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This book aims to make a contribution to the theory, research and practice on quality and equity in education by providing a comprehensive overview of these two dimensions of educational effectiveness and proposing a methodological instrument that may be...

This book examines the implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic for education systems and argues that major education reforms will be necessary, particularly in the Global South, to address the learning loss caused by the pandemic. To inform those reforms,...

This book explores how best to invest in and nurture teachers. It examines deprofessionalisation and reprofessionalisation in the recent developments in the understanding of teaching and learning, including the effects of standardizing teaching,...

Language Policy beyond the State invites readers to (re-)consider the ways language policy is constituted, taken up, and researched if we look within and past the state. Contributors to this edited volume draw attention to language policy as always in...

How Stakeholders Can Support Teacher Quality compiles the proceedings from the Milken Family Foundation's National Education Conference (NEC), which took place in Washington, D.C., in May 2006. Each year, the NEC brings together practitioners,...

This book emerged from the online project 'A Manifesto for Media Education' and takes forward its starting points by asking some of the original contributors to expand upon their view of the purpose of media education and to support their perspective...

This unique book explores school improvement policy - from its translation into national contexts and school networks to its implementation in leader and teacher practices in individual schools and classrooms within this network of schools and its impact...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781877398605Author Helen S. TimperleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 199Imprint New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) PressPublisher New Zealand...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781602359642Author Council Writing Program AdministratorsFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Parlor PressPublisher Parlor PressWeight(grams) 191g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781643172262Author Lori OstergaardFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Parlor PressPublisher Parlor PressWeight(grams) 152g

This book focuses on the recent educational policy debates surrounding Muslims, schooling and the question of security in light of the Counter Terrorism Security Act - which has made 'Prevent' a legal duty for schools, colleges and universities. The book...

Environmental education (EE) and education for sustainable development (ESD) are asserting their growing role in curricula around the world, yet how deeply embedded are they in the learning systems of the Pacific nations? Building on an earlier analysis...

Directions and Prospects for Educational Linguistics explores innovations that have developed from the creative syntheses of diverse methodological and theoretical approaches used to explore a broad rang of issues and topics related to language (in)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798224992645Author Jared HipleFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint Jared HiplePublisher Jared HipleWeight(grams) 630g

Previous critics have documented the damaging effects of the current exploitative sporting and education structures in the United States on Black males and the broader Black community. However, largely missing from scholarly literature and popular...

This book focuses on the politics of teacher resistance to the formation and implementation of neoliberal education policies in Australia. It argues that policies such as publishing examination test results online amounts to auditing teachers' work, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781602357099Author Council Writing Program AdministratorsFormat PaperbackPage Count 218Imprint Parlor PressPublisher Parlor PressWeight(grams) 152g

This open access book presents original research on effective and equitable teacher practice in mathematics and science education across Nordic countries. It focuses on three key aspects of teacher practice: what teachers teach, how teachers teach, and...

This book investigates the sustainable education policy development in China in the aspects of challenges and strategies. In this book, the conceptual model of the sustainable education policy development in China is divided into several parts, including...

While the term "public intellectual" has been used to describe scholars who seek to share their re-search with the public, little work has been done to examine the role of a public intellectual in the field of education. This book builds upon...

This book explores the significance of Dr Martin Luther King Jr. 'I have a dream' speech and the continued legacy to education and academia demonstrated through the study of his life, achievements, works and ultimate assassination, which are included in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781607853657Author Andrew J HoffmanFormat PaperbackImprint Michigan Publishing ServicesPublisher Michigan Publishing ServicesWeight(grams) 336g

This book offers a global perspective on educational networks, reviewing theory and practice before setting out four lenses: educational effectiveness and improvement; governance theory; complexity theory; and Actor-Network Theory. Using these lenses,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798988238607Author Tim DaseyFormat PaperbackPage Count 258Imprint Rejuvenate PublishingPublisher Rejuvenate PublishingWeight(grams) 381g

Provides an inside look at teacher/student sex scandals. Goes beyond the news headlines, showing what happens to a teacher who crosses the lines of propriety Examines the causes and precipitating circumstances leading to unlawful teacher/student...

This book analyses accountability and quality policies relating to learning standards and examines their implications for assessment in higher education. Whilst primarily focusing on the Australian setting, this analysis is located within a broader frame...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639027334Author Andrew HodgkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 116Imprint VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publisher VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Weight(grams) 163g

This collection brings together international scholars to interrogate a range of educational practices, procedures and policies, around the organizing principle that 'myths' often require critical scrutiny. Engaging with key themes in contemporary global...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781480839977Author Mary Ruth MooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Archway PublishingPublisher Archway PublishingWeight(grams) 281g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800649316Author Montserrat GomendioFormat HardbackPage Count 364Imprint Open Book PublishersPublisher Open Book PublishersWeight(grams) 689g

This book celebrates the rights of the child, through including student voice in educational matters that affect them directly. It focuses on the experiences of children and young people and explores how our educational policies, practices and research...

Global University Rankings explores the novel topic of global university rankings and their effects on higher education in Europe. The contributions in this volume outline different discourses on global university rankings and explore the related changes...

This open access book addresses the evasive problem of why truly effective educational innovation on a wide scale is so difficult to achieve, and what leaders may do about this. Examining the case of system-wide reform processes centering on teaching a...

The book is an in-depth and comprehensive analysis of the case of language in education reform and language policy controversies of Hong Kong over the initial two decades after 1997. It is a scholarly monograph of conscientious educators and researchers...

Summer Versus. School II: The Balanced Calendar of School, Work and Life, 2nd Edition explores the successes and challenges of moving from the traditional 10-month calendar to implement ones that are more in line with the needs of modern families...

The book addresses the paradigm shift in education governance in China through a study of two legislation episodes in China: the 1986 Compulsory Education Law and the 2006 Compulsory Education Law Amendment. The research began with two broad questions:...

This book (Volume II) brings together lectures given by eminent educationalists between 1983 and 2008 in memory of the work of Ruth Wong, an influential figure in the field of education in the 1970s and early 1980s. Addressing learning, schooling,...

This book challenges the idea that a sharp boundary should be drawn between the state and civil society. Although this idea is extremely common in modern capitalist societies, here it is turned on its head through a study of the ways in which public...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781581125191Author Lewis W DiuguidFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Universal PublishersPublisher Universal PublishersWeight(grams) 327gDimensions(mm)...

This book explores the overall landscape of compulsory education policy development in China from multiple perspectives to uncover the stages, features, problems and suggestions in Chinese compulsory education system, locally, nationally and...