Educational Theory category: 17068 books
Mislabeled as Disabled
The Educational Abuse of Struggling Learners and How WE Can Fight It
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2019
This book, described by reviewers as “shocking” and “a masterpiece,” exposes the tragic tale of the millions of schoolchildren who are never taught basic skills in reading, writing, and math. With heart-wrenching stories of individual children from his own experience as an advocate and ground-breaking...
by Norris M. Haynes, Sousan Arafeh, Cynthia McDaniels
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2014
Educational Leadership: Perspectives on Preparation and Practice identifies core knowledge and skills that educational leaders should be exposed to during pre-service preparation and throughout in-service professional development. The contributors discuss established pedagogical and experiential learning...
Teaching for Global Community
Overcoming the Divide and Conquer Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
Education has long been viewed as a vehicle for building community. However, the critical role of education and schools for constructing community resistance is undermined by recent trends toward the centralization of educational policymaking (e.g. racial profiling new laws in the US—Arizona and Texas;...
Educational Policy Innovations
Levelling Up and Sustaining Educational Achievement
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2013
This volume presents how high performing education systems over the world are constantly innovating their educational policies to nurture their citizens for the challenges of the future economy and the anticipation of the unknown. This volume includes a state-of-the-art review of the literature...
The meanings of Inclusion in cross-cultural contexts
Exploring the experiences of adult learners and teachers in two FE colleges in the London Area
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2012
Doctoral Thesis / Dissertation from the year 2010 in the subject Pedagogy - Adult Education, University of London (Goldsmiths College), course: Education, language: English, abstract: The focus of the research in this thesis concerns the meanings of inclusion. The thesis explores the meanings of inclusion...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2015
This book is an annual publication entering its 40th year. The series represents current trend and issues in the field of educational communications and technology, journals and other periodicals associated with the field, and the academic programs that prepare instructional technology professionals....
Systems Thinking for School Leaders
Holistic Leadership for Excellence in Education
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
This book presents a new approach to school leadership – Holistic School Leadership, whereby school leaders lead schools through systems-thinking concepts and procedures. Facing growing complexity, change and diversity, school leaders need to regularly apply the systems view and perform at the systems...
Ways of Learning
Learning Theories for the Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2017
While most teachers are skilled in providing opportunities for the progression of children’s learning, it is sometimes without fully understanding the theory behind it. With greater insight into what is currently known about the processes of learning and about individual learners, teachers are...
Teachers, Teaching, and Reform
Perspectives on Efforts to Improve Educational Outcomes
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
Comprised of contributions from distinguished education scholars, Teachers, Teaching, and Reform takes a critical look at evidence about systemic efforts to identify excellent teachers and promote excellent teaching practices. Organized to include diverse and often contrasting perspectives on the...
Building a New Educational State
Foundations, Schools, and the American South
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
Building a New Educational State examines the dynamic process of black education reform during the Jim Crow era in North Carolina and Mississippi. Through extensive archival research, Joan Malczewski explores the initiatives of foundations and reformers at the top, the impact of their work at the...
Learning, Creating, and Using Knowledge
Concept Maps as Facilitative Tools in Schools and Corporations
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2010
This fully revised and updated edition of Learning, Creating, and Using Knowledge recognizes that the future of economic well being in today's knowledge and information society rests upon the effectiveness of schools and corporations to empower their people to be more effective learners and knowledge...
Theories of Professional Learning
A Critical Guide for Teacher Educators
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
An essential guide to a number of important theories of professional learning, of particular value both to those taking on new responsibilities in relation to initial teacher education (ITE) and those interested in developing new ways of working in partnership. Each chapter provides a concise and...
Rethinking Secondary Education
A Human-Centred Approach
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
'This is a timely, accessible and engaging book of considerable intellectual stature, bold imagination and practical wisdom. Not only does it develop penetrating, elegant analyses of what is wrong with current state controlled and alternative approaches to contemporary education, it also offers imaginative,...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
The first textbook of its kind, Critical Educational Psychology is a forward-thinking approach to educational psychology that uses critical perspectives to challenge current ways of thinking and improve practice.