Curricula category: 1261 books
Pedagogy in Poverty
Lessons from Twenty Years of Curriculum Reform in South Africa
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2017
As South Africa transitioned from apartheid to democracy, changes in the political landscape, as well as educational agendas and discourse on both a national and international level, shaped successive waves of curriculum reform over a relatively short period of time. Using South Africa as a germane...
Effective Curriculum for Teaching L2 Writing
Principles and Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2015
Effective Curriculum for Teaching L2 Writing sets out a clear big picture for curricular thinking about L2 writing pedagogy and offers a step-by-step guide to curriculum design with practical examples and illustrations. Its main purpose is to help pre-service and practicing teachers design courses...
Textbooks and War
Historical and Multinational Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2018
This volume reflects on the role played by textbooks in the complex relationship between war and education from a historical and multinational perspective, asking how textbook content and production can play a part in these processes. It has long been established that history textbooks play a key...
A New Vision of Liberal Education
The good of the unexamined life
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2015
‘This is an extremely important book. Wonderfully well researched and written, it develops a powerful argument about how we should conceive of the aims of education and design curricula. It should define the field for a very considerable period of time.’ - Professor Michael J Reiss, Institute...
Global Perspectives on Catholic Religious Education in Schools
Volume II: Learning and Leading in a Pluralist World
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2019
This book shares global perspectives on Catholic religious education in schools, chiefly focusing on educational and curriculum issues that take into account the theology and the pedagogy which support learning in connection with Catholic religious education. Further, it offers insights into the distinctive...
From Language Skills to Literacy
Broadening the Scope of English Language Education Through Media Literacy
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2018
The narrowing of English language education curriculum in many contexts has negatively impacted classroom teaching and learning. High-stakes standardized testing, scripted curricula, and the commodification of English have converged to challenge socially meaningful classroom literacy instruction that...
Die Universität im 21. Jahrhundert
Für eine neue Einheit von Lehre, Forschung und Gesellschaft
Language: German
Release Date: June 10, 2013
Die Universität sieht sich im 21. Jahrhundert mit neuen und schwer überschaubaren Herausforderungen konfrontiert, doch verharrt sie in ihrem Denken und ihren Methoden im 19. Jahrhundert. Yehuda Elkana und Hannes Klöpper setzen ihre Vision einer zeitgemäßen Universität dagegen. Deren Hauptaufgabe...
by Dr. Jon W. Wiles
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2008
Develop a curriculum that can transform an ordinary school into a school of excellence!
This resource introduces school leaders to dynamic curriculum leadership and a curriculum development process that leads to highly successful school programs. The author demonstrates how administrators can...
T.A.L.E.
Test de análisis de lectoescritura
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 23, 2015
El dominio de la lectoescritura es un elemento imprescindible para la adquisición de información, la comunicación interpersonal y está presente en la mayor parte de los aprendizajes, además de ser un instrumento imprescindible en la transmisión del conocimiento de una generación a otra. Por...
by Richard Beach, Deborah Appleman, Bob Fecho
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2016
This popular textbook introduces prospective and practicing English teachers to current methods of teaching literature in middle and high school classrooms. It underscores the value of providing students with a range of different critical approaches and tools for interpreting texts and the need to...
Teaching to Exceed the English Language Arts Common Core State Standards
A Critical Inquiry Approach for 6-12 Classrooms
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2015
Timely, thoughtful, and comprehensive, this text directly supports pre-service and in-service teachers in developing curriculum and instruction that both addresses and exceeds the requirements of the Common Core State Standards. Adopting a critical inquiry approach, it demonstrates how the Standards’...
by Catherine McGrew Jaime
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2012
Sometimes the hardest part of writing is just beginning. Catherine makes that part a little easier for writers of all ages and experience.
Here she gives you ninety starting points - little prompts to get the creative juices going and the pencil moving. That gives you enough to do at least...
by Joseph Campbell
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2011
Joseph Campbell taught Mythology to students at Sarah Lawrence College, just north of New York City, for thirty-eight years. Late in his tenure, he made a proposal to use his introductory course as the basis for the then-new field of cross-cultural studies. The proposal gives a wonderful glimpse into...
by Patapios Tranakas
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2014
As an adjunct to relevant courses, valuable insight for students and professionals already working in the field is provided and students are equipped with a detailed analysis of important issues. The subject is 'brought to life' through analysis which highlight the working of issues within a given setting.