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Reflections on the University Scene

by William J. Adams ...

Reflections on the University Scene presents a sample of ideas, thoughts, and points of view, intimate to the university scene. They include the nature of the university, governance, limits of dissent, academic freedom, tenure, collective bargaining, liberal education, admissions, higher education and high-tech, and memorable teachers and teaching. ... Read more

$11.19 CAD

Reflections on the University Scene presents a sample of ideas, thoughts, and points of view, intimate to the university scene. They include the nature of the university, governance, limits of dissent, academic freedom, tenure, collective bargaining, liberal education, admissions, higher education and high-tech, and memorable teachers and teaching.
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Competency-Based Education in Aviation

Exploring Alternate Training Pathways

by Suzanne K. Kearns, Timothy J. Mavin, Steven Hodge ...

Whether a trainee is studying air traffic control, piloting, maintenance engineering, or cabin crew, they must complete a set number of training 'hours' before being licensed or certified. The aviation industry is moving away from an hours-based to a competency-based training system. Within this approach, training is complete when a learner can demonstrate competent performance. Training based on ... Read more

$71.44 CAD

Whether a trainee is studying air traffic control, piloting, maintenance engineering, or cabin crew, they must complete a set number of training 'hours' before being licensed or certified. The aviation industry is moving away from an hours-based to a competency-based training system. Within this approach, training is complete when a learner can demonstrate competent performance. Training based on
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Mass Media Education in Transition

Preparing for the 21st Century

by Thomas Dickson ...

Series series Routledge Communication Series
Media educators have long been debating the nature and purpose of media education. Issues relating to new technologies and the changing state of the media industry are ongoing concerns, but some of the most difficult questions go to the actual structure of media education itself: Is it best represented as an integrated field? Should it merge with other communication subfields, or potentially split ... Read more

$107.17 CAD

Media educators have long been debating the nature and purpose of media education. Issues relating to new technologies and the changing state of the media industry are ongoing concerns, but some of the most difficult questions go to the actual structure of media education itself: Is it best represented as an integrated field? Should it merge with other communication subfields, or potentially split
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Social Work Education and the Grand Challenges

Approaches to Curricula and Field Education

Edited by R. Paul Maiden, Eugenia L. Weiss ...

The Grand Challenges for Social Work (GCSW) provides an agenda for society, and for the social work profession. The 13 GCSW have been codified by the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare and are emerging as a significant underpinning in the education of undergraduate and graduate social work students throughout the USA. This volume serves as a guide as to how this can best be ... Read more

$54.95 CAD

The Grand Challenges for Social Work (GCSW) provides an agenda for society, and for the social work profession. The 13 GCSW have been codified by the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare and are emerging as a significant underpinning in the education of undergraduate and graduate social work students throughout the USA. This volume serves as a guide as to how this can best be
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Moving from the Primary Classroom

Edited by Maurice Galton, John Willcocks ...

Series series Routledge Revivals
First published in 1983, Moving from the Primary Classroom is concerned with what happens to pupils when they change teachers in the primary school and when they move to the secondary or middle school. Although most children are well prepared for the organizational changes, they will face after transfer, the researchers found that major difficulties were encountered when pupils adjusted to the new ... Read more

$59.08 CAD

First published in 1983, Moving from the Primary Classroom is concerned with what happens to pupils when they change teachers in the primary school and when they move to the secondary or middle school. Although most children are well prepared for the organizational changes, they will face after transfer, the researchers found that major difficulties were encountered when pupils adjusted to the new
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Acts of Resistance

Subversive Teaching in the English Language Arts Classroom

Edited by Jeanne Dyches, Brandon Sams, Ashley S. Boyd ...

The first edition of Acts of Resistance: Subversive Teaching in the English Language Arts (ELA) Classroom won the 2021 Society of Professors of Education's Outstanding Book Award and garnered other nominations. The second edition includes a foreword by Ashley Hope Pérez, author of the young adult literature novel Out of Darkness, one of the most frequently banned books across U.S. classrooms. Four ... Read more

$41.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The first edition of Acts of Resistance: Subversive Teaching in the English Language Arts (ELA) Classroom won the 2021 Society of Professors of Education's Outstanding Book Award and garnered other nominations. The second edition includes a foreword by Ashley Hope Pérez, author of the young adult literature novel Out of Darkness, one of the most frequently banned books across U.S. classrooms. Four
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Geography Education Research in the UK: Retrospect and Prospect

The UK Case, Within the Global Context

by Graham Butt ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
This book provides a unique assessment of the development of research in geography education and its future prospects, offering a challenging critique of subject-based education research, with particular reference to geography education across a range of different jurisdictions. It covers a range of topics, including the changing role of research in geography education; the relationship between ... Read more

$83.29 CAD

This book provides a unique assessment of the development of research in geography education and its future prospects, offering a challenging critique of subject-based education research, with particular reference to geography education across a range of different jurisdictions. It covers a range of topics, including the changing role of research in geography education; the relationship between
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A Curriculum of Agape

Reimagining Love in the Classroom

by Stacy C. Johnson ...

The term agape has become something of a mainstream concept, as it has graced America’s television screens through commercial media. This book investigates agape and presents a timely, novel argument regarding current strains on U.S. education and student learning outcomes. It interrogates the impact of a loveless, meritocratic and exclusively Eurocentric learning environment on student engagement ... Read more

$45.09 CAD

The term agape has become something of a mainstream concept, as it has graced America’s television screens through commercial media. This book investigates agape and presents a timely, novel argument regarding current strains on U.S. education and student learning outcomes. It interrogates the impact of a loveless, meritocratic and exclusively Eurocentric learning environment on student engagement
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Eco-Rational Education

An Educational Response to Environmental Crisis

by Simone Thornton ...

Eco-Rational Education proposes an educational response to climate change, environmental degradation, and desctructive human relations to ecology through the delivery of critical land-responsive environmental education.The book argues that education is a powerful vehicle for both social change and cultural reproduction. It proposes that the prioritisation and integration of environmental education ... Read more

$81.06 CAD

Eco-Rational Education proposes an educational response to climate change, environmental degradation, and desctructive human relations to ecology through the delivery of critical land-responsive environmental education.The book argues that education is a powerful vehicle for both social change and cultural reproduction. It proposes that the prioritisation and integration of environmental education
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Successful Writing Strategies for National Board Certification

by Bobbie Faulkner ...

Series series What Works!
Successful Writing Strategies for National Board Certification leads National Board candidates through various strategies to help them write in the “National Board Style”. How a candidate writes about their teaching practice greatly impacts the success of their efforts to become a Board-Certified Teacher. Components the candidates submit depend on writing that is clear, consistent, and convincing. ... Read more

$26.29 CAD

Successful Writing Strategies for National Board Certification leads National Board candidates through various strategies to help them write in the “National Board Style”. How a candidate writes about their teaching practice greatly impacts the success of their efforts to become a Board-Certified Teacher. Components the candidates submit depend on writing that is clear, consistent, and convincing.
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Special Education in Tibet

Perspectives on the Education of Children with Special Educational Needs

by Miloň Potměšil, Bu Qiong ...

This book analyses the value orientation system of education in Tibet and examines the special education interventions aimed at children with disabilities in the region. The authors draw on their interviews with students, parents and teachers to shed light on how education is viewed by the general population in Tibet.The book looks at themes such as traditional Tibetan education, the ways in which ... Read more

$86.56 CAD

This book analyses the value orientation system of education in Tibet and examines the special education interventions aimed at children with disabilities in the region. The authors draw on their interviews with students, parents and teachers to shed light on how education is viewed by the general population in Tibet.The book looks at themes such as traditional Tibetan education, the ways in which
... Read more
Concept-Based Instruction

Building Curriculum With Depth and Complexity

by Brian Scott ...

Teachers and curriculum specialists are exposed to many ideas from educational leaders, but it is difficult to know which ones can be transformed into meaningful learning experiences in the classroom. Concept-Based Instruction: ... Read more

$59.08 CAD

Teachers and curriculum specialists are exposed to many ideas from educational leaders, but it is difficult to know which ones can be transformed into meaningful learning experiences in the classroom. Concept-Based Instruction:
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Television ',Critical Viewing Skills', Education

Major Media Literacy Projects in the United States and Selected Countries

by James A. Brown ...

Series series Routledge Communication Series
Representing a significant survey and evaluation of major media literacy projects in the U.S. and selected countries throughout the world, this book covers all aspects of critical viewing skills. It provides comprehensive, theoretical and historical background about the field, the criteria for its evaluation, and various structured programs including the CVS projects and programs sponsored by ... Read more

$130.53 CAD

Representing a significant survey and evaluation of major media literacy projects in the U.S. and selected countries throughout the world, this book covers all aspects of critical viewing skills. It provides comprehensive, theoretical and historical background about the field, the criteria for its evaluation, and various structured programs including the CVS projects and programs sponsored by
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El Aprendizaje-Servicio en educación superior

Teoría, práctica y perspectiva crítica

by Susan J. Deeley ...

Series Book 44 - Universitaria
El libro brinda una perspectiva en profundidad y crítica del aprendizaje-servicio basada en la evidencia empírica. Ofrece una percepción unificada y estimulante de la pedagogía a través del voluntariado y presenta un análisis crítico y en profundidad de la teoría y la práctica del ApS. La lógica que sirve de marco al libro es la de ofrecer a los estudiantes la oportunidad de adquirir un ... Read more

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El libro brinda una perspectiva en profundidad y crítica del aprendizaje-servicio basada en la evidencia empírica. Ofrece una percepción unificada y estimulante de la pedagogía a través del voluntariado y presenta un análisis crítico y en profundidad de la teoría y la práctica del ApS. La lógica que sirve de marco al libro es la de ofrecer a los estudiantes la oportunidad de adquirir un
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The Parallel Curriculum in the Classroom, Book 1

Essays for Application Across the Content Areas, K-12

Edited by Sandra Kaplan, Carol Ann Tomlinson, Jeanne H. Purcell, Jann H. Leppien, Deborah E. Burns, Cindy A. Strickland ...

Enrich your understanding and application of the Parallel Curriculum Model!The Parallel Curriculum: A Design to Develop High Potential and Challenge High-Ability Learners remains a groundbreaking publication offering an innovative model for rich curriculum development across varying ability levels. Its four parallel approaches to curriculum development were designed to challenge all students to ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

Enrich your understanding and application of the Parallel Curriculum Model!The Parallel Curriculum: A Design to Develop High Potential and Challenge High-Ability Learners remains a groundbreaking publication offering an innovative model for rich curriculum development across varying ability levels. Its four parallel approaches to curriculum development were designed to challenge all students to
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Community and Environment

by Connie Jo Smith, Charlotte M. Hendricks, Becky S. Bennett ...

Series series Growing, Growing Strong
Children develop a sense of security and self-worth by becoming familiar with themselves, their home, and the world around them. Increase children’s awareness of their own communities and the ways they can help within their home and environment with this Community and Environment curriculum. It will help children learn about their homes and neighborhoods, safety helpers, health helpers, ... Read more

$16.49 CAD

Children develop a sense of security and self-worth by becoming familiar with themselves, their home, and the world around them. Increase children’s awareness of their own communities and the ways they can help within their home and environment with this Community and Environment curriculum. It will help children learn about their homes and neighborhoods, safety helpers, health helpers,
... Read more
Reclaiming Composition for Chicano/as and Other Ethnic Minorities

A Critical History and Pedagogy

by Iris D. Ruiz ...

Series series Education (R0)
Winner of Honorable Mention for the 2018 Conference on College Composition and Communication Outstanding Book AwardThis book examines the history of ethnic minorities particularly Chicano/as and Latino/as--in the field of composition and rhetoric; the connections between composition and major US historical movements toward inclusiveness in education; the ways our histories of that inclusiveness ... Read more

$115.29 CAD

Winner of Honorable Mention for the 2018 Conference on College Composition and Communication Outstanding Book AwardThis book examines the history of ethnic minorities particularly Chicano/as and Latino/as--in the field of composition and rhetoric; the connections between composition and major US historical movements toward inclusiveness in education; the ways our histories of that inclusiveness
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Planning and Observation of Children under Three

by Helen Bradford ...

Series series Supporting Children from Birth to Three
The most rapid and significant phase of development occurs in the first three years of a child’s life. The Supporting Children from Birth to Three series focuses on the care and support of the very youngest children. Each book takes a key aspect of working with this age group and gives clear and detailed explanations of relevant theories together with practical examples to show how such theories ... Read more

$54.95 CAD

The most rapid and significant phase of development occurs in the first three years of a child’s life. The Supporting Children from Birth to Three series focuses on the care and support of the very youngest children. Each book takes a key aspect of working with this age group and gives clear and detailed explanations of relevant theories together with practical examples to show how such theories
... Read more
Practicing Critical Pedagogy

The Influences of Joe L. Kincheloe

Edited by William Martin Reynolds, Mary Frances Agnello ...

Series series Education (R0)
This edited text recaptures many of Joe L. Kincheloe’s national and international influences. An advocate and a scholar in the social, historical, and philosophical foundations of education, he dedicated his professional life to his vision of critical pedagogy. The authors in this volume found mentorship, as well as kinship, in Joe and express the many ways in which he and his work made profound ... Read more

$115.29 CAD

This edited text recaptures many of Joe L. Kincheloe’s national and international influences. An advocate and a scholar in the social, historical, and philosophical foundations of education, he dedicated his professional life to his vision of critical pedagogy. The authors in this volume found mentorship, as well as kinship, in Joe and express the many ways in which he and his work made profound
... Read more
Unbundling the University Curriculum

MOOCs, Online Program Management and the Knowledge Question

by Kate O'Connor ...

Series series Education (R0)
In a context in which explicit attention to the curriculum has been sidelined in universities’ strategy, this book makes an argument for why curriculum matters, both in understanding the effects of unbundled online learning and more broadly. It takes up two particular curriculum issues which are amplified in an unbundled context: differences in the formulation of curriculum between disciplines and ... Read more

$115.29 CAD

In a context in which explicit attention to the curriculum has been sidelined in universities’ strategy, this book makes an argument for why curriculum matters, both in understanding the effects of unbundled online learning and more broadly. It takes up two particular curriculum issues which are amplified in an unbundled context: differences in the formulation of curriculum between disciplines and
... Read more
100 Ideas for Primary Teachers: Science

by Paul Tyler, Bryony Turford ...

Series series 100 Ideas for Teachers
No matter what you teach, there is a 100 Ideas title for you!The 100 Ideas series offers teachers practical, easy-to-implement strategies and activities for the classroom. Each author is an expert in their field and is passionate about sharing best practice with their peers.Each title includes at least ten additional extra-creative Bonus Ideas that won't fail to inspire and engage all learners ... Read more

$20.29 CAD

No matter what you teach, there is a 100 Ideas title for you!The 100 Ideas series offers teachers practical, easy-to-implement strategies and activities for the classroom. Each author is an expert in their field and is passionate about sharing best practice with their peers.Each title includes at least ten additional extra-creative Bonus Ideas that won't fail to inspire and engage all learners
... Read more
Comparative Perspectives on School Textbooks

Analyzing Shifting Discourses on Nationhood, Citizenship, Gender, and Religion

Edited by Dobrochna Hildebrandt-Wypych, Alexander W. Wiseman ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book examines the discourses on nation-building, civic identity, minorities, and the formation of religious identities in school textbooks worldwide. It offers up-to-date, practical, and scholarly information on qualitative and mixed-method textbook analysis, as well as the broader context of critical comparative textbook and curriculum analyses in and across selected countries. The volume ... Read more

$179.39 CAD

This book examines the discourses on nation-building, civic identity, minorities, and the formation of religious identities in school textbooks worldwide. It offers up-to-date, practical, and scholarly information on qualitative and mixed-method textbook analysis, as well as the broader context of critical comparative textbook and curriculum analyses in and across selected countries. The volume
... Read more
The Outdoor Classroom Ages 3-7

Using Ideas From Forest Schools to Enrich Learning

by Karen Constable ...

Emphasising the importance of continuity for young children, The Outdoor Classroom Ages 3–7 practically demonstrates how early years settings and schools can maximise the learning potential of the outdoor environment. Fully updated to take into account the revised EYFS and Key Stage 1 curricula and including new case studies throughout, this second edition encourages teachers and practitioners to ... Read more

$68.70 CAD

Emphasising the importance of continuity for young children, The Outdoor Classroom Ages 3–7 practically demonstrates how early years settings and schools can maximise the learning potential of the outdoor environment. Fully updated to take into account the revised EYFS and Key Stage 1 curricula and including new case studies throughout, this second edition encourages teachers and practitioners to
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Educational Sovereignty and Transnational Exchanges in Post-Secondary Indonesian Education

by Anita Abbott ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book examines the effects of education exchange on educational sovereignty in Indonesia. Since independence, Indonesia has increasingly relied on the education programs of foreign providers. The author draws from critical education, dependency, and transnational and interdependence theories to highlight the defining features of educational sovereignty and demonstrate the role of state and non ... Read more

$32.09 CAD

This book examines the effects of education exchange on educational sovereignty in Indonesia. Since independence, Indonesia has increasingly relied on the education programs of foreign providers. The author draws from critical education, dependency, and transnational and interdependence theories to highlight the defining features of educational sovereignty and demonstrate the role of state and non
... Read more

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