Education - Curricula

Chinese universities are striving to integrate new educational elements such as student-centered learning, group learning, active learning, and learning by doing into current traditional curriculum systems for creativity development among young generations. However, the concept of creativity by its very nature is a complex...

This Novel Study is filled with everything a Teacher would need for their complete lessons. This Novel Study is filled with a book summary, chapter summaries, tests and answers, along with games and crosswords for the class actitives.Author: Robert StarnesISBN-10: 1732580332ISBN-13: 9781732580336Publisher: Starnes BooksLanguage:...

Critique of research methods and methodology is one of several key features of the regular dialogue between researchers. This critique takes place formally at conferences and seminars, and regularly in universities. Published critique is normally separated from the original work. This book brings together...

The explosion of digital technologies in the 21st century provided access to multiple robust inquiry, communication, and collaboration applications. The enhanced capabilities provide educational opportunities for engaging students in deeper and more thoughtful learning. Implementation of knowledge-building communities in educational experiences, however, requires new...

Game-based learning relates to the use of games to enhance the learning experience. Educators have been using games in the classroom for years, and when tied to the curriculum, commercial games are a powerful learning tool because they are highly engaging and relatable for...

Undoubtedly, teachers of this century should empower themselves both pedagogically and technologically to be able to teach more efficiently and enable efficient learning. Although there is extensive research on the way language should be taught, research on the use of technological pedagogical and content...

Teaching History Today is about placing inquiry, primary sources, and literacy foundations of history instruction front and center in the education Readers can learn how to organize historical content into effective units, integrate the learning of content with development of skills, and gain expertise...

Lily Orland-Barak offers us a breathtaking work of science ?ction. Or perhaps I should say 'science and ?ction. ' The science side of the equation employs sophisticated technique for observing and describing interpersonal and intrapersonal dynamics among professionals in education. Both dramatic and seemingly...

This book is an exploration of the processes of change in English language teaching. In Part I the principles and strategies of change and factors affecting educational change are presented. Part II focuses on implementing change and looks at key implementation strategies and systemic...

Indigenous education is one of the great challenges facing humanity in the historic quest for a democratic and peaceful future. The 370 million Indigenous peoples of the world demand that the racist and colonial wrongs of the past be recti ed and that they...

'Here's a knocking indeed!' says the Porter in Shakespeare's Scottish play (Act II, Scene 3) and immediately puts himself into role in order to deal with the demands of such an early call after a late night of drinking and carousal: 'If a man...

A major aim of Comparative and Global Pedagogies: Equity, Access and Democracy in Education which is the second volume in the 12-volume book series Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research, edited by Joseph Zajda and his team, is to present a global overview of...

I have long admired the mythopoetic tradition in curriculum studies. That admiration followed from my experience as a high-school teacher of English in a wealthy suburb of New York City at the end of the 1960s. A "dream" job--I taught four classes of 15-20...

Multigrade teaching poses a challenge to learning. Millions of learners worldwide are taught by teachers who, at any one time, are responsible for two or more school grades/years. These are the invisible multigrade teachers who struggle to provide learning opportunities for all within curriculum...

The aim of this book is to provide an easily accessible, practical yet scholarly source of information about the international concern for the nature, theory and practices of the ideas of values education and lifelong learning. Each chapter in this book is written in...

This book describes the use of problem-based learning (PBL) in management education. PBL is an active learning approach first pioneered in medical education, but whose use has grown steadily in a variety of professional fields over the past two decades. The authors draw upon...

School curricula are established not only to prepare young people for a real world, but also to beckon an imagined one anchored in individual rights and collective progress. Both worlds--the real and the imagined--increasingly reflect influential trans-national forces. In this special edited volume, scholars...

This book tells the story of the teacher education initiative known as A Community of Inquiry in Teacher Education (CITE), which has aimed to transform learning to teach from an experience based on the acquisition of skills to one centered on the cultivation of...

Education is a universal priority. Currently, it is at a crossroad. In every society it is valued as a major road to produce more productive, more harmonious and healthier citizens. Yet, in every setting there is deep dissatisfaction with the overall performance of education...

Making a difference in Teacher Education through Self-Study: Studies of Personal, Professional, and Program Renewal describes the systematic efforts of committed and creative teacher educators to improve their teacher education programs. It describes the accomplishments of individuals (and in part the programs in which...

An important challenge for our world is to understand how cultural understanding and geographical education can be linked and used to improve the global society. We readily accept that our world is constituted by numerous groups of people who are organised by committees, tribes,...

What do language instructors consider when faced with new curriculum guidelines? How can teacher leaders encourage learner autonomy and creativity through relevant, purposeful and novel pupil deliverables? How does this experience change how teachers view their profession? This book guides educators on design of...

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Schools and Religion provides the first truly global scan of contemporary issues and debates around the world regarding the relationship(s) between the state, schools and religion. Organized around specific contested issues - from whether or not mindfulness should be practised...

With a focus on what mathematics and science educators need to know about academic language used in the STEM disciplines, this book critically synthesizes the current knowledge base on language challenges inherent to learning mathematics and science, with particular attention to the unique issues...

The lives of animals and humans are deeply intertwined and mutually influencing. In recent years, there has been a growing appreciation of ways in which the interactions of human animals and non-human animals matter educationally. This book seeks to contribute to the ongoing conversation...

The debate about languages of instruction in Africa and Asia involves an analysis of both the historical thrust of national government and also development aid policies. Using case studies from Tanzania, Nigeria, South Africa, Rwanda, India, Bangladesh and Malaysia, Zehlia Babaci-Wilhite argues that the...

Merry argues that most voluntary separation experiments in education are not driven by a sense of racial, cultural or religious superiority. Rather, they are driven among other things by a desire for quality education, not to mention community membership and self respect.Author: M. MerryISBN-10:...

Packed with critical analysis and real-life examples, this book explores how children's video games can cultivate learning. Lacasa takes several commercial video games and shows how they can be used both in and out of the classroom to teach initiative and problem-solving, encourage creativity,...

Pinar documents that the field of curriculum studies in the United States is in the early stages of a second paradigm shift, this time stimulated by present political circumstances. He explains why their acceptance in contemporary scholarship signals their conceptual exhaustion and how recent...

Drawing on a wide variety of traditions and methods in historical studies, from the humanities and social sciences both, this volume considers the questions, methods, goals, and frameworks historians of education from a wide variety of countries use to create the study of the...

Paul provides specific tools that parents can work with to make their children lifelong lovers of reading and writing. As a former teacher in the public school system, Paul is well acquainted with it, and provides parents with insights that will assist them in...

In his 1980 John Dewey Lecture, Elliot Eisner argued powerfully and eloquently for a view of literacy that goes beyond verbal and numerical skills, focusing instead on the central role of the senses in the twin processes of human conceptualization and expression. A few...

This book focuses directly on the classroom, on the challenges individual teachers face in classroom-based assessment, and how these challenges have been and are being met in a range of international contexts.Author: Martin Coles,Rhonda JenkinsISBN-10: 0415148960ISBN-13: 9780415148962Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/05/1998Pages: 200Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.71lbsSize: 9.30h...

A significant driver of recent growth in the use of mathematics in the professions has been the support brought by new technologies. Not only has this facilitated the application of established methods of mathematical and statistical analysis but it has stimulated the development of...

Mathematical reasoning is a key aspect of curriculum reforms internationally. This book illustrates five South African teachers' attempts to teach mathematical reasoning in their Grade 10 and 11 classrooms. There is focus on both research and practice.Author: Karin BrodieISBN-10: 0387097414ISBN-13: 9780387097411Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/21/2009Pages:...

This book explores the practical and psychological factors that regulate teaching and learning in the classroom, and illustrates how hope and creativity may arise out of unforeseen, non-standard, or turbulent conditions. Author: Alan A. BlockISBN-10: 0367226693ISBN-13: 9780367226695Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/10/2019Pages: 160Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 9.10h...

By the late eighteenth century, universities in England and Germany had lost their sense of purpose. The romantics then presented them with a new one, a new Idea of a university. In Germany, Johann Gottlieb Fichte and others stressed that universities must teach more...

This edited volume brings together historians of education and comparative education researchers to study the educational reconstruction projects that Americans have launched in post-conflict settings across the globe.Author: N. SobeISBN-10: 0230615929ISBN-13: 9780230615922Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/13/2010Pages: 258Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 8.40h x 5.60w x 0.70d

While much has been written about South African education, now, for the first time, gathered in one collection are glimpses of South African curriculum studies described by six distinctive points of view.Author: W. PinarISBN-10: 0230615082ISBN-13: 9780230615083Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/17/2010Pages: 256Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 8.30h...

Neoliberal logics of government shaping childhood today produce market-based frameworks for understanding childhood risks. In this timely work, Nadesan argues that these frameworks encourage affluent parents to pursue individualized technologies of the self to reduce risks posed to their children's future success.Author: M. NadesanISBN-10:...

This work examines the impoverished image of life presupposed by the legacy of transcendent and representational thinking that continues to frame the limits of curricular thought. Analyzing the ways in which modern institutions colonize desire and overdetermine the life of its subject, this book...

Building collaborative learning communities has emerged as a powerful strategy to help enhance students engagement, achievement, and success. By fostering environments where students and educators can work together, these communities create a culture of shared responsibility and respect to support a deeper understanding and...

Ring Some Bells - Rattle Some Chains encourages teachers of reading and literature to get messy, loud, and totally engaged in reading. The ideas presented in this book are immediately usable. They inspire active learning. They allow students and teachers alike to have fun...

Are You Ready to Transform Teaching and Learning in the Age of AI?Step into classrooms where students manipulate virtual molecules with their hands, history comes alive through AI-powered simulations, and personalized AI tutors adapt to each learner's unique needs. These aren't science fiction scenarios-they're...

Learning Latin has never been so easy! Check out all of our Latin Study Guides and Workbooks! This workbook will guide you through the second conjugation verb translations in the present, imperfect, and future tenses. Each study aide is provided both completed and with...

To provide the highest quality of education to students, school administrators must adopt new frameworks to meet learners' needs. This allows teaching practices to be optimized to create a meaningful learning environment. Examining the Potential for Response to Intervention (RTI) Delivery Models in Secondary...

Race matters in the lives of youth. A new set of politicized, strategic, and public assaults on the teaching of race or other "divisive" concepts in school have had a chilling effect in classrooms across the nation. This poses a threat to students' right...

I am delighted to have the opportunity to write this foreword for Karyn Cooper's and Robert White's splendid and compelling edited text on The Practical Critical Educator. Critical practice in education is grounded in two bodies of thought and action: critical theory and critical...

Understandings of sexuality and sex education have changed dramatically, and in this collection, the authors explore the various texts that were used to teach, to entertain, to sanction and to form a sexual standard for a nation. According to Nelson and Martin, these include...

The scholarship of New Directions in Curriculum as Phenomenological Text manifests through close readings and interpretations of curriculum theorists and Continental philosophers, presented in the form of 'speculative philosophical essays, ' an important form of curriculum thinking-writing all but lost to the general contemporary...