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Knowledge at the Crossroads?

Physics and History in the Changing World of Schools and Universities

by Lyn Yates, Peter Woelert, Victoria Millar, Kate O'Connor ...

Series series Education (R0)
There is much discussion about what needs to change in education institutions in the 21st century, but less attention given to how core disciplinary studies should be considered within that context. This book is based on a major 4-year research study of history and physics in the changing environment of schools and universities in Australia. Are these forms of knowledge still valuable for students ... Read more

$89.09 USD

There is much discussion about what needs to change in education institutions in the 21st century, but less attention given to how core disciplinary studies should be considered within that context. This book is based on a major 4-year research study of history and physics in the changing environment of schools and universities in Australia. Are these forms of knowledge still valuable for students
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The Routledge International Handbook of Philosophies and Theories of Early Childhood Education and Care

Edited by Tricia David, Kathy Goouch, Sacha Powell ...

Series series Routledge International Handbooks
The Routledge Handbook of Philosophies and Theories of Early Childhood Education and Care brings together leading writers in the field to provide a much-needed, authoritative guide to the major philosophies and theories which have shaped approaches to Early Childhood Education and Care.Providing a detailed overview of key concepts, debates and practical challenges, the handbook combines ... Read more

$64.99 USD

The Routledge Handbook of Philosophies and Theories of Early Childhood Education and Care brings together leading writers in the field to provide a much-needed, authoritative guide to the major philosophies and theories which have shaped approaches to Early Childhood Education and Care.Providing a detailed overview of key concepts, debates and practical challenges, the handbook combines
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Curriculum Landscapes and Trends

Edited by Jan van den Akker, Wilmad Kuiper, Uwe Hameyer ...

Series series Education (R0)
Curriculum problems are everywhere: alert observers with a practiced eye and educated mind will find it almost impossible to read a newspaper without discovering curricular issues. The media often report about educational reforms or even about curriculum wars with opposing parties fiercely debating the aims, content and organization of learning. Few people analyze these trends and discussions from ... Read more

$89.09 USD

Curriculum problems are everywhere: alert observers with a practiced eye and educated mind will find it almost impossible to read a newspaper without discovering curricular issues. The media often report about educational reforms or even about curriculum wars with opposing parties fiercely debating the aims, content and organization of learning. Few people analyze these trends and discussions from
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The Art of Educational Evaluation

A Personal View

by Elliot W. Eisner ...

Series series Routledge Revivals
First published in 1985, The Art of Educational Evaluation traces the evolution of the author’s thinking about both educational evaluation and curriculum from the mid-1960s through the early period of the 1980s. Eisner questions some of the more hallowed assumptions about educational planning and educational evaluation and provides a perspective on both curriculum and evaluation that has been ... Read more

$42.99 USD

First published in 1985, The Art of Educational Evaluation traces the evolution of the author’s thinking about both educational evaluation and curriculum from the mid-1960s through the early period of the 1980s. Eisner questions some of the more hallowed assumptions about educational planning and educational evaluation and provides a perspective on both curriculum and evaluation that has been
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Educational Development in an Age of Change

by Mary C. Wright, Tracie Marcella Addy, Bret Eynon, Jaclyn K. Rivard ...

Charting the future of educational development and Centers for Teaching and Learning.Over the past two decades, educational development has become central to how colleges and universities pursue teaching excellence, student success, and institutional change. In Educational Development in an Age of Change, Mary C. Wright, Tracie Marcella Addy, Bret Eynon, and Jaclyn K. Rivard present the most ... Read more

$40.99 USD

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Charting the future of educational development and Centers for Teaching and Learning.Over the past two decades, educational development has become central to how colleges and universities pursue teaching excellence, student success, and institutional change. In Educational Development in an Age of Change, Mary C. Wright, Tracie Marcella Addy, Bret Eynon, and Jaclyn K. Rivard present the most
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CONSTRUIR COMPRENSIÓN CON IA Cómo transformar contenidos en recursos para comprender, resolver y validar

Educación en la era de la IA, #9

by Hugo Roger Paz ...

Series Book 9 - Educación en la era de la IA
La inteligencia artificial tiene valor educativo cuando ayuda a comprender mejor, no cuando permite producir más rápido sin saber qué se está haciendo.En este noveno volumen de la colección Educación en la era de la IA, el Dr. Hugo Roger Paz propone un cambio de paradigma decisivo: pasar de pedir respuestas a la IA a construir herramientas que obliguen a pensar, verificar y defender el ... Read more

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La inteligencia artificial tiene valor educativo cuando ayuda a comprender mejor, no cuando permite producir más rápido sin saber qué se está haciendo.En este noveno volumen de la colección Educación en la era de la IA, el Dr. Hugo Roger Paz propone un cambio de paradigma decisivo: pasar de pedir respuestas a la IA a construir herramientas que obliguen a pensar, verificar y defender el
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Curricular Analytics in Higher Education

Analyzing a Hidden Barrier to Student Success

Edited by Steven P. Dandaneau, Gregory L. Heileman ...

Series series Advancing Equity and Excellence in Undergraduate Education
This book introduces the study and reform of curricular structures, an often-overlooked dimension of undergraduate student success.While student success is influenced by a complex array of factors, many of which lie beyond the control of universities, new research underscores that curricular structures (e.g., blocked courses, extended chains of required courses, pre- and corequisites) can be a ... Read more

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This book introduces the study and reform of curricular structures, an often-overlooked dimension of undergraduate student success.While student success is influenced by a complex array of factors, many of which lie beyond the control of universities, new research underscores that curricular structures (e.g., blocked courses, extended chains of required courses, pre- and corequisites) can be a
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Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Modern Education Delivery

Edited by Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A. ...

Recent innovations and new technologies in education have altered the way teachers approach instruction and learning and can provide countless advantages. The pedagogical value of specific technology tools and the cumulative effects of technology exposure on student learning over time are two areas that need to be explored to better determine the improvements needed in the modern classroom. ... Read more

$337.49 USD

Recent innovations and new technologies in education have altered the way teachers approach instruction and learning and can provide countless advantages. The pedagogical value of specific technology tools and the cumulative effects of technology exposure on student learning over time are two areas that need to be explored to better determine the improvements needed in the modern classroom.
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Views from Inside

Languages, Cultures, and Schooling for K-12 Educators

Edited by Joy Egbert, Gisela Ernst-Slavit ...

Series series Literacy, Language and Learning
The goal of this text is to help teachers in diverse classrooms understand the importance of students’ culture, languages, and schooling experiences to curriculum, assessment, and student achievement. Readers will learn about aspects of specific cultures and languages that are important to their understanding of their students, and they will discover that cultures that are often considered similar ... Read more

$60.69 USD

The goal of this text is to help teachers in diverse classrooms understand the importance of students’ culture, languages, and schooling experiences to curriculum, assessment, and student achievement. Readers will learn about aspects of specific cultures and languages that are important to their understanding of their students, and they will discover that cultures that are often considered similar
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Environmental Learning

Insights from research into the student experience

by Mark Rickinson, Cecilia Lundholm, Nick Hopwood ...

Series series Education (R0)
Environmental education and education for sustainable development have become features of many countries’ formal education systems. To date, however, there have been few attempts to explore what such learning looks and feels like from the perspective of the learners. Based on in-depth empirical studies in school and university classrooms, this book presents rich insights into the complexities and ... Read more

$89.09 USD

Environmental education and education for sustainable development have become features of many countries’ formal education systems. To date, however, there have been few attempts to explore what such learning looks and feels like from the perspective of the learners. Based on in-depth empirical studies in school and university classrooms, this book presents rich insights into the complexities and
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Teaching and Learning in the Early Years

Edited by David Whitebread, Penny Coltman ...

This best-selling text book provides a broad-ranging and up-to-date review of thinking and best practice within nursery and infant education. Written around the basic truth that an effective early years curriculum must start with the children, their needs and their potential, the contributors to this classic text acknowledge that learning must have a strong element of fun, wonder and excitement ... Read more

$79.99 USD

This best-selling text book provides a broad-ranging and up-to-date review of thinking and best practice within nursery and infant education. Written around the basic truth that an effective early years curriculum must start with the children, their needs and their potential, the contributors to this classic text acknowledge that learning must have a strong element of fun, wonder and excitement
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The California ELD Standards Companion, Grades 3-5

Grades 3-5

by Ivannia Soto, Jim Burke, Linda J. Carstens ...

"This is an era of extraordinary promise and support for addressing the needs of California’s English learners. That’s why this book, The California ELD Standards Companion***,*** is so important. It’s exactly the kind of bridge teachers need between standards and what it looks like in the classroom."—LAURIE OLSEN**, Strategic Adviser,**The Sobrato Early Academic Language (... ... Read more

$33.29 USD

"This is an era of extraordinary promise and support for addressing the needs of California’s English learners. That’s why this book, The California ELD Standards Companion***,*** is so important. It’s exactly the kind of bridge teachers need between standards and what it looks like in the classroom."—LAURIE OLSEN**, Strategic Adviser,**The Sobrato Early Academic Language (...
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Teaching Sexuality and Religion in Higher Education

Embodied Learning, Trauma Sensitive Pedagogy, and Perspective Transformation

Edited by Darryl W. Stephens, Kate Ott ...

Series series Routledge Research in Religion and Education
This volume combines insights from secular sexuality education, trauma studies, and embodiment to explore effective strategies for teaching sexuality and religion in colleges, universities, and seminaries.Contributors to this volume address a variety of sexuality-related issues including reproductive rights, military prostitution, gender, fidelity, queerness, sexual trauma, and veiling from the ... Read more

$60.99 USD

This volume combines insights from secular sexuality education, trauma studies, and embodiment to explore effective strategies for teaching sexuality and religion in colleges, universities, and seminaries.Contributors to this volume address a variety of sexuality-related issues including reproductive rights, military prostitution, gender, fidelity, queerness, sexual trauma, and veiling from the
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Dialectics of 9/11 and the War on Terror

Educational Responses

by Randa Elbih ...

Series Book 360 - Counterpoints
Dialectics of 9/11 and the War on Terror: Educational Responses examines how global financial and socio-political systems propagate a lopsided dialectic of current events that influences teachers’ pedagogies of 9/11 and the War on Terror. The lopsided dialectic is one that encourages patriotism and militarism, conceals imperialism, and shuts out Muslim voices. Interviews with Muslim American ... Read more

$53.09 USD

Dialectics of 9/11 and the War on Terror: Educational Responses examines how global financial and socio-political systems propagate a lopsided dialectic of current events that influences teachers’ pedagogies of 9/11 and the War on Terror. The lopsided dialectic is one that encourages patriotism and militarism, conceals imperialism, and shuts out Muslim voices. Interviews with Muslim American
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La Práctica Académica Integrada en la formación de maestros de Ciencias Sociales

by Piedad Ramirez Pardo, Patricia Inés Liscano López ...

Series series Ciudadanía y Democracia
Este libro presenta algunas de las experiencias pedagógicas y de investigación realizadas por docentes y estudiantes de la Licenciatura en Educación Básica con énfasis en Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas. Aborda la implementación de las prácticas académicas integradas, que iniciaron en el 2000 con el propósito de abrir otros espacios de formación diferentes al ... Read more

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Este libro presenta algunas de las experiencias pedagógicas y de investigación realizadas por docentes y estudiantes de la Licenciatura en Educación Básica con énfasis en Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas. Aborda la implementación de las prácticas académicas integradas, que iniciaron en el 2000 con el propósito de abrir otros espacios de formación diferentes al
... Read more
Unpuzzling History with Primary Sources

Edited by Thomas N. Turner, William B. Russell III, Stewart Waters, Jeremiah C. Clabough ...

Series series Teaching and Learning Social Studies
Recent advances in technology have created easy access for classroom teachers and students alike to a vast store of primary sources. This fact accompanied by the growing emphasis on primary documents through education reform movements has created a need for active approaches to learning from such sources. Unpuzzling History with Primary Sources addresses this need. It looks at the role that ... Read more

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Recent advances in technology have created easy access for classroom teachers and students alike to a vast store of primary sources. This fact accompanied by the growing emphasis on primary documents through education reform movements has created a need for active approaches to learning from such sources. Unpuzzling History with Primary Sources addresses this need. It looks at the role that
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Speaking with a Boneless Tongue

by David W. Jardine, David W. Jardine ...

Series Book 1 - Ecological Pedagogy, Curriculum and Scholarship
This book, originally self-published in 1992, is a philosophical meditation on ecological pedagogy and its sources. It has a new introduction and epilogues by the author that detail how it remains relevant to those interested in unearthing the sources of our ecological sorrows and gives threads of reassurance on how to step away from those inheritances. ... Read more

$36.89 USD

This book, originally self-published in 1992, is a philosophical meditation on ecological pedagogy and its sources. It has a new introduction and epilogues by the author that detail how it remains relevant to those interested in unearthing the sources of our ecological sorrows and gives threads of reassurance on how to step away from those inheritances.
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Interdisciplinary Language Arts and Science Instruction in Elementary Classrooms

Applying Research to Practice

Edited by Valarie L. Akerson ...

This volume brings together evidence-based approaches to interdisciplinary language arts and science instruction. Firmly grounded in the research showing cognitive parallels between the two subjects, and reflecting the many recommendations in recent years for using interdisciplinary instruction at the elementary level, its goal is to help teachers effectively use this kind of instruction in ... Read more

$72.99 USD

This volume brings together evidence-based approaches to interdisciplinary language arts and science instruction. Firmly grounded in the research showing cognitive parallels between the two subjects, and reflecting the many recommendations in recent years for using interdisciplinary instruction at the elementary level, its goal is to help teachers effectively use this kind of instruction in
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Digital Technologies and Instructional Design for Personalized Learning

Edited by Robert Zheng ...

When facilitating high-quality education, using digital technology to personalize students' learning is a focus in the development of instruction. There is a need to unify the multifaceted directions in personalized learning by presenting a coherent and organized vision in the design of personalized learning using digital technology. Digital Technologies and Instructional Design for Personalized ... Read more

$166.49 USD

When facilitating high-quality education, using digital technology to personalize students' learning is a focus in the development of instruction. There is a need to unify the multifaceted directions in personalized learning by presenting a coherent and organized vision in the design of personalized learning using digital technology. Digital Technologies and Instructional Design for Personalized
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Explorations in Curriculum History

by Sherry L. Field ...

Series series Research in Curriculum and Instruction
The book series, entitled "Research in Curriculum and Instruction", will focuses on a) considerations of curriculum practices at school, district, state, and federal levels, b) relationship of curriculum practices to curriculum theories and societal issues, c) concerns derived from curriculum policy analyses and from analyses of various curriculum advocacies, and d) insights derived from ... Read more

$54.99 USD

The book series, entitled "Research in Curriculum and Instruction", will focuses on a) considerations of curriculum practices at school, district, state, and federal levels, b) relationship of curriculum practices to curriculum theories and societal issues, c) concerns derived from curriculum policy analyses and from analyses of various curriculum advocacies, and d) insights derived from
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The New Instructional Leadership

ISLLC Standard Two

Edited by Rose Ylimaki ...

Series series PSEL/NELP Leadership Preparation
Co-published with UCEA, this exciting new textbook is the first to tackle the ISLLC Standard 2—Instructional Leadership. In light of recent curriculum reforms, accountability policies, and changing demographics, today’s leaders must not only have expertise in culture building and supervision skills, but also in adult learning, cultural funds of knowledge, curriculum, and the role of politics. The ... Read more

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Co-published with UCEA, this exciting new textbook is the first to tackle the ISLLC Standard 2—Instructional Leadership. In light of recent curriculum reforms, accountability policies, and changing demographics, today’s leaders must not only have expertise in culture building and supervision skills, but also in adult learning, cultural funds of knowledge, curriculum, and the role of politics. The
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The Development of the Alternative Black Curriculum, 1890-1940

Countering the Master Narrative

by Alana D. Murray ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book examines black intellectual thought during from 1890-1940, and its relationship to the development of the alternative black curriculum in social studies. Inquiry into the alternative black curriculum is a multi-disciplinary project; it requires an intersectional approach that draws on social studies research, educational history and black history. Exploring the gendered construction of ... Read more

$28.49 USD

This book examines black intellectual thought during from 1890-1940, and its relationship to the development of the alternative black curriculum in social studies. Inquiry into the alternative black curriculum is a multi-disciplinary project; it requires an intersectional approach that draws on social studies research, educational history and black history. Exploring the gendered construction of
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Cultural Diversity and Education

Foundations, Curriculum, and Teaching

by James A. Banks ...

Now available in paperback, the sixth edition of this definitive text provides students a strong background in the conceptual, theoretical, and philosophical issues in multicultural education from a leading authority and scholarly leader of the field---James A. Banks.In the opening chapter author Banks presents his well-known and widely used concept of Dimensions of Multicultural Education to help ... Read more

$103.99 USD

Now available in paperback, the sixth edition of this definitive text provides students a strong background in the conceptual, theoretical, and philosophical issues in multicultural education from a leading authority and scholarly leader of the field---James A. Banks.In the opening chapter author Banks presents his well-known and widely used concept of Dimensions of Multicultural Education to help
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玩球·品球·养性——基于“三性”的幼儿园球类活动研究

by 王爱萍 ...

上海市金山区阳光城幼儿园“基于‘三性’的幼儿园球类活动研究”课题为2017年度金山区区级重点课题。全园教师探寻基于“三性”的幼儿园球类活动的内涵与主线、功能与价值、形态与时空的关系，尝试将“球”作为媒介，设计和开展渗透“健康”“语言”“科学”“社会”“艺术”五大领域的球类活动，在尊重幼儿天性的同时塑造幼儿形性（即形体发展）、发展幼儿个性，促进幼儿健康快乐成长。本书为该课题之成果，从理论探究到实践探索，再到成效评价，收录了丰富的活动方案，包括小中大班的集体教学、社团活动方案、集体游戏方案等，以论文和案例的形式呈现并分享经验。本书是阳光城幼儿园全体教师五年来实践探索的成果，既体现理论思考，又凸显实践操作，具有一定的可借鉴性和应用推广价值。 ... Read more

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上海市金山区阳光城幼儿园“基于‘三性’的幼儿园球类活动研究”课题为2017年度金山区区级重点课题。全园教师探寻基于“三性”的幼儿园球类活动的内涵与主线、功能与价值、形态与时空的关系，尝试将“球”作为媒介，设计和开展渗透“健康”“语言”“科学”“社会”“艺术”五大领域的球类活动，在尊重幼儿天性的同时塑造幼儿形性（即形体发展）、发展幼儿个性，促进幼儿健康快乐成长。本书为该课题之成果，从理论探究到实践探索，再到成效评价，收录了丰富的活动方案，包括小中大班的集体教学、社团活动方案、集体游戏方案等，以论文和案例的形式呈现并分享经验。本书是阳光城幼儿园全体教师五年来实践探索的成果，既体现理论思考，又凸显实践操作，具有一定的可借鉴性和应用推广价值。
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