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Colleges at the Crossroads

Taking Sides on Contested Issues

Edición de Joseph L. DeVitis, Pietro A. Sasso ...

Series Libro 517 - Counterpoints
Focusing on crucial issues in higher education, this book challenges readers to go beyond taken-for-granted assumptions about America’s colleges and universities and instead critically examine important questions facing them in today’s troubled world. Each chapter presents divergent perspectives, that is, "pro" and "con" views, in the hope of stimulating reasoned dialogue among students, faculty, ... Leer más

$65.09 USD

Focusing on crucial issues in higher education, this book challenges readers to go beyond taken-for-granted assumptions about America’s colleges and universities and instead critically examine important questions facing them in today’s troubled world. Each chapter presents divergent perspectives, that is, "pro" and "con" views, in the hope of stimulating reasoned dialogue among students, faculty,
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Teaching Difficult Histories in Difficult Times

Stories of Practice

Edición de Lauren McArthur Harris, Maia Sheppard, Sara A. Levy ...

Despite limitations and challenges, teaching about difficult histories is an essential aspect of social studies courses and units across grade levels. This practical resource highlights stories of K–12 practitioners who have critically examined and reflected on their experiences with planning and teaching histories identified as difficult. Featuring the voices of teacher educators, classroom ... Leer más

$35.09 USD

Despite limitations and challenges, teaching about difficult histories is an essential aspect of social studies courses and units across grade levels. This practical resource highlights stories of K–12 practitioners who have critically examined and reflected on their experiences with planning and teaching histories identified as difficult. Featuring the voices of teacher educators, classroom
... Leer más
Learning by Mistake

12 Strategies to Turn Student Errors into Opportunities

de Emma Chiappetta ...

Mistakes aren't something to fear; they're a powerful catalyst for learning.When students experience mistakes as opportunities—rather than obstacles—they participate more, think more creatively, and develop resilience that extends far beyond the classroom. In Learning by Mistake, veteran educator Emma Chiappetta reveals how mistakes prime the brain for deeper learning.Drawing on current ... Leer más

$23.79 USD

Mistakes aren't something to fear; they're a powerful catalyst for learning.When students experience mistakes as opportunities—rather than obstacles—they participate more, think more creatively, and develop resilience that extends far beyond the classroom. In Learning by Mistake, veteran educator Emma Chiappetta reveals how mistakes prime the brain for deeper learning.Drawing on current
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Tutorial De Um Curriculo De Influencer Digital

de Gilney Gomes Costa ...

No cenário digital em constante evolução, onde o marketing de influência se consolida como uma indústria poderosa, este livro surge como um guia essencial para influenciadores que buscam profissionalizar sua atuação. Ele desmistifica a necessidade de um currículo no mundo digital, apresentando-o como uma ferramenta estratégica de posicionamento, negociação e construção de credibilidade. O leitor ... Leer más

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No cenário digital em constante evolução, onde o marketing de influência se consolida como uma indústria poderosa, este livro surge como um guia essencial para influenciadores que buscam profissionalizar sua atuação. Ele desmistifica a necessidade de um currículo no mundo digital, apresentando-o como uma ferramenta estratégica de posicionamento, negociação e construção de credibilidade. O leitor
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Guia Educando – Escreva com Clareza, Calcule com Precisão

Ortografia, pontuação, estilos de texto e área do círculo explicados de forma simples e prática

Edición de EdiCase ...

Series Libro 1 - Guia Educando
Se o seu objetivo é ser aprovado no vestibular ou em um concurso público, saiba que a melhor forma para alcançá-lo é estudando. Pensando nisso, esta edição da Guia Educando traz diversos conteúdos que te ajudarão nesse processo. Confira o emprego de determinadas letras e terminações dentro da grafia das palavras. Saiba em quais casos se deve utilizar o travessão e as aspas. Conheça também a ... Leer más

$4.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Se o seu objetivo é ser aprovado no vestibular ou em um concurso público, saiba que a melhor forma para alcançá-lo é estudando. Pensando nisso, esta edição da Guia Educando traz diversos conteúdos que te ajudarão nesse processo. Confira o emprego de determinadas letras e terminações dentro da grafia das palavras. Saiba em quais casos se deve utilizar o travessão e as aspas. Conheça também a
... Leer más
Project Based Learning for All

A Leader's Guide

de Bob Lenz, Lisa Mireles ...

The days of "deep learning for some, rote learning for most" are over.Project based learning (PBL) is a powerful educational approach that empowers students to• Engage with authentic content.• Co-construct knowledge.• Work to solve real-world problems.• Develop lifelong learning skills.Access to these foundational components of deeper learning benefits all students, but especially those ... Leer más

$31.19 USD

The days of "deep learning for some, rote learning for most" are over.Project based learning (PBL) is a powerful educational approach that empowers students to• Engage with authentic content.• Co-construct knowledge.• Work to solve real-world problems.• Develop lifelong learning skills.Access to these foundational components of deeper learning benefits all students, but especially those
... Leer más
Challenges and Prospects in Second Language Enrolment

A Tasmanian Case Study

de Stephanie Richey ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book provides a contextual examination of the factors that affect students’ elective second language (L2) study in Australia. It investigates why Tasmanian students do or do not choose to enrol in an elective second language at school and explores relationship of motivational factors that affect their decisions. This is a case study of one education system, but the findings are relevant to ... Leer más

$152.09 USD

This book provides a contextual examination of the factors that affect students’ elective second language (L2) study in Australia. It investigates why Tasmanian students do or do not choose to enrol in an elective second language at school and explores relationship of motivational factors that affect their decisions. This is a case study of one education system, but the findings are relevant to
... Leer más
RAD Musical Theatre Awards Syllabus

de RAD Royal Academy of Dance ...

The official syllabus handbook for the Royal Academy of Dance's Musical Theatre Awards, covering group and ensemble examinations from Pre-Junior through to the Platinum Award.Built around the realities of rehearsal and performance today, this syllabus guides teachers and students through the skills required for genuine ensemble work: teamwork, spatial awareness, characterisation and a shared sense ... Leer más

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The official syllabus handbook for the Royal Academy of Dance's Musical Theatre Awards, covering group and ensemble examinations from Pre-Junior through to the Platinum Award.Built around the realities of rehearsal and performance today, this syllabus guides teachers and students through the skills required for genuine ensemble work: teamwork, spatial awareness, characterisation and a shared sense
... Leer más
African Traditional Oral Literature and Visual Cultures as Pedagogical Tools in Diverse Classroom Contexts

Edición de Lewis Asimeng-Boahene, Michael Baffoe ...

This book, the second in the series, is a distinct exploration of how educational policy makers, curriculum developers, educators, learners and social activists can utilize the hitherto untapped rich resource of African traditional oral literature and visual cultures. These are epistemological reservoirs and invaluable pedagogical tools in the delivery of content in the classrooms of the present ... Leer más

$44.29 USD

This book, the second in the series, is a distinct exploration of how educational policy makers, curriculum developers, educators, learners and social activists can utilize the hitherto untapped rich resource of African traditional oral literature and visual cultures. These are epistemological reservoirs and invaluable pedagogical tools in the delivery of content in the classrooms of the present
... Leer más
Unpacking Universal Design for Learning

Transforming Instruction for All Learners

de Patricia Kelly Ralabate, Margaret Ann Coyne ...

Reshape the design of learning environments and lessons through UDLLet’s be honest: many educators still view Universal Design for Learning (UDL) as a special education checklist or strategy reserved for students with disabilities. But the truth is, UDL is about designing environments for all learners. This book addresses this gap in understanding, moving beyond the basics to help you develop a ... Leer más

$27.89 USD

Reshape the design of learning environments and lessons through UDLLet’s be honest: many educators still view Universal Design for Learning (UDL) as a special education checklist or strategy reserved for students with disabilities. But the truth is, UDL is about designing environments for all learners. This book addresses this gap in understanding, moving beyond the basics to help you develop a
... Leer más
Islam

de Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood ...

Series series Collins Need to Know?
Understand the religion behind the headlines.Do you want to understand the world’s fastest-growing religion? Are you interested in knowing who Muhammad was and why he had such as lasting influence?This book, which features colour photographs throughout, is the essential overview for everyone who wants to understand what Islam is and what it means today.It includes:• The life of Muhammad• ... Leer más

$0.99 USD

Understand the religion behind the headlines.Do you want to understand the world’s fastest-growing religion? Are you interested in knowing who Muhammad was and why he had such as lasting influence?This book, which features colour photographs throughout, is the essential overview for everyone who wants to understand what Islam is and what it means today.It includes:• The life of Muhammad•
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Health-Related Fitness Assessment in Physical Education

Testing for Learning

de Ferdinando Cereda ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book provides a comprehensive and critical examination of health-related fitness assessment in physical education, one of the discipline's most enduring and controversial practices. It moves beyond the simplistic debate of which test is 'best' to argue a more profound thesis: the educational value of fitness testing is not inherent in the tool itself, but is almost entirely determined by the ... Leer más

$98.09 USD

This book provides a comprehensive and critical examination of health-related fitness assessment in physical education, one of the discipline's most enduring and controversial practices. It moves beyond the simplistic debate of which test is 'best' to argue a more profound thesis: the educational value of fitness testing is not inherent in the tool itself, but is almost entirely determined by the
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Life Cycle Analysis Based on Nanoparticles Applied to the Construction Industry

A Comprehensive Curriculum

Edición de Pilar Mercader-Moyano, Paula Porras-Pereira ...

Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
This open access book describes in the recent years, there has been a notable upsurge in the use of nanomaterials, particularly within the construction and building sectors. The incorporation of nanoparticles introduces noteworthy changes in the physico-mechanical and physical–chemical characteristics of construction materials.Despite the acknowledged advantages of employing nanomaterials, ... Leer más

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This open access book describes in the recent years, there has been a notable upsurge in the use of nanomaterials, particularly within the construction and building sectors. The incorporation of nanoparticles introduces noteworthy changes in the physico-mechanical and physical–chemical characteristics of construction materials.Despite the acknowledged advantages of employing nanomaterials,
... Leer más
Teacher Beliefs as a Complex System: English Language Teachers in China

de Hongying Zheng ...

Series series Education (R0)
The volume is a practical introduction to the ways in which the teachers deal with classroom events in the context of change for researchers, teachers, administrators who wish to implement curriculum reform to EFL in schools. The author provides insights into the beliefs of Chinese teachers of English as a Foreign Language (EFL), and their pedagogical choices in the context of the National English ... Leer más

$49.49 USD

The volume is a practical introduction to the ways in which the teachers deal with classroom events in the context of change for researchers, teachers, administrators who wish to implement curriculum reform to EFL in schools. The author provides insights into the beliefs of Chinese teachers of English as a Foreign Language (EFL), and their pedagogical choices in the context of the National English
... Leer más
From the Classroom to the Test

How to Improve Student Achievement on the Summative ELA Assessments

de Adele T. Macula ...

Series series Maupin House
Today, it is more essential than ever that students develop the knowledge and skills necessary to become college and career ready. There is a nationwide focus on the skills and strategies students need in order to be successful. At the core are the assessments currently in circulation. From the Classroom to the Test: How to Improve Student Achievement on the Summative ELA Assessments is a ... Leer más

$8.69 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Today, it is more essential than ever that students develop the knowledge and skills necessary to become college and career ready. There is a nationwide focus on the skills and strategies students need in order to be successful. At the core are the assessments currently in circulation. From the Classroom to the Test: How to Improve Student Achievement on the Summative ELA Assessments is a
... Leer más
Measuring University Internationalization

Indicators across National Contexts

de Catherine Yuan Gao ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book investigates university internationalization in different national contexts and compares internationalization performance across national boundaries. Internationalization has been recognised by policymakers as the key to perform successfully within the new global context: the author identifies primary motivations for universities to embrace this agenda, and deconstructs the phenomenon ... Leer más

$98.09 USD

This book investigates university internationalization in different national contexts and compares internationalization performance across national boundaries. Internationalization has been recognised by policymakers as the key to perform successfully within the new global context: the author identifies primary motivations for universities to embrace this agenda, and deconstructs the phenomenon
... Leer más
The Multicultural Dimension Of The National Curriculum

Edición de Anna King, Michael Reiss ...

Given the National Curriculum Council's failure to issue any formal guidance on the subject, multicultural education is becoming increasingly marginalized and left to individual schools. This book provides guidance and advice to schools on issues of racial equality and cultural diversity. It helps teachers, managers and governors implement the requirements and expectations of new educational ... Leer más

$86.99 USD

Given the National Curriculum Council's failure to issue any formal guidance on the subject, multicultural education is becoming increasingly marginalized and left to individual schools. This book provides guidance and advice to schools on issues of racial equality and cultural diversity. It helps teachers, managers and governors implement the requirements and expectations of new educational
... Leer más
Accounting Education Research

Prize-winning Contributions

Edición de Richard M.S. Wilson ...

An annual prize is awarded for the best paper appearing in Accounting Education: an international journal, and this book contains the prize-winning papers for every year from 1992 to 2012.The journal’s primary mission since the first issue was published in March 1992 has been to enhance the educational base of accounting practice, and all the papers in this book relate to that mission. These ... Leer más

$65.99 USD

An annual prize is awarded for the best paper appearing in Accounting Education: an international journal, and this book contains the prize-winning papers for every year from 1992 to 2012.The journal’s primary mission since the first issue was published in March 1992 has been to enhance the educational base of accounting practice, and all the papers in this book relate to that mission. These
... Leer más
Whole School Projects

Engaging Imaginations Through Interdisciplinary Inquiry

de Kieran Egan, Bob Dunton, Gillian Judson ...

In this new and practical contribution to the importance of imagination in learning, Kieran Egan and his colleagues demonstrate how individual contributions to a coherent large-scale project can produce enormous results of great educational value. Helping all participants to feel pride for more than just their own individual work, such Whole School Projects (WSPs) encourage appreciation for the ... Leer más

$34.19 USD

In this new and practical contribution to the importance of imagination in learning, Kieran Egan and his colleagues demonstrate how individual contributions to a coherent large-scale project can produce enormous results of great educational value. Helping all participants to feel pride for more than just their own individual work, such Whole School Projects (WSPs) encourage appreciation for the
... Leer más
Educating Everybody's Children

Diverse Teaching Strategies for Diverse Learners, Revised and Expanded

Edición de Robert W. Cole W. Cole ...

Designed to promote reflection, discussion, and action among the entire learning community, Educating Everybody's Children encapsulates what research has revealed about successfully addressing the needs of students from economically, ethnically, culturally, and linguistically diverse groups and identifies a wide range of effective principles and instructional strategies.Although good teaching ... Leer más

$31.99 USD

Designed to promote reflection, discussion, and action among the entire learning community, Educating Everybody's Children encapsulates what research has revealed about successfully addressing the needs of students from economically, ethnically, culturally, and linguistically diverse groups and identifies a wide range of effective principles and instructional strategies.Although good teaching
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The Politics of Education Reforms

Edición de Joseph Zajda, Macleans A. Geo-JaJa ...

Series series Education (R0)
The Politics of Education Reforms, which is the ninth volume in the 12-volume book series Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research, presents scholarly research on major discourses concerning the politics of education reforms globally. It provides an easily accessible, practical yet scholarly source of information about recent developments in globalisation, comparative edu- tion and ... Leer más

$89.09 USD

The Politics of Education Reforms, which is the ninth volume in the 12-volume book series Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research, presents scholarly research on major discourses concerning the politics of education reforms globally. It provides an easily accessible, practical yet scholarly source of information about recent developments in globalisation, comparative edu- tion and
... Leer más
Curriculum and Pedagogy in Inclusive Education

Values into practice

Edición de Melanie Nind, Jonathan Rix, Kieron Sheehy, Katy Simmons ...

While activists, politicians and policy-makers grapple with the big picture, teachers and learners are making inclusion happen in their day-to-day lives. This unique text shows the importance and reality of curriculum and pedagogy in developing inclusive practice in a range of settings.Bringing together an exemplary collection of key articles, this Reader provides ways of thinking about inclusive ... Leer más

$69.99 USD

While activists, politicians and policy-makers grapple with the big picture, teachers and learners are making inclusion happen in their day-to-day lives. This unique text shows the importance and reality of curriculum and pedagogy in developing inclusive practice in a range of settings.Bringing together an exemplary collection of key articles, this Reader provides ways of thinking about inclusive
... Leer más
Who Are We? Old, New, and Timeless Answers from Core Texts

Edición de Molly Brigid Flynn, Scott J. Lee, Robert D. Anderson ...

Series series Association for Core Texts and Courses
In this volume, the Association for Core Texts and Courses has gathered essays of literary and philosophical accounts that explain who we are simply as persons. Further, essays are included that highlight the person as entwined with other persons and examine who we are in light of communal ties. The essays reflect both the Western experience of democracy and how community informs who we are more ... Leer más

$42.89 USD

In this volume, the Association for Core Texts and Courses has gathered essays of literary and philosophical accounts that explain who we are simply as persons. Further, essays are included that highlight the person as entwined with other persons and examine who we are in light of communal ties. The essays reflect both the Western experience of democracy and how community informs who we are more
... Leer más
Critical Language Pedagogy

Interrogating Language, Dialects, and Power in Teacher Education

de Amanda J. Godley, Jeffrey Reaser ...

Series Libro 9 - Social Justice Across Contexts in Education
Critical Language Pedagogy: Interrogating Language, Dialects, and Power in Teacher Education demonstrates how critical approaches to language and dialects are an essential part of social justice work in literacy education. The text details the largest and most comprehensive study ever conducted on teachers’ language beliefs and learning about dialects, power, and identity. It describes the ... Leer más

$41.09 USD

Critical Language Pedagogy: Interrogating Language, Dialects, and Power in Teacher Education demonstrates how critical approaches to language and dialects are an essential part of social justice work in literacy education. The text details the largest and most comprehensive study ever conducted on teachers’ language beliefs and learning about dialects, power, and identity. It describes the
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