Secondary Education category: 2117 books
Social Studies and Diversity Education
What We Do and Why We Do It
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2010
The preparation of social studies teachers is crucial not only to the project of good education, but, even more broadly, to the cultivation of a healthy democracy and the growth of a nation’s citizens. This one-of-a-kind resource features ideas from over 100 of the field's most thoughtful teacher...
Deeper Learning
How Eight Innovative Public Schools Are Transforming Education in the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
Solid sales track of HC edition: over 5,000 copies now sold
New foreword by a high-profile education advocate: Russlynn Ali served as the assistant secretary of civil rights at the DOE under Obama, was the founding director of The Education Trust-West, and currently runs XQ, a high school innovation...
Teacher Proof
Why research in education doesn’t always mean what it claims, and what you can do about it
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
‘Tom Bennett is the voice of the modern teacher.’ - Stephen Drew, Senior Vice-Principal, Passmores Academy, UK, featured on Channel 4’s Educating Essex
Do the findings from educational science ever really improve the day-to-day practice of classroom teachers?
Education...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
In this innovative new series Education Write Now, ten of education’s most inspiring thought-leaders meet for a three-day retreat to think and write collaboratively, and then bring you the top takeaways you need right now to improve your school or classroom. This first volume, edited by Jeff Zoul...
Biotechnology, Education and Life Politics
Debating genetic futures from school to society
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
What should individuals and society do when genetic screening becomes widely available and with its impact on current and future generations still uncertain? How can our education systems around the world respond to these developments?
Reproductive and genetic technologies (RGTs) are increasingly...
The Arts in Education
An introduction to aesthetics, theory and pedagogy
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2013
Do the arts improve academic achievement? What does it mean to ‘teach’ art? What should the balance of classic and pop be in the music curriculum? Should we encourage young children on the stage? How do we judge whether what a child produces is good? How do we justify the arts in the curriculum?...
by Lynne Broadbent, Alan Brown
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2004
This book is designed to give students and newly qualified teachers a contextual and theoretical background to this subject, by exploring and challenging assumptions about the place of religion in education.
The book is divided into the following sections:
section one sets out the context for...
Contesting Neoliberal Education
Public Resistance and Collective Advance
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2011
Neoliberal education policies have privatised, marketised, decentralized, controlled and surveilled, managed according to the business and control principles of new public managerialism, attacked the rights and conditions of education workers, and resulted in a loss of democracy, critique and equality...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
Debates in Music Teaching encourages student and practising teachers to engage with contemporary issues and developments in music education. It aims to introduce a critical approach to the central concepts and practices that have influenced major interventions and initiatives in music teaching, and...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2013
The Guided Reader to Teaching and Learning Music draws on extracts from the published work of some of the most influential education writers to provide insight, guidance and clarity about key issues affecting Music teachers.
The book brings together key extracts from classic and contemporary...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2005
The Encyclopedia of Middle Grades Education provides a comprehensive overview of the field. This publication includes seven anchor essays (5000 words) that cover the following topics: the history of the middle school movement; academically excellent curriculum, instruction, and assessment; developmental...
Out of the Shadows
The Global Intensification of Supplementary Education
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2013
Supplementary education consists of private instruction that complements and sometimes 'shadows' formal school content. Providers range from informal and part-time tutors to highly institutionalized, multi-national corporate franchises. This phenomenon is growing worldwide and has many potential impacts...
Lifelong Learning
Education Across the Lifespan
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2002
'Lifelong Learning' is a hot issue for educators across the world, as societies everywhere are concerned with developing a literate, skilled and flexible workforce and to widen participation in education at all levels and for all age-groups. This book covers all the major issues, with well-known academic...
Groundwork
A Practitioner’S Guide to Building Alternative Education Programs
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2011
Fred Gann, founder of four alternative education programs, believes that all true alternative education programs exist for one fundamental purpose: to make a positive difference in a students life. In Groundwork, Gann delivers a roadmap to re-engage disenfranchised students through an effective alternative...