Educational Reform category: 2687 books
The Development of Early Childhood Education in Europe and North America
Historical and Comparative Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2015
The public provision of early childhood education has developed at different rates across individual countries over the past two centuries. This book provides the historical background to explain how these national differences occurred, with particular reference to welfare and educational systems, to highlight how particular influences grew.
Crazy Like a Fox
One Principal's Triumph in the Inner City
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2010
The inspiring true story of "one of the country's finest educators" (National Review) and the school he changed forever.
Under the leadership of highly unorthodox principal Dr. Ben Chavis, Oakland's American Indian Public Charter School was hailed as an "education miracle"...
The Beautiful Tree
A personal journey into how the world's poorest people are educating themselves
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
Upon its release several years ago, The Beautiful Tree was instantly embraced and praised by individuals and organizations across the globe. James Tooley's extraordinary ability to braid together personal experience, community action, individual courage, and family devotion, brought readers to the very...
Moving Teacher Education into Urban Schools and Communities
Prioritizing Community Strengths
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Winner of the 2013 American Educational Studies Association's Critics Choice Award!
When teacher education is located on a university campus, set apart from urban schools and communities, it is easy to overlook the realities and challenges communities face as they struggle toward social, economic,...
Rethinking Readiness in Early Childhood Education
Implications for Policy and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2015
This book challenges traditional conceptions of readiness in early childhood education by sharing concrete examples of practice, policy and histories that rethink readiness. This book seeks to reimagine possible new educational worlds for young children.
Quadrilingual Education in Singapore
Pedagogical Innovation in Language Education
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2016
This book explores Singapore’s language education system. Unlike previous volumes, which discuss the bilingual requirement for learning, it focuses on Singapore’s quadrilingual system, bringing together articles on each of the four languages – English, Mandarin, Malay and Tamil – as well as...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
This book offers a critical assessment of the experiences of African Canadian students, exploring strategies that will serve to enhance their academic success.
Writing from their respective locations as students, parents, teachers, counsellors, professors and researchers, the contributors to...
Globalisation and Education Reforms
Paradigms and Ideologies
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
This book explores the interrelationship between ideology, the state, and education reforms, placing it in a global context. It examines some of the major education reforms and policy issues in a global culture, particularly in light of recent shifts in quality and standards-driven education, and...
The Mario Garcia Omnibus E-book
Includes Blowout! and The Latino Generation
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014
This Omnibus E-Book brings together Mario Garcia's landmark books on Latino Studies.
The Latino Generation: Voices of the New America
Latinos are already the largest minority group in the United States, and experts estimate that by 2050, one out of three Americans will identify themselves...
Romances with Schools
A Life of Education
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2016
John I. Goodlad has been an unflagging voice for humanistic ideals in education for more than six decades and has helped reframe the modern discourse on the role and function of schools. For Goodlad the goal of public education is to help children become free and full participants in a democratic...
Queering Classrooms
Personal Narratives and Educational Practices to Support LGBTQ Youth in Schools
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Teacher Education programs have largely ignored the needs of LGBTIQ learners in their preparation of pre?service teachers. At best in most of such programs, their needs are addressed in a single chapter in a book or as the topic of discussion in a single class discussion. However, is this minimal discussion...
Exploring the Myths and the Realities of Today's Schools
A Candid Review of the Challenges Educators Face
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2010
Exploring the Myths and Realities of Today's Schools presents a strong case regarding the strengths and successes of our schools, while also addressing the major challenges currently facing our teachers and school administrators. This sympathetic look at the daily work life of our educators directly...
Rebuilding Schools for Students
Let the Change Begin
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2013
America’s educational system is in crisis. Test scores show us that students across America are performing at levels far below their peers overseas. In addition, graduation rates are shamefully low. There is no doubt that America’s students deserve better. In a rapidly changing world, our students...
The Case against Education
Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
Why we need to stop wasting public funds on education
Despite being immensely popular--and immensely lucrative—education is grossly overrated. In this explosive book, Bryan Caplan argues that the primary function of education is not to enhance students' skill but to certify their intelligence,...