Education - Curricula

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,...

Digital tools and applications are an intricate part of many classroom communities. In the field of education, there is a need to continually monitor the digital landscape and keep up to date on the tools and applications that are available to classroom teachers and...

The infusion of technology into curriculum influences the methods and techniques used to educate the student population. By integrating effective technology in education, teachers are provided with a better opportunity to adapt and enhance the learning experience for students from various backgrounds. Diverse Learning...

With the dawn of electronic databases, information technologies, and the Internet, organizations, now more than ever, have easy access to all the knowledge they need to conduct their business. However, utilizing and detecting the beneficial information can pose as a challenge. Enhancing Knowledge Discovery...

When facilitating high-quality education, using digital technology to personalize students' learning is a focus in the development of instruction. There is a need to unify the multifaceted directions in personalized learning by presenting a coherent and organized vision in the design of personalized learning...

Today, millions of students cross geographic, cultural, and educational borders for their higher education. Trends of international student mobility are significant to universities, educators, business leaders, and governments to increase revenue and campus diversity in the global marketplace. As such, it is vital to...

In an effort to enhance the quality of education, universities and colleges are developing programs that help faculty and staff internationalize curriculum. These programs will purposefully develop the intercultural perspectives of students. Curriculum Internationalization and the Future of Education is a critical scholarly resource...

The implementation of the Common Core State Standards program has spearheaded many changes within the education field. As this initiative is ultimately designed to optimize student performance and success, it is critical that teacher education programs and technological tools being utilized in classrooms align...

How to engineer change in your middle school science classroomWith the Next Generation Science Standards, your students won't just be scientists--they'll be engineers. But you don't need to reinAuthor: Cary I. SneiderISBN-10: 1483307379ISBN-13: 9781483307374Publisher: Corwin PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/11/2014Pages: 248Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.55lbsSize: 10.80h x 8.40w...

First Published in 1998. There is a current preoccupation with educational standards with claims that overall standards of achievement have fallen. The purpose of this book, therefore, is to address the question of how children learn across the primary National Curriculum subjects, with implications...

Implementation Fidelity in Education Research, from two Senior Researchers with American Institutes for Research, provides the first serious, theoretical perspective on the practical considerations of implementation fidelity in program development. Author: Coby MeyersISBN-10: 1138013803ISBN-13: 9781138013803Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/09/2014Pages: 222Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.97lbsSize: 9.10h x 6.10w...

This workbook is a great way for children ages 3 and up to learn the letters of the Polish alphabet and link them with polish words, all words have English translations. Perfect writing practice for bilingual Polish - English kids.Author: Mariusz Mark KrukowskiISBN-10: 1091961832ISBN-13:...

This one-of-a-kind collection will help today's educators feel and understand the power that communities can harness through organizing and solidarity. This volume highlights some of Wayne Au's most impactful essays and articles across his 25 years as an educator, activist, and scholar. In this...

This one-of-a-kind collection will help today's educators feel and understand the power that communities can harness through organizing and solidarity. This volume highlights some of Wayne Au's most impactful essays and articles across his 25 years as an educator, activist, and scholar. In this...

Engaging students in learning about their subject is a central concern for all teachers and teacher educators. How teachers view and use the pedagogic potential of different tasks to engage pupils with knowledge in different subjects, is central to this endeavour.　 Designing Tasks in...

There is a strong sense of existential crisis in US education. In a time that is discouraging, disturbing, and daunting, Curriculum as Lived: Currere, Mindfulness, and Nonviolent Companionship features an uplifting collection of educators' writings, as they expand their interior space, diving into the...

There is a strong sense of existential crisis in US education. In a time that is discouraging, disturbing, and daunting, Curriculum as Lived: Currere, Mindfulness, and Nonviolent Companionship features an uplifting collection of educators' writings, as they expand their interior space, diving into the...

In this book John A. Weaver suggests curriculum studies scholars need to engage more in science matters. It offers a review of science studies writing from Ludwick Fleck and Thomas Kuhn to Philip Mirowski. The volume includes chapters on the rhetoric of science with...

Features: The Keys to Strategies for Language InstructionWith an emphasis on the need for instructors to possess a wide variety of strategies, substantial time is devoted to modeling the kind of thinking that skillful instructors employ to decide how learning can best be facilitated....

A global citizen is an individual who believes in a public responsibility for their local community to grow and interconnect amongst the world's diverse people and things. Global citizenship education is a fast-moving process that continues to intertwine communities all over the world. As...

What if you could challenge your 10th graders to develop a product or process that helps people embrace diet and exercise and has a positive impact on society? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can! Healthy Living outlines a...

Essentially a complete teacher's manual for the novel, this LitPlan Teacher Pack includes lesson plans and reproducible resource materials for Tangerine by Richard Bloor. It includes: Daily Lessons, Short answer study questions, Multiple choice quiz questions, Vocabulary worksheets for each reading assignment, 3 detailed...

A comprehensive look at the 20th century decade by decade for high school students, adults, and advanced middle school students. Come explore the 20th Century with me! At the beginning of the twentieth century, men were still getting around on horses, excited about new...

Many teachers leverage their assets to adopt changes using small but meaningful changes that go beyond "box-checking" and encourage authentic learning and engagement. This book celebrates teachers' small steps by sharing examples of these excellent small changes.Author: Lauren MaddenISBN-10: 1538191660ISBN-13: 9781538191668Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield...

Complementing the second edition of The Parallel Curriculum, this guide offers workshops, scripts, agendas, activities, and more for facilitating professional development on the Parallel Curriculum Model.Author: Cindy a. Strickland, Katherine Tuchman GlassISBN-10: 1412963818ISBN-13: 9781412963817Publisher: Corwin PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2009Pages: 192Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.20lbsSize: 10.90h x 8.40w...

In this student-centered book, Debrah C. Sickler-Voigt provides proven tips and innovative methods for teaching, managing, and assessing all aspects of art instruction and student learning in today's diversified educational settings, from pre-K through high school. Up-to-date with the current National Visual Arts Standards,...

This book offers a new perspective on argumentative writing in grades 9-12, a set of principled practices, and case studies of excellent teaching to guide educators in using research-based knowledge to foster thoughtful writing and analytic thinking in high school classrooms.Author: George Newell, David...

This essential science methods resource integrates principles of learning and motivation with practical teaching ideas for the elementary and middle school science classroom. It employs project-based learning (PBL) to enable educators to engage their students in meaningful, real-world questioning about the world. It provides...

This book traces the historical development of the World History course as it has been taught in high school classrooms in Texas, a populous and nationally influential state, over the last hundred years. Author: Stephen JacksonISBN-10: 1032347732ISBN-13: 9781032347738Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/27/2024Pages: 208Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.67lbsSize:...

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Being numerate involves more than mastering basic mathematics. Numeracy connects the mathematics learned at school with out-of-school situations that require capabilities such as problem solving, critical judgment, and sense-making related to non-mathematical contexts. This book provides prospective and practising teachers with practical, research-based strategies...

First Published in 1999. The majority of pupils who are deaf or hearing impaired are educated in mainstream classes. This means that mainstream teachers will not only come into contact with these pupils, but will have the responsibility for teaching them. There is a...

Organized by region, this edited collection provides a comprehensive look at how teacher education has evolved regionally and nationally in Canada. Author: Theodore Michael ChristouISBN-10: 1138221023ISBN-13: 9781138221024Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/24/2017Pages: 288Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.23lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d

The first and only volume to collect the essays of the seminal curriculum theorist, Dwayne E. Huebner, edited and introduced by William F. Pinar.Author: Dwayne HuebnerISBN-10: 0805825339ISBN-13: 9780805825336Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/01/1999Pages: 500Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.19lbsSize: 9.46h x 6.12w x 1.45d

Teaching U.S. History is a must read for any aspiring or current teacher who wants to think critically about how to teach U.S. history and make historical discussions come alive in our schools' classrooms.Author: Diana TurkISBN-10: 041595469XISBN-13: 9780415954693Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/2009Pages: 232Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.37lbsSize:...

This book provides an evaluation and appreciation of the learning, teaching and instruction that can occur in digital environments. Mass media accounts of digital culture are invariably predicated on a technologically determinist vision, on the one hand promoting a utopian view of the future...

Young Citizens of the World takes a clear stance: Social studies is about citizenship education that is informed, deliberative, and activist--citizenship not only as a noun, something one studies, but as a verb, something one DOES. Its holistic, multicultural approach is based on this...

By repositioning democratic education not as something that can be achieved by following a certain, proven process, but as an inherently paradoxical enterprise in its dealings with the tension between schooling as the intentional production of citizens and the uncertainties of democracy, an alternative...

This text introduces engaging, innovative pedagogy for putting active and dramatic approaches to learning and teaching into action and invites readers to apply these principles as they plan for their own classroom contexts.Author: Brian EdmistonISBN-10: 0415530989ISBN-13: 9780415530989Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/16/2013Pages: 368Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.41lbsSize: 9.10h...

Creating Transformative Online Communities in Higher Education provides a practical approach for building authentic learning experiences into the design and delivery of online teaching and learning systems.Author: Patrick R. DempseyISBN-10: 0367482703ISBN-13: 9780367482701Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/29/2021Pages: 116Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.77lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d

Learn how to incorporate rigorous activities in your math or science classroom and help students reach higher levels of learning. Expert educators Barbara R. Blackburn and Abbigail Armstrong offer a practical framework for understanding rigor and provide specialized examples for elementary math and science...

Are you looking to construct a lesson plan that will help K-12 students master new content, concepts, and skills? Lesson Planning: A Research-based Model for K-12 Classrooms can help by guiding you in the selection of research-based instructional strategies and types of materials designed...

Author: Lorraine CrossISBN-10: 1323901876ISBN-13: 9781323901878Publisher: Pearson Learning SolutionsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/28/2018Pages: 288Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.30lbsSize: 9.80h x 8.00w x 0.60d

This volume from the Adolescence and Education series explores how we conceptualize and approach equity-oriented positive youth development (PYD) today, both in theory and practice. PYD is a prosocial approach that leverages youth's assets to organize programs, services, and supports to maximize their development....

Assumptions: Complexity, Practice and Values delves into the empirical and theoretical aspects of assumptions in evaluation, offering methodologies to identify and categorize them, and exploring how they influence evaluations and each other. It provides practical guidance for evaluators to help stakeholders identify priorities and...

Assumptions: Complexity, Practice and Values delves into the empirical and theoretical aspects of assumptions in evaluation, offering methodologies to identify and categorize them, and exploring how they influence evaluations and each other. It provides practical guidance for evaluators to help stakeholders identify priorities and...

Translanguaging Perspectives on Writing Development and Pedagogy takes up translanguaging perspectives on writing development and writing pedagogies across a variety of contexts. The chapters explore how a translanguaging lens - which is rooted in the idea that bi/multilingual people draw from an integrated repertoire...

Translanguaging Perspectives on Writing Development and Pedagogy takes up translanguaging perspectives on writing development and writing pedagogies across a variety of contexts. The chapters explore how a translanguaging lens - which is rooted in the idea that bi/multilingual people draw from an integrated repertoire...