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Washback in Language Testing
Research Contexts and Methods
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2004
Washback refers to the influence of language testing on teaching and learning. This volume, at the important intersection of language testing and teaching practices, presents theoretical, methodological, and practical guidance for current and future washback studies.
In the field of language...
Re-Designing Teacher Education for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
A Critical-Ecological Approach
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
Through a critical-ecological lens, this book examines how to prepare preservice teachers to be resourceful and responsive practitioners in addressing the intellectual needs of children often labeled as "culturally and linguistically diverse." It explores a comprehensive re-design of a teacher...
Multicultural Awareness and Technology in Higher Education
Global Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014
Diversity among university students plays a significant role in raising awareness of numerous issues surrounding cultural heritage, language differences, cross-cultural collaboration, and international education. The integration of technological tools can assist students in cooperating nationally and...
by Michele D. Crockett
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2008
Mathematics and Teaching uses case studies to explore complex and pervasive issues that arise in teaching. In this volume, school mathematics is the context in which to consider race, equity, political contexts and the broader social and cultural circumstances in which schooling occurs. This book...
by Richard Harris, Ian Luff
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
The SEND Code of Practice (2015) has reinforced the requirement that all teachers must meet the needs of all learners. This topical book provides practical, tried and tested strategies and resources that will support teachers in making history lessons accessible and exciting for all pupils, including...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2018
Higher education research is a developing field internationally, which is attracting more and more researchers from a great variety of disciplinary backgrounds within and beyond higher education institutions. As such, it is an arena within which a wide range of theories, methods and methodologies...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2018
This book investigates how the performing arts in higher education nationally contribute to the “high impact practices,” as identified by the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU). Using the well-known map of the HIPs for illustrating the centrality of performing arts practices...
Co-Teaching for English Learners
A Guide to Collaborative Planning, Instruction, Assessment, and Reflection
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2017
Because teacher collaboration isn’t an option, it’s a MUST!
EL authorities Maria Dove and Andrea Honigsfeld take ESL teachers and their general education colleagues step-by-step through building a successful collaboration—or improving an existing one. And since no teaching team is exactly...
Learning Technology
A Handbook for FE Teachers and Assessors
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2018
This is an accessible, practical and up to date book specifically targeted at further education (FE) and post-16 teachers, whatever your academic or vocational specialism. Important changes in policy, landscape and digital technology itself mean that digital capability is key for learners, no matter...
by Louise Wasylkiw
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2016
Mount Allison University has consistently been ranked among the leading undergraduate universities in Canada over the last two decades. How does a small-town university with a population of just 2,500 students achieve such outstanding successes year after year? According to Dr. Louise Wasylkiw and Dr....
Medium of Instruction Policies
Which Agenda? Whose Agenda?
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2003
Medium of instruction policies in education have considerable impact not only on the school performance of students and the daily work of teachers, but also on various forms of social and economic (in)equality.
In many multiethnic and multilingual countries, the choice of a language for the...
Mathematics for Equity
A Framework for Successful Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In this book, nationally renowned scholars join classroom teachers to share equity-oriented approaches that have been successful with urban high school mathematics students. Compiling for the first time major research findings and practitioner experiences from Railside High School, the volume describes...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2018
Higher learning has seen an increase in web-based distance education programs, which coincides with advancements made in educational technologies. As these programs are on the rise, it becomes increasingly more important to ensure that instructional designers are prepared to accommodate the needs...
Teaching Sociology Successfully
A Practical Guide to Planning and Delivering Outstanding Lessons
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
Teaching Sociology Successfully is a comprehensive guide to teaching, learning and delivering sociology, not only with success but with confidence. Carefully combing insightful anecdotes and practical ideas with key theoretical concepts on planning, learning styles and assessment, this book is an...