Educational Theory category: 17068 books

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Pedagogies of Educational Transitions

European and Antipodean Research

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Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016

This book presents the latest research on educational transitions from a variety of research traditions and practical contexts set in Australia, New Zealand, and several European countries. It examines, critically questions, and reshapes ideas and notions about children’s transitions to school....
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Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2019

Past research has identified a wide variety of emotions and emotional engagements among school leaders and teachers including passion, excitement and satisfaction. However, the literature often centers on negative emotions of school leaders, such as fear of failure, anxiety and disillusionment with...
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by Bridget Connor
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2014

The Brain and Educational Connections is based on current studies from neuroscientists and research in the field of psychology and education. This book also presents sound educational theories and practices as they relate to important research findings. This book is written for teachers, administrators,...
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Dialogic Pedagogy and Polyphonic Research Art

Bakhtin by and for Educators

by Eugene Matusov, Ana Marjanovic-Shane, Mikhail Gradovski
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2019

This book presents voices of educators describing their pedagogical practices inspired by the ethical ontological dialogism of Mikhail M. Bakhtin. It is a book of educational practitioners, by educational practitioners, and primarily for educational practitioners. The authors provide a dialogic analysis...
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New Media for Educational Change

Selected Papers from HKAECT 2018 International Conference

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Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2018

This book gathers selected papers presented at the Hong Kong Association for Educational Communications and Technology 2018 International Conference on the theme of “new media for educational change: effects on learning and reflection on practice”. It contributes to a scholarly discussion that...
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Case Studies in Educational Psychology

Elementary School Grades

by Patricia P. Willems, Alyssa R. Gonzalez-DeHass
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017

This case study book serves as a valuable tool for professors and instructors of educational psychology. It contains 18 cases that represent current areas of interest in Educational Psychology embedded within current challenges that teachers face in today’s elementary grade classrooms. The cases...
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Benjamin S. Bloom

Portraits of an Educator

by Thomas R. Guskey
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012

Few individuals in the history of education have had greater impact on educational policy and practice than Benjamin S. Bloom. During a career that spanned over five decades, his research and writing guided the development of innumerable educational programs and provided powerful insights into the...
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Five Miles Away, A World Apart

One City, Two Schools, and the Story of Educational Opportunity in Modern America

by James E. Ryan
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2010

How is it that, half a century after Brown v. Board of Education, educational opportunities remain so unequal for black and white students, not to mention poor and wealthy ones? In his important new book, Five Miles Away, A World Apart, James E. Ryan answers this question by tracing the fortunes of...
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Capitalisms Educational Catastrophe

And the Advancing Endgame Revolt!

by Ricardo D. Rosa, Joao J. Rosa
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013

Neoliberal capitalism has paved the way to educational catastrophe. It has also opened paths for politically productive and transformative forms of localized resistance(s). This book examines the perilous catastrophe before us, and the possibility that we can reclaim our rights as citizens and redefine...
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Tyranny of the Textbook

An Insider Exposes How Educational Materials Undermine Reforms

by Beverlee Jobrack
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2011

Educational reforms and standards have been a topic of public debate for decades, with the latest go-round being the State Common Core Curriculum Standards. But time and again those reforms have failed, and each set of standards, no matter how new and different, has had little impact on improving...
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Cognitive Assessment

An Introduction to the Rule Space Method

by Kikumi K. Tatsuoka
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2009

This book introduces a new methodology for the analysis of test results. Free from ambiguous interpretations, the results truly demonstrate an individual’s progress. The methodology is ideal for highlighting patterns derived from test scores used in evaluating progress. Dr. Tatsuoka introduces readers...
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Educational Goods

Values, Evidence, and Decision-Making

by Harry Brighouse, Helen F. Ladd, Susanna Loeb
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2018

We spend a lot of time arguing about how schools might be improved. But we rarely take a step back to ask what we as a society should be looking for from education—what exactly should those who make decisions be trying to achieve?   In Educational Goods, two philosophers and two social scientists...
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by D W. Livingstone
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2012

This book provides a systematic and detailed analysis of class relations in advanced capitalist societies as a basis for understanding both class differences in educational practices and the relative effects of class and other social background factors on public attitudes toward education. Secondly,...
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by John W. Mulcahy, Jess L. Gregory
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2009

A Handbook of Statistics and Quantitative Analysis for Educational Leadership is an approachable reference for all levels of educational leadership. The topics are presented with a clarity that makes the mathematics accessible, even if the reader has not had prior training in research methods or statistics....
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