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Studies in Science Education in the Asia-Pacific Region

Edited by Alister Jones, Cathy Buntting, May Hung Cheng ...

Series series Routledge Research in Education
Consistent with international trends, there is an active pursuit of more engaging science education in the Asia-Pacific region. The aim of this book is to bring together some examples of research being undertaken at a range of levels, from studies of curriculum and assessment tools, to classroom case studies, and investigations into models of teacher professional learning and development. While ... Read more

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Consistent with international trends, there is an active pursuit of more engaging science education in the Asia-Pacific region. The aim of this book is to bring together some examples of research being undertaken at a range of levels, from studies of curriculum and assessment tools, to classroom case studies, and investigations into models of teacher professional learning and development. While
... Read more
Curriculum and Imagination

Process Theory, Pedagogy and Action Research

by James McKernan ...

Curriculum and Imagination describes an alternative ‘process’ model for designing developing, implementing and evaluating curriculum, suggesting that curriculum may be designed by specifying an educational process which contains key principles of procedure.This comprehensive and authoritative book:offers a practical and theoretical plan for curriculum-making without objectivesshows that a ... Read more

$86.56 CAD

Curriculum and Imagination describes an alternative ‘process’ model for designing developing, implementing and evaluating curriculum, suggesting that curriculum may be designed by specifying an educational process which contains key principles of procedure.This comprehensive and authoritative book:offers a practical and theoretical plan for curriculum-making without objectivesshows that a
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Racial Literacies and Social Studies

Curriculum, Instruction, and Learning

Edited by LaGarrett J. King ...

Series series Research and Practice in Social Studies Series
This volume collects the work of historians, researchers, and classroom teachers to define what it means to be a racially literate educator and citizen. History classes should be spaces in which all students learn about their predecessors’ legacies as a context for understanding and decision-making in contemporary society. In reality, the historical experiences of people of color are additive at ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

This volume collects the work of historians, researchers, and classroom teachers to define what it means to be a racially literate educator and citizen. History classes should be spaces in which all students learn about their predecessors’ legacies as a context for understanding and decision-making in contemporary society. In reality, the historical experiences of people of color are additive at
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Pragmatism, Post-modernism, and Complexity Theory

The "Fascinating Imaginative Realm" of William E. Doll, Jr.

Edited by Donna Trueit ...

Series series Studies in Curriculum Theory Series
The first collection of the key works of the major curriculum studies scholar William E. Doll, Jr., this volume provides an overview of his scholarship over his fifty-year career and documents the theoretical and practical contribution he has made to the field . The book is organized in five thematic sections: Personal Reflections; Dewey, Piaget, Bruner, Whitehead: Process And Transformation; ... Read more

$111.30 CAD

The first collection of the key works of the major curriculum studies scholar William E. Doll, Jr., this volume provides an overview of his scholarship over his fifty-year career and documents the theoretical and practical contribution he has made to the field . The book is organized in five thematic sections: Personal Reflections; Dewey, Piaget, Bruner, Whitehead: Process And Transformation;
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Developing a Didactic Framework Across and Beyond School Subjects

Cross- and Transcurricular Teaching

Edited by Søren Harnow Klausen, Nina Mård ...

Series series Routledge Research in Education
Centered around a contemporary conception of Bildung, this book effectively demonstrates how the aims of cross- and transcurricular teaching can be reconciled, resulting in a didactic framework for teaching and learning in secondary schools that can be applied internationally.Chapters present a nuanced and unified approach to fusing theory and practice by offering accounts of some of the most ... Read more

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Centered around a contemporary conception of Bildung, this book effectively demonstrates how the aims of cross- and transcurricular teaching can be reconciled, resulting in a didactic framework for teaching and learning in secondary schools that can be applied internationally.Chapters present a nuanced and unified approach to fusing theory and practice by offering accounts of some of the most
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Teaching With Text-Based Questions

Helping Students Analyze Nonfiction and Visual Texts

by Kevin Thomas Smith ...

Help your students navigate complex texts in history/social studies and English language arts! This book shows you how to use a key tool—text-based questions—to build students’ literacy and critical thinking skills and meet the Common Core State Standards. You’ll learn how to ask text-based questions about different types of nonfiction and visual texts, including primary and secondary sources, ... Read more

$54.95 CAD

Help your students navigate complex texts in history/social studies and English language arts! This book shows you how to use a key tool—text-based questions—to build students’ literacy and critical thinking skills and meet the Common Core State Standards. You’ll learn how to ask text-based questions about different types of nonfiction and visual texts, including primary and secondary sources,
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What Is Curriculum Theory?

by William F. Pinar ...

Series series Studies in Curriculum Theory Series
This primer for prospective and practicing teachers asks students to question the historical present and their relation to it, and in so doing, reflect on their own understandings of what it means to teach, to study, to educate, and to become educated in the present moment in the places we inhabit.Not only the implementation of objectives to be assessed by standardized tests, curriculum is ... Read more

$101.68 CAD

This primer for prospective and practicing teachers asks students to question the historical present and their relation to it, and in so doing, reflect on their own understandings of what it means to teach, to study, to educate, and to become educated in the present moment in the places we inhabit.Not only the implementation of objectives to be assessed by standardized tests, curriculum is
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Hope in a Collapsing World

Youth, Theatre, and Listening as a Political Alternative

by Kathleen Gallagher ...

For young people, the space of the drama classroom can be a space for deep learning as they struggle across difference to create something together with common purpose. Collaborating across institutions, theatres, and community spaces, the research in Hope in a Collapsing World mobilizes theatre to build its methodology and create new data with young people as they seek the language of performance ... Read more

$31.99 CAD

For young people, the space of the drama classroom can be a space for deep learning as they struggle across difference to create something together with common purpose. Collaborating across institutions, theatres, and community spaces, the research in Hope in a Collapsing World mobilizes theatre to build its methodology and create new data with young people as they seek the language of performance
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A Handbook of Persuasive Tactics

A Practical Language Guide

by Joan Mulholland ...

Most people have to communicate with colleagues every day and persuade them to understand their opinions or to accept their views. This handbook is intended for anyone who is interested in such goal-oriented language. It extracts 300 persuasive tactics from research findings in communication, linguistics, pragmatics and related fields, and presents them in a clear, concise and consistent manner. ... Read more

$107.17 CAD

Most people have to communicate with colleagues every day and persuade them to understand their opinions or to accept their views. This handbook is intended for anyone who is interested in such goal-oriented language. It extracts 300 persuasive tactics from research findings in communication, linguistics, pragmatics and related fields, and presents them in a clear, concise and consistent manner.
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Prompts for Young Writers

by Colorado Authors League ...

The idea for Prompts for Young Writers was created as a gesture of good faith to help parents and teachers that could use more materials during these trying times. The Colorado Authors League called upon its members to submit a page or two of writing prompts to help get creativity flowing. We hope it helps and inspires many minds. ... Read more

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The idea for Prompts for Young Writers was created as a gesture of good faith to help parents and teachers that could use more materials during these trying times. The Colorado Authors League called upon its members to submit a page or two of writing prompts to help get creativity flowing. We hope it helps and inspires many minds.
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Global Citizenship Education in Australian Schools

Leadership, Teacher and Student Perspectives

by Andrew Peterson ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book explores how Australian secondary schools prepare their students for global citizenship. Globalisation has irrevocably changed modern countries and societies, and the benefits and pressures this brings are being felt as never before. Drawing on empirical data from six Australian secondary schools, the author examines how school leaders and teachers understand global citizenship, how they ... Read more

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This book explores how Australian secondary schools prepare their students for global citizenship. Globalisation has irrevocably changed modern countries and societies, and the benefits and pressures this brings are being felt as never before. Drawing on empirical data from six Australian secondary schools, the author examines how school leaders and teachers understand global citizenship, how they
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Improving Learning Outcomes in Schools

Understanding the Challenge of Quality in the Indian Context

Edited by N. V. Varghese, Vrinda Sarup, Anuradha De, Amarjeet Sinha ...

Series series Public Policy in India
What does ‘quality education’ truly mean, and how can we ensure it is accessible to all children, regardless of their background? This book delves into these pressing questions, offering a comprehensive exploration of the challenges and opportunities within India’s education system.Why do millions of children in India attend school yet still struggle to acquire basic literacy and numeracy skills? ... Read more

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What does ‘quality education’ truly mean, and how can we ensure it is accessible to all children, regardless of their background? This book delves into these pressing questions, offering a comprehensive exploration of the challenges and opportunities within India’s education system.Why do millions of children in India attend school yet still struggle to acquire basic literacy and numeracy skills?
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Collaboration, Communications, and Critical Thinking

A STEM-Inspired Path across the Curriculum

by Dennis Adams, Mary Hamm ...

This book makes a case for a STEM-based approach across the curriculum by highlighting the potential impacts of rapid societal change, newly emerging information technologies, and the increasing demand for a new generation of skillful and well-rounded citizens and workers. The book discusses how thinking skills, collaborative learning, communications-related information technologies, science and ... Read more

$45.39 CAD

This book makes a case for a STEM-based approach across the curriculum by highlighting the potential impacts of rapid societal change, newly emerging information technologies, and the increasing demand for a new generation of skillful and well-rounded citizens and workers. The book discusses how thinking skills, collaborative learning, communications-related information technologies, science and
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Learning to Teach English in the Secondary School

A Companion to School Experience

Edited by Jon Davison, Caroline Daly, Caroline Davy, John Yandell ...

Series series Learning to Teach Subjects in the Secondary School Series
Fully updated to reflect changes in teacher education and the curriculum, the Fifth Edition of Learning to Teach English in the Secondary School explores the background to debates about teaching the subject, alongside tasks, teaching ideas and further reading to expand upon issues and ideas raised in the book.Including chapters on planning, changes to the assessment system, language teaching, and ... Read more

$67.32 CAD

Fully updated to reflect changes in teacher education and the curriculum, the Fifth Edition of Learning to Teach English in the Secondary School explores the background to debates about teaching the subject, alongside tasks, teaching ideas and further reading to expand upon issues and ideas raised in the book.Including chapters on planning, changes to the assessment system, language teaching, and
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Misrepresentation and Silence in United States History Textbooks

The Politics of Historical Oblivion

by Mneesha Gellman ...

Series series Education (R0)
This open access book investigates how representation of Native Americans and Mexican-origin im/migrants takes place in high school history textbooks. Manually analyzing text and images in United States textbooks from the 1950s to 2022, the book documents stories of White victory and domination over Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) groups that disproportionately fill educational ... Read more

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This open access book investigates how representation of Native Americans and Mexican-origin im/migrants takes place in high school history textbooks. Manually analyzing text and images in United States textbooks from the 1950s to 2022, the book documents stories of White victory and domination over Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) groups that disproportionately fill educational
... Read more
Educating for Wisdom and Compassion

Creating Conditions for Timeless Learning

by John P. Miller ...

"A clearly written, concise, and inspired book…"-Lourdes ArguellesProfessor of Education and Cultural StudiesClaremont Graduate UniversityBlending philosophy, research, and three decades of practice, the author offers an engaging discussion of essential principles of timeless learning, including attention, contemplation, connection, participation, responsibility, wholeness, and joy. Educators in ... Read more

$39.19 CAD

"A clearly written, concise, and inspired book…"-Lourdes ArguellesProfessor of Education and Cultural StudiesClaremont Graduate UniversityBlending philosophy, research, and three decades of practice, the author offers an engaging discussion of essential principles of timeless learning, including attention, contemplation, connection, participation, responsibility, wholeness, and joy. Educators in
... Read more
Number Sense and the Days of School

by Christopher Casey ...

Math is patterns. Understanding this fundamental idea is a key to a greater appreciation of mathematics. If students are familiar with various patterns in math, and are geared to look for patterns, they will have a better understanding of how numbers go together, and come apart. They will see relationships between numbers.This unit is a way to help students recognize, seek out, and understand math ... Read more

$13.99 CAD

Math is patterns. Understanding this fundamental idea is a key to a greater appreciation of mathematics. If students are familiar with various patterns in math, and are geared to look for patterns, they will have a better understanding of how numbers go together, and come apart. They will see relationships between numbers.This unit is a way to help students recognize, seek out, and understand math
... Read more
Simply Notetaking and Speedwriting

Learn How to Take Notes Simply and Effectively

by Kristine Setting Clark ...

Simply Notetaking and Speedwriting is a simple and effective notetaking program that is essential to student academic success. Notetaking is a major component in learning and understanding how to recognize and identify main ideas, key facts and details. Simply Notetaking and Speedwriting will also teach the student how to record notes in various formats and how to utilize notetaking when studying ... Read more

$29.49 CAD

Simply Notetaking and Speedwriting is a simple and effective notetaking program that is essential to student academic success. Notetaking is a major component in learning and understanding how to recognize and identify main ideas, key facts and details. Simply Notetaking and Speedwriting will also teach the student how to record notes in various formats and how to utilize notetaking when studying
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Reclaiming the Multicultural Roots of U.S. Curriculum

Communities of Color and Official Knowledge in Education

by Wayne Au, Anthony L. Brown, Dolores Calderón ...

Series series Multicultural Education Series
Within curriculum studies, a “master narrative” has developed into a canon that is predominantly White, male, and associated with institutions of higher education. This canon has systematically neglected communities of color, all of which were engaged in their own critical conversations about the type of education that would best benefit their children. Building upon earlier work that reviewed ... Read more

$42.89 CAD

Within curriculum studies, a “master narrative” has developed into a canon that is predominantly White, male, and associated with institutions of higher education. This canon has systematically neglected communities of color, all of which were engaged in their own critical conversations about the type of education that would best benefit their children. Building upon earlier work that reviewed
... Read more
Assessment for Education

Standards, Judgement and Moderation

by Val Klenowski, Claire Maree Wyatt-Smith ...

′This is a very exciting book and should be read widely by anyone who wants a better understanding of the role of assessment in the diverse, globalised, digital societies of the 21st century.′- Professor Mary James, University of Cambridge, President, British Educational Research Association′Highly readable and thoroughly researched, this call for a new vision of education deserves to be ready by ... Read more

$86.39 CAD

′This is a very exciting book and should be read widely by anyone who wants a better understanding of the role of assessment in the diverse, globalised, digital societies of the 21st century.′- Professor Mary James, University of Cambridge, President, British Educational Research Association′Highly readable and thoroughly researched, this call for a new vision of education deserves to be ready by
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Transforming Teacher Education Through the Epistemic Core of Chemistry

Empirical Evidence and Practical Strategies

by Sibel Erduran, Ebru Kaya ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book synthesizes theoretical perspectives, empirical evidence and practical strategies for improving teacher education in chemistry. Many chemistry lessons involve mindless “cookbook” activities where students and teachers follow recipes, memorise formulae and recall facts without understanding how and why knowledge in chemistry works. Capitalising on traditionally disparate areas of research ... Read more

$64.09 CAD

This book synthesizes theoretical perspectives, empirical evidence and practical strategies for improving teacher education in chemistry. Many chemistry lessons involve mindless “cookbook” activities where students and teachers follow recipes, memorise formulae and recall facts without understanding how and why knowledge in chemistry works. Capitalising on traditionally disparate areas of research
... Read more
What Your Fifth Grader Needs to Know

Fundamentals of a Good Fifth-Grade Education

by Core Knowledge Foundation, E.D. Hirsch Jr. ...

Series series The Core Knowledge Series
What should your child learn in the fifth grade? How can you help him or her at home? This book answers these important questions and more, offering the specific shared knowledge that thousands of parents and teachers across the nation have agreed upon for American fifth graders. Featuring sixteen pages of illustrations, a bolder, easier-to-follow format, and a thoroughly updated curriculum, What ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

What should your child learn in the fifth grade? How can you help him or her at home? This book answers these important questions and more, offering the specific shared knowledge that thousands of parents and teachers across the nation have agreed upon for American fifth graders. Featuring sixteen pages of illustrations, a bolder, easier-to-follow format, and a thoroughly updated curriculum, What
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How to Assess Higher-Order Thinking Skills in Your Classroom

by Susan M. Brookhart ...

Educators know it's important to get students to engage in "higher-order thinking." But what does higher-order thinking actually look like? And how can K-12 classroom teachers assess it across the disciplines? Author, consultant, and former classroom teacher Susan M. Brookhart answers these questions and more in this straightforward, practical guide to assessment that can help teachers determine ... Read more

$35.19 CAD

Educators know it's important to get students to engage in "higher-order thinking." But what does higher-order thinking actually look like? And how can K-12 classroom teachers assess it across the disciplines? Author, consultant, and former classroom teacher Susan M. Brookhart answers these questions and more in this straightforward, practical guide to assessment that can help teachers determine
... Read more
So Much More than the ABCs

The Early Phases of Reading and Writing, Revised Edition

by Molly F. Collins, Judith A. Schickedanz ...

Laying a Strong Foundation for Literacy in the Early YearsA child’s literacy development begins long before their formal education does. The skills and knowledge that infants, toddlers, and preschoolers acquire through meaningful, playful language and literacy experiences are the building blocks of their later success in reading and writing.How do early childhood educators foster young children’s ... Read more

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Laying a Strong Foundation for Literacy in the Early YearsA child’s literacy development begins long before their formal education does. The skills and knowledge that infants, toddlers, and preschoolers acquire through meaningful, playful language and literacy experiences are the building blocks of their later success in reading and writing.How do early childhood educators foster young children’s
... Read more

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