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Project-Based Learning in Language and Content Teacher Education

Interdisciplinary and Multimodal Perspectives

Edited by Gulbahar H. Beckett, Hye K. Pae ...

Using a comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and multimodal approach that incorporates project-based learning and teaching (PBLT), this book addresses the pressing need for language teacher education that considers contextual language development, content-area subjects acquisition, 21st-century skills learning, and technology integration.By providing original research and field-tested curricula ... Read more

$82.99 CAD

Using a comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and multimodal approach that incorporates project-based learning and teaching (PBLT), this book addresses the pressing need for language teacher education that considers contextual language development, content-area subjects acquisition, 21st-century skills learning, and technology integration.By providing original research and field-tested curricula
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Designing Tasks in Secondary Education

Enhancing subject understanding and student engagement

Edited by Ian Thompson ...

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 Secondary Education explores models for effective task design, helping you translate the curriculum into the tasks ... Read more

$86.99 CAD

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 Secondary Education explores models for effective task design, helping you translate the curriculum into the tasks
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Parental Experiences of Unschooling

Navigating Curriculum as Learning-through-Living

by Khara Schonfeld-Karan ...

Series series Studies in Curriculum Theory Series
This volume explores unschooling as a growing phenomenon within the broader field of home education and considers the unique position of parents who engage in this self-directed form of education with their children.Drawing on an in-depth hermeneutic phenomenological study, the volume investigates the double consciousness of parents as they balance the costs/benefits of unschooling and navigate ... Read more

$83.99 CAD

This volume explores unschooling as a growing phenomenon within the broader field of home education and considers the unique position of parents who engage in this self-directed form of education with their children.Drawing on an in-depth hermeneutic phenomenological study, the volume investigates the double consciousness of parents as they balance the costs/benefits of unschooling and navigate
... Read more
Improving Foreign Language Teaching

Towards a research-based curriculum and pedagogy

by Ernesto Macaro, Suzanne Graham, Robert Woore ...

Improving Foreign Language Teaching provides teachers and teacher trainers with a research-based structure for the effective teaching and assessment of second languages. As well as outlining a model for teacher development, the book identifies and exemplifies eight key principles for effective language learning, which can be used to guide curriculum design and decisions about classroom pedagogy. ... Read more

$94.99 CAD

Improving Foreign Language Teaching provides teachers and teacher trainers with a research-based structure for the effective teaching and assessment of second languages. As well as outlining a model for teacher development, the book identifies and exemplifies eight key principles for effective language learning, which can be used to guide curriculum design and decisions about classroom pedagogy.
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Language, Literacy, and Learning in the STEM Disciplines

How Language Counts for English Learners

Edited by Alison L. Bailey, Carolyn A. Maher, Louise C. Wilkinson ...

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 for English learners. These key questions are addressed: When and how do students develop mastery of ... Read more

$96.99 CAD

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 for English learners. These key questions are addressed: When and how do students develop mastery of
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Engaging Curriculum

Bridging the Curriculum Theory and English Education Divide

by Bill Green ...

Series series Studies in Curriculum Theory Series
Explicitly linking curriculum inquiry to English education via recurring themes of representation, democracy and knowledge, this book is a call for both researchers and practitioners to engage with curriculum, explicitly and deliberatively, as both a concept and a question. The approach is broadly conceptual and constitutes an exercise in theoretical and philosophical inquiry. While deeply ... Read more

$92.99 CAD

Explicitly linking curriculum inquiry to English education via recurring themes of representation, democracy and knowledge, this book is a call for both researchers and practitioners to engage with curriculum, explicitly and deliberatively, as both a concept and a question. The approach is broadly conceptual and constitutes an exercise in theoretical and philosophical inquiry. While deeply
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Contextualizing Global Flows of Competency-Based Education

Polysemy, Hybridity and Silences

Edited by Kathryn Anderson-Levitt, Meg P. Gardinier ...

The new comparative research in this volume explores the global flow of competence-based education, curricular policy, and frameworks for instructional practice. Taking critical perspectives, the chapters trace the pathways through which educators and policy actors adopted and reshaped competence-based education as promoted by the OECD, the World Bank, and the European Union.The authors ask: What ... Read more

$81.99 CAD

The new comparative research in this volume explores the global flow of competence-based education, curricular policy, and frameworks for instructional practice. Taking critical perspectives, the chapters trace the pathways through which educators and policy actors adopted and reshaped competence-based education as promoted by the OECD, the World Bank, and the European Union.The authors ask: What
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Schools and Cultural Citizenship

Arts Education for Life

by Pat Thomson, Christine Hall ...

‘Why study the arts at school?’ This book offers a fresh perspective on this question. Informed by rigorous research, the book argues that the arts help young people to develop key skills, knowledge and practices that support them to become both critical appreciative audiences and socially engaged cultural producers. Drawing on a three-year study in partnership with the Royal Shakespeare Company ... Read more

$71.99 CAD

‘Why study the arts at school?’ This book offers a fresh perspective on this question. Informed by rigorous research, the book argues that the arts help young people to develop key skills, knowledge and practices that support them to become both critical appreciative audiences and socially engaged cultural producers. Drawing on a three-year study in partnership with the Royal Shakespeare Company
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Rethinking Curriculum Studies

Edited by Martin Lawn, Len Barton ...

Series series Routledge Library Editions: Education
This book reappraises the British and American experience in curriculum studies, the curious way in which it has been dominated by certain ideas and introduces the reader to alternative ways of perceiving, defining and approaching its problems. It provides a radical critique of the whole area, presenting both Marxist and phenomenological perspectives on the current dilemmas that teachers face. The ... Read more

$101.99 CAD

This book reappraises the British and American experience in curriculum studies, the curious way in which it has been dominated by certain ideas and introduces the reader to alternative ways of perceiving, defining and approaching its problems. It provides a radical critique of the whole area, presenting both Marxist and phenomenological perspectives on the current dilemmas that teachers face. The
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Knowledge Production, Policy and Practice in Education

Social Realist Explorations of Curriculum, Teaching and Research

Edited by Grace Healy, Di Swift, Brian Barrett ...

Series series Routledge Research in the Sociology of Education
Knowledge Production, Policy and Practice in Education: Social Realist Explorations of Curriculum, Teaching and Research brings together theoretical and empirical enquiries into curricula, pedagogy and assessment, informed by the influential traditions of social realism and Basil Bernstein’s sociology of education. The edited volume provides tools for understanding persistent educational ... Read more

$309.99 CAD

Knowledge Production, Policy and Practice in Education: Social Realist Explorations of Curriculum, Teaching and Research brings together theoretical and empirical enquiries into curricula, pedagogy and assessment, informed by the influential traditions of social realism and Basil Bernstein’s sociology of education. The edited volume provides tools for understanding persistent educational
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Teaching Women's and Gender Studies

Classroom Resources on Resistance, Representation, and Radical Hope (Grades 9-12)

by Kathryn Fishman-Weaver, Jill Clingan ...

Incorporate women’s and gender studies into your high school classroom using the powerful lesson plans in this book. The authors present seven units organized around four key concepts: Why WGST; Intersectionality; Motherland—History, Health, and Policy Change; and Artivism.With thought questions for activating prior knowledge, teaching notes, reflection questions, reproducibles, and strategies, ... Read more

$59.99 CAD

Incorporate women’s and gender studies into your high school classroom using the powerful lesson plans in this book. The authors present seven units organized around four key concepts: Why WGST; Intersectionality; Motherland—History, Health, and Policy Change; and Artivism.With thought questions for activating prior knowledge, teaching notes, reflection questions, reproducibles, and strategies,
... Read more
International Primary English Teacher’s Guide: Stage 5

by 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

$37.99 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
Effective Practices in AI Literacy Education

Case Studies and Reflections

Edited by Xianghan O’Dea, Davy Tsz Kit Ng ...

Series series Emerald Points
The rapid adoption of Artificial Intelligence in various industries and the emergence of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in recent years have prompted highlighted interest in training and supporting university students to develop industry-oriented AI literacy competencies.Effective Practices in AI Literacy Education serves as a go to guide for university key stakeholders, such as ... Read more

$65.99 CAD

The rapid adoption of Artificial Intelligence in various industries and the emergence of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in recent years have prompted highlighted interest in training and supporting university students to develop industry-oriented AI literacy competencies.Effective Practices in AI Literacy Education serves as a go to guide for university key stakeholders, such as
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Theorising the Quiet Power of Forest School

A Posthuman Framing of Regular, Repeated, Unstructured Practice in Nature

by Joanna Hume ...

Series series Routledge Research in Early Childhood Education
This highly novel volume reframes the popular, yet sorely under-theorised international education movement known as forest school, offering an interdisciplinary framework with which to set apart forest school from other outdoor education programmes and child-led pedagogies.By broadly defining forest school as regular, repeated, unstructured practice in nature, the book is able to link the ... Read more

$309.99 CAD

This highly novel volume reframes the popular, yet sorely under-theorised international education movement known as forest school, offering an interdisciplinary framework with which to set apart forest school from other outdoor education programmes and child-led pedagogies.By broadly defining forest school as regular, repeated, unstructured practice in nature, the book is able to link the
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Language and the Curriculum

Practitioner Research in Planning Differentiation

by Deirdre Martin, Carol Miller ...

First Published in 1999. This book takes examples from the work of practising teachers and speech and language therapists who have reflected on the appropriateness and success of their teaching with learners who have speech and language difficulties. The chapters focus on central issues concerning the relationship between language, learning and the curriculum. The practitioners chart their cycle ... Read more

$71.99 CAD

First Published in 1999. This book takes examples from the work of practising teachers and speech and language therapists who have reflected on the appropriateness and success of their teaching with learners who have speech and language difficulties. The chapters focus on central issues concerning the relationship between language, learning and the curriculum. The practitioners chart their cycle
... Read more
Culture, Creativity, and Music Education in China

Developments and Challenges

by Wai-Chung Ho ...

Series series Education and Society in China
Ho's book explores music education in China, and how creativity, education reforms, and social transformation can be enabled through music. The essential elements of music discussed include perception and creativity, sources and stimulation, and the integration of musical creativity in diverse cultures and participation. It focuses on three Chinese cities; Changsha and Hong Kong Special ... Read more

$83.99 CAD

Ho's book explores music education in China, and how creativity, education reforms, and social transformation can be enabled through music. The essential elements of music discussed include perception and creativity, sources and stimulation, and the integration of musical creativity in diverse cultures and participation. It focuses on three Chinese cities; Changsha and Hong Kong Special
... Read more
Takeaways from Teaching through a Pandemic

Practical Examples of Lasting Value in Tertiary Mathematics Education

Edited by Katherine Seaton, Birgit Loch, Elizabeth Lugosi ...

In this insightful volume, more than 50 educators from 4 continents outline thoughtful and intentional innovations of lasting value made in their teaching of tertiary mathematics and statistics, in response to COVID -19 pandemic-related campus closures. The examples given in 20 practical chapters fall into three themes: utilization of relevant technologies, discipline-appropriate assessment ... Read more

$86.99 CAD

In this insightful volume, more than 50 educators from 4 continents outline thoughtful and intentional innovations of lasting value made in their teaching of tertiary mathematics and statistics, in response to COVID -19 pandemic-related campus closures. The examples given in 20 practical chapters fall into three themes: utilization of relevant technologies, discipline-appropriate assessment
... Read more
Theory and Practice of Curriculum Studies

by Denis Lawton ...

Series series Routledge Library Editions: Education
This book deals with curriculum issues and problems, and one of its aims is to help practising teachers to clarify their own theory and practice in relation to the curriculum. The contributors look at three popular theories or sets of assumptions held by teachers: the child-centred view of education; the subject-centred or knowledge-centred view; and the society-centred view. Each of these views ... Read more

$101.99 CAD

This book deals with curriculum issues and problems, and one of its aims is to help practising teachers to clarify their own theory and practice in relation to the curriculum. The contributors look at three popular theories or sets of assumptions held by teachers: the child-centred view of education; the subject-centred or knowledge-centred view; and the society-centred view. Each of these views
... Read more
Design for Learning in Virtual Worlds

by Brian C. Nelson, Benjamin E. Erlandson ...

Series series Interdisciplinary Approaches to Educational Technology
Design for Learning in Virtual Worlds, the first book focused specifically on how to design virtual worlds for educational purposes, explores:• the history and evolution of virtual worlds• the theories behind the use of virtual worlds for learning• the design of curricula in virtual worlds• design guidelines for elements experienced in virtual worlds that support learning• design guidelines for ... Read more

$96.99 CAD

Design for Learning in Virtual Worlds, the first book focused specifically on how to design virtual worlds for educational purposes, explores:• the history and evolution of virtual worlds• the theories behind the use of virtual worlds for learning• the design of curricula in virtual worlds• design guidelines for elements experienced in virtual worlds that support learning• design guidelines for
... Read more
Argument as Dialogue Across Difference

Engaging Youth in Public Literacies

by Jennifer Clifton ...

In the spirit of models of argument starting with inquiry, this book starts with a question: What might it mean to teach argument in ways that open up spaces for change—changes of mind, changes of practice and policy, changes in ways of talking and relating? The author explores teaching argument in ways that take into account the complexities and pluralities young people face as they attempt to ... Read more

$86.56 CAD

In the spirit of models of argument starting with inquiry, this book starts with a question: What might it mean to teach argument in ways that open up spaces for change—changes of mind, changes of practice and policy, changes in ways of talking and relating? The author explores teaching argument in ways that take into account the complexities and pluralities young people face as they attempt to
... Read more
Critical Pedagogies of Consumption

Living and Learning in the Shadow of the "Shopocalypse"

Edited by Jennifer A. Sandlin, Peter McLaren ...

Series series Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education
"Utopian in theme and implication, this book shows how the practices of critical, interpretive inquiry can help change the world in positive ways…. This is the promise, the hope, and the agenda that is offered."--Norman K. Denzin, From the Foreword"Its focus on learning, education and pedagogy gives this book a particular relevance and significance in contemporary cultural studies. Its impressive ... Read more

$101.68 CAD

"Utopian in theme and implication, this book shows how the practices of critical, interpretive inquiry can help change the world in positive ways…. This is the promise, the hope, and the agenda that is offered."--Norman K. Denzin, From the Foreword"Its focus on learning, education and pedagogy gives this book a particular relevance and significance in contemporary cultural studies. Its impressive
... Read more
Making Education Fit for Democracy

Closing the Gap

by Brenda Watson ...

Dewey wrote his celebrated book on Democracy and Education over a hundred years ago. Making Education Fit for Democracy asks why education has nevertheless failed to deliver such crucial support for democracy and how it should change to reflect ethical and social responsibilities. It seeks to shed light on what has gone wrong and how it can be put right.Reforming an antiquated system of education ... Read more

$59.99 CAD

Dewey wrote his celebrated book on Democracy and Education over a hundred years ago. Making Education Fit for Democracy asks why education has nevertheless failed to deliver such crucial support for democracy and how it should change to reflect ethical and social responsibilities. It seeks to shed light on what has gone wrong and how it can be put right.Reforming an antiquated system of education
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Media Education in Asia

Edited by Chi-Kim Cheung ...

Series series Education (R0)
Media education in Asia is a relatively young, but rapidly developing part of the curriculum. Research has been conducted and papers have been written on various issues concerning media education in Asia. The dominant models of media education in the world are broadly Western and most are drawn from English-speaking countries. The question is whether a similar pattern exists in Asia, where there ... Read more

$115.29 CAD

Media education in Asia is a relatively young, but rapidly developing part of the curriculum. Research has been conducted and papers have been written on various issues concerning media education in Asia. The dominant models of media education in the world are broadly Western and most are drawn from English-speaking countries. The question is whether a similar pattern exists in Asia, where there
... Read more
The Politics of the School Curriculum

by Denis Lawton ...

Series series Routledge Library Editions: Education
If the curriculum can be defined as a ‘selection from the culture of society’, the central question then becomes ‘who selects’. This volume answers this question, reviewing various aspects of the curriculum and its planning. For many years the control of the curriculum was uncontroversial. In the 1970s this situation changed: teachers were increasingly criticised for having too much power; the ... Read more

$101.68 CAD

If the curriculum can be defined as a ‘selection from the culture of society’, the central question then becomes ‘who selects’. This volume answers this question, reviewing various aspects of the curriculum and its planning. For many years the control of the curriculum was uncontroversial. In the 1970s this situation changed: teachers were increasingly criticised for having too much power; the
... Read more

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