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Discourses of Globalisation and Higher Education Reforms

Emerging Paradigms

Edited by Joseph Zajda, W. James Jacob ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book examines some of the major higher education reforms and policy shifts globally, particularly in the light of recent shifts in quality and standards-driven education and policy research. It critiques the neo-liberal ideological imperatives of current higher education and policy reforms, and illustrates the way that changes in the relationship between the state and higher education policy ... Read more

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This book examines some of the major higher education reforms and policy shifts globally, particularly in the light of recent shifts in quality and standards-driven education and policy research. It critiques the neo-liberal ideological imperatives of current higher education and policy reforms, and illustrates the way that changes in the relationship between the state and higher education policy
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Values in Science Education

The Shifting Sands

Edited by Deborah Corrigan, Cathy Buntting, Angela Fitzgerald, Alister Jones ...

Series series Education (R0)
In 2007, the Monash-Kings College London International Centre for the Study of Science and Mathematics Curriculum edited a book called The Re-emergence of Values in Science Education. This book reflects on how values have been considered since this original publication, particularly in terms of socio-cultural, economic and political factors that have impacted broadly on science, technology and ... Read more

$104.48 CAD

In 2007, the Monash-Kings College London International Centre for the Study of Science and Mathematics Curriculum edited a book called The Re-emergence of Values in Science Education. This book reflects on how values have been considered since this original publication, particularly in terms of socio-cultural, economic and political factors that have impacted broadly on science, technology and
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Teaching and Studying the Americas

Cultural Influences from Colonialism to the Present

Edited by A. Pinn, C. Levander ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book considers how interdisciplinary conversation, critique, and collaboration enrich and transform humanities and social science education for those teaching and studying traditional Americanist fields. ... Read more

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This book considers how interdisciplinary conversation, critique, and collaboration enrich and transform humanities and social science education for those teaching and studying traditional Americanist fields.
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Shadow Education as Worldwide Curriculum Studies

by Young Chun Kim, Jung-Hoon Jung ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book theorizes shadow education as a new component of curriculum, expanding the concept of curriculum to include this type of learning. Curriculum scholars and theorists have largely disregarded shadow education as a valid topic of scholarly attention despite its massive growth worldwide. But shadow education has become a global phenomenon with ever-increasing numbers of student participants; ... Read more

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This book theorizes shadow education as a new component of curriculum, expanding the concept of curriculum to include this type of learning. Curriculum scholars and theorists have largely disregarded shadow education as a valid topic of scholarly attention despite its massive growth worldwide. But shadow education has become a global phenomenon with ever-increasing numbers of student participants;
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Programar y evaluar competencias básicas en 15 pasos

by José Juan Barba Martín, Oscar M. Casado Berrocal, Luis Centeno Fernández, Carlos Heras Bernardino, Israel Herrán Álvarez, Raúl Martínez Benito, Marta Montiel Nava, María Muñoz de Frutos, Laura Pablos González, Angel Pérez Pueyo, David Vega Cobo ...

Series Book 301 - GRAO - CASTELLANO
Programar y evaluar competencias básicas en 15 pasos ... Read more

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Programar y evaluar competencias básicas en 15 pasos
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La sessualità della persona diversabile

by Andrea Mannucci ...

Frutto della lunga esperienza di dialogo e formazione dell'autore, questo libro vuole essere uno strumento sia di conoscenza sia di consultazione per quanti si trovano ad accompagnare la persona diversabile nel suo cammino verso un'autodeterminazione che ne migliori la qualità di vita complessiva. ... Read more

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Frutto della lunga esperienza di dialogo e formazione dell'autore, questo libro vuole essere uno strumento sia di conoscenza sia di consultazione per quanti si trovano ad accompagnare la persona diversabile nel suo cammino verso un'autodeterminazione che ne migliori la qualità di vita complessiva.
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Learning to Mentor-as-Praxis

Foundations for a Curriculum in Teacher Education

by Lily Orland-Barak ...

Series series Education (R0)
Lily Orland-Barak offers us a breathtaking work of science ?ction. Or perhaps I should say ‘science and ?ction. ’ The science side of the equation employs sophisticated technique for observing and describing interpersonal and intrapersonal dynamics among professionals in education. Both dramatic and seemingly ordinary episodes in the lives of teachers in relational tension with one another are ... Read more

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Lily Orland-Barak offers us a breathtaking work of science ?ction. Or perhaps I should say ‘science and ?ction. ’ The science side of the equation employs sophisticated technique for observing and describing interpersonal and intrapersonal dynamics among professionals in education. Both dramatic and seemingly ordinary episodes in the lives of teachers in relational tension with one another are
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La valutazione che educa

Liberare insegnamento e apprendimento dalla tirannia del voto

by Cristiano Corsini ...

La valutazione è solo una procedura a valle della didattica o è un processo utile a migliorare l'insegnamento e l'apprendimento? Muovendo dalla funzione attribuita alla valutazione, l'autore passa in rassegna gli errori da evitare e presenta approcci, metodi, attività e strumenti utili ai fini della formulazione di riscontri valutativi validi, rigorosi e trasformativi. ... Read more

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La valutazione è solo una procedura a valle della didattica o è un processo utile a migliorare l'insegnamento e l'apprendimento? Muovendo dalla funzione attribuita alla valutazione, l'autore passa in rassegna gli errori da evitare e presenta approcci, metodi, attività e strumenti utili ai fini della formulazione di riscontri valutativi validi, rigorosi e trasformativi.
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The EU in the Mediterranean after the Arab Uprisings

Frames, Selective Engagement and the Security-Stability Nexus

Edited by Roberto Roccu, Benedetta Voltolini ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Mediterranean Politics
By examining a range of policy areas, this book aims to assess and qualify the claim that EU policies towards the Arab Mediterranean after the uprisings are predominantly marked by continuity with the past. This is attributed to the fact that the EU still acts with the aim of maximising its own security by preserving stability in the region. The book explores how security, stability and the link ... Read more

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By examining a range of policy areas, this book aims to assess and qualify the claim that EU policies towards the Arab Mediterranean after the uprisings are predominantly marked by continuity with the past. This is attributed to the fact that the EU still acts with the aim of maximising its own security by preserving stability in the region. The book explores how security, stability and the link
... Read more
Drama in English Teaching

by Tricia Evans ...

Series series Routledge Revivals
The Bullock Committee Report on Language Teaching emphasized the importance of studying drama seriously and professionally. Yet, despite these recommendations, many schools continued to assign drama a minor role within the curriculum. Typically, the responsibility falls to the English Department to present drama in a structured and meaningful way, but many educators remain uncertain and hesitant ... Read more

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The Bullock Committee Report on Language Teaching emphasized the importance of studying drama seriously and professionally. Yet, despite these recommendations, many schools continued to assign drama a minor role within the curriculum. Typically, the responsibility falls to the English Department to present drama in a structured and meaningful way, but many educators remain uncertain and hesitant
... Read more
Collaboration and the Future of Education

Preserving the Right to Think and Teach Historically

by Gordon Andrews, Wilson J. Warren, James Cousins ...

Series series Routledge Research in Education
Current educational reforms have given rise to various types of "educational Taylorism," which encourage the creation of efficiency models in pursuit of a unified way to teach. In history education curricula, this has been introduced through scripted textbook-based programs such as Teacher Curriculum Institute’s History Alive! and completely online curricula. They include the jargon of authentic ... Read more

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Current educational reforms have given rise to various types of "educational Taylorism," which encourage the creation of efficiency models in pursuit of a unified way to teach. In history education curricula, this has been introduced through scripted textbook-based programs such as Teacher Curriculum Institute’s History Alive! and completely online curricula. They include the jargon of authentic
... Read more
Mapping Montessori Materials for AI Competency Development

by Kate Broughton ...

Mapping Montessori Materials for AI Competency Development presents a rigorous and timely framework demonstrating how Montessori's century-old materials already cultivate the core competencies required for human flourishing in an AI-shaped world. Drawing on comparative analysis of leading global frameworks, including UNESCO's Reimagining Our Futures Together, McKinsey's 56 Distinct Elements of ... Read more

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Mapping Montessori Materials for AI Competency Development presents a rigorous and timely framework demonstrating how Montessori's century-old materials already cultivate the core competencies required for human flourishing in an AI-shaped world. Drawing on comparative analysis of leading global frameworks, including UNESCO's Reimagining Our Futures Together, McKinsey's 56 Distinct Elements of
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Sonic Studies in Educational Foundations

Echoes, Reverberations, Silences, Noise

Edited by Walter S. Gershon, Peter M. Appelbaum ...

Series series Routledge Research in Education
Originally published as a special issue of Educational Studies, this volume demonstrates the ways in which sound considerations can significantly contribute to educational foundations.Regardless of their origin or interpretation, sounds are theoretically and practically foundational to educational experiences. As the means through which knowledges are passed from one person to another, sounds ... Read more

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Originally published as a special issue of Educational Studies, this volume demonstrates the ways in which sound considerations can significantly contribute to educational foundations.Regardless of their origin or interpretation, sounds are theoretically and practically foundational to educational experiences. As the means through which knowledges are passed from one person to another, sounds
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New Directions in Curriculum Studies

Edited by Philip H. Taylor ...

Series series Routledge Library Editions: Curriculum
Originally published in 1979. Celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Journal of Curriculum Studies. This edited collection of ten significant papers, five of them specially commissioned to critically survey a decade of intellectual effort in selected areas of curriculum studies, not only identifies the emerging frontiers in an important field within the study of education but also provides an ... Read more

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Originally published in 1979. Celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Journal of Curriculum Studies. This edited collection of ten significant papers, five of them specially commissioned to critically survey a decade of intellectual effort in selected areas of curriculum studies, not only identifies the emerging frontiers in an important field within the study of education but also provides an
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Reconceptualizing Study in Educational Discourse and Practice

Edited by Claudia W. Ruitenberg ...

Series series Studies in Curriculum Theory Series
Addressing studying as a distinct educational concept and phenomenon in its own right, the essays in this volume consider study and studying from a range of perspectives. Countering dominant educational discourses, which place a heavy emphasis on learning and instruction, the contributors explore questions such as: What does it mean to study something? How is studying something different from ... Read more

$77.61 CAD

Addressing studying as a distinct educational concept and phenomenon in its own right, the essays in this volume consider study and studying from a range of perspectives. Countering dominant educational discourses, which place a heavy emphasis on learning and instruction, the contributors explore questions such as: What does it mean to study something? How is studying something different from
... Read more
Reinventing Curriculum

A Complex Perspective on Literacy and Writing

by Linda Laidlaw ...

In this book, Linda Laidlaw explores the questions: What happens when children begin to write? Why is it that the teaching and practice of writing seems at times to be difficult in schools? How might teachers work differently to create more inviting spaces for developing literacy? The premise is that written texts and literacy processes are developed within a complex "weave" of particular contexts ... Read more

$71.45 CAD

In this book, Linda Laidlaw explores the questions: What happens when children begin to write? Why is it that the teaching and practice of writing seems at times to be difficult in schools? How might teachers work differently to create more inviting spaces for developing literacy? The premise is that written texts and literacy processes are developed within a complex "weave" of particular contexts
... Read more
Bringing Innovative Practices to Your School

Lessons from International Schools

Edited by Jayson W. Richardson ...

Exploring issues of student agency, equity, assessment, teaching, management, teacher leadership, and use of technology, this book provides strategies, tips, and guidance for enacting innovative change in today‘s schools. Drawing from unique and creative approaches at international schools, real practitioners share their stories and best-practices. Chapters contain engaging snapshots of the ... Read more

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Exploring issues of student agency, equity, assessment, teaching, management, teacher leadership, and use of technology, this book provides strategies, tips, and guidance for enacting innovative change in today‘s schools. Drawing from unique and creative approaches at international schools, real practitioners share their stories and best-practices. Chapters contain engaging snapshots of the
... Read more
Research and Debate in Primary Geography

Edited by Simon Catling ...

This book brings together recent papers which make important contributions to understanding and developing primary geography. It considers primary teachers’ and trainee teachers’ knowledge of geography; how the primary curriculum uses geography; teachers’ planning of geography teaching; the way in which aspects of geography are taught; what high quality geography might look like; and children’s ... Read more

$82.53 CAD

This book brings together recent papers which make important contributions to understanding and developing primary geography. It considers primary teachers’ and trainee teachers’ knowledge of geography; how the primary curriculum uses geography; teachers’ planning of geography teaching; the way in which aspects of geography are taught; what high quality geography might look like; and children’s
... Read more
Global Learning and Sustainable Development

Edited by Helen Gadsby, Andrea Bullivant ...

Series series Teaching contemporary themes in secondary education
Global learning and sustainable development encompass some of the key ideas and challenges facing the world today: challenges such as climate change, globalization and interdependence. Schools increasingly recognize the role of education in addressing these issues with young people, but exploring global issues across the curriculum requires a considerable amount of time and planning across ... Read more

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Global learning and sustainable development encompass some of the key ideas and challenges facing the world today: challenges such as climate change, globalization and interdependence. Schools increasingly recognize the role of education in addressing these issues with young people, but exploring global issues across the curriculum requires a considerable amount of time and planning across
... Read more
Pedagogy in Poverty

Lessons from Twenty Years of Curriculum Reform in South Africa

by Ursula Hoadley ...

Series series Routledge Research in Education Policy and Politics
As South Africa transitioned from apartheid to democracy, changes in the political landscape, as well as educational agendas and discourse on both a national and international level, shaped successive waves of curriculum reform over a relatively short period of time. Using South Africa as a germane example of how curriculum and pedagogy can interact and affect educational outcomes, Pedagogy in ... Read more

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As South Africa transitioned from apartheid to democracy, changes in the political landscape, as well as educational agendas and discourse on both a national and international level, shaped successive waves of curriculum reform over a relatively short period of time. Using South Africa as a germane example of how curriculum and pedagogy can interact and affect educational outcomes, Pedagogy in
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School-Based Deliberative Partnership as a Platform for Teacher Professionalization and Curriculum Innovation

by Geraldine Mooney Simmie, Manfred Lang ...

Series series Routledge Research in Teacher Education
Using cutting-edge and frontline research relating to present day problems in educational systems, this volume provides a critical discussion about political alternatives in education to neoliberalism. Based on Engeström’s Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT), a theory that has potential for new areas of educational research, this book explores a conceptual framework of curriculum innovation ... Read more

$75.14 CAD

Using cutting-edge and frontline research relating to present day problems in educational systems, this volume provides a critical discussion about political alternatives in education to neoliberalism. Based on Engeström’s Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT), a theory that has potential for new areas of educational research, this book explores a conceptual framework of curriculum innovation
... Read more
Deschooling the Imagination

Critical Thought as Social Practice

by Eric J. Weiner ...

"Deschooling the Imagination: Critical Thought as Social Practice" is, first, a book that looks at what it means to be actively engaged in developing a critical/creative mindset against the prevailing ideology of our public schools. Second, it is a book about the social/cultural relationship between what and how we learn on one hand and our imaginative capacities on the other. Finally, but equally ... Read more

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"Deschooling the Imagination: Critical Thought as Social Practice" is, first, a book that looks at what it means to be actively engaged in developing a critical/creative mindset against the prevailing ideology of our public schools. Second, it is a book about the social/cultural relationship between what and how we learn on one hand and our imaginative capacities on the other. Finally, but equally
... Read more
Contemplating Curriculum

Genealogies/Times/Places

Edited by Wanda Hurren, Erika Hasebe-Ludt ...

Series series Studies in Curriculum Theory Series
Contemplating Curriculum takes up world-renowned curricular scholar, teacher, and mentor Ted T. Aoki’s invitation to contemplate where curriculum scholars situate themselves in their work. At the same time it probes into the historical and present conditions that make it both possible and impossible to attend to this work in classrooms and communities in mindful, embodied, and aesthetic ways, both ... Read more

$99.78 CAD

Contemplating Curriculum takes up world-renowned curricular scholar, teacher, and mentor Ted T. Aoki’s invitation to contemplate where curriculum scholars situate themselves in their work. At the same time it probes into the historical and present conditions that make it both possible and impossible to attend to this work in classrooms and communities in mindful, embodied, and aesthetic ways, both
... Read more
Integrating STEM in Higher Education

Addressing Global Issues

by Lindsey N. Conner ...

This timely book addresses the increasing need for collaboration, innovation and solution-focussed skills by looking at examples of cutting-edge pedagogy that can inform future directions. Integrating STEM in Higher Education shows how applying digital innovations that can be generated through the implementation of deliberately designed STEM education can change the world for the better. ... Read more

$50.50 CAD

This timely book addresses the increasing need for collaboration, innovation and solution-focussed skills by looking at examples of cutting-edge pedagogy that can inform future directions. Integrating STEM in Higher Education shows how applying digital innovations that can be generated through the implementation of deliberately designed STEM education can change the world for the better.
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