Educational Policy & Reform

Why is teacher education policy significant - politically, sociologically and educationally? While the importance of practice in teacher education has long been recognised, the significance of policy has only been fully appreciated more recently. Teacher...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781975501853Author Alicia A. BroderickFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Myers Education PressPublisher Myers Education PressWeight(grams)...

This fascinating book focuses on those who are most affected by changes in education policy and systems-the pupils. It draws on empirical evidence from a number of research projects and distils this into a compelling account of contemporary schooling...

Online learning has become an increasing presence in higher education course design, with most courses combining physical real time engagement with asynchronous learning activity. Now, however, there is a greater need for this one-stop guide to critical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993064487Author Shurville PublishingFormat PaperbackImprint Shurville PublishingPublisher Shurville Publishing

This book builds upon the authors' recently published The Fourth Way by helping educators to focus on the nitty-gritty, boiler-room challenges of change leaders and the expected obstacles they must anticipate, engage, and overcome to enact fourth way...

Arrested in 1943 and deported to Auschwitz, Elsa survived because she had the 'opportunity' to join the women's orchestra. But Elsa kept her story a secret, even from her own family. Indeed, her son would only discover what had happened to his mother...

In a sea of troubling reporting about education, teaching, reading, and the wellbeing of teens, Ivey and Johnston bring some good news that shows what happens when we stop underestimating young people. This accessible book offers an engaging account of a...

Discover how education innovations can produce astonishing results in student success both in and out of school. The educators featured in this book were motivated by the conviction that even the best status quo education was not serving current student...

For over a century, Americans have translated their cultural anxieties and hopes into dramatic demands for educational reform. Although policy talk has sounded a millennial tone, the actual reforms have been gradual and incremental. Tinkering toward...

What purpose does educational assessment serve? Are the same instruments suitable for different purposes? How much trust can we place upon the outcomes of educational assessment? The subject of educational assessment is much discussed and much...

Schutz demonstrates that progressive ideas of democracy emerged out of the practices of a new middle class, reacting, in part, against the more conflictive social struggles of the working-class. The volume traces two distinct branches of democratic...

Educators with a vision for more equitable, caring schools often struggle with where to begin. I'm just one teacher, where can I start to make change? Is it even possible? How do I do this within current constraints? In this new book, bestselling author...

Helping you understand the technological foundations for a wide range of digital devices, New Perspectives Computer Concepts Comprehensive, 21st edition, presents what every learner should know about using technology to complete your education, launch a...

Social capital, children and young people is about the relationships and networks - social capital - that children and young people have in and out of school.Social capital has become of increasing interest to policy makers but there has been little...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807031292Author Jane KatchFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 184g

The mission to break the siege of Tel Aviv ended in disaster - two dead, and the rest of the team captured. But as the prisoners await their fate, they're suddenly confronted to the terrible reality of their world - most notably the fact that they don't...

This compelling book introduces Nobel laureate Amartya Sen's capability approach and explores its significance for theory, policy and practice in education. The book looks particularly at questions concerning the education of children, gender equality,...

Gain a clear understanding of the basic principles of learning and behavior and how you can apply this information to better understand and improve today's world with Powell/Honey/Symbaluk's INTRODUCTION TO LEARNING AND BEHAVIOR, 6E. This engaging,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992834166Author Shurville PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 118Imprint Shurville PublishingPublisher Shurville Publishing

"An Introduction to Assessment" is for all who work in education, including those on Education Studies programmes, those in initial teacher training, and practising teachers keen to update their knowledge. This book covers: definitions of educational...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781872767673Author M AllenFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Tufnell PressPublisher Tufnell PressWeight(grams) 247g

The Government has named the 'fundamental British values' (FBV) as democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths. Since 2014, teachers in England have been required to promote these values...

When Andrew Hacker published an op-ed in the New York Times questioning the requirement of advanced mathematics in schools, it instantly became one of the paper's most widely circulated articles. Why, he wondered, do we inflict algebra, geometry,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993243127Author Department for EducationFormat PaperbackImprint TheNationalCurriculum.comPublisher Shurville Publishing

Make Arts for a Better Life: A Guide for Working with Communities provides a ground-breaking model for arts advocacy. Drawing upon methods and theories from disciplines such as ethnomusicology, anthropology, folklore, community development, and...

Case Studies on Diversity and Social Justice Education offers pre- and in-service educators the opportunity to analyze and reflect upon a variety of real-life scenarios related to educational equity and social justice. The accessibly written cases allow...

Working with Uncertainty for Educational Change explores the liberating possibilities for those who seek to embrace existing research into uncertainty and complexity at diverse levels in the world of education. The lives of education professionals are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904859093Author Paul AvrichFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint AK PressPublisher AK PressWeight(grams) 686g

Vocational Education and Training for a Global Economy investigates the greatly varying ways in which four countries-Singapore, Switzerland, China, and the United States-prepare young people for the twenty-first-century workplace. The book looks first at...

This book applies social theory to curriculum design and sets out a program for language curriculum renewal for the 21st century. It includes many examples of text-based curricula and describes a plan for curriculum renewal based on texts as the unit of...

Gain an understanding of advertising and brand strategy from an integrated marketing, advertising and business perspective with Close Scheinbaum/O Guinn/Semenik's popular ADVERTISING AND INTEGRATED BRAND PROMOTION, 9E. Updates bring strategy to life in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780871203755Author Richard SagorFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint ASCDPublisher ASCDWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 232mm * 159mm * 12mm

Creating schools that are secure, safe, and peaceful is crucial if all pupils are going to benefit from their education. This is especially important for those who might be vulnerable, traumatised and unable to settle into normal school routine. Key to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262539845Author Nathan HolbertFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

'This is a timely and thought-provoking book. Fullan, Hill, and Crevola address the complexity of teaching and leading, and offer a compelling way forward that focuses on learning for all students through personalization, precision teaching, and...

Informed by years of research and on-the-ground reporting, Schools That Succeed is Karin Chenoweth's most inspiring and compelling book yet-an essential read for educators who seek to break the stubborn connection between academic achievement and...

The chapters in this book offer a range of impressive new studies on the history of education in Ireland, based on detailed research and drawing on important sources. This book also serves to show the healthy state of the history of education in Ireland...

Education and the Soul is the first book to comprehensively address how the soul can be nourished in educational settings. The book explores the nature of the soul and offers teaching/learning approaches that can be used to nurture the development of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909717305Author Robert PealFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint John Catt Educational LtdPublisher Hodder EducationWeight(grams) 180gDimensions(mm)...