Educational Reform category: 2687 books

Cover of STEM and Social Justice: Teaching and Learning in Diverse Settings
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Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017

This volume focuses on selected innovative programs designed to augment the science, engineering, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce through increasing and enhancing the participation of under-represented groups. The programs span the STEM career pathway—primary, secondary, and tertiary...
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Education Out of Bounds

Reimagining Cultural Studies for a Posthuman Age

by T. Lewis, R. Kahn
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2010

Through a unique combination of critical, posthumanist, and educational theories, the authors engage in a surreal journey into the worlds of feral children, alien reptoids, and faery faiths in order to understand how social movements are renegotiating the boundaries of community.
Cover of The Palgrave International Handbook of Education for Citizenship and Social Justice
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Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2016

This state-of-the-art, comprehensive Handbook is the first of its kind to fully explore the interconnections between social justice and education for citizenship on an international scale.  Various educational policies and practices are predicated on notions of social justice, yet each of...
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Volatile Knowing

Parents, Teachers, and the Censored Story of Accountability in America's Public Schools

by Kaia Tollefson
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2008

Volatile Knowing refers to the potential for positive change that can result when parents and teachers talk with each other about the politics and policies of externally defined accountability mandates in education. This text tells the story of twelve teachers and parents who breached the unofficial...
Cover of Refugee Background Students Transitioning Into Higher Education
by Loshini Naidoo, Jane Wilkinson, Misty Adoniou
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2018

This book is one of the first of its kind to examine the aspirations of refugee background students and accompanies them as they journey through the on-shore stage of settlement, enrolment and participation in the Australian education system. It begins with students’ experiences of on-shore settlement,...
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Gifted Education in Lebanese Schools

Integrating Theory, Research, and Practice

by Sara El Khoury, Anies Al-Hroub
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018

This Brief discusses research about gifted education in Lebanese schools. It provides an overview of the latest theories, definitions, and practices used to identify gifted students in Lebanese schools. Chapters begin by providing background information on the status of gifted education in Lebanon...
Cover of Thinking about and Enacting Curriculum in "Frames of War"
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Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011

Thinking about and Enacting Curriculum in “Frames of War”, edited by Rahat Naqvi and Hans Smits, responds to the challenges Judith Butler posed about the precariousness of life and questions about how we apprehend, and take up ethically, our responsibilities for those who are considered “Other.”...
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Agency, Structure and the NEET Policy Problem

The Experiences of Young People

by Professor Leslie Bell, Dr Ian Thurlby-Campbell
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2017

For many years, government policy has associated young people 'being NEET' (Not in Education, Employment or Training) with educational underachievement, worklessness, generational poverty, poor health, antisocial behaviour, and reduced life expectancies. Researchers and policymakers continue to debate...
Cover of Language Policy Beyond the State
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Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2017

Language Policy beyond the State invites readers to (re-)consider the ways language policy is constituted, taken up, and researched if we look within and past the state. Contributors to this edited volume draw attention to language policy as always in the making, focusing on agency, on-the-ground...
Cover of Neoliberalism, Critical Pedagogy and Education
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Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015

This volume examines the role of neoliberalism and its impact on education in South Asia. It contends that education is in a state of crisis across the world. This is reflected not only in the way the state has withdrawn to pave way for private capital but also in the manner in which knowledge and...
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Activating Diverse Musical Creativities

Teaching and Learning in Higher Music Education

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Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2015

Activating Diverse Musical Creativities analyses the ways in which music programmes in higher education can activate and foster diverse musical creativities. It also demonstrates the relationship between musical creativities and entrepreneurship in higher education teaching and learning. These issues...
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The Devil in Dover

An Insider's Story of Dogma v. Darwin in Small-Town America

by Lauri Lebo
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016

“A brilliant account” of the controversial 2005 legal battle between evolution and creationism in public education “by a first-rate journalist” (Howard Zinn). In 2004, the School Board of Dover, Pennsylvania, decided to require its ninth-grade biology students to learn intelligent design—a...
Cover of Global Perspectives on Language Education Policies
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Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018

Presenting research on language policy and planning, with a special focus on educational contexts in which English plays a role, this book brings readers up-to-date on the latest developments in research, theory, and practice in a rapidly changing field. The diversity of authors, research settings,...
Cover of Assault Prevention for Preschooler Manual
by Marrisa Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2013

An educational tools, designed to assist teachers in building self-esteem and assertive skills in young children. The contents include a descriptive dialog and a childrens workshop. There are techniques and strategies for safety and self esteem building. There are three scenarios that focus on safety...
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