Experimental Methods category: 522 books
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Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
Home schooling is an important and growing American phenomenon with only our first edition in the field. This new 2nd edition will appeal to the home school world, people interested in American education, and the private school community. Changes in the educational environment in the US over the last...
We're In This Together
Public-Private Partnerships in Special and At-Risk-Education
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
We’re In This Together: Public-Private Partnerships in Special and At-Risk-Education is a timely book that explores the use by public schools of private education companies to meet the needs of some of the nation’s most challenged and challenging students. The book examines variations of use by...
Conducting Hermeneutic Research
From Philosophy to Practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
Conducting Hermeneutic Research: From Philosophy to Practice is the only textbook that teaches the reader ways to conduct research from a philosophical hermeneutic perspective. It is an invaluable resource for graduate students about to embark in hermeneutic research and for academics or other researchers...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
Advancements in technology in modern societies have resulted in an abundance of new educational tools and aids. Analyzing the effects of different mobile educational applications can provide insight into how technology can promote or discourage purposeful learning among students and educators alike....
Leadership in Post-Compulsory Education
Inspiring Leaders of the Future
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
Leadership of different kinds exists at many levels in the post-compulsory sector-from principles to programme leaders, administrative staff and even caretakers. Based around case studies of current leaders in post-compulsory education, this unique book explores a number of leadership models and styles...
Igniting Wonder, Reflection, and Change in Our Schools
An Educator’s Guide to Using Authentic Stories
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
Containing real stories from real school leaders, teachers, students, and parents in seven key areas, this book demonstrates how educators can use narrative to trigger wonder, reflection, and change in their classrooms and schools. By including examples of the narrative process in action, this book...
Activity Theory in Practice
Promoting Learning Across Boundaries and Agencies
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
This ground-breaking book brings together cutting-edge researchers who study the transformation of practice through the enhancement and transformation of expertise. This is an important moment for such a contribution because expertise is in transition - moving toward collaboration in inter-organizational...
Learning Outdoors
Improving the Quality of Young Children's Play Outdoors
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
It is now officially acknowledged that outdoor play is extremely important for young children's development and that a few old bikes and a climbing frame just will not do. This book shows how to develop an outdoor learning environment properly for young children and how adult supporters should behave in this space.This book offers examples of good
Thinking with the Dancing Brain
Embodying Neuroscience
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2016
As seasoned dancers and dance educators, Minton and Faber approach brain function from inside the body as embodiment of thought. Their collection of neurological research about the thought processes in learning and performing dance encompasses a vision of dance as creative art, communication, education,...
Learning Over Time
Learning Trajectories in Mathematics Education
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014
The driving forces behind mathematics learning trajectories is the need to understand how children actually learn and make sense of mathematics—how they progress from prior knowledge, through intermediate understandings, to the mathematics target understandings—and how to use these insights to...
Integrating Content and Language in Higher Education
From Theory to Practice- Selected papers from the 2013 ICLHE Conference
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2014
Higher education has seen dramatic changes in the past quarter of a century, notably in the language used for instruction. Universities worldwide are increasingly switching to English enabling them to attract a wide student population. This book presents a new collection of original papers showing...
Transforming Education
Global Perspectives, Experiences and Implications
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2014
This research-based volume presents a substantive, panoramic view of ways in which Australia and countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North and South America engage in educational programs and practices to transform the learning processes and outcomes of their students. It reveals and analyzes national...
The Art of Roughhousing
Good Old-Fashioned Horseplay and Why Every Kid Needs It
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2011
Everywhere you look, physical play—what some might call “roughhousing”—is being marginalized. Gym classes are getting shorter. Recess periods are being eliminated. Some new schools don’t even have playgrounds. Is it any wonder children retreat to “virtual horseplay” via video games?
But...
The Hardest Questions Aren't on the Test
Lessons from an Innovative Urban School
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2016
The Boston Arts Academy comprises an ethnically and socioeconomically diverse student body, yet 94 percent of its graduates are accepted to college. Compare this with the average urban district rate of 50 percent. How do they do it? This remarkable success, writes Principal Linda Nathan, is in large...