Curricula

This book theorizes shadow education as a new component of curriculum, expanding the concept of curriculum to include this type of learning. Curriculum scholars and theorists have largely disregarded shadow education as a valid topic of scholarly...

There is much discussion about what needs to change in education institutions in the 21st century, but less attention given to how core disciplinary studies should be considered within that context. This book is based on a major 4-year research study of...

This volume offers a collection of scholarship that extends curricular conversations, crosses borders of praxis, and expands democratic, critical and aesthetic imaginariestoward the ends of lending momentum to the ever-present and wide-open question:...

This book closely examines the pedagogical possibilities of integrating the arts into history curriculum at the secondary and post-secondary levels. Students encounter expressions of history every day in the form of fiction, paintings, and commemorative...

This volume provides a multi-faceted and critical analysis of the Singapore curriculum in relation to globalization. First, it details reform initiatives established by the Singapore government to meet the challenges posed by globalization. Next,...

This book analyses discourses of effective learning environments globally. It focuses on the student's cultural identity and academic achievement, the significance of cultural and social capital to student's academic achievement, motivational strategies...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781942696117Author Vivian MendozaFormat PaperbackPage Count 66Imprint Learn to ReadPublisher Learn to ReadWeight(grams) 216g

A rich, comparative case study systematically exploring two program approaches for preparing teachers of color, Gist's work explores culturally responsive pedagogy as a strategy for organizing teacher education.Book InformationISBN 9781137436252Author...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789888139026Author Shirley S. Y. YeungFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Hong Kong University PressPublisher Hong Kong University Press

The widely cited, though highly contested, idea that "the world is flat" (Friedman, 2004) carries with it a call for education to provide a levelling effect across continents and cultures Students in Skokie or in Skopje, as the theory goes, are...

This book offers a detailed analysis and assessment of the state of education round the world. The argument is made that education and curriculum practices are deficient for two reasons. The first is the adoption by governments, policy-makers and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781737476375Author Ellen Johnston McHenryFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Ellen McHenry's Basement WorkshopPublisher Ellen McHenry's Basement...

'This is the best nuts-and-bolts guide for improving teaching and learning in our schools. Carr and Harris have been successful in every school district they have consulted in. Now we have access to their insight and experience in a book that is...

What students must know, do, and be have always been the focus of curriculum, but creating integrated curriculum that engages learners in ways that can be measured withinaaccountability-driven environments has proven increasingly challenging in recent...

This book explores diverse relationships at play in integrating Indigenous knowledges and Western Science in curricula. The readers will unravel ways in which history, policy, and relationships with local Indigenous communities play a role in developing...

Collective Unravelings of the Hegemonic Web represents the culmination of work that emerged from 2013 Curriculum & Pedagogy annual conference. The notion of the hegemonic web is the defining theme of the volume. In this collection, authors struggle...

This book examines and reports the findings regarding the level of satisfaction by students, teachers and parents with an innovative senior secondary Religious Education curriculum ‘Religion, Meaning and Life’ (RML). The stimulus for RML is found in the...

Assembles essays addressing the recurring question of the 'subject,' understood both as human person and school subject, thereby elaborating the subjective and disciplinary character of curriculum studies.Book InformationISBN 9781349292776Author William...

This book examines dominant discourses in human rights education globally. Using diverse paradigms, ranging from critical theory to discourse analysis, the book examines major human rights education reforms and policy issues in a global culture, with a...

This book explores how teachers can navigate the complex process of managing change within the classroom. The chapters highlight the new challenges that have arisen with the emergence and introduction of educational technology as teachers find themselves...

Effective student-centered learning occurs when the traditional teacher-student practice of 'I lecture, you retain and repeat' is discarded, and when the students assume responsibility for their own process of discovery while the teacher assumes the role...

Increased attention has been placed on the importance of teachers knowing their students and developing positive relationships that promote learning success and prevent dropouts and violence. Within this context, secondary schools are also reorganizing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798218432492Author Craig W RhyneFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Freedom Education Foundation IncPublisher Freedom Education Foundation...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781648026232Author Chara Haeussler BohanFormat PaperbackPage Count 354Imprint Information Age PublishingPublisher Information Age PublishingWeight(grams)...

"Nessel and Dixon show teachers how to effectively support English language development by using the Language Experience Approach."-David E. Freeman and Yvonne S. Freeman, Professors of Literacy, ESL, and Bilingual EducationThe University of Texas at...

Through the work of the Schools Council and other national agencies, the difficulties of achieving effective curriculum change through centralized initiatives and directives have been well documented. At the same time the importance of teacher...

This book combines the ideologies of parentocracy and consumer theory as theoretical lenses to view the private supplementary tutoring, also known as shadow education, with a focus on the demand at primary and lower secondary levels in China. It first...

This book brings readers into classrooms and communities to explore critical curriculum issues in the United States throughout the twentieth century by focusing in on the voices of teachers, administrators, students, and families. Framed by an enduring...

Given the current emphasis on how to teach reading, also known as the debate on the "Science of Reading," this text addresses the fundamentals of reading instruction and provides practical evidence-based research and strategies to support students who...

There is little doubt that the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are a controversial entity. They are provocative for the way in which they have been developed, for the ways they are being implemented and evaluated, for their content, and for their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781942876823Author Martha M a ZamaFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Spears Media PressPublisher Spears Media PressWeight(grams) 576g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781989159088Author Vito MichienziFormat PaperbackPage Count 82Imprint Evw PressPublisher Evw PressWeight(grams) 127g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781763579941Author Sarah ReevesFormat PaperbackPage Count 30Imprint Sarah's Books Pty LtdPublisher Sarah's Books Pty LtdWeight(grams) 68g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798223006923Author Cheryl AngstFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Cheryl AngstPublisher Cheryl AngstWeight(grams) 150g

Much of the content that students study in a high school geometry course is totally new to them. The middle school mathematics curriculum does not contain preparatory work for many of these topics as it does in preparing students for the study of Algebra...

This book focuses on the representation of nature in science education in schools in the United States. Given the importance of our relationship with the nonhuman world for the fate of our planet, this work gives special attention to the representation,...

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This open access book examines the modern role of the European School system within the European Union, at a time when the global economy demands a new vision for contemporary education. The European...

Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue is the journal of the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum (AATC). An important historical event in the development of organizations dealing with the scholarly field of teaching and curriculum was the founding...

This book shares the experiences of the Monash University and La Trobe University libraries in Melbourne, Australia, regarding the paths taken to transform and reposition these libraries within their institutions. The book showcases the respective...

The purpose of this book is to encourage teachers and administrators to move beyond traditional course structures and to ask them to consider designing experiential curriculum that is interdisciplinary and focused on solving real world problems. Why do...