Education - Curricula

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...

Author: Robin Norgren M. a.ISBN-13: 9798712742769Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/22/2021Pages: 128Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.30d

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...

What goes on in a classroom? can mean "Are teachers imparting knowledge that will raise test scores?" or it can mean much more. In this series of essays, Block addresses the nature of the classroom as a place for encounter and engagements: with curriculum...

This book challenges educators to be agents of change, to take history into their own hands, and to make social justice central to the educational endeavor. Paraskeva embraces a pedagogy of hope championed by Paulo Freire where people become conscious of their capacity to...

This text critically addresses, through college student voices, the American school reform movement in its rhetoric, policy, and practice. It demonstrates how university courses can be designed to treat students as engaged citizens and contextualizes students' voices in the private university and the public...

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 describes Stenhouse's contribution to education, explores the contemporary relevance of his thinking and brings his work to the attention of a wide range of students, teachers, teacher educators and others involved in education.Author: John ElliottISBN-10: 041566456XISBN-13: 9780415664561Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/15/2011Pages: 168Format: HardcoverWeight:...

In this chapter we interrogate the debate between mathematicians and mathematics educators. This debate is widely recognized in the United States, for instance, where the term 'math wars' is often used in reference to the heated disagreements between mathematicians and mathematics edu- tors. Such...

What happens when a new social technology is imposed on the established social technology of the school? This book presents an unusual application of critical cultural analysis to a series of empirical case studies of educational uses of information and communication technologies (ICTs). Drawing...

Based on research conducted in a three year, mixed-method, multi-site National Science Foundation, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program Project, this book offers a comprehensive look into how engineering department culture and climate impacts the successful retention of female and minority college...

Of interest to scholars both within and outside the U.S., this volume reports how curriculum studies scholars in Mexico understand their field's intellectual history, its present circumstances, and the relations among these intersecting domains with globalization.Author: W. PinarISBN-10: 0230114806ISBN-13: 9780230114807Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/21/2011Pages:...

Federal and state funding agencies have invested billions of dollars into secondary STEM (Science, Technology, Education, Mathematics) educational reform over the past decade. This volume addresses the interplay of external and internal variables associated with school reform and how this dynamic has impacted many...

Marxist thinking can offer a critical understanding of education in an international context. Jones tackles these issues from a variety of angles and perspectives, taking advantage of recent theoretical innovations in Marxist analysis as well as the personal experiences of educational practitioners with Marxist...

This collection, comprised of chapters focused on the intellectual histories and present circumstances of curriculum studies in Brazil, is Pinar's summary of exchanges (occurring over a two-year period) between the authors and members of an International Panel (scholars working in Finland, South Africa, the...

The Peace of Mind Flex Curriculum for Grade 3 is a series of 15 engaging, flexible lessons designed to help students manage emotions, build healthy relationships, and peacefully resolve conflicts. The curriculum is built on six foundational pillars: Mindfulness, Brain Science, Kindness and Compassion,...

Innovative approaches in physical and sports education play a crucial role in promoting holistic student development, physical literacy, and lifelong wellness. As education systems evolve, there is an increasing need to integrate technology, cultural responsiveness, and interdisciplinary methods to meet diverse learner needs. These...

The primary focus of educational innovations should be on teaching and learning theories. With our learning tool books, we combine Old Education tools and New Education to achieve success for all kids. All children can learn, some just take different paths.Author: Manswell T. PetersonISBN-10:...

This is the first book in English dedicated to Sicilian studies (Sicilianistics), namely the history, culture and literature of Sicily. Authored by two leading Anglophone Sicilian scholars based in Palermo, it presents a general outline for the study of Sicily. Though intended as a...

So you want to predict the weather? We can do that!We are all visual learners. So, just like all of the IntuitivScience books, you will start by learning to use simple, intuitive diagrams to represent three basic theories. You are probably already familiar with...

The Dilemma: What Will Christians Do in 2012? Is a must read for all Christians. It outlines in detail the divergent theology of the Mormon religion, and why Christians should not endorse it in any form. The first of the Ten Commandments that God...

This contributed volume explores equity and social justice within the field of mathematics education. In part one, Helga Jungwirth's introductory chapter provides a strong theoretical overview that is based in actual classroom behaviors and a typology that classifies the various interpretations found within this...

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 brand new edition of Accessing the Curriculum for Learners with Autistic Spectrum Disorders will provide educators with the principles and practices of Structured Teaching and how to apply these to enable learners to access the curriculum, whatever that curriculum may be. This unique...

For many teachers and teacher education students, research is initially, a daunting prospect. Educational Research: Creative Thinking and Doing, Second Edition, is an accessible and engaging text which introduces students to the broad field of educational research and demonstrates how to use research when...

GenAI offers the opportunity to transform schooling just as the introduction of the printing press enabled mass literacy and Google revolutionized information access. We can no longer assume schools should look like they did for us - chairs in rows with teachers leading students...

Online learning has gained popularity as a preferred option for higher education institutions globally, particularly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This has created a need for educators and practitioners to understand the strategies and techniques required for designing and delivering effective online courses that...

A FULL YEAR OF OPEN-AND-GO LESSON PLANS, STORIES, ACTIVITIES, FULL COLOR MAIN LESSON BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS, AND TEACHER GUIDANCE! Where Numbers Come to Life Through Story, Art, Rhythm, and WonderStep into a world where math is more than numbers-it's a living experience. Rooted in the...

Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies in Higher Education invites readers to reconceptualize the way they think about teaching, learning, and living together in a pluralistic society. Co-written by a teacher educator and his students, this practical resource shares the ways a uniquely positioned graduate course implemented...

Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies in Higher Education invites readers to reconceptualize the way they think about teaching, learning, and living together in a pluralistic society. Co-written by a teacher educator and his students, this practical resource shares the ways a uniquely positioned graduate course implemented...

Youth titled this book Personal Truths because they shared their personal journeys, what they think of themselves, what others think of them, and who they are when their masks are removed. Artists encourage us to recognize personal truths may differ from what society values...

Combines theory and practice to inspire teachers to embrace a sense of surprise in their classrooms.What would your classroom be like if you could see it as something surprising, novel, and fresh in every moment? What are the unique gifts that students and teachers...

This book comprises the full selected Regular Lectures from the Proceedings of the 12th International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME-12), which was held at COEX in Seoul, Korea, from July 8th to 15th, 2012. ICME-12 brought together 4700 experts from 100 countries, working to...

Teaching content and measuring content are frequently considered separate entities when designing teaching instruction. This can create a disconnect between how students are taught and how well they succeed when it comes time for assessment. To heal this rift, the theory of meaningful learning...

Economic challenges are becoming very difficult to manage throughout the world, and entrepreneurship can play a key role in handling these new realities. Due to this, academic institutions must update their study programs and knowledge, modernize their curricula, and integrate research activities in their...

Coverage of heritage and archeology in formal education is typically limited. These subjects are typically taught through specific and anecdotal activities that do not respond to a specific methodological foundation. School-museum relationships offer numerous benefits for design participation experiences with long-term perspectives in conducting...

Empowering learners for life requires a fundamental shift in higher education curriculum design. New priorities, pedagogies, technologies, spaces, and assessment strategies are required to enable learners to take ownership of their learning. "Student-centeredness" concepts are still prescriptive in nature as most decisions on curriculum,...