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Mass migration and globalization are creating new and deep challenges to education systems the world over. In this volume, some of the world's leading researchers in multicultural education and immigration discuss critical issues related to cultural...

This pioneering volume examines the numerous, multi-layered and co-reactionary influences on the extraordinary growth of the Welsh medium Schools of south-east Wales. This is not a history, but a multi-discipline, linguistic, social, psychological,...

In just a couple of decades, Finland evolved from one of Europe's lowest educated countries to the top performer of the international PISA ranking. Behind this "success story", there was a conscious strategy to use educational policies for creating a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783039109838Author Rita HofstetterFormat PaperbackPage Count 405Imprint Verlag Peter LangPublisher Verlag Peter LangWeight(grams) 580g

This collection of essays introduces multiple social theories through discussions of ideas across national borders. In each of the nine sections, the first chapter introduces a theory in a context outside of the United States. The second chapter then...

When founded in 1911, Connecticut College for Women was a pioneering women's college that sought to prepare the progressive era's "new woman" to be self-sufficient. Despite a path-breaking emphasis on preparation for work in the new fields opening to...

In this book, a group of researchers and educators consider in detail the possibilities and tensions of curriculum-making in early childhood education. The book discusses a wide range of issues related to postfoundational approaches to curriculum, such...

There is a substantial body of important work that connects qualitative research and critical pedagogy at the level of teaching. Much of this literature is geared toward assisting teachers in becoming non-paternalistic agents of social change in their...

There is a substantial body of important work that connects qualitative research and critical pedagogy at the level of teaching. Much of this literature is geared toward assisting teachers in becoming non-paternalistic agents of social change in their...

The American philosopher John Dewey transformed how people around the world view the purposes of schooling. In Democracy and Education (1916), Dewey opposed the model of education in which adults lecture at students and students follow strict rules...

Teachers are often in the forefront of today's cross-cultural contact, whether in the language classroom or in the K-12 or university/college classroom, but they are not always prepared to handle the various issues that can arise in terms of...

This unique book is for two audiences! Read one way it is for educators; flip it over and read the other way it is for project managers! These days, everybody seems to be talking about "21st century skills" and how our students need new ways of learning...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814107867Author Steven AlvarezFormat PaperbackPage Count 107Imprint National Council of Teachers of EnglishPublisher National Council of Teachers of...

In a rapidly globalizing world, the pressing challenge for science and mathematics educators is to develop their transdisciplinary capabilities for countering the neo-colonial hegemony of the Western modern worldview that has been embedded historically,...

With refreshing eloquence, James O. Freedman sets down the American ideals that have informed his life as an intellectual, a law professor, and a college and university president. He examines the content and character of liberal education, discusses the...

This volume, based on an interdisciplinary conference of psychologists, sociologists, philosophers, and social scientists, explores a topic of vital importance today-moral education. The book is organized around four questions: the nature and scope of...

This book shows teachers how to develop a toolbox of strategies for effectively teaching and engaging dual language learners while also supporting their families from diverse backgrounds. The book is organized by outlining and describing 45 teaching tips...

The Wrong Direction for Today's Schools: The Impact of Common Core on American Education is an in-depth analysis of the newest national American education fad, intended to replace the 2002 incarnation of the ESEA, No Child Left Behind. Zarra delves into...

In a remarkable experiment lasting over a decade, a group of 88 independent campuses, ranging from comprehensive universities to intimate colleges, have demonstrated the value of an emerging educational agenda focused on meaning and purpose. These...

This book examines moral responsiveness and thinking in a mixed gender class of primary school children, and offers a theoretical perspective on children's ability to think together about morality in a community of enquiry and on related issues of...

Music education in Canada is a vast enterprise that encompasses teaching and learning in thousands of public and private schools, community groups, and colleges and universities. It involves participants from infancy to the elderly in formal and...

This book presents an overview of the democracy movement and the history of education in Nepal. It shows how schools became the battleground for the state and the Maoists as well as captures emerging trends in the field, challenges for the state and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830828128Author Paul D. SpearsFormat PaperbackPage Count 251Imprint Inter-Varsity Press,USPublisher InterVarsity PressWeight(grams) 392gDimensions(mm)...

How to nurture creativity in tomorrow's innovators-today's college students When asked what they want colleges to emphasize most, employers didn't put science, computing, math, or business management first. According to AAC&U's 2013 employer survey,...

The author of the best-selling What the Best College Teachers Do is back with more humane, doable, and inspiring help, this time for students who want to get the most out of college-and every other educational enterprise, too.The first thing they should...

In this volume scholars from around the world consider the influential work of William F. Pinar from a variety of "conversations" his ideas have generated. The major focus is on the What, Why, and How of the word "reconceptualization," which involves...

Preparing students to participate fully in today's and tomorrow's world demands that we nurture their global competence, and this book shows teachers how to do just that.In a world rife with rapid change, environmental vulnerabilities, and racial...

How does classroom observation support your professional development?How can you observe as effectively as possible?Highly regarded as one of the most widely used and authoritative texts on this topic, An Introduction to Classroom Observation is an...

In this personal, thought-provoking and timely book, Dr Andrew Reay offers a clarion call to parents, educators and business leaders who are seeking to unlock the true potential of our next generation - their character - and ensure they really do...

Do you know how to initiate and facilitate productive dialogues about race in your classroom? Are you prepared to handle complex topics while keeping your students engaged? Inspired by Frederick Douglass's abolitionist call to action, it is not light...

Continuing Joel Spring's reportage and analysis of the intersection of global forces and education, this text offers a comprehensive overview and synthesis of current research, theories, and models related to the topic. Written in his signature clear,...

These are troubling days for the humanities. In response, a recent proliferation of works defending the humanities has emerged. But, taken together, what are these works really saying, and how persuasive do they prove? The Battle of the Classics...

Mastery learning is an instructional approach that empowers every student to progress with confidence.Using flexible pacing and targeted supports, teachers guide students through a cyclic process of preparation, demonstration, and formative feedback...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780795353482Author Jamie MerisotisFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Rosetta BooksPublisher Rosetta BooksDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 25mm

""Place: it's where we're from; it's where we're going. . . . It asks for our attention and care. If we pay attention, place has much to teach us.""With this belief as a foundation, The Power of Place offers a comprehensive and compelling case for...

Only 150 years ago, the majority of the world's population was largely illiterate. Today, not only do most people over fifteen have basic reading and writing skills, but 20 percent of the population attends some form of higher education. What are the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912356249Author Ronnie LessemFormat PaperbackPage Count 388Imprint Beacon Books and Media LtdPublisher Beacon Books and Media LtdWeight(grams)...

It is widely recognised that we are living through an 'age of the narrative'. Many of the constituent disciplines in the social sciences resonate with this trend by using life history and narrative approaches and methods. As we move on from the modernist...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780671870737Author William K. KilpatrickFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 468gDimensions(mm)...

Prominent educators and researchers propose that schooling should be a site for sustaining cultural practices rather than eradicating them. Chapters present theoretically grounded examples of how schools can support Black, Indigenous, Latinx,...