Education - Curricula

With a focus on the role of discourse and language in education, this book examines China's educational reform from an original perspective that avoids mapping on Westernized educational sensibilities to a Chinese environment. Zhao untangles the tradition-modernity division expressed in China's educational language about...

Christopher Schroeder spends almost no time disputing David Bartholomae's famous essay, but throughout ReInventing the University, he elaborates an approach to teaching composition that is at odds with the tradition that essay has come to represent.On the other hand, his approach is also at...

This book summarizes findings from interview studies probing K-3 students' knowledge and thinking about topics commonly addressed in the primary grades social studies curriculum.Author: Jere Brophy,Janet AllemanISBN-10: 0805848932ISBN-13: 9780805848939Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/08/2005Pages: 466Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.75lbsSize: 9.22h x 6.94w x 1.25d

This unique collection considers the nature of writing groups inside and outside the academic environment. Exploring writing groups as contextual literacy events, editors Beverly J. Moss, Nels P. Highberg, and Melissa Nicolas bring together contributors to document and reflect on the various types of...

The assessment of the National Curriculum has evolved from the first blueprint of the TGAT Report through a series of policy decisions and early experience of implementation. This book offers an account of the assessment system and explains why it is emerging in a...

Author: Kathy Swan,S. G. Grant,John LeeISBN-10: 0879861169ISBN-13: 9780879861162Publisher: National Council for the Social StudiesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/24/2025Pages: 196Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.77lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.42d

AI isn't here to replace teachers. It's here to give them time back.If you're overwhelmed by planning, grading, feedback, communication, or the constant task-switching that comes with teaching today, this book shows you how to use AI as a practical, reliable partner-not a gimmick.AI...

This is your practical step-by-step guide to implementing the Early Years Foundation Stage in any early years setting, offering guidance on each of the seven areas of learning and development in the updated 2024 EYFS statutory framework.Author: Caroline VollansISBN-10: 1036206939ISBN-13: 9781036206932Publisher: Sage Publications LtdLanguage:...

Social studies, perhaps more so than any other content area, also serves as the catalyst of change when we, the people, use our experiences to our own and others' advancements. At its core, social studies has been both a concurrent limiting and freeing pursuit...

Social Studies Methods Instruction in Teacher Education Program engages practitioners in a deeper understanding of the nature, scope and the purpose of the social studies as a method course in the program. A fair amount of the content is drawn upon ideas and insights...

" Politics and Governance for Senior Secondary Schools in Sierra Leone" is an essential textbook tailored for students and educators navigating the complexities of political science and governance within the Sierra Leonean context. This comprehensive guide delves into the foundational principles of politics, the...

A New African History for Senior Secondary Schools: A Curriculum-Driven Approach to Empower the FutureIn line with the revised curriculum for senior secondary schools, this textbook offers an in-depth, contemporary approach to African history. "A New African History for Senior Secondary Schools" provides students...

This volume presents a distinctively Lacanian psychoanalytic approach to the theorizing, understanding, and critique of curriculum in higher education. In this work, the author presents the main theories of curriculum in the current discourse, develops a notion of critique, and applies it to existing...

This book provides new insights on the unique role of doctoral students and new faculty as they join other stewards of the academy working within Christian higher education. Weaving together a variety of voices--graduate students, pastors, and seasoned scholars--the book examines the Christian university's...

Introduces new philosophy of "person-centered" Israel educationLeading scholar in the field of history and practices of Israel education Focuses on character development and exploring a vision of ethnic education becoming ethical education Author: Barry ChazanISBN-10: 3319307789ISBN-13: 9783319307787Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/31/2016Pages: 64Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.53lbsSize:...

This book presents changes in UK and global educational governance in the context of a radical shift in the operating logics of politics and its interaction with education. Beginning from the colonial origins of political interest in education, the author traces a fundamental shift...

This book explores tensions between critical social justice and what the author terms white justice as fairness in public commemoration of Minnesota's US-Dakota War of 1862. First, the book examines a regional white public pedagogy demanding "objectivity" and "balance" in teaching-and-learning activities with the...

Author: Cheryl J. CraigISBN-10: 3030601005ISBN-13: 9783030601003Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/13/2020Pages: 171Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.83lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.50d

This book explores the impact of the Lesson Books of the National Board of Education in Ireland in the nineteenth century. The author contextualizes the books used in national schools as well as across the wider British Empire: in doing so, he highlights the...

The book discusses the complex nature of understanding and what it means to teach for understanding. The processes and strategies that can support teaching for understanding are then exemplified in the context of different areas of the primary / elementary (4-11 years) school curriculum.Author:...

Responding to the global and unprecedented challenge of capacity building for twenty-first century life, this book is a practical guide for tertiary education institutions to quickly and effectively renew the curriculum towards education for sustainable development. The book begins by exploring why curriculum change...

First Published in 2003. By taking a detailed look at the implementation and management of Intensive Interaction, the authors of this book offer practical guidance on how to get the most from the approach in the school context. This book includes: guidance on managing...

A great resource for parents and homeschoolers in search of kid-friendly DIY projects, educators seeking to enhance classroom lessons, and caregivers or camp counselors looking for activities with a deeper educational lesson behind them, Curious Minds is filled to the brim with learning activities...

Combining research-based methodology with pedagogical narratives, this book is a valuable resource for teachers, researchers, program administrators, and methods course instructors. This practical guide includes eleven ready-to-use teaching cases that offer compelling accounts of the political, institutional, and curricular issues facing teachers.Author: Steven BerbecoISBN-10:...

With the ever-present growth in technology, opportunities to explore and experience technology at an early age are increasingly important in order to develop problem-solving and thinking skills. Technology for Early Childhood Education and Socialization: Developmental Applications and Methodologies provides readers with valuable and authentic...

Each Puzzle Pack contains a variety of puzzles, worksheets, and games to reinforce important content like characters' names, places, symbols, and important details as well as vocabulary words within the text. Includes: Crosswords - Word Searches - Matching - Fill In The Blanks -...

The pages of this book illustrate that as instruments of socialization and sites of ideological discourse textbooks are powerful artefacts in introducing young people to a specific historical, cultural and socioeconomic order. Crucially, exploring the social construction of school textbooks and the messages they...

This acts as a guidebook for teachers and administrators as they look for support with their online education programs. It offers teaching suggestions for everything from course development to time management and community building. The book is designed to provide information to help teachers...

Number theory has been a perennial topic of inspiration and importance throughout the history of philosophy and mathematics. Despite this fact, surprisingly little attention has been given to research in learning and teaching number theory per se. This volume is an attempt to redress...

Curriculum and Assessment is the first volume of a new series International Perspectives on Curriculum. This edited book examines the relationship between curriculum, pedagogy and assessment, and, as with subsequent volumes, adopts a cross-sector and comparative approach. Contributors make reference to a number of...

When looking for exciting, quality literature to use in the middle school classroom, reach for this book. It identifies and describes 300 contemporary and classic books that relate to middle school science, history (ancient cultures and U.S.), physical education, English language (classic literature, grammar,...

Immerse your students in history by having them participate in events as a literary or historical figure. After describing the concept behind persona-based enrichment, the authors describe how to use it with the curriculum, and include five complete literature-based enrichment units with performance recommendations,...

Selected for their high interest, appealing formats, appropriate reading levels, outstanding writing, and popularity, these contemporary, spellbinding titles (20 for grades 5-8 and 20 for grades 9-12) reflect a variety of genres and themes that will encourage lifelong literacy. Given for each title are...

While the great scientists of the past recognized a need for a multidisciplinary approach, today's schools often treat math and science as subjects separate from the rest. This not only creates a disinterest among students, but also a potential learning gap once students reach...

Once considered disruptive to learning, technology has increasingly become an integrated and valued part of the modern classroom. In particular, mobile technologies provide the ability to encourage evocative student learning through new experiences. Promoting Active Learning through the Integration of Mobile and Ubiquitous Technologies...

In a contemporary media-rich society, distance education is becoming increasingly indistinguishable from mainstream traditional methods. Contemporary students, too, have greater need than ever before for education that caters to their specific needs and hectic schedules. Outlooks and Opportunities in Blended and Distance Learning investigates...

This title is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education. Written by expert authors with an international focus, this book fully covers the Cambridge O Level Mathematics syllabus (4024) for examination from 2025. It enables learners to effectively master and find connections between mathematical topics...

This book aims to develop a situative educational model to guide the design and implementation of powerful student-centered learning environments in higher education classrooms. Rooted in educational science, Hoidn contributes knowledge in the fields of general pedagogy, and more specifically, higher education learning and...

The essays, research studies, and pedagogical examples in this book provide a window into the embodied dimensions of literacy within a multiplicity of education spaces and literacy events inside and outside of institutional contexts, and a toolbox for interpreting, building on, and inquiring into...

This book on Philosophy for Children (P4C) is a compilation of articles written by its founders and the movement's leaders worldwide. These articles have been prepared in the dialogue and interview format. Part I explains the genesis of the movement, its philosophical and theoretical...

Covering key concepts in the field of posthumanism and literacy education, this volume investigates posthumanism as a materialized way of knowing/becoming/doing the world. Illustrative examples show how posthumanist theories are put to work in and out of school spaces as pedagogies and methodologies in...

This book gives pre-service and practicing teachers both the rationale and tools to create and integrate meaningful, place-based learning experiences for students and still be accountable to the demands of federal, state, and district mandates. Author: Amy B. DemarestISBN-10: 1138013455ISBN-13: 9781138013452Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/24/2014Pages:...

Represents voices of practitioners which are rarely considered in existing literatureProvides a stage to English language teachers to inform readers how they thought and what they did about curriculum changeCovers a wide geographical area and diverse points of viewAuthor: Martin WedellISBN-10: 1137543086ISBN-13: 9781137543080Publisher: Palgrave...

Incorporate women's and gender studies into your high school classroom using the powerful lesson plans in this book. Through affirming, inclusive, and representative projects, this book offers actionable ways to encourage and support young people as they become changemakers for justice. Author: Kathryn Fishman-Weaver,Jill...

Building on his seminal methodological contribution to the field - currere - here William F. Pinar posits a praxis of presence as a unique form of individual engagement against current cultural crises in education.Author: William F. PinarISBN-10: 1032079770ISBN-13: 9781032079776Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/31/2022Pages: 238Format: HardcoverWeight:...

WINNER 2023 Society of Professors of Education Outstanding Book AwardCritical Geographies of Education: Space, Place, and Curriculum Inquiry is an attempt to take space seriously in thinking about school, schooling, and the place of education in larger society. In recent years spatial terms have...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This book introduces pre-service and in-service foreign language teachers to the basic concepts of critical educational study as applied to the sociological position occupied by foreign language education in the United States. Although contemporary foreign language teachers typically know about second language acquisition and...

Education is a profession in which billions of federal dollars have been spent to reduce academic underachievement--particularly for minority children from poverty homes. Few funded programs have reduced failure on standardized achievement tests. Despite either repetition or innovation, most children who fail do not...

The benefits of lifelong fitness activity are enormous, but the United States seems to be experiencing a decline in health-related fitness levels. The information presented here will be especially suited to undergraduates in physical education methods classes or those with limited teaching experience, for...