Educational Theory category: 17068 books
Activity Systems Analysis Methods
Understanding Complex Learning Environments
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2010
In the last two decades, there has been growing interest in pursuing theoretical paradigms that capture complex learning situations. Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) is one of several theoretical frameworks that became very popular among educational researchers because it conceptualizes...
Troubling the Changing Paradigms
An Educational Philosophy and Theory Early Childhood Reader, Volume IV
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2017
Troubling the Changing Paradigms is the fourth volume in the Educational Philosophy and Theory: Editor’s Choice series and represents a collection of texts that were selected as representations of the philosophy and pedagogy of early years, childhood and early childhood education. The philosophy...
The Theory and Practice of Multicultural Education
A Focus on the K-12 Educational Setting
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2018
Theory and Practice of Multicultural Education: A Focus on the K-12 Educational Setting provides an in-depth discussion of the principles and practice of multicultural education in the K-12 classrooms. Building on a theory of multicultural education as a learner-centered pedagogy, the book begins...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Social Network Theory and Educational Change offers a provocative and fascinating exploration of how social networks in schools can impede or facilitate the work of education reform.
Drawing on the work of leading scholars, the book comprises a series of studies examining networks among teachers...
International Handbook of Educational Evaluation
Part One: Perspectives / Part Two: Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Thomas Kellaghan Educational Research Centre, St. Patrick's College, Dublin, Ireland Daniel L. Stufflebeam The Evaluation Center, Western Michigan University, Ml, USA Lori A. Wingate The Evaluation Center, Western Michigan University, Ml, USA Educational evaluation encompasses a wide array of activities,...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2011
This comprehensive Handbook focuses on the most used polytomous item response theory (IRT) models. These models help us understand the interaction between examinees and test questions where the questions have various response categories. The book reviews all of the major models and includes discussions...
Educational Effectiveness and Ineffectiveness
A Critical Review of the Knowledge Base
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2015
This book is a critical assessment of the knowledge base on educational effectiveness, covering a period of five decades of research. It formulates a “lean” theory of good schooling, and identifies and explains instances of “ineffectiveness”, such as low effect sizes of malleable conditions,...
by Nicholas C. Burbules, Wendy R. Kohli
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2011
Feminist theory has come a long way from its nascent beginnings—no longer can it be classified as “liberal,” “socialist,” or “radical.” It has shaped and evolved to take on multiple meanings and forms, each distinct in its own perspective and theory. In Feminisms and Educational Research,...
Psychosocial Skills and School Systems in the 21st Century
Theory, Research, and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2016
This book provides a comprehensive overview and in-depth analysis of research on psychosocial skills, examining both theory and areas of application. It discusses students’ psychosocial skills both as components of academic success and desired educational outcomes in grades K through 12. The book...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2013
The Routledge International Companion to Educational Psychology brings together expert practitioners, researchers, and teachers from five continents to produce a unique and global guide to the core topics in the field. Each chapter includes coverage of the key thinkers, topic areas, events, and ideas...
The Dialogical Self Theory in Education
A Multicultural Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2017
This edited volume offers cross-country and cross-cultural applications of Dialogical Self Theory within the field of education. It combines the work of internationally recognized authors to demonstrate how theoretical and practical innovations emerge at the highly fertile interface of external and...
Does Mathematical Study Develop Logical Thinking?
Testing the Theory of Formal Discipline
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
"The authors particularly attend to protecting positive correlations against the self-selection interpretation, merely that logical minds elect studying more mathematics. Here, one finds a stimulating survey of the systemic difficulties people have with basic syllogisms and deductions."
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The Art of Educational Leadership
Balancing Performance and Accountability
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2007
*"English successfully challenges the established educational community to rethink the current state of research on school leadership in the social sciences...The inclusion of theory, discourse, and stories of recognized leaders followed by chapter learning extensions that include key...
The Human Touch in Education Leadership
A Postpositivist Approach to Understanding Educational Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2003
Palestini advances a new theory of educational leadership seen through the dual lens of critical theory and the Ignatian vision and its practical implications. A truly novel approach, the author strives to acquaint administrators and students of educational administration with a different way of thinking...