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Nature-Based Early Childhood Education

by Monica Wiedel-Lubinski ...

In recent years, a renewed interest to unplug and get back to basics has brought nature-learning to the forefront of early childhood education. Until now, nature-based approaches have been loosely lumped into a bucket of environmental education, outdoor education, or recreation unless a school or program explicitly refers to itself as a forest or nature preschool, forest kindergarten, or something ... Read more

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In recent years, a renewed interest to unplug and get back to basics has brought nature-learning to the forefront of early childhood education. Until now, nature-based approaches have been loosely lumped into a bucket of environmental education, outdoor education, or recreation unless a school or program explicitly refers to itself as a forest or nature preschool, forest kindergarten, or something
... Read more
Creativity in the English Curriculum

Historical Perspectives and Future Directions

by Lorna Smith ...

Series series National Association for the Teaching of English (NATE)
Creativity in the English Curriculum is essential reading for anyone involved or interested in the teaching of English, offering both a detailed history of how creativity has informed the tradition of teaching English, and how it should be used to position this teaching in the future.Highlighting the need to promote creativity as a rich, intellectual pursuit, Creativity in the English Curriculum ... Read more

$56.99 CAD

Creativity in the English Curriculum is essential reading for anyone involved or interested in the teaching of English, offering both a detailed history of how creativity has informed the tradition of teaching English, and how it should be used to position this teaching in the future.Highlighting the need to promote creativity as a rich, intellectual pursuit, Creativity in the English Curriculum
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Place, Race, and Identity Formation

Autobiographical Intersections in a Curriculum Theorist's Daily Life

by Ed Douglas McKnight ...

Series series Studies in Curriculum Theory Series
In this work of curriculum theory, Ed Douglas McKnight addresses and explores the intersections between place (with specific discussion of Kincheloe’s and Pinar’s conceptualization of place and identity) and race (specifically Winthrop Jordan’s historical analysis of race as an Anglo-European construction that became the foundation of a white mythos). To that end, he employs a form of narrative ... Read more

$86.56 CAD

In this work of curriculum theory, Ed Douglas McKnight addresses and explores the intersections between place (with specific discussion of Kincheloe’s and Pinar’s conceptualization of place and identity) and race (specifically Winthrop Jordan’s historical analysis of race as an Anglo-European construction that became the foundation of a white mythos). To that end, he employs a form of narrative
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Cognitive Science Foundations of Instruction

Edited by Mitchell Rabinowitz ...

This volume presents and discusses current research that makes the connection between cognitive theory and instructional application. Addressing two general issues, the first set of chapters specifies the relation between cognitive theory and the development and evaluation of instruction, while the second set deals with the questions involved in understanding and assessing cognitive skills.The ... Read more

$83.81 CAD

This volume presents and discusses current research that makes the connection between cognitive theory and instructional application. Addressing two general issues, the first set of chapters specifies the relation between cognitive theory and the development and evaluation of instruction, while the second set deals with the questions involved in understanding and assessing cognitive skills.The
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Effective Unit Design for Higher Education Courses

A Guide for Instructors

by Sharon A. Cooper, Siva Krishnan ...

A clear and concise course design is integral to effective student learning in units of study; however, unit design can be a daunting task for academics. Effective Unit Design for Higher Education Courses is a practical resource based on theoretical foundations, designed to assist both professional course designers and academics with varied levels of curriculum design and development experience or ... Read more

$83.81 CAD

A clear and concise course design is integral to effective student learning in units of study; however, unit design can be a daunting task for academics. Effective Unit Design for Higher Education Courses is a practical resource based on theoretical foundations, designed to assist both professional course designers and academics with varied levels of curriculum design and development experience or
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Issues in History Teaching

Edited by James Arthur, UNIVERSITY OF WALES SWANSEA ROBERT PHILLIPS ...

Series series Issues in Teaching Series
Written by a range of history professionals, including HMIs, this book provides excellent ideas on the teaching, learning and organization of history in primary and secondary schools. ... Read more

$79.69 CAD

Written by a range of history professionals, including HMIs, this book provides excellent ideas on the teaching, learning and organization of history in primary and secondary schools.
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Critical Multiculturalism

Theory and Praxis

Edited by Stephen May, Christine E. Sleeter ...

Critical multiculturalism has emerged over the last decade as a direct challenge to liberal or benevolent forms of multicultural education. By integrating and advancing various critical theoretical threads such as anti-racist education, critical race theory, and critical pedagogy, critical multiculturalism has offered a fuller analysis of oppression and institutionalization of unequal power ... Read more

$111.30 CAD

Critical multiculturalism has emerged over the last decade as a direct challenge to liberal or benevolent forms of multicultural education. By integrating and advancing various critical theoretical threads such as anti-racist education, critical race theory, and critical pedagogy, critical multiculturalism has offered a fuller analysis of oppression and institutionalization of unequal power
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Developing Generic Support for Doctoral Students

Practice and pedagogy

Edited by Susan Carter, Deborah Laurs ...

This multidisciplinary, multi-voiced book looks at the practice and pedagogy of generic, across-campus support for doctoral students. With a global imperative for increased doctoral completions, universities around the world are providing more generic support. This book represents collegial cross-fertilisation focussed on generic pedagogy, provided by contributors who are practitioners working and ... Read more

$89.31 CAD

This multidisciplinary, multi-voiced book looks at the practice and pedagogy of generic, across-campus support for doctoral students. With a global imperative for increased doctoral completions, universities around the world are providing more generic support. This book represents collegial cross-fertilisation focussed on generic pedagogy, provided by contributors who are practitioners working and
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Global Learning and Sustainable Development

Edited by Helen Gadsby, Andrea Bullivant ...

Series series Teaching contemporary themes in secondary education
Global learning and sustainable development encompass some of the key ideas and challenges facing the world today: challenges such as climate change, globalization and interdependence. Schools increasingly recognize the role of education in addressing these issues with young people, but exploring global issues across the curriculum requires a considerable amount of time and planning across ... Read more

$79.69 CAD

Global learning and sustainable development encompass some of the key ideas and challenges facing the world today: challenges such as climate change, globalization and interdependence. Schools increasingly recognize the role of education in addressing these issues with young people, but exploring global issues across the curriculum requires a considerable amount of time and planning across
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Teaching Across the Early Years 3-7

Curriculum Coherence and Continuity

Edited by Hilary Cooper, Chris Sixsmith ...

This practical and accessible book explores ways of developing continuity and coherence in children's learning from three to seven years old. It is based around three case studies in which tutors on Initial Teacher Training courses worked with early years practitioners in three different pre-school settings, each linked to a primary school. The book describes how they successfully managed to plan ... Read more

$96.18 CAD

This practical and accessible book explores ways of developing continuity and coherence in children's learning from three to seven years old. It is based around three case studies in which tutors on Initial Teacher Training courses worked with early years practitioners in three different pre-school settings, each linked to a primary school. The book describes how they successfully managed to plan
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Deschooling the Imagination

Critical Thought as Social Practice

by Eric J. Weiner ...

"Deschooling the Imagination: Critical Thought as Social Practice" is, first, a book that looks at what it means to be actively engaged in developing a critical/creative mindset against the prevailing ideology of our public schools. Second, it is a book about the social/cultural relationship between what and how we learn on one hand and our imaginative capacities on the other. Finally, but equally ... Read more

$92.06 CAD

"Deschooling the Imagination: Critical Thought as Social Practice" is, first, a book that looks at what it means to be actively engaged in developing a critical/creative mindset against the prevailing ideology of our public schools. Second, it is a book about the social/cultural relationship between what and how we learn on one hand and our imaginative capacities on the other. Finally, but equally
... Read more
Curriculum Theory, History, and Applications for Education

by J. Spencer Clark ...

Curriculum Theory, History, and Applications for Education serves as a comprehensive guide to curriculum history, theory, and contemporary curriculum applications, offering essential context for modern curriculum theories and courses. This textbook begins with a concise history of twentieth-century curriculum ideology and development, offering essential context for modern curriculum theories and ... Read more

$104.42 CAD

Curriculum Theory, History, and Applications for Education serves as a comprehensive guide to curriculum history, theory, and contemporary curriculum applications, offering essential context for modern curriculum theories and courses. This textbook begins with a concise history of twentieth-century curriculum ideology and development, offering essential context for modern curriculum theories and
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Les dimensions linguistiques de toutes les matières scolaires

Guide pour l'élaboration des curriculums et pour la formation des enseignants

by Jean-Claude Beacco, Mike Fleming, Francis Goullier, Eike Thürmann, Helmut Vollmer ...

La maîtrise de la langue de scolarisation est essentielle pour développer chez les élèves les compétences nécessaires à la réussite scolaire et à la réflexion critique. Elle est fondamentale pour la participation à nos sociétés démocratiques, pour l’inclusion et la cohésion sociales. Ce guide est un document politique et un instrument de travail qui prône la convergence et la cohérence entre les ... Read more

$24.99 CAD

La maîtrise de la langue de scolarisation est essentielle pour développer chez les élèves les compétences nécessaires à la réussite scolaire et à la réflexion critique. Elle est fondamentale pour la participation à nos sociétés démocratiques, pour l’inclusion et la cohésion sociales. Ce guide est un document politique et un instrument de travail qui prône la convergence et la cohérence entre les
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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
... Read more
Transnational Curriculum Standards and Classroom Practices

The New Meaning of Teaching

Edited by Ninni Wahlström, Daniel Sundberg ...

Focusing on the meaning of teaching, Transnational Curriculum Standards and Classroom Practices contributes to a deepened understanding of what it means to be a teacher in an institutional context ranked high on the policymakers’ agenda. While the policy literature emphasises efficiency in teaching, educational research demonstrates an awareness of the importance of alternative perspectives on ... Read more

$86.56 CAD

Focusing on the meaning of teaching, Transnational Curriculum Standards and Classroom Practices contributes to a deepened understanding of what it means to be a teacher in an institutional context ranked high on the policymakers’ agenda. While the policy literature emphasises efficiency in teaching, educational research demonstrates an awareness of the importance of alternative perspectives on
... Read more
Computers, Curriculum, and Cultural Change

An Introduction for Teachers

by Jr. Provenzo ...

Computers, Curriculum, and Cultural Change: An Introduction for Teachers, Second Edition is a comprehensive introduction to using computers in educational settings. What distinguishes this text from others on the topic is its focus on:*the issue of how computers are redefining our culture and society and the work of schools;*the idea of using the computer as a tool for increasing efficiency and ... Read more

$119.54 CAD

Computers, Curriculum, and Cultural Change: An Introduction for Teachers, Second Edition is a comprehensive introduction to using computers in educational settings. What distinguishes this text from others on the topic is its focus on:*the issue of how computers are redefining our culture and society and the work of schools;*the idea of using the computer as a tool for increasing efficiency and
... Read more
Genocide Literature in Middle and Secondary Classrooms

Rhetoric, Witnessing, and Social Action in a Time of Standards and Accountability

by Sarah Donovan ...

At the heart of this inquiry into the ethical implications of education reform on reading practices in middle and secondary classrooms, the central question is what is lost, hidden, or marginalized in the name of progress? Drawing on her own experiences as an English teacher during the No Child Left Behind era, the author examines school cultures focused on meeting standards and measurable ... Read more

$86.56 CAD

At the heart of this inquiry into the ethical implications of education reform on reading practices in middle and secondary classrooms, the central question is what is lost, hidden, or marginalized in the name of progress? Drawing on her own experiences as an English teacher during the No Child Left Behind era, the author examines school cultures focused on meeting standards and measurable
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The Critical Enterprise

English Studies in Higher Education

by Raymond Cowell ...

Series series Routledge Library Editions: Higher Education
Originally published in 1975, The Critical Enterprise looks at how the expansion and diversification of English Studies was shaping and was shaped by the Higher Education curriculum. The book looks at how students of sixth forms, colleges, polytechnics and universities alike found an increasing emphasis on interdisciplinary studies and how this opened new ways of studying new subjects. The book ... Read more

$68.70 CAD

Originally published in 1975, The Critical Enterprise looks at how the expansion and diversification of English Studies was shaping and was shaped by the Higher Education curriculum. The book looks at how students of sixth forms, colleges, polytechnics and universities alike found an increasing emphasis on interdisciplinary studies and how this opened new ways of studying new subjects. The book
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Queer Activism in South African Education

Disrupting Cis(hetero)normativity in Schools

by Dennis A. Francis ...

Series series Routledge Critical Studies in Gender and Sexuality in Education
Offering a vital, critical contribution to debates on gender, sexuality and schooling in South Africa, this book highlights how South African educational practices, discourses and structures normalize cisheteronormativity, along with how these are resisted within schools and through contemporary forms of activism.Not only does it add fresh insights to the existing research literature on gender, ... Read more

$83.81 CAD

Offering a vital, critical contribution to debates on gender, sexuality and schooling in South Africa, this book highlights how South African educational practices, discourses and structures normalize cisheteronormativity, along with how these are resisted within schools and through contemporary forms of activism.Not only does it add fresh insights to the existing research literature on gender,
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Integrating Literature in the Disciplines

Enhancing Adolescent Learning and Literacy

by Sharon Kane ...

The Second Edition of this practical and comprehensive resource offers a multitude of ways to incorporate literature into teaching and learning across a range of disciplines. Future and practicing teachers, librarians, instructional coaches, and school leaders can implement the ideas within this text to improve the literacy skills and knowledge of students, while also addressing standards and ... Read more

$92.06 CAD

The Second Edition of this practical and comprehensive resource offers a multitude of ways to incorporate literature into teaching and learning across a range of disciplines. Future and practicing teachers, librarians, instructional coaches, and school leaders can implement the ideas within this text to improve the literacy skills and knowledge of students, while also addressing standards and
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教育大未來1：軟體打造科技大未來——程式設計是下一代最重要的生存技能

by 羅曼如, 徐宏義 ...

Series series 商周教育館
科技是未來進步之鑰，程式設計是未來人力熱門需求！你，還認為小孩學程式設計只是一種才藝學習嗎？科技迅速改變我們的生活，程式設計不只是未來進步之鑰，更是未來人力熱門需求！軟體正在吃下全世界，科技未來世界就在眼前。但讓硬體運轉的是軟體，所以創客訓練和學習程式設計正蔚為風潮，也是科技社會重要趨勢。孩子的未來不能等，擁抱程式學習，擁抱科技，你還在遲疑嗎？作者徐宏義與羅曼如長年關心教育與科技發展，因而成立了EDUx基金會，提倡以數位科技和新的學習方式，希望能改變下一代的學習方式。在本書第一部中，他們先以各種生活中的例子，如Drone（無人機）、Amazon、Facebook、Spotify、Airbnb、Twitter……說明軟體在各種領域，如零售、娛樂、音樂、電玩遊戲、電影、汽車、醫療、教育……等有何等威力，分析為何科技是我們的未來；接著，他們介紹了未來學家眼中的未來面貌，這是未來十年、二十年… ... Read more

$10.99 CAD

科技是未來進步之鑰，程式設計是未來人力熱門需求！你，還認為小孩學程式設計只是一種才藝學習嗎？科技迅速改變我們的生活，程式設計不只是未來進步之鑰，更是未來人力熱門需求！軟體正在吃下全世界，科技未來世界就在眼前。但讓硬體運轉的是軟體，所以創客訓練和學習程式設計正蔚為風潮，也是科技社會重要趨勢。孩子的未來不能等，擁抱程式學習，擁抱科技，你還在遲疑嗎？作者徐宏義與羅曼如長年關心教育與科技發展，因而成立了EDUx基金會，提倡以數位科技和新的學習方式，希望能改變下一代的學習方式。在本書第一部中，他們先以各種生活中的例子，如Drone（無人機）、Amazon、Facebook、Spotify、Airbnb、Twitter……說明軟體在各種領域，如零售、娛樂、音樂、電玩遊戲、電影、汽車、醫療、教育……等有何等威力，分析為何科技是我們的未來；接著，他們介紹了未來學家眼中的未來面貌，這是未來十年、二十年…
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Educación profesional en salud

by Karim Garzón Díaz, Angy Villamil Duarte, Francisco Olmos Vega, Juan Fernando Enríquez Ojeda, Esther Roxana Palacios Ortega, Natallie Jurado Sanabria, Catalina Bernal Lopera, Carolina Prieto Saldarriaga, Luis Fernando Pinto Peñaranda, Claudia Ximena Henao Méndez ...

Esta obra se constituye en la primera edición de una colección académica que refleja las indagaciones educativas realizadas por estudiantes de las primeras cohortes de los programas de Especialización y Maestría en Educación para Profesionales de la Salud, ofrecidos en convenio, por la Universidad del Rosario y la Universidad Javeriana. El libro está estructurado en cinco secciones centradas en: ... Read more

$12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Esta obra se constituye en la primera edición de una colección académica que refleja las indagaciones educativas realizadas por estudiantes de las primeras cohortes de los programas de Especialización y Maestría en Educación para Profesionales de la Salud, ofrecidos en convenio, por la Universidad del Rosario y la Universidad Javeriana. El libro está estructurado en cinco secciones centradas en:
... Read more
Public Acts

Disruptive Readings on Making Curriculum Public

Edited by Francisco Ibáñez-Carrasco, Erica Meiners ...

Series series Reconstructing the Public Sphere in Curriculum Studies
As this book documents local, specific, and contextualized acts of resistance and offers a detailed analysis of varied forms of public literacies, it functions as a template to inform and inspire resistant practices in diverse communities. ... Read more

$92.06 CAD

As this book documents local, specific, and contextualized acts of resistance and offers a detailed analysis of varied forms of public literacies, it functions as a template to inform and inspire resistant practices in diverse communities.
... Read more
Getting Boys Up and Running in the Early Years

Creating stimulating places and spaces for learning

by Julie Cigman ...

Getting Boys Up and Running in the Early Years addresses the fact that boys do less well than girls in all areas of learning in the Early Years and continue to lag behind girls in assessments throughout their school careers. This book draws on current research to provide practical advice on ways in which Early Years practitioners can create positive learning environments for all children. It ... Read more

$68.70 CAD

Getting Boys Up and Running in the Early Years addresses the fact that boys do less well than girls in all areas of learning in the Early Years and continue to lag behind girls in assessments throughout their school careers. This book draws on current research to provide practical advice on ways in which Early Years practitioners can create positive learning environments for all children. It
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