Education category: 70663 books

Cover of The Case for Catholic Education

The Case for Catholic Education

Why Parents, Teachers, and Politicians Should Reclaim the Principles of Catholic Pedagogy

by Ryan N. S. Topping
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2016

Catholic schools have long contributed to the mission of the Church and to the flourishing of society. During the past few decades, however, Catholic schools have suffered severe losses, both in their religious identity and in their capacity to attract students. With penetrating insights, pointed anecdotes,...
Cover of The European Unions Modernisation Agenda for Higher Education and the Case of Ireland
by Ludovic Highman
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2017

The book sets out to offer a national perspective on the complex changes occurring in European higher education systems. The Lisbon European Council (2000) set an ambitious target for the Union to become "the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world" with important...
Cover of American Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century

American Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century

Social, Political, and Economic Challenges

by
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2016

First published in 1999, American Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century offered a comprehensive introduction to the central issues facing American colleges and universities. This thoroughly revised edition brings the classic volume up to date. The contributors have rewritten every chapter to...
Cover of Critical Issues in Preparing Effective Early Childhood Special Education Teachers for the 21 Century Classroom
by
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015

The purpose of this book is to provide a forum for an interdisciplinary scholarly dialogue with regard to preparing teachers for early childhood special education. In addition, it is aimed at examining and making available relevant and most recent scholarship to practitioners and at addressing critical...
Cover of Rethinking Education and Poverty
by
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015

In Rethinking Education and Poverty, William G. Tierney brings together scholars from around the world to examine the complex relationship between poverty and education in the twenty-first century. International in scope, this book assembles the best contemporary thinking about how education can mediate...
Cover of Exploring Education

Exploring Education

An Introduction to the Foundations of Education

by Susan F. Semel, Alan R. Sadovnik, Ryan W. Coughlan
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017

This much-anticipated fifth edition of Exploring Education offers an alternative to traditional foundations texts by combining a point-of-view analysis with primary source readings. Pre- and in-service teachers will find a solid introduction to the foundations disciplines -- history, philosophy, politics,...
Cover of Rethinking Teacher Education

Rethinking Teacher Education

Collaborative Responses to Uncertainty

by Anne Edwards, Peter Gilroy, David Hartley
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2005

Rethinking Teacher Education is a thorough and critical analysis of the ambivalences and uncertainties that face those in teacher education. The authors draw on their different experiences of teacher education to try to make sense of current practices and where they might lead. The book analyzes past...
Cover of Handbook of the Sociology of Medical Education
by
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2009

The Handbook of the Sociology of Medical Education provides a contemporary introduction to this classic area of sociology by examining the social origin and implications of the epistemological, organizational and demographic challenges facing medical education in the twenty-first century. Beginning...
Cover of FTCE Elementary Education K-6 Book + Online
by Rhonda Atkinson, PhD, Betty Neilsen Green
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2016

REA's FTCE Elementary Education K-6 Test Prep with Online Tests Gets You Certified and in the Classroom! Updated Third Edition Nationwide, more than 5 million teachers will be needed over the next decade, and all must take appropriate tests to be licensed. REA gets you ready for your teaching career...
Cover of Reinventing Higher Education

Reinventing Higher Education

The Promise of Innovation

by
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011

The inspiration for this timely book is the pressing need for fresh ideas and innovations in U.S. higher education. At the heart of the volume is the realization that higher education must evolve in fundamental ways if it is to respond to changing professional, economic, and technological circumstances,...
Cover of World Yearbook of Education 2016

World Yearbook of Education 2016

The Global Education Industry

by
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2016

This latest volume in the World Yearbook of Education series examines the global education industry both in OECD* countries as well as developing countries, and presents the works of scholars based in different parts of the word who have significantly contributed to this area of research. Focusing...
Cover of Women and Leadership in Higher Education
by
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014

Women and Leadership in Higher Education is the first volume in a new series of books (Women and Leadership: Research, Theory, and Practice) that will be published in upcoming years to inform leadership scholars and practitioners. This book links theory, research, and practice of women’s leadership...
Cover of Seeds For Change: Education Reform in Context
by Jennifer Little
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2012

Seeds for Change: Education Reform in Context is not a step-by-step manual for change of K-12 and Higher Education. It is the beginning point for discussions that will affect everyone in the global economy. A service-industry approach to education reform could not only identify and help fix the broken...
Cover of Studying Diversity in Teacher Education
by Arnetha F. Ball, Gloria Ladson-Billings, Patricia D. Quijada Cerecer
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011

Studying Diversity in Teacher Education is a collaborative effort by experts seeking to elucidate one of the most important issues facing education today. First, the volume examines historically persistent, yet unresolved issues in teacher education and presents research that is currently being done...
First 13 14 15 16 17 18 1920 21 22 23 24 25 Last
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy