Professional Development

This book explores narratives from teacher educators working in university settings in the Caribbean. In the field of teacher education, there has been insufficient focus on teacher educators-those who design and implement teacher education. Using case...

This is a deliberately provocative book. It critiques current student behaviour management practices, seeks to explain the flawed assumptions that justify those practices, and proposes how things could be better for children in our schools if different...

In the 25 years since the 'Bodmer Report' kick-started the public understanding of science movement, there has been something of a revolution in science communication. However, despite the ever-growing demands of the public, policy-makers and the media,...

Advancing Social Studies Education through Self-Study Methodology provides a collection of works that highlights ways in which self-study of teaching and teacher education practices can advance conversations and knowledge in social studies education...

This book examines the nuanced and situated experiences of self-study researchers. It explores the ways in which ethics are dynamic, idiosyncratic and require an ongoing ethical reflexivity. In addition, the book identifies, documents and collates the...

Self-study is inherently collaborative. Such collaboration provides transparency, validity, rigor and trustworthiness in conducting self-study. However, the ways in which these collaborations are enacted have not been sufficiently addressed in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798889590286Author Dr JagadeeshFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Notion Press, Inc.Publisher Notion Press, Inc.Weight(grams) 104g

This book explores the effects of the REACH program (Recruiting and Enlightening through Access to and Communication with High-need schools), a seven-year initiative devised to help find, attract, and prepare diverse teacher candidates interested in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780750360050Author Sam IllingworthFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint IOP Publishing LtdPublisher IOP Publishing Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782869786080Author Bade AdegokeFormat PaperbackImprint CodesriaPublisher CodesriaWeight(grams) 454g

Teacher education in the United States is changing to meet new policy demands for centering clinical practice and developing robust school-university partnerships to better prepare high-quality teachers for tomorrow’s schools. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798989530854Author Wendy M WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 110Imprint Indigolife PublishingPublisher Indigolife PublishingWeight(grams) 172g

This book explores the application of Soft Systems Methodology in educational research as a qualitative research tool to generate theory, and identifies the mechanisms that engender the behaviours and discourse of social groups. Grounded within the...

How can we improve support for teachers as they negotiate the pathways into the profession? This books highlights how strong networks of connections with other teachers and with resources have been shown to make a big difference. Online learning networks...

Teacher education has long relied on locally-developed assessments that lack reliability and validity. Rigorous performance-based assessments for preservice teachers have been advanced as one possible way to ensure that all students receive instruction...

This book presents and discusses the results of the ‘Plans to Pedagogy’ (P2P) project that was implemented across 13 diverse Australian and New Zealand schools, each with a unique school context and specific learning environment issue. The project...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798986459592Author Natasha RossFormat PaperbackPage Count 78Imprint Anointed Hands PublishingPublisher Anointed Hands PublishingWeight(grams) 118g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783744888189Author Max HogeforsterFormat PaperbackPage Count 338Imprint Books on DemandPublisher Books on DemandWeight(grams) 603g

In recent years there have been significant changes in education across the globe, largely as a result of changing demographics, technological developments, and increased globalization. Relatedly, the changing needs of societies and families, along with...

Throughout the 90s and early 2000s, service-learning research was intensely focused on the student outcomes. That body of research has effectively brought service-learning from the fringes into the mainstream of institutionalized pedagogies. In the past...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798889517504Author Chef SathishkumarFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint Notion Press, Inc.Publisher Notion Press, Inc.Weight(grams) 249g

This is a deliberately provocative book. It critiques current student behaviour management practices, seeks to explain the flawed assumptions that justify those practices, and proposes how things could be better for children in our schools if different...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783751906111Author Christian WildtFormat PaperbackPage Count 444Imprint Books on DemandPublisher Books on DemandWeight(grams) 789g

Throughout the 90s and early 2000s, service-learning research was intensely focused on the student outcomes. That body of research has effectively brought service-learning from the fringes into the mainstream of institutionalized pedagogies. In the past...

Through this book, the author examines the role of music education within the larger global education movement. Specifically, the author argues music education has unique potential to foster positive global identity and to promote higher levels of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798223258025Author Vicky SaumellFormat PaperbackPage Count 122Imprint Vicky SaumellPublisher Vicky SaumellWeight(grams) 163gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798889865094Author Dr RajaFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Notion Press, Inc.Publisher Notion Press, Inc.Weight(grams) 331g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781970079470Author Jennifer J EdwardsFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint UpstreamPublisher UpstreamWeight(grams) 127gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 5mm

This book provides tools to help pre-service teachers and teacher-preparation programs identify, evaluate, and respond to misaligned expectations early in the teacher-preparation sequence. Plato tells the story of prisoners who mistake the shadows on the...

This book critically explores the use of nine recognized methodologies for the mediation of professional learning in the context of teacher education: The story, the visual text, the case, the video, the simulation, the portfolio, lesson study, action...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781921547102Author Catherine MattiskeFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Tpc - The Performance Company Pty LimitedPublisher Tpc - The Performance Company...

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.This book explores how the socially disputed period of the Cold War is remembered in today's history classroom. Applying a diverse set of methodological strategies, the authors map the dividing lines in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798889590545Author Dr JagadeeshFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint Notion Press, Inc.Publisher Notion Press, Inc.Weight(grams) 100g

This book identifies three types of influential forces that pose challenges to innovations: socio-cultural dynamics, teacher individuality, and local circumstances. It uses languages, cultural traits, and intellectual heritages in the Asia-Pacific region...

Utilising a wide range of theoretical traditions from philosophy, sociology and anthropology, this book aims to raise the reader's awareness of the power as well as the limitations of language in relation to special education.Book InformationISBN...

This book enriches the discourse around Global Citizenship Education in teacher education through the example of a teacher's experience in a Canada-China Sister School reciprocal learning landscape. Instead of positioning global citizenship teaching and...

This textbook brings together findings from global research on teaching and learning, with an emphasis on secondary and higher education. The book is unique in that the content is selected in an original way and its presentation reflects the most recent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789811949470Author Mathew A. WhiteFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Springer Verlag, SingaporePublisher Springer Verlag, Singapore

This book provides tools to help pre-service teachers and teacher-preparation programs identify, evaluate, and respond to misaligned expectations early in the teacher-preparation sequence. Plato tells the story of prisoners who mistake the shadows on the...

The authors examine the continuing poor relationship between boys and the study of foreign languages. Framed by discussion of gender socialization, gendered curriculum practices and cultural narratives about boys and schooling, the core of the book is...