Educational Theory category: 17068 books
Educational Courage
Resisting the Ambush of Public Education
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2012
Lost amid the debate over educational policies are the stories of the educators, parents, and students who are most affected by legislation such as No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top. In Educational Courage, veteran educators and activists Nancy Schniedewind and Mara Sapon-Shevin bring together...
Finding Superman
Debating the Future of Public Education in America
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
“This book is an essential supplement for everyone who saw the movie Waiting for Superman. It makes clear that education improvement is more complex, and requires more change in policy and practice, than Superman ever envisioned. It is a roadmap for more comprehensive transformation of education.”—Michael...
The Future of Educational Entrepreneurship
Possibilities for School Reform
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008
The Future of Educational Entrepreneurship examines the challenge of creating innovative and productive entrepreneurial activity in American education.
In the course of exploring these challenges, the book considers a number of crucial issues and circumstances: existing “barriers to entry”...
by J. Michael Spector, Allan H.K. Yuen
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
Educational Technology Program and Project Evaluation is a unique, comprehensive guide to the formative and summative evaluation of programs, projects, products, practices and policies involving educational technology. Written for both beginning and experienced evaluators, the book utilizes an integrative,...
Educational Recommender Systems and Technologies
Practices and Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2011
Recommender systems have shown to be successful in many domains where information overload exists. This success has motivated research on how to deploy recommender systems in educational scenarios to facilitate access to a wide spectrum of information. Tackling open issues in their deployment is gaining...
From the Laboratory to the Classroom
Translating Science of Learning for Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2016
Over recent years the field of Science of Learning has increased dramatically. Unfortunately, despite claims that this work will greatly impact education, very little research makes it into teacher practice. Although the reasons for this are varied, a primary concern is the lack of a proper translation...
Apocalyptic Leadership in Education
Facing an Unsustainable World from Where We Stand
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Mainstream educational leadership has lost much of its footing as a progressive practice. More managers than wisdom?keepers, educational leaders no longer have authority to critique the toxicities of the present and imagine alternative futures. In public schools and higher education, the neoliberal emphasis...
Indigenous Educational Models for Contemporary Practice
In Our Mother's Voice
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2000
What is the philosophy that should drive native education policy and practice? In July 1997 a group of native educational leaders from the United States (including Alaska and Hawai'i), Canada, Australia, and New Zealand gathered to define a potential solution to this question. This book passes on...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2013
The rapid growth of diversity within U.S. schooling and the heightened attention to the lack of equity in student achievement, school completion, and postsecondary attendance has made equity and diversity two of the principle issues in education, educational leadership, and educational leadership...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In Cracks in the Schoolyard, Conchas challenges deficit models of schooling and turns school failure on its head. Going beyond presenting critical case studies of social inequality and education, this book features achievement cases that depict Latinos as active actors—not hopeless victims—in...
Educational Interventions for Refugee Children
Theoretical Perspectives and Implementing Best Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2003
How can schools best prepare themselves to successfully educate refugee children?
By focusing on the education of refugee children, this book takes a rare look at a subject of increasing significance in current educational spheres. Highlighting the many difficulties facing refugee children, the editors...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Handbook of Prosocial Education is the definitive theoretical, practical, and policy guide to the prosocial side of education, the necessary second side of the educational coin. Academic teaching and learning are the first side of education; however, academic success depends upon the structures and...
by Marilyn Fleer
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
Child Development in Educational Settings provides a comprehensive introduction to traditional and contemporary theories of development and learning in the contexts of early childhood and primary education. Drawing upon the experiences and perspectives of children, families, educators and Aboriginal...
School Effectiveness and Educational Management
Towards a South-Eastern Europe Research and Public Policy Agenda
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2016
This book analyzes educational management in the context of developing effective schools in South-Eastern European countries and situates the discussion within ongoing education debates in EU countries. The book revolves around the specific role and practices of school principals, who are positioned...