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Inquiry-Based Teaching and Learning across Disciplines

Comparative Theory and Practice in Schools

by Gillian Kidman, Niranjan Casinader ...

Series series Education (R0)
This research-based book dissects and explores the meaning and nature of Inquiry in teaching and learning in schools, challenging existing concepts and practices. In particular, it explores and contests prevailing attitudes about the practice of inquiry-based learning across the Science, Geography and History disciplines, as well as focusing on the importance of the role of teacher in what is ... Read more

$76.89 CAD

This research-based book dissects and explores the meaning and nature of Inquiry in teaching and learning in schools, challenging existing concepts and practices. In particular, it explores and contests prevailing attitudes about the practice of inquiry-based learning across the Science, Geography and History disciplines, as well as focusing on the importance of the role of teacher in what is
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Leading School Renewal

A Guide for Educational Ground Breakers

by Steffan Silcox, Neil MacNeill ...

Leading School Renewal explores how school principal leadership behaviour impacts on school change endeavours, and in particular pedagogic renewal, which is a form of educational improvement that is primarily concerned with the growing of the knowledge, skills and beliefs of education in a manner that optimises students’ life options. The authors identify attributes of principals who have engaged ... Read more

$68.70 CAD

Leading School Renewal explores how school principal leadership behaviour impacts on school change endeavours, and in particular pedagogic renewal, which is a form of educational improvement that is primarily concerned with the growing of the knowledge, skills and beliefs of education in a manner that optimises students’ life options. The authors identify attributes of principals who have engaged
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Vuela vuela Makarena

by Svetlana Rojas Zimin ...

La protagonista de este cuento se llama Makarena. Es una niña soñadora, tímida, responsable y cariñosa. Ella vive con sus padres y dos hermanos menores en una ciudad de la selva peruana. Makarena desde que era tan sólo una niña guarda una ilusión; ella tiene un sueño pero que no sabe cómo cumplir. Aunque sus hermanos se burlan de ella y de su sueño, ella decide luchar, sin importar nada. Junto a ... Read more

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La protagonista de este cuento se llama Makarena. Es una niña soñadora, tímida, responsable y cariñosa. Ella vive con sus padres y dos hermanos menores en una ciudad de la selva peruana. Makarena desde que era tan sólo una niña guarda una ilusión; ella tiene un sueño pero que no sabe cómo cumplir. Aunque sus hermanos se burlan de ella y de su sueño, ella decide luchar, sin importar nada. Junto a
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Teaching the 'Slow' Learner in the Secondary School

Edited by M. F. Cleugh ...

Series series Mary F. Cleugh on Teaching Children with Learning Differences
This book is a re-issue originally published in 1961. The language used is a reflection of its era and no offence is meant by the Publishers to any reader by this re-publication. Dr Cleugh was in charge of the course for teachers of so-called 'educationally sub-normal' children at the University of London Institute of Education.The three volumes of this work, which at the time took their place as ... Read more

$63.20 CAD

This book is a re-issue originally published in 1961. The language used is a reflection of its era and no offence is meant by the Publishers to any reader by this re-publication. Dr Cleugh was in charge of the course for teachers of so-called 'educationally sub-normal' children at the University of London Institute of Education.The three volumes of this work, which at the time took their place as
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Social Justice, The Common Core, and Closing the Instructional Gap

Empowering Diverse Learners and Their Teachers

Edited by Janet C. Richards, Kristien Zenkov ...

There is little doubt that the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are a controversial entity. They are provocative for the way in which they have been developed, for the ways they are being implemented and evaluated, for their content, and for their failure to explicitly consider the needs, interests, and histories of diverse populations. While the CCSS continue to be problematized by critics ... Read more

$67.09 CAD

There is little doubt that the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are a controversial entity. They are provocative for the way in which they have been developed, for the ways they are being implemented and evaluated, for their content, and for their failure to explicitly consider the needs, interests, and histories of diverse populations. While the CCSS continue to be problematized by critics
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Conversaciones necesarias. Didácticas en y para el territorio.

Pedagogía, #1

by Marisel Baez, Silvia Loyola ...

Series Book 1 - Pedagogía
Esta obra es una invitación indispensable para que el colectivo docente recupere la autoría de sus prácticas y transforme la realidad escolar. A través de una propuesta no lineal, las autoras presentan la tesis de las alfabetizaciones didácticas, entendidas como el acto dialéctico de hacer y pensar sobre ese hacer.¿Qué encontrarás en este libro?*Fundamentación Crítica: Una reflexión profunda sobre ... Read more

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Esta obra es una invitación indispensable para que el colectivo docente recupere la autoría de sus prácticas y transforme la realidad escolar. A través de una propuesta no lineal, las autoras presentan la tesis de las alfabetizaciones didácticas, entendidas como el acto dialéctico de hacer y pensar sobre ese hacer.¿Qué encontrarás en este libro?*Fundamentación Crítica: Una reflexión profunda sobre
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Curriculum and Assessment in English 3 to 11

A Better Plan

by John Richmond, Andrew Burn, Peter Dougill, Mike Raleigh, Peter Traves ...

Curriculum and Assessment in English 3 to 11: A Better Plan provides an overview of the subject in considerable breadth and depth, and offers a clear, balanced and forceful critique of the current language and literacy curriculum and its assessment arrangements for 3- to 11-year-olds in England, and of developments in the area during the past thirty years.The book restates fundamental truths about ... Read more

$56.33 CAD

Curriculum and Assessment in English 3 to 11: A Better Plan provides an overview of the subject in considerable breadth and depth, and offers a clear, balanced and forceful critique of the current language and literacy curriculum and its assessment arrangements for 3- to 11-year-olds in England, and of developments in the area during the past thirty years.The book restates fundamental truths about
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Applying Cross-Curricular Approaches Creatively

by Jonathan Barnes ...

Series series Learning to Teach in the Primary School Series
Applying Cross-Curricular Approaches Creatively explores the relevance and effectiveness of cross-disciplinary and project-based teaching. With a focus on personal reflection and discussion, it offers educators inspiration, guidance and resources to deliver a truly integrated curriculum creatively. Exploring how we can make connections in the classroom through our own lives and those of our ... Read more

$76.94 CAD

Applying Cross-Curricular Approaches Creatively explores the relevance and effectiveness of cross-disciplinary and project-based teaching. With a focus on personal reflection and discussion, it offers educators inspiration, guidance and resources to deliver a truly integrated curriculum creatively. Exploring how we can make connections in the classroom through our own lives and those of our
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Being Novice School Teachers in China

Concerns and Development in Knowledge, Skills, and Ethics

by Qiqiang Xie, Yulong Li ...

This book adopts a qualitative research methodology to explore novice teachers’ professional development (TPD) under the background of the New Curriculum Reform in mainland China. With a purposeful sampling strategy, in-depth, semi-structured interviews were employed to collect data from twelve novice primary school teachers. As the specific design of the qualitative method and research procedures ... Read more

$50.59 CAD

This book adopts a qualitative research methodology to explore novice teachers’ professional development (TPD) under the background of the New Curriculum Reform in mainland China. With a purposeful sampling strategy, in-depth, semi-structured interviews were employed to collect data from twelve novice primary school teachers. As the specific design of the qualitative method and research procedures
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Best Practice Guidelines for Doctoral Programs

Edited by Ian J. Shaw, Scott Cunningham, Bernhard Ott ...

Series series ICETE Series
A ‘second reformation’ in global theology is currently taking place. In the Majority World, evangelical theological education is growing rapidly and increasing its global impact. Scholars are applying the fruits of their research in Biblical and theological fields to their contexts to serve the needs of theological students and churches and their leaders. One of the most significant trends within ... Read more

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A ‘second reformation’ in global theology is currently taking place. In the Majority World, evangelical theological education is growing rapidly and increasing its global impact. Scholars are applying the fruits of their research in Biblical and theological fields to their contexts to serve the needs of theological students and churches and their leaders. One of the most significant trends within
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Blending Instruction with Technology

A Blueprint for Teachers to Create Unique, Engaging, and Effective Learning Experiences

by Michael Martin ...

Blending Instruction with Technology is a book that offers educators guidelines and solutions for implementing blended learning in today’s classrooms. There has been a strong push by many communities, schools and educators to move to a 1:1 environment. However, once there…• How does one teach or facilitate learning in such an environment?• What are the researched best practices for implementing ... Read more

$37.09 CAD

Blending Instruction with Technology is a book that offers educators guidelines and solutions for implementing blended learning in today’s classrooms. There has been a strong push by many communities, schools and educators to move to a 1:1 environment. However, once there…• How does one teach or facilitate learning in such an environment?• What are the researched best practices for implementing
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From Backpacks to Broadway

Children's Experiences in Musical Theatre

by Rekha S. Rajan ...

Musical theater is a dynamic, collaborative art form, which encompasses music, theater, dance, and the visual arts. Traditionally associated with adult performers, musicals also have roles designated specifically for children. How then does involvement in musical theater support children’s learning through the performing arts? What do children value from their musical theater experiences and how ... Read more

$37.79 CAD

Musical theater is a dynamic, collaborative art form, which encompasses music, theater, dance, and the visual arts. Traditionally associated with adult performers, musicals also have roles designated specifically for children. How then does involvement in musical theater support children’s learning through the performing arts? What do children value from their musical theater experiences and how
... Read more
Supporting Children with Complex Needs

An Evidence-Informed and Holistic Approach to Create Connectivity in the Classroom

by Julia Lindley-Baker, Laura Mills ...

Series series nasen spotlight
With communication and connectivity at its heart, this book equips educators with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to effectively support children with complex needs in the classroom, creating meaningful experiences and fostering life-long positive outcomes for all.Taking readers on a journey from theory to practice, the book unpicks research and introduces the SPICE model for identifying and ... Read more

$53.58 CAD

With communication and connectivity at its heart, this book equips educators with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to effectively support children with complex needs in the classroom, creating meaningful experiences and fostering life-long positive outcomes for all.Taking readers on a journey from theory to practice, the book unpicks research and introduces the SPICE model for identifying and
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Evolving Creative Mindsets

Thinking Through the Arts

by Lynn F. C. Yau ...

Although the arts have been firmly planted in the Hong Kong school system since the 1950s, they are often sacrificed in place of core subjects and preparation for examinations. Drawing on over fourteen years of exploration and experience, Yau makes the case that arts are critical to cultivating creative mindsets, which are our best resource for innovating and responding to challenges in this ... Read more

$30.79 CAD

Although the arts have been firmly planted in the Hong Kong school system since the 1950s, they are often sacrificed in place of core subjects and preparation for examinations. Drawing on over fourteen years of exploration and experience, Yau makes the case that arts are critical to cultivating creative mindsets, which are our best resource for innovating and responding to challenges in this
... Read more
Designing Historical Games for Classrooms

A Practical Guide for Educators

by Jeremiah McCall ...

Designing Historical Games for Classrooms: A Practical Guide for Educators is a complete introductory guide for designing analog games and interactive choice‑based historical texts for history classes. It is designed to support educators who want to design games or who want to guide and assess student game‑making projects in history class.The chapters in this book lead the educator designer ... Read more

$59.08 CAD

Designing Historical Games for Classrooms: A Practical Guide for Educators is a complete introductory guide for designing analog games and interactive choice‑based historical texts for history classes. It is designed to support educators who want to design games or who want to guide and assess student game‑making projects in history class.The chapters in this book lead the educator designer
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Arts Integration in Education

Teachers and Teaching Artists as Agents of Change

Edited by Gail Humphries Mardirosian, Yvonne Pelletier Lewis ...

Arts Integration in Education is an insightful, even inspiring investigation into the enormous possibilities for change that are offered by the application of arts integration in education. Presenting research from a range of settings, from preschool to university, and featuring contributions from scholars and theorists, educational psychologists, teachers and teaching artists, the book offers a ... Read more

$78.89 CAD

Arts Integration in Education is an insightful, even inspiring investigation into the enormous possibilities for change that are offered by the application of arts integration in education. Presenting research from a range of settings, from preschool to university, and featuring contributions from scholars and theorists, educational psychologists, teachers and teaching artists, the book offers a
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Learning for Uncertainty

Teaching Students How to Thrive in a Rapidly Evolving World

by G. Williamson McDiarmid, Yong Zhao ...

Series series Routledge Leading Change Series
Learning for Uncertainty explores technology’s role in education, specifically unpacking the question: How should educators prepare today’s children for a world that has yet to be made?As technology evolves faster than our capacity to fully understand the social, cultural, economic, and moral implications of many innovations, today’s educators are tasked with the unique role of preparing students ... Read more

$54.95 CAD

Learning for Uncertainty explores technology’s role in education, specifically unpacking the question: How should educators prepare today’s children for a world that has yet to be made?As technology evolves faster than our capacity to fully understand the social, cultural, economic, and moral implications of many innovations, today’s educators are tasked with the unique role of preparing students
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Academic Learning vs Everyday Learning?

How do 21st Century Learning Trends Break Down the Dichotomy?

Edited by Eric Chi Keung CHENG, Rowena Hoi Yee LIU ...

The 21st century has witnessed various learning trends that challenge the traditional dichotomy between academic and everyday learning. This book explores these trends, arguing that we can bridge this gap to revolutionise education for the benefit of learners and the betterment of the real world.Taking a comprehensive perspective that spans the educational spectrum from kindergarten to tertiary ... Read more

$309.18 CAD

The 21st century has witnessed various learning trends that challenge the traditional dichotomy between academic and everyday learning. This book explores these trends, arguing that we can bridge this gap to revolutionise education for the benefit of learners and the betterment of the real world.Taking a comprehensive perspective that spans the educational spectrum from kindergarten to tertiary
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Global Pedagogies

Schooling for the Future

Edited by Joseph Zajda ...

Series series Education (R0)
Global Pedagogies: Schooling for the Future, which is the twelfth volume in the 12-volume book series Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research, presents scholarly research on major discourses in comparative education research with reference to globalisation, educational policy and classroom pedagogy. It is a sourcebook of ideas for researchers, practitioners and policy makers in ... Read more

$115.29 CAD

Global Pedagogies: Schooling for the Future, which is the twelfth volume in the 12-volume book series Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research, presents scholarly research on major discourses in comparative education research with reference to globalisation, educational policy and classroom pedagogy. It is a sourcebook of ideas for researchers, practitioners and policy makers in
... Read more
Dinaric Perspectives on PIRLS 2021

Prerequisites and Conditions for Teaching and Learning to Read

Edited by Žaneta Džumhur, Paulína Koršňáková, Sabine Meinck ...

Series series Education (R0)
This open access book presents insights into the current state of reading literacy in the Dinaric region, namely the education systems in Albania, Croatia, Kosovo[1], Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia. A collection of analyses reveals factors influencing this key capacity of young pupils. Using data from IEA’s Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2021, the book ... Read more

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This open access book presents insights into the current state of reading literacy in the Dinaric region, namely the education systems in Albania, Croatia, Kosovo[1], Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia. A collection of analyses reveals factors influencing this key capacity of young pupils. Using data from IEA’s Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2021, the book
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Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching

The Case of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales

Edited by Sin Wang Chong, Hayo Reinders ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
This book investigates the ways in which new developments in areas of language teaching practice, such as policy-making, planning, methodology and the use of educational technology are locally adopted, adapted, and initiated and implemented in the four nations of the United Kingdom: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. By looking at the drivers, stakeholders, obstacles, and affordances ... Read more

$192.19 CAD

This book investigates the ways in which new developments in areas of language teaching practice, such as policy-making, planning, methodology and the use of educational technology are locally adopted, adapted, and initiated and implemented in the four nations of the United Kingdom: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. By looking at the drivers, stakeholders, obstacles, and affordances
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Développer la pensée historienne à l’école

représentations, outils et pratiques

by Collectif Collectif, Gérard Bouchard ...

Fruit d’un travail collectif, cet ouvrage explore la relation entre les enseignants et enseignantes et la pensée historienne. Il met en lumière la fonction d’altérité et les fondements épistémologiques et sémiotiques de l’histoire en examinant les processus qui influencent l’enseignement de cette discipline à chaque étape de sa transposition didactique.Les auteurs et les auteures exposent ... Read more

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Fruit d’un travail collectif, cet ouvrage explore la relation entre les enseignants et enseignantes et la pensée historienne. Il met en lumière la fonction d’altérité et les fondements épistémologiques et sémiotiques de l’histoire en examinant les processus qui influencent l’enseignement de cette discipline à chaque étape de sa transposition didactique.Les auteurs et les auteures exposent
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Ten Assessment Literacy Goals for School Leaders

by Jan Chappuis, Stephen J. Chappuis, Susan M. Brookhart ...

Assessment literacy leads to improved outcomes for allDo you know how to ensure teachers have the knowledge and skill to use assessment data to improve student learning? Do you know the influence that student involvement in assessments has on motivation and learning?This book guides you and your leadership team through 10 assessment literacy goals with practical content, how-to’s, success ... Read more

$45.59 CAD

Assessment literacy leads to improved outcomes for allDo you know how to ensure teachers have the knowledge and skill to use assessment data to improve student learning? Do you know the influence that student involvement in assessments has on motivation and learning?This book guides you and your leadership team through 10 assessment literacy goals with practical content, how-to’s, success
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Como passar na OAB

5.000 questões comentadas

by Wander Garcia, Ana Paula Dompieri, Arthur Trigueiros, Bruna Vieira, Eduardo Dompieri, Gabriela Rodrigues Pinheiro, Gustavo Nicolau, Henrique Subi, Hermes Cramacon0, Luiz Dellore1, Renan Flumian2, Roberta Densa3, Robinson Barreirinhas4, Rodrigo Bordalo5, Teresa Melo6 ...

Series series Como passar
Sobre a Importância do Livro Como Passar na OAB para o Exame Unificado O presente livro traz solução completa em matéria de preparação para o Exame da OAB por meio de resolução de questões, trazem todas as questões do Exame Unificado, e ainda uma bateria de questões extras de outros exames da FGV e OAB não unificado. Assim, o examinando estuda pelo estilo de questões do Exame de Ordem e também ... Read more

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Sobre a Importância do Livro Como Passar na OAB para o Exame Unificado O presente livro traz solução completa em matéria de preparação para o Exame da OAB por meio de resolução de questões, trazem todas as questões do Exame Unificado, e ainda uma bateria de questões extras de outros exames da FGV e OAB não unificado. Assim, o examinando estuda pelo estilo de questões do Exame de Ordem e também
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