themselves, are noted professors...
Politics and the History Curriculum
The Struggle over Standards in Texas and the Nation
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2012
The politicians and pastors who revised the Texas social studies standards made worldwide headlines. Politics and the History Curriculum sets the debate over the Texas standards within a broad context of politics, religion, media, and education, providing a clear analysis of these events and recommendations for teachers and policy makers.
The Curriculum
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2009
'This book will be of interest to educational practitioners, and many other professionals concerned with the education and development of the young' - ESCalate
`A very well-respected book [and a] Curriculum classic...[which offers] balance to current official publications...One of its strengths...
by Justin Dillon, Meg Maguire
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
This fourth edition is inspiring reading for prospective, trainee and new teachers, tutors and mentors, working with young people.
Rethinking the School Curriculum
Values, Aims and Purposes
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2003
In 2000, the school curriculum in England was equipped - for the first time in the country's history - with an extensive set of aims and purposes. In this book, leading experts in the teaching of school subjects examine the significance of the new aims for the reform of the curriculum.
In two general...
Curriculum and the Teacher
35 years of the Cambridge Journal of Education
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Even though the curriculum can be tightly specified and controlled by strong accountability mechanisms, it is teachers who decisively shape the educational experiences of children and young people at school.
Bringing together seminal papers from the Cambridge Journal of Education around the...
The Great Literacy Debate
A Critical Response to the Literacy Strategy and the Framework for English
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2012
The nature of literacy is an issue of global debate. When the National Literacy Strategy [NLS] was introduced into UK schools it was arguably the most ambitious educational reform programme in the world, and the controversy necessarily intensified. How can the impact of such reforms be assessed?
In...
Curriculum Practice
Some Sociological Case Studies
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
When first published this book was one of the first collections of empirical research in the area of the knowledge transmitted in schools and the responses of students to it. It includes studies of the histories of particular school subjects and of how the knowledge they embody is presented in the...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2016
Recent advancements in technology have led to significant improvements and developments within learning environments. When utilized properly, these innovations can serve as a valuable resource for educators and students. Exploring the New Era of Technology-Infused Education is a pivotal reference...