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Scholarly Publication Trajectories of Early-career Scholars

Insider Perspectives

Edited by Pejman Habibie, Sally Burgess ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
This edited book addresses the complex topic of writing for scholarly publication by early-career scholars. Drawing on self-study and auto-ethnographic perspectives, a group of international early-career researchers share their personal histories, narratives and first-hand accounts of their scholarly publication practices. The book helps paint a richer and more nuanced picture of the experiences, ... Read more

$115.29 CAD

This edited book addresses the complex topic of writing for scholarly publication by early-career scholars. Drawing on self-study and auto-ethnographic perspectives, a group of international early-career researchers share their personal histories, narratives and first-hand accounts of their scholarly publication practices. The book helps paint a richer and more nuanced picture of the experiences,
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Post-Anthropocene Civic and Global Education Studies

Beyond Posthuman Perspectives

by Peter Appelbaum ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book explores community action within our more-than-human lifeworld, tackling post-Anthropocene challenges. It presents bold experiments, shifting from crisis study to asking, "How are we here?". It addresses key issues by moving beyond posthuman perspectives, integrating indigenous ways of being, resisting ‘Doomer Culture’, and rejecting blind ‘Hopeism’. Part 1 focuses on Post-Anthropocene ... Read more

$179.39 CAD

This book explores community action within our more-than-human lifeworld, tackling post-Anthropocene challenges. It presents bold experiments, shifting from crisis study to asking, "How are we here?". It addresses key issues by moving beyond posthuman perspectives, integrating indigenous ways of being, resisting ‘Doomer Culture’, and rejecting blind ‘Hopeism’. Part 1 focuses on Post-Anthropocene
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Authentic Assessment in Social Studies

A Guide to Keeping it Real in the Age of A.I.

by David Sherrin ...

Now in its second edition, this book shows you how to move beyond tests, and even essay writing, to implement authentic assessments in your middle or high school social studies classroom.Award-winning teacher David Sherrin explains the value of authentic assessments and offers practical ways to get started and dive deeper in your own practice. You’ll be encouraged and inspired by the real-life ... Read more

$53.58 CAD

Now in its second edition, this book shows you how to move beyond tests, and even essay writing, to implement authentic assessments in your middle or high school social studies classroom.Award-winning teacher David Sherrin explains the value of authentic assessments and offers practical ways to get started and dive deeper in your own practice. You’ll be encouraged and inspired by the real-life
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The Early Years Matter

Education, Care, and the Well-Being of Children, Birth to 8

by Marilou Hyson, Heather Biggar Tomlinson ...

Series series Early Childhood Education Series
How can early childhood educators navigate the evolving challenges of care and education in today’s world?The early years, from birth to age 8, are the most critical period for building a person’s lifelong health, learning, and behavior. In this fully revised second edition of The Early Years Matter, consultants Marilou Hyson and Heather Tomlinson provide an evidence-based, optimistic road map for ... Read more

$49.99 CAD

How can early childhood educators navigate the evolving challenges of care and education in today’s world?The early years, from birth to age 8, are the most critical period for building a person’s lifelong health, learning, and behavior. In this fully revised second edition of The Early Years Matter, consultants Marilou Hyson and Heather Tomlinson provide an evidence-based, optimistic road map for
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Die Universität im 21. Jahrhundert

Für eine neue Einheit von Lehre, Forschung und Gesellschaft

by Yehuda Elkana, Hannes Klöpper ...

Die Universität sieht sich im 21. Jahrhundert mit neuen und schwer überschaubaren Herausforderungen konfrontiert, doch verharrt sie in ihrem Denken und ihren Methoden im 19. Jahrhundert. Yehuda Elkana und Hannes Klöpper setzen ihre Vision einer zeitgemäßen Universität dagegen. Deren Hauptaufgabe wird es sein, die Studierenden auf die globalen Fragen von Gegenwart und Zukunft vorzubereiten und sie ... Read more

$22.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Die Universität sieht sich im 21. Jahrhundert mit neuen und schwer überschaubaren Herausforderungen konfrontiert, doch verharrt sie in ihrem Denken und ihren Methoden im 19. Jahrhundert. Yehuda Elkana und Hannes Klöpper setzen ihre Vision einer zeitgemäßen Universität dagegen. Deren Hauptaufgabe wird es sein, die Studierenden auf die globalen Fragen von Gegenwart und Zukunft vorzubereiten und sie
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Built Environment Education for Children and Youth

Establishing the Field

by Marta Brković Dodig, Angela Million, Rosie Parnell ...

How do children learn about the spaces in which they live, play, and grow? Built Environment Education for Children and Youth is an essential guide to a dynamic yet fragmented field, bringing together educators, architects, spatial designers and planners, as well as cultural practitioners working in museums, schools, universities, architecture centres, professional bodies, networks and private ... Read more

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How do children learn about the spaces in which they live, play, and grow? Built Environment Education for Children and Youth is an essential guide to a dynamic yet fragmented field, bringing together educators, architects, spatial designers and planners, as well as cultural practitioners working in museums, schools, universities, architecture centres, professional bodies, networks and private
... Read more
Cases of Teaching and Learning Across and Beyond K–12 Settings

Edited by Natalia Collings ...

This book compiles cases of teaching and learning that were written by practitioners from a variety of backgrounds in education—elementary school, middle school, high school, and adult instruction—in public, charter, and private institutions, face-to-face and online. Cases of Teaching and Learning Across and Beyond K-12 Settings is intended primarily for use in education courses that have students ... Read more

$58.69 CAD

This book compiles cases of teaching and learning that were written by practitioners from a variety of backgrounds in education—elementary school, middle school, high school, and adult instruction—in public, charter, and private institutions, face-to-face and online. Cases of Teaching and Learning Across and Beyond K-12 Settings is intended primarily for use in education courses that have students
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The Curriculum Foundations Reader

by Ann Marie Ryan, Charles Tocci, Seungho Moon ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book brings readers into classrooms and communities to explore critical curriculum issues in the United States throughout the twentieth century by focusing in on the voices of teachers, administrators, students, and families. Framed by an enduring question about curriculum, each chapter begins with an essay briefly reviewing the history of topics such as student resistance, sociopolitical and ... Read more

$153.69 CAD

This book brings readers into classrooms and communities to explore critical curriculum issues in the United States throughout the twentieth century by focusing in on the voices of teachers, administrators, students, and families. Framed by an enduring question about curriculum, each chapter begins with an essay briefly reviewing the history of topics such as student resistance, sociopolitical and
... Read more
STEAM Education

Theory and Practice

Edited by Myint Swe Khine, Shaljan Areepattamannil ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book looks at the value of integrating the arts and sciences in the school curriculum. It argues that this will help students further their understanding of analytical concepts through the use of creativity. The authors illustrate how schools can work towards presenting common practices, concepts, and content. Coverage features case studies and lessons learned from classrooms across the ... Read more

$204.99 CAD

This book looks at the value of integrating the arts and sciences in the school curriculum. It argues that this will help students further their understanding of analytical concepts through the use of creativity. The authors illustrate how schools can work towards presenting common practices, concepts, and content. Coverage features case studies and lessons learned from classrooms across the
... Read more
Mathematics Lesson Study Around the World

Theoretical and Methodological Issues

Edited by Marisa Quaresma, Carl Winsløw, Stéphane Clivaz, João Pedro da Ponte, Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin, Akihiko Takahashi ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book introduces the specifics of mathematics lesson study with regard to regional/national particularities, discussing the methodological and theoretical tools that can be used to pursue research on lesson study (its forms, contents, effects etc.) from an international perspective. Lesson study and learning study (LS) are becoming increasingly important in teacher education, mostly in ... Read more

$140.89 CAD

This book introduces the specifics of mathematics lesson study with regard to regional/national particularities, discussing the methodological and theoretical tools that can be used to pursue research on lesson study (its forms, contents, effects etc.) from an international perspective. Lesson study and learning study (LS) are becoming increasingly important in teacher education, mostly in
... Read more
World-Readiness Standards (General) + Language-specific document (GERMAN)

by The National Standards Collaborative Board ...

This package includes eBooks of the World-Readiness Standards AND the German language-specific standards. The World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages create a roadmap to guide learners to develop competence to communicate effectively and interact with cultural understanding. "World-Readiness" signals that the Standards have been revised with important changes to focus on the literacy ... Read more

$35.00 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This package includes eBooks of the World-Readiness Standards AND the German language-specific standards. The World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages create a roadmap to guide learners to develop competence to communicate effectively and interact with cultural understanding. "World-Readiness" signals that the Standards have been revised with important changes to focus on the literacy
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Research Anthology on Service Learning and Community Engagement Teaching Practices

Edited by Information Resources Management Association ...

The need for more empathetic and community-focused students must begin with educators, as service-learning has begun to grow in popularity throughout the years. By implementing service and community aspects into the classroom at an early age, educators have a greater chance of influencing students and creating a new generation of service-minded individuals who care about their communities. ... Read more

$1,039.99 CAD

The need for more empathetic and community-focused students must begin with educators, as service-learning has begun to grow in popularity throughout the years. By implementing service and community aspects into the classroom at an early age, educators have a greater chance of influencing students and creating a new generation of service-minded individuals who care about their communities.
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Transforming Curriculum Through Teacher-Learner Partnerships

Edited by Pradeep Nair, Michael James Keppell, Chee Leong Lim, TamilSalvi Mari, Nurhanim Hassan ...

Empowering learners for life requires a fundamental shift in higher education curriculum design. New priorities, pedagogies, technologies, spaces, and assessment strategies are required to enable learners to take ownership of their learning. “Student-centeredness” concepts are still prescriptive in nature as most decisions on curriculum, assessment, teaching, and learning approaches are still ... Read more

$227.99 CAD

Empowering learners for life requires a fundamental shift in higher education curriculum design. New priorities, pedagogies, technologies, spaces, and assessment strategies are required to enable learners to take ownership of their learning. “Student-centeredness” concepts are still prescriptive in nature as most decisions on curriculum, assessment, teaching, and learning approaches are still
... Read more
Exploring the New Era of Technology-Infused Education

Edited by Lawrence Tomei ...

Recent advancements in technology have led to significant improvements and developments within learning environments. When utilized properly, these innovations can serve as a valuable resource for educators and students. Exploring the New Era of Technology-Infused Education is a pivotal reference source for the latest scholarly research on the implementation of emerging technologies in ... Read more

$211.99 CAD

Recent advancements in technology have led to significant improvements and developments within learning environments. When utilized properly, these innovations can serve as a valuable resource for educators and students. Exploring the New Era of Technology-Infused Education is a pivotal reference source for the latest scholarly research on the implementation of emerging technologies in
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The Strong State and Curriculum Reform

Assessing the politics and possibilities of educational change in Asia

Edited by Leonel Lim, Michael W. Apple ...

Series series Routledge Research in Education Policy and Politics
As Asian education systems increasingly take on a stronger presence on the global educational landscape, of special interest is an understanding of the ways in which many of these states direct their schools towards higher achievement. What is missing, however, are accounts that take seriously the particular construction of the strong, developmental state witnessed across many Asian societies, and ... Read more

$100.30 CAD

As Asian education systems increasingly take on a stronger presence on the global educational landscape, of special interest is an understanding of the ways in which many of these states direct their schools towards higher achievement. What is missing, however, are accounts that take seriously the particular construction of the strong, developmental state witnessed across many Asian societies, and
... Read more
From Project-Based Learning to Artistic Thinking

Lessons Learned from Creating An UnHappy Meal

by Raleigh Werberger ...

This book follows the course of a year-long experiment in which the students were tasked with recreating a McDonald’s Happy Meal by making all the components - from food to packaging - by hand from local ingredients. It was meant to test a hypothesis that a very well-designed project in the arts can teach high school students academic skills and habits of mind while increasing motivation, ... Read more

$45.39 CAD

This book follows the course of a year-long experiment in which the students were tasked with recreating a McDonald’s Happy Meal by making all the components - from food to packaging - by hand from local ingredients. It was meant to test a hypothesis that a very well-designed project in the arts can teach high school students academic skills and habits of mind while increasing motivation,
... Read more
School Systems That Learn

Improving Professional Practice, Overcoming Limitations, and Diffusing Innovation

by Paul B. Ash, John P. D′Auria ...

When school systems learn, professional practice improves and student achievement increasesPicture this: Teachers sharing insights and challenges. Principals leading with trust. Central office leaders inspiring and supporting principals. A synergistic learning system that results in all students succeeding.This practitioner′s guide to creating a system-wide learning organization focuses on ... Read more

$40.79 CAD

When school systems learn, professional practice improves and student achievement increasesPicture this: Teachers sharing insights and challenges. Principals leading with trust. Central office leaders inspiring and supporting principals. A synergistic learning system that results in all students succeeding.This practitioner′s guide to creating a system-wide learning organization focuses on
... Read more
Civics in a Digital Republic

A Transformative Curriculum

by Robert A. Waterson ...

This innovative curriculum book provides key materials, resources, and tools to help secondary educators prepare their students to be engaged citizens of their community, state, nation and world. Five complete units of instruction, based on West Virginia Content Standards and Objectives, provide meaningful lessons while being mindful of the transition from tangible text to more digital curricula: ... Read more

$38.49 CAD

This innovative curriculum book provides key materials, resources, and tools to help secondary educators prepare their students to be engaged citizens of their community, state, nation and world. Five complete units of instruction, based on West Virginia Content Standards and Objectives, provide meaningful lessons while being mindful of the transition from tangible text to more digital curricula:
... Read more
International Handbook of Jewish Education

Edited by Helena Miller, Lisa D. Grant, Alex Pomson ...

Series Book 5 - International Handbooks of Religion and Education
The International Handbook of Jewish Education, a two volume publication, brings together scholars and practitioners engaged in the field of Jewish Education and its cognate fields world-wide. Their submissions make a significant contribution to our knowledge of the field of Jewish Education as we start the second decade of the 21st century.The Handbook is divided broadly into four main sections ... Read more

$626.39 CAD

The International Handbook of Jewish Education, a two volume publication, brings together scholars and practitioners engaged in the field of Jewish Education and its cognate fields world-wide. Their submissions make a significant contribution to our knowledge of the field of Jewish Education as we start the second decade of the 21st century.The Handbook is divided broadly into four main sections
... Read more
Dancing to Learn

The Brain's Cognition, Emotion, and Movement

by Judith Lynne Hanna ...

Dancing to Learn: Cognition, Emotion, and Movement explores the rationale for dance as a medium of learning to help engage educators and scientists to explore the underpinnings of dance, and dancers as well as members of the general public who are curious about new ways of comprehending dance. Among policy-makers, teachers, and parents, there is a heightened concern for successful pedagogical ... Read more

$49.69 CAD

Dancing to Learn: Cognition, Emotion, and Movement explores the rationale for dance as a medium of learning to help engage educators and scientists to explore the underpinnings of dance, and dancers as well as members of the general public who are curious about new ways of comprehending dance. Among policy-makers, teachers, and parents, there is a heightened concern for successful pedagogical
... Read more
Social Studies as New Literacies in a Global Society

Relational Cosmopolitanism in the Classroom

by Mark Baildon, James S. Damico ...

Series series Routledge Research in Education
This book reconceptualizes social studies teaching and learning in ways that will help prepare students to live in "new times" – prepared for new forms of labor in the post-industrial economy, equipped to handle new and emerging technologies and function in the new media age, and prepared to understand different perspectives to participate in an increasingly diverse, multicultural global society. ... Read more

$96.18 CAD

This book reconceptualizes social studies teaching and learning in ways that will help prepare students to live in "new times" – prepared for new forms of labor in the post-industrial economy, equipped to handle new and emerging technologies and function in the new media age, and prepared to understand different perspectives to participate in an increasingly diverse, multicultural global society.
... Read more
Teaching Matters Most

A School Leader’s Guide to Improving Classroom Instruction

by Thomas M. McCann, Alan C. Jones, Gail A. Aronoff ...

A laser-beam focus on improving instruction to improve learningSaying "teaching matters most" is easy, and seems obvious. Making it the top priority for school leaders and staff is not so easy—in fact, it′s messy. If we want to change how students write, compute, and think, then teachers must change how they teach. They must transform the old "assign-and-assess" model into engaging, compassionate, ... Read more

$39.19 CAD

A laser-beam focus on improving instruction to improve learningSaying "teaching matters most" is easy, and seems obvious. Making it the top priority for school leaders and staff is not so easy—in fact, it′s messy. If we want to change how students write, compute, and think, then teachers must change how they teach. They must transform the old "assign-and-assess" model into engaging, compassionate,
... Read more
Extreme Writing

Discovering the Writer in Every Student

by Keen J. Babbage ...

In recent years, educators have become increasingly concerned about the writing skills of students in elementary, middle, and high school. They wonder what can be done to build proper writing skills, particularly in a generation of students who may consider text messaging to be the only writing a person needs to do. Extreme Writing describes how teachers can build upon the eagerness and skills ... Read more

$61.19 CAD

In recent years, educators have become increasingly concerned about the writing skills of students in elementary, middle, and high school. They wonder what can be done to build proper writing skills, particularly in a generation of students who may consider text messaging to be the only writing a person needs to do. Extreme Writing describes how teachers can build upon the eagerness and skills
... Read more
Whitewashing War

Historical Myth, Corporate Textbooks, and Possibilities for Democratic Education

by Christopher Leahey ...

Whitewashing War explores perhaps the most critical issue social studies educators presently face: How do we teach our students about war? In this timely book, Christopher Leahey investigates how the political struggles over the social studies curriculum, the corporate domination of the textbook and testing industry, and the curricular constraints of the No Child Left Behind Act combine to stifle ... Read more

$26.39 CAD

Whitewashing War explores perhaps the most critical issue social studies educators presently face: How do we teach our students about war? In this timely book, Christopher Leahey investigates how the political struggles over the social studies curriculum, the corporate domination of the textbook and testing industry, and the curricular constraints of the No Child Left Behind Act combine to stifle
... Read more

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