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Design Thinking and Innovation in Learning

Edited by Ellen Taricani ...

Series series Emerald Points
Acknowledging that empowering today’s learner to find innovative and enriching experiences brings about a deeper desire within them to learn and develop skills, this book showcases a combination of innovative educational practices and creative pedagogy techniques to demonstrate how educators can kick-start learning success.Serving up chapters that cross cultural boundaries and present numerous ... Read more

$69.99 CAD

Acknowledging that empowering today’s learner to find innovative and enriching experiences brings about a deeper desire within them to learn and develop skills, this book showcases a combination of innovative educational practices and creative pedagogy techniques to demonstrate how educators can kick-start learning success.Serving up chapters that cross cultural boundaries and present numerous
... Read more
Big Data in Education: Pedagogy and Research

Edited by Theodosia Prodromou ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book discusses how Big Data could be implemented in educational settings and research, using empirical data and suggesting both best practices and areas in which to invest future research and development. It also explores: 1) the use of learning analytics to improve learning and teaching; 2) the opportunities and challenges of learning analytics in education.As Big Data becomes a common part ... Read more

$102.99 CAD

This book discusses how Big Data could be implemented in educational settings and research, using empirical data and suggesting both best practices and areas in which to invest future research and development. It also explores: 1) the use of learning analytics to improve learning and teaching; 2) the opportunities and challenges of learning analytics in education.As Big Data becomes a common part
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Examining the Evidence

Seven Strategies for Teaching with Primary Sources

by Kathleen Thompson, Hilary Mac Austin ...

Series series Maupin House
Educators are being challenged as never before to invite reality into the classroom and allow students to explore it. This book will help you meet the challenge. Primary sources are the very documents that history is made of, the images that science is based on, the raw material of our lives. They are also excellent tools to teach the critical thinking skills required by the Common Core State ... Read more

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Educators are being challenged as never before to invite reality into the classroom and allow students to explore it. This book will help you meet the challenge. Primary sources are the very documents that history is made of, the images that science is based on, the raw material of our lives. They are also excellent tools to teach the critical thinking skills required by the Common Core State
... Read more
Neural Pathways, Not Prompts

Why Authentic Literacy Education Cannot Be Outsourced to AI

by Michael K Bender ...

It's 11:47 PM. A high school junior opens ChatGPT, pastes in her essay prompt about Kafka's The Trial, and six minutes later submits a polished analysis. She gets an A. But what did she actually learn?Nothing about thinking. She bypassed the cognitive work that builds intellectual capacity.Multiply this moment by millions of students and years of education. This is the crisis we face.What's Really ... Read more

$9.99 CAD

It's 11:47 PM. A high school junior opens ChatGPT, pastes in her essay prompt about Kafka's The Trial, and six minutes later submits a polished analysis. She gets an A. But what did she actually learn?Nothing about thinking. She bypassed the cognitive work that builds intellectual capacity.Multiply this moment by millions of students and years of education. This is the crisis we face.What's Really
... Read more
Research and Practice in Chemistry Education

Advances from the 25th IUPAC International Conference on Chemistry Education 2018

Edited by Madeleine Schultz, Siegbert Schmid, Gwendolyn A. Lawrie ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book brings together fifteen contributions from presenters at the 25th IUPAC International Conference on Chemistry Education 2018, held in Sydney. Written by a highly diverse group of chemistry educators working within different national and institutional contexts with the common goal of improving student learning, the book presents research in multiple facets of the cutting edge of chemistry ... Read more

$115.99 CAD

This book brings together fifteen contributions from presenters at the 25th IUPAC International Conference on Chemistry Education 2018, held in Sydney. Written by a highly diverse group of chemistry educators working within different national and institutional contexts with the common goal of improving student learning, the book presents research in multiple facets of the cutting edge of chemistry
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Arts Integration

Teaching Subject Matter through the Arts in Multicultural Settings

by Merryl Goldberg ...

Now in its sixth edition, Merryl Goldberg’s popular volume Arts Integration presents a comprehensive guide to integrating the arts throughout the K-12 curriculum, blending contemporary theory with classroom practice.Beyond teaching about arts education as a subject in and of itself, the text explains how teachers may integrate the arts—literary, media, visual, and performing—throughout the subject ... Read more

$141.99 CAD

Now in its sixth edition, Merryl Goldberg’s popular volume Arts Integration presents a comprehensive guide to integrating the arts throughout the K-12 curriculum, blending contemporary theory with classroom practice.Beyond teaching about arts education as a subject in and of itself, the text explains how teachers may integrate the arts—literary, media, visual, and performing—throughout the subject
... Read more
School Turnaround Policies and Practices in the US

Learning from Failed School Reform

by Joseph F. Murphy, Joshua F. Bleiberg ...

Series series Education (R0)
This volume provides an analysis of what we know about turning around "failing" schools in the United States. It starts with an in-depth examination of the barriers that hinder action on turnaround work.The book analyses the reasons why some schools that find themselves in serious academic trouble fail in their efforts to turn themselves around. Beginning with a discussion of what may best be ... Read more

$166.99 CAD

This volume provides an analysis of what we know about turning around "failing" schools in the United States. It starts with an in-depth examination of the barriers that hinder action on turnaround work.The book analyses the reasons why some schools that find themselves in serious academic trouble fail in their efforts to turn themselves around. Beginning with a discussion of what may best be
... Read more
University and Discipline Construction in China

Selected Articles from the Journal ‘Universities and Disciplines’ (2024 Edition)

Edited by Lei Wang, Shilong Piao ...

Series series Education (R0)
This open access book presents 12 selected articles published in 2023 in the Chinese journal Universities and Disciplines (quarterly), which is a comprehensive academic journal sponsored by the Ministry of Education, the Center for Academic Degrees and Graduate Education Development, and Peking University. The selected articles focus on the theory and practice of China’s university and discipline ... Read more

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This open access book presents 12 selected articles published in 2023 in the Chinese journal Universities and Disciplines (quarterly), which is a comprehensive academic journal sponsored by the Ministry of Education, the Center for Academic Degrees and Graduate Education Development, and Peking University. The selected articles focus on the theory and practice of China’s university and discipline
... Read more
War in Kanawha County

School Textbook Protest in West Virginia in 1974

by Don Means ...

In 1974, the Board of Education in Kanawha County West Virginia introduced a set of new textbooks into the standard curriculum. These textbooks contained offensive language, compared Bible stories to well-known myths and fables, and also, in the opinion of some citizens, lacked the basic ideals of right and wrong. War in Kanawha County: School Textbook Protest in West Virginia in 1974, written by ... Read more

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In 1974, the Board of Education in Kanawha County West Virginia introduced a set of new textbooks into the standard curriculum. These textbooks contained offensive language, compared Bible stories to well-known myths and fables, and also, in the opinion of some citizens, lacked the basic ideals of right and wrong. War in Kanawha County: School Textbook Protest in West Virginia in 1974, written by
... Read more
Creating Art for All Ages

Innovation and Influence in Ancient and Modern Civilizations

by Frances Flicker, Jacqueline G. Van Schooneveld, Jeanne Richins ...

Series series Creating Art for All Ages
This book is an interdisciplinary guide to connect art lessons with core curriculum. Social studies, language arts, math, and/or science are supported in every unit. It is an ideal source for elementary and middle school teachers to enrich their curriculum. It is an invaluable tool for art teachers to provide an interdisciplinary art curriculum that connects 21st Century Skills and National ... Read more

$71.99 CAD

This book is an interdisciplinary guide to connect art lessons with core curriculum. Social studies, language arts, math, and/or science are supported in every unit. It is an ideal source for elementary and middle school teachers to enrich their curriculum. It is an invaluable tool for art teachers to provide an interdisciplinary art curriculum that connects 21st Century Skills and National
... Read more
The Cutting Edge

Iconic Schools, Noteworthy Curricula, Extraordinary Strategies

by Anjali Gupta ...

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.”- Dr. SeussAfter nearly three decades of working in Indian school environments, I realised that taking myself in an entirely unexplored direction may be the next best thing to do. Of course, I fulfilled the other two pre-requisites of Dr. Seuss!My first book, The Deccan Trailblazers ... Read more

$3.55 CAD

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.”- Dr. SeussAfter nearly three decades of working in Indian school environments, I realised that taking myself in an entirely unexplored direction may be the next best thing to do. Of course, I fulfilled the other two pre-requisites of Dr. Seuss!My first book, The Deccan Trailblazers
... Read more
Students as Curriculum

by William H. Schubert, Brian D. Schultz ...

Series series Landscapes of Education
This book explores possibilities for students to have a much greater role in curriculum than mere receivers of it. In fact, we suggest what happens when students are the curriculum. We draw upon our scholarship (theory, practice, and praxis) over the years to show how educational experiences can be invigorated and embodied when students ask the what’s worthwhile questions, joining teachers as ... Read more

$73.99 CAD

This book explores possibilities for students to have a much greater role in curriculum than mere receivers of it. In fact, we suggest what happens when students are the curriculum. We draw upon our scholarship (theory, practice, and praxis) over the years to show how educational experiences can be invigorated and embodied when students ask the what’s worthwhile questions, joining teachers as
... Read more
Dialectics of 9/11 and the War on Terror

Educational Responses

by Randa Elbih ...

Series Book 360 - Counterpoints
Dialectics of 9/11 and the War on Terror: Educational Responses examines how global financial and socio-political systems propagate a lopsided dialectic of current events that influences teachers’ pedagogies of 9/11 and the War on Terror. The lopsided dialectic is one that encourages patriotism and militarism, conceals imperialism, and shuts out Muslim voices. Interviews with Muslim American ... Read more

$64.99 CAD

Dialectics of 9/11 and the War on Terror: Educational Responses examines how global financial and socio-political systems propagate a lopsided dialectic of current events that influences teachers’ pedagogies of 9/11 and the War on Terror. The lopsided dialectic is one that encourages patriotism and militarism, conceals imperialism, and shuts out Muslim voices. Interviews with Muslim American
... Read more
An Educator's Guide to University Applications

Supporting Students with their Post-18 Options

by Wendy Heydorn, Laurence Goodwin ...

Guiding students through their university applications can be a fulfilling but daunting task.How do you know you are successfully empowering your students to make informed decisions that could potentially alter the course of their lives? Where do you go for training and advice? What does a successful programme look like, and how can you improve what you already do?This groundbreaking, practical ... Read more

$41.99 CAD

Guiding students through their university applications can be a fulfilling but daunting task.How do you know you are successfully empowering your students to make informed decisions that could potentially alter the course of their lives? Where do you go for training and advice? What does a successful programme look like, and how can you improve what you already do?This groundbreaking, practical
... Read more
Student Reasoning in Organic Chemistry

Research Advances and Evidence-based Instructional Practices

Edited by Nicole Graulich, Ginger Shultz ...

Series Book 10 - Advances in Chemistry Education Series
Reasoning about structure-reactivity and chemical processes is a key competence in chemistry. Especially in organic chemistry, students experience difficulty appropriately interpreting organic representations and reasoning about the underlying causality of organic mechanisms. As organic chemistry is often a bottleneck for students’ success in their career, compiling and distilling the insights ... Read more

$151.99 CAD

Reasoning about structure-reactivity and chemical processes is a key competence in chemistry. Especially in organic chemistry, students experience difficulty appropriately interpreting organic representations and reasoning about the underlying causality of organic mechanisms. As organic chemistry is often a bottleneck for students’ success in their career, compiling and distilling the insights
... Read more
Skill Building Sequence for Choral Ensembles: Teacher’s Guide for Children’s Choir

Volume 1

by Jennifer Miceli ...

The ability to bring meaning to music notation without the assistance of an accompanist playing choral parts is a requisite skill on a musician’s journey to self-reliance and full artistic expression. Despite its importance, high performance expectations pose a challenge for choir directors to allocate discrete rehearsal time to music reading skill development. Consider for a moment an embedded ... Read more

$63.99 CAD

The ability to bring meaning to music notation without the assistance of an accompanist playing choral parts is a requisite skill on a musician’s journey to self-reliance and full artistic expression. Despite its importance, high performance expectations pose a challenge for choir directors to allocate discrete rehearsal time to music reading skill development. Consider for a moment an embedded
... Read more
The Get Wisdom! McGuffey's Eclectic Second eReader Classroom Lessons for Teachers

by Ronald Kirk ...

The Christian McGuffey's Readers of the 1830s continue to offer some of the best Biblically sound and effective reading instruction. The Get Wisdom! Literacy Program provides the complete phonics, spelling, reading, and grammar curriculum for the greatest success in literacy education. This program tested over decades never failed to teach young people to read well, as well as train the mind for ... Read more

$5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Christian McGuffey's Readers of the 1830s continue to offer some of the best Biblically sound and effective reading instruction. The Get Wisdom! Literacy Program provides the complete phonics, spelling, reading, and grammar curriculum for the greatest success in literacy education. This program tested over decades never failed to teach young people to read well, as well as train the mind for
... Read more
Developing the Philosophy and Praxis of Education through Fire-craft and Threshold Experiences

Education as Kindling

by Jonathan M. Code ...

Series series Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education
Drawing on research gathered from North America, Scandinavia, Western Europe, South Africa, China and the UK, this book arises out of an immersion in fire-craft and is inspired by kindling as a guiding imagination for a re-evaluation and re-articulation of educational purpose. Chapters combine insights gleaned from post-kindling sessions as well as from autoethnographic material, providing a lens ... Read more

$86.99 CAD

Drawing on research gathered from North America, Scandinavia, Western Europe, South Africa, China and the UK, this book arises out of an immersion in fire-craft and is inspired by kindling as a guiding imagination for a re-evaluation and re-articulation of educational purpose. Chapters combine insights gleaned from post-kindling sessions as well as from autoethnographic material, providing a lens
... Read more
Engaging with Vocation on Campus

Supporting Students’ Vocational Discernment through Curricular and Co-Curricular Approaches

Edited by Karen Lovett, Stephen Wilhoit ...

Series series Routledge Research in Religion and Education
Bringing together narratives and theory-based analyses of practice, this volume illustrates collaborative curricular and co-curricular approaches to promoting vocational discernment amongst students in a Catholic university setting.Drawing on cultural, religious, and secular understandings of vocation, Engaging with Vocation on Campus illustrates how contemporary issues around vocation, work, and ... Read more

$83.99 CAD

Bringing together narratives and theory-based analyses of practice, this volume illustrates collaborative curricular and co-curricular approaches to promoting vocational discernment amongst students in a Catholic university setting.Drawing on cultural, religious, and secular understandings of vocation, Engaging with Vocation on Campus illustrates how contemporary issues around vocation, work, and
... Read more
International Primary English Student's Book: Stage 3

by Daphne Paizee, Daphne Paizee ...

Series series Collins International Primary English
Collins International Primary English offers full coverage of the Cambridge Primary English curriculum framework (0058) from 2020 within a six-level, multi-component course, which has been carefully developed to meet the needs of teachers and students in the international market.Collins International Primary English is a self-contained, cohesive course which develops reading, writing, speaking and ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

Collins International Primary English offers full coverage of the Cambridge Primary English curriculum framework (0058) from 2020 within a six-level, multi-component course, which has been carefully developed to meet the needs of teachers and students in the international market.Collins International Primary English is a self-contained, cohesive course which develops reading, writing, speaking and
... Read more
Maker Literacies and Maker Identities in the Digital Age

Learning and Playing Through Modes and Media

Edited by Cheryl A. McLean, Jennifer Rowsell ...

This book explores “making” in the school curriculum in a period in which the ability to create and respond to digital artifacts is key and focuses on makerspaces in educational settings.Combining the arts with design to give a fuller picture of the engagement and wonder that unfolds with maker literacies, the book moves across such settings and themes as:Creativity and writing in classroomsMaking ... Read more

$79.69 CAD

This book explores “making” in the school curriculum in a period in which the ability to create and respond to digital artifacts is key and focuses on makerspaces in educational settings.Combining the arts with design to give a fuller picture of the engagement and wonder that unfolds with maker literacies, the book moves across such settings and themes as:Creativity and writing in classroomsMaking
... Read more
Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research

Volume 30

Edited by Michael B. Paulsen ...

Series series Education (R0)
Published annually since 1985, the Handbook series provides a compendium of thorough and integrative literature reviews on a diverse array of topics of interest to the higher education scholarly and policy communities. Each chapter provides a comprehensive review of research findings on a selected topic, critiques the research literature in terms of its conceptual and methodological rigor and sets ... Read more

$179.39 CAD

Published annually since 1985, the Handbook series provides a compendium of thorough and integrative literature reviews on a diverse array of topics of interest to the higher education scholarly and policy communities. Each chapter provides a comprehensive review of research findings on a selected topic, critiques the research literature in terms of its conceptual and methodological rigor and sets
... Read more
Trajectories in the Development of Modern School Systems

Between the National and the Global

Edited by Daniel Tröhler, Thomas Lenz ...

Series series Studies in Curriculum Theory Series
As contemporary education becomes increasingly tied to global economic power, national school systems attempting to influence one another inevitably confront significant tensions caused by differences in heritage, politics, and formal structures. Trajectories in the Development of Modern School Systems provides a comprehensive theoretical and empirical critique of the reform movements that seek to ... Read more

$111.30 CAD

As contemporary education becomes increasingly tied to global economic power, national school systems attempting to influence one another inevitably confront significant tensions caused by differences in heritage, politics, and formal structures. Trajectories in the Development of Modern School Systems provides a comprehensive theoretical and empirical critique of the reform movements that seek to
... Read more
Multimodal Approaches to Research and Pedagogy

Recognition, Resources, and Access

Edited by Arlene Archer, Denise Newfield ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Multimodality
This book brings together social semiotics, cultural studies, multiliteracies, and other approaches in order to theorize very different learning environments, giving visibility to the modal effect in a range of disciplines. It highlights the ideological nature of discursive practices, examines questions of access, and argues for transformation of these practices, with a constant eye on issues of ... Read more

$89.31 CAD

This book brings together social semiotics, cultural studies, multiliteracies, and other approaches in order to theorize very different learning environments, giving visibility to the modal effect in a range of disciplines. It highlights the ideological nature of discursive practices, examines questions of access, and argues for transformation of these practices, with a constant eye on issues of
... Read more

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