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Education System Design

Foundations, Policy Options and Consequences

Edited by Brian Hudson, Marilyn Leask, Sarah Younie ...

This book highlights decisions governments have to make about their public education systems, the options they have before them and the consequences of their decisions. As well as covering issues such as values, curriculum, teacher training, structures and so on, the book addresses education planning for epidemics, pandemics and disasters.Education systems provide the foundations for the future ... Read more

$55.99 USD

This book highlights decisions governments have to make about their public education systems, the options they have before them and the consequences of their decisions. As well as covering issues such as values, curriculum, teacher training, structures and so on, the book addresses education planning for epidemics, pandemics and disasters.Education systems provide the foundations for the future
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Critical Social Justice Education and the Assault on Truth in White Public Pedagogy

The US-Dakota War Re-Examined

by Rick Lybeck ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book explores tensions between critical social justice and what the author terms white justice as fairness in public commemoration of Minnesota’s US-Dakota War of 1862. First, the book examines a regional white public pedagogy demanding “objectivity” and “balance” in teaching-and-learning activities with the purpose of promoting fairness toward white settlers and the extermination campaign ... Read more

$134.09 USD

This book explores tensions between critical social justice and what the author terms white justice as fairness in public commemoration of Minnesota’s US-Dakota War of 1862. First, the book examines a regional white public pedagogy demanding “objectivity” and “balance” in teaching-and-learning activities with the purpose of promoting fairness toward white settlers and the extermination campaign
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A New Paradigm for Global School Systems

Education for a Long and Happy Life

by Joel Spring ...

Series series Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education
This volume is a major new contribution to Joel Spring reportage and analysis of the intersection of global forces and education—offers a new paradigm for global school systems. Education for global economic competition is the prevailing goal of most national school systems. Spring argues that recent international studies by economists, social psychologists, and others on the social factors that ... Read more

$62.99 USD

This volume is a major new contribution to Joel Spring reportage and analysis of the intersection of global forces and education—offers a new paradigm for global school systems. Education for global economic competition is the prevailing goal of most national school systems. Spring argues that recent international studies by economists, social psychologists, and others on the social factors that
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Curriculum as Lived

Currere, Mindfulness, and Nonviolent Companionship

Edited by Jo Flory, Hongyu Wang ...

There is a strong sense of existential crisis in US education. In a time that is discouraging, disturbing, and daunting, Curriculum as Lived: Currere*, Mindfulness, and Nonviolent Companionship* features an uplifting collection of educators’ writings, as they expand their interior space, diving into the individual and collective psyche to engage in shadow work for healing and revitalization. ... Read more

$50.09 USD

There is a strong sense of existential crisis in US education. In a time that is discouraging, disturbing, and daunting, Curriculum as Lived: Currere*, Mindfulness, and Nonviolent Companionship* features an uplifting collection of educators’ writings, as they expand their interior space, diving into the individual and collective psyche to engage in shadow work for healing and revitalization.
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Integrating Sophisticated Standards and Systems of Support for Elementary Readers

by Elizabeth L. Jaeger ...

This book supports elementary school teachers and other school leaders in considering the ways in which sophisticated standards (e.g., the Common Core State Standards [CCSS]) and multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) can be effectively integrated to raise student reading and writing achievement. The book provides practical instructions to guide professional development for teachers and ... Read more

$40.99 USD

This book supports elementary school teachers and other school leaders in considering the ways in which sophisticated standards (e.g., the Common Core State Standards [CCSS]) and multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) can be effectively integrated to raise student reading and writing achievement. The book provides practical instructions to guide professional development for teachers and
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Reframing the Curriculum

Design for Social Justice and Sustainability

by Susan Santone ...

Series series Kappa Delta Pi Co-Publications
Reframing the Curriculum is a practical, hands-on guide to weaving the concepts of healthy communities, democratic societies, and social justice into academic disciplines. Developed for future and practicing teachers, this volume is perfect for teacher education courses in instructional design, social foundations, and general education, as well as for study in professional learning communities. ... Read more

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Reframing the Curriculum is a practical, hands-on guide to weaving the concepts of healthy communities, democratic societies, and social justice into academic disciplines. Developed for future and practicing teachers, this volume is perfect for teacher education courses in instructional design, social foundations, and general education, as well as for study in professional learning communities.
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Reconstructing 'Education' through Mindful Attention

Positioning the Mind at the Center of Curriculum and Pedagogy

by Oren Ergas ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book reconstructs the idea and practice of education. Rather than conceiving of education as a process we undergo in which our minds are shaped by a social vision, Oren Ergas turns this notion of education on its head, arguing instead that we ourselves construct education. The multitude of problems with formal education and schooling, such as violence, inequality, and low achievements, are ... Read more

$40.49 USD

This book reconstructs the idea and practice of education. Rather than conceiving of education as a process we undergo in which our minds are shaped by a social vision, Oren Ergas turns this notion of education on its head, arguing instead that we ourselves construct education. The multitude of problems with formal education and schooling, such as violence, inequality, and low achievements, are
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Writing With Your Ears

by Jennifer Gordon ...

It doesn’t matter whether you are an experienced writer or a beginner; we all need the kind of love in this simple, precious book.Writing with Your Ears is not fancy or intellectual. Every single secret comes from my experience, from being and doing, and from writing …a lot. book is not about punctuation and grammar. There are plenty of helpful books on that stuff. And, there are plenty of people ... Read more

$9.99 USD

It doesn’t matter whether you are an experienced writer or a beginner; we all need the kind of love in this simple, precious book.Writing with Your Ears is not fancy or intellectual. Every single secret comes from my experience, from being and doing, and from writing …a lot. book is not about punctuation and grammar. There are plenty of helpful books on that stuff. And, there are plenty of people
... Read more
Instructional Theories in Action

Lessons Illustrating Selected Theories and Models

Edited by Charles M. Reigeluth ...

Companion volume to the award-winning best seller Instructional Design Theories and Models, this book serves as a concrete introduction to instructional design for curriculum developers, teachers and teacher trainers, and students. Eight major theorists translate their works and theories into sets of instructional prescriptions; corresponding model lessons provide step-by-step illustrations of ... Read more

$77.99 USD

Companion volume to the award-winning best seller Instructional Design Theories and Models, this book serves as a concrete introduction to instructional design for curriculum developers, teachers and teacher trainers, and students. Eight major theorists translate their works and theories into sets of instructional prescriptions; corresponding model lessons provide step-by-step illustrations of
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Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language

by Daphne Paizee, Sally Burbeary, Sioban Parker ...

Series series Cambridge IGCSE
This title is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education to support the full syllabus for examination from 2024.Confidently navigate the new Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language syllabus with an all-encompassing course companion; expertly formulated to ensure students develop practical language skills and key cultural knowledge with the support of real-world, internationally ... Read more

$21.99 USD

This title is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education to support the full syllabus for examination from 2024.Confidently navigate the new Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language syllabus with an all-encompassing course companion; expertly formulated to ensure students develop practical language skills and key cultural knowledge with the support of real-world, internationally
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Storying the World

The Contributions of Carl Leggo on Language and Poetry

Edited by Rita Irwin, Erika Hasebe-Ludt, Anita Sinner ...

Series series Studies in Curriculum Theory Series
Bringing together Carl Leggo’s most significant contributions over the past 30 years, this book celebrates his work in curriculum studies, English language arts, literacy and life writing, poetry, and arts education. Organized around three thematic sections—Loving Language, Narrating Ruminations, and Storying the World—the volume highlights his efforts across interrelated fields of inquiry, ... Read more

$69.99 USD

Bringing together Carl Leggo’s most significant contributions over the past 30 years, this book celebrates his work in curriculum studies, English language arts, literacy and life writing, poetry, and arts education. Organized around three thematic sections—Loving Language, Narrating Ruminations, and Storying the World—the volume highlights his efforts across interrelated fields of inquiry,
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The Teaching of Primary Science

Policy and Practice

Edited by Colin Richards, Derek Holford ...

Series series Routledge Library Editions: Curriculum
Originally published in 1983. This book provides the first overview of developments in primary science prior to and following the national survey of primary schools in 1978. Key issues central to contemporary policy and practice are identified, set in context and interrelated for teachers, students, tutors and policymakers. Contributors to the book include most of the leading figures in ... Read more

$23.99 USD

Originally published in 1983. This book provides the first overview of developments in primary science prior to and following the national survey of primary schools in 1978. Key issues central to contemporary policy and practice are identified, set in context and interrelated for teachers, students, tutors and policymakers. Contributors to the book include most of the leading figures in
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Classroom Group Sensory Experiences

Teachers Resource Series, #3

by S Kelley ...

Series Book 3 - Teachers Resource Series
Fun, basic sensory groups for various age groups in the classroomMay be suitable for younger classrooms, cross categorical, inclusive and self contained classroomsPrimary focus on motor planning (praxis), proprioception and vestibular input, with integration of other sensory systemsIncludes discussion on Common Core StandardsThe books in this collection are designed to meet the needs of educators ... Read more

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Fun, basic sensory groups for various age groups in the classroomMay be suitable for younger classrooms, cross categorical, inclusive and self contained classroomsPrimary focus on motor planning (praxis), proprioception and vestibular input, with integration of other sensory systemsIncludes discussion on Common Core StandardsThe books in this collection are designed to meet the needs of educators
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Secondary Education: The Key Concepts

by Jerry Wellington ...

Series series Routledge Key Guides
A comprehensive critical survey of the controversies, theories and practices central to secondary education today, this book provides teachers, researchers, parents and policy-makers with a vital new reference resource. It covers important topics including:assessmentcitizenshipcurriculume-learningexclusiontheories of learningwork experience.Fully cross-referenced, with extensive suggestions for ... Read more

$25.99 USD

A comprehensive critical survey of the controversies, theories and practices central to secondary education today, this book provides teachers, researchers, parents and policy-makers with a vital new reference resource. It covers important topics including:assessmentcitizenshipcurriculume-learningexclusiontheories of learningwork experience.Fully cross-referenced, with extensive suggestions for
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Geography 3-11

A Guide for Teachers

by Hilary Cooper, Simon Asquith, Chris Rowley ...

The advent of the National Primary Strategy has produced a welcome reminder to teachers of the importance of geography within the primary curriculum. This book aims to encourage this renewed awareness and to support teachers in teaching primary geography in different and exciting ways. It will show that children have an entitlement to learn about geography and this can be achieved in a lively, ... Read more

$33.99 USD

The advent of the National Primary Strategy has produced a welcome reminder to teachers of the importance of geography within the primary curriculum. This book aims to encourage this renewed awareness and to support teachers in teaching primary geography in different and exciting ways. It will show that children have an entitlement to learn about geography and this can be achieved in a lively,
... Read more
Inside the Schoolhouse

What Great Principals Know and Do

by John Gratto ...

The issues addressed in this easy to read book address the most common issues faced by new or veteran principals such as: attributes of successful principals, leading instructional improvement, crafting a school improvement plan, overcoming resistance from naysayers, leading effective teams, creating conditions for the success of teachers, motivating unmotivated staff, increasing the attendance of ... Read more

$30.79 USD

The issues addressed in this easy to read book address the most common issues faced by new or veteran principals such as: attributes of successful principals, leading instructional improvement, crafting a school improvement plan, overcoming resistance from naysayers, leading effective teams, creating conditions for the success of teachers, motivating unmotivated staff, increasing the attendance of
... Read more
Creating Meaningful Museum Experiences for K–12 Audiences

How to Connect with Teachers and Engage Students

Series series American Alliance of Museums
Creating Meaningful Museum Experiencesfor K–12 Audiences: How to Connect with Teachers and Engage Students is the first book in more than a decade to provide a comprehensive look at best practices in working with this crucial segment of museum visitors. With more than 40 contributors from art, history, science, natural history, and specialty museums across the country, the book asks probing ... Read more

$42.09 USD

Creating Meaningful Museum Experiencesfor K–12 Audiences: How to Connect with Teachers and Engage Students is the first book in more than a decade to provide a comprehensive look at best practices in working with this crucial segment of museum visitors. With more than 40 contributors from art, history, science, natural history, and specialty museums across the country, the book asks probing
... Read more
Necessary Spaces

Exploring the Richness of African American Childhood in the South

by Saundra Murray Nettles ...

Series series Landscapes of Education
In Necessary Spaces: Exploring the Richness of African American Childhood in the South, Saundra Murray Nettles takes the reader on a journey into neighborhood networks of learning at different times and places. Using autobiographical accounts, Nettles discusses the informal instructional practices of community “coaches” from the perspective of African American adults who look back on their ... Read more

$39.39 USD

In Necessary Spaces: Exploring the Richness of African American Childhood in the South, Saundra Murray Nettles takes the reader on a journey into neighborhood networks of learning at different times and places. Using autobiographical accounts, Nettles discusses the informal instructional practices of community “coaches” from the perspective of African American adults who look back on their
... Read more
Cases on Effective Universal Design for Learning Implementation Across Schools

Edited by Frederic Fovet ...

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) has been hailed for over a decade as a revolutionary lens that allows schools to shift their efforts to create inclusive environments, from a medical model lens to a social model approach. In recent years, UDL has gone beyond disability and impairment and is now considered an effective tool to create inclusive classroom provisions for Indigenous students and ... Read more

$233.99 USD

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) has been hailed for over a decade as a revolutionary lens that allows schools to shift their efforts to create inclusive environments, from a medical model lens to a social model approach. In recent years, UDL has gone beyond disability and impairment and is now considered an effective tool to create inclusive classroom provisions for Indigenous students and
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Curriculum for High Ability Learners

Issues, Trends and Practices

Edited by Liang See Tan, Chwee Geok Quek, Letchmi Devi Ponnusamy ...

Series series Education (R0)
Given the increasing speed of change and the information explosion around the world, this book draws attention to the practice of teaching for conceptual understanding, which has been heralded as an effective approach within many curriculum frameworks. This book is pivotal in documenting and analyzing efforts in creating concept-based curriculum and pedagogies for high ability learners. ... Read more

$134.09 USD

Given the increasing speed of change and the information explosion around the world, this book draws attention to the practice of teaching for conceptual understanding, which has been heralded as an effective approach within many curriculum frameworks. This book is pivotal in documenting and analyzing efforts in creating concept-based curriculum and pedagogies for high ability learners.
... Read more
Teaching Global Literature in Elementary Classrooms

A Critical Literacy and Teacher Inquiry Approach

by Kelly K. Wissman, Maggie Naughter Burns, Krista Jiampetti, Heather O'Leary, Simeen Tabatabai ...

Demonstrating the power of teaching global literature from a critical literacy perspective, this book explores the ways that K-6 educators can infuse diverse texts into their classrooms and find support for their endeavours in teacher inquiry communities. Through carefully analyzed, ethnographically informed portraits of classroom life alternating with teachers’ own accounts of their teaching and ... Read more

Was $76.99 USD Now $68.99 USD

Demonstrating the power of teaching global literature from a critical literacy perspective, this book explores the ways that K-6 educators can infuse diverse texts into their classrooms and find support for their endeavours in teacher inquiry communities. Through carefully analyzed, ethnographically informed portraits of classroom life alternating with teachers’ own accounts of their teaching and
... Read more
The Struggles of Identity, Education, and Agency in the Lives of Undocumented Students

The Burden of Hyperdocumentation

by Aurora Chang ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book weaves together two distinct and powerfully related sources of knowledge: the author’s journey and transition from a once undocumented immigrant from Guatemala to a hyperdocumented academic, and five years of on-going national research on the identity, education, and agency of undocumented college students. In interlacing both personal experiences with findings from her empirical ... Read more

$23.79 USD

This book weaves together two distinct and powerfully related sources of knowledge: the author’s journey and transition from a once undocumented immigrant from Guatemala to a hyperdocumented academic, and five years of on-going national research on the identity, education, and agency of undocumented college students. In interlacing both personal experiences with findings from her empirical
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Buenas prácticas en la evaluación de competencias

Cinco casos de educación superior

by Elena Cano García, Elena Cano García, VV.AA. ...

Series Book 130 - Educación
La evaluación de competencias y, desde un punto de vista más amplio, el diseño de titulaciones, materias y asignaturas universitarias requiere un constante estudio para su mejora, actualización y adaptación a las necesidades actuales. Este estudio es complejo porque intervienen multitud de factores, pero ello no ha hecho más que estimular a los autores de esta obra para ofrecer una visión rigurosa ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

La evaluación de competencias y, desde un punto de vista más amplio, el diseño de titulaciones, materias y asignaturas universitarias requiere un constante estudio para su mejora, actualización y adaptación a las necesidades actuales. Este estudio es complejo porque intervienen multitud de factores, pero ello no ha hecho más que estimular a los autores de esta obra para ofrecer una visión rigurosa
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The Character of Curriculum Studies

Bildung, Currere, and the Recurring Question of the Subject

by W. Pinar ...

Series series Education (R0)
Assembles essays addressing the recurring question of the 'subject,' understood both as human person and school subject, thereby elaborating the subjective and disciplinary character of curriculum studies. ... Read more

$53.99 USD

Assembles essays addressing the recurring question of the 'subject,' understood both as human person and school subject, thereby elaborating the subjective and disciplinary character of curriculum studies.
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