Educational Theory category: 17068 books
by Dr Gillian Forrester, Professor Dean Garratt
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2016
Education Policy Unravelled examines the nature of contemporary education policy, its purposes and political formation. This thoroughly revised edition charts the continuity of policy development along neo-liberal lines, taking a historical perspective broadly from the 19th century and towards the...
The Future of Physical Education
Building a New Pedagogy
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2003
Anthony Laker leads an outstanding international team of educational theorists in critically examining the theoretical underpinnings of physical education, and in challenging the rhetoric, the practices and the pedagogies that prevail in our schools. There has been a great deal of discussion surrounding...
by Don Steely
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2013
To the consternation of popularized educational theories, Direct Instruction consistently and convincingly outperforms every theory, program, and procedure they espouse. Proponents of those theories continue to vilify and disparage Direct Instruction despite nearly 50 years of data that proves them...
Handbook of Mindfulness in Education
Integrating Theory and Research into Practice
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
This handbook addresses the educational uses of mindfulness in schools. It summarizes the state of the science and describes current and emerging applications and challenges throughout the field. It explores mindfulness concepts in scientific, theoretical, and practical terms and examines training...
Cultural Differences in Educational Leadership
Lessons from Heaven's Messengers, Melting Pot or Not!
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2016
Leaders and aspiring leaders from all over the world are constantly searching for role models who are successful in placing leadership theory into effective practice. This book identifies ten such role models whose heroic leadership behavior is analyzed in order to reveal what particular abilities...
by Robert Palestini Ed.D
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2012
Leaders and aspiring leaders are constantly searching for role models who are successful in placing leadership theory into effective practice. This book identifies ten such role models whose heroic leadership behavior is analyzed in order to reveal what particular abilities and skills made them successful...
Necessary Spaces
Exploring the Richness of African American Childhood in the South
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
In Necessary Spaces: Exploring the Richness of African American Childhood in the South, Saundra Murray Nettles takes the reader on a journey into neighborhood networks of learning at different times and places. Using autobiographical accounts, Nettles discusses the informal instructional practices...
by Professor Jane Martin, Professor Joyce Goodman
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2003
Women and Education, 1800-1980 examines and celebrates the lives, aims, and achievements of six British women educational activists within nineteenth- and twentieth-century history: Elizabeth Hamilton, Sarah Austin, Jane Chessar, Mary Dendy, Shena Simon and Margaret Cole. Employing a biographical approach,...
by George McCloskey, Lisa A. Perkins, Bob Van Diviner
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2008
In Assessment and Intervention for Executive Function Difficulties, McCloskey, Perkins, and Diviner provide a unique blend of theory, research, and practice that offers clinicians an overarching framework for the concept of executive functions (EFs) in educational settings. The conceptual model of...
Leadership for Green Schools
Sustainability for Our Children, Our Communities, and Our Planet
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2016
Leadership for Green Schools provides aspiring and practicing leaders with the tools they need to facilitate the design, leadership, and management of greener, more sustainable schools. Framed by theory and research, this text draws from the fields of sustainability science, built learning environment,...
Postcolonial Representations of Women
Critical Issues for Education
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2011
In this accessible combination of post-colonial theory, feminism and pedagogy, the author advocates using subversive and contemporary artistic representations of women to remodel traditional stereotypes in education. It is in this key sector that values and norms are molded and prejudice kept at bay,...
Colormute
Race Talk Dilemmas in an American School
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2009
This book considers in unprecedented detail one of the most confounding questions in American racial practice: when to speak about people in racial terms. Viewing "race talk" through the lens of a California high school and district, Colormute draws on three years of ethnographic research...
by Bertrand Russell
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2009
Bertrand Russell was renowned for his provocative views on education. Considered an educational innovator, Russell attempted to create the perfect learning institution. Despite the failure of this practical vision, it did not stop him from continuing to strive towards inventing and arguing for a system...
The Critical Graduate Experience
An Ethics of Higher Education Responsibilities
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
The Critical Graduate Experience is a collection of scholarly reflections on the possibilities of a new vision for critical studies. It is a remarkable book that provides daring analyses from the vantage of the graduate student experience. Drawing from individual knowledge and research, the authors...