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Childhood and Nature

Design Principles for Educators

by David Sobel ...

Childhood and Nature is a guide for educators looking to foster in their students a love of nature as well as an understanding of complex environmental issues. This second edition brings new material and fresh insights to David Sobel's foundational exploration of place-based education.Sobel articulates seven design principles that teachers can use to build learning experiences: adventure, fantasy ... Read more

$20.15 CAD

Childhood and Nature is a guide for educators looking to foster in their students a love of nature as well as an understanding of complex environmental issues. This second edition brings new material and fresh insights to David Sobel's foundational exploration of place-based education.Sobel articulates seven design principles that teachers can use to build learning experiences: adventure, fantasy
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Your Blueprint for Financial Literacy

A Better Understanding of Personal Finances Regardless of Age

by Salzman Epstein Tarver ...

Your Blueprint for Financial Literacy is an engaging, easy-to-follow guide designed to help readers of all ages master the financial skills they were never formally taught. From opening a checking account to navigating credit, buying a home, managing taxes, and preparing for retirement, this book breaks down complex money matters into simple, practical steps. With real-life examples, eye-opening ... Read more

$17.99 CAD

Your Blueprint for Financial Literacy is an engaging, easy-to-follow guide designed to help readers of all ages master the financial skills they were never formally taught. From opening a checking account to navigating credit, buying a home, managing taxes, and preparing for retirement, this book breaks down complex money matters into simple, practical steps. With real-life examples, eye-opening
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Curriculum Studies Handbook - The Next Moment

Edited by Erik Malewski ...

Series series Studies in Curriculum Theory Series
What comes after the reconceptualization of curriculum studies? What is the contribution of the next wave of curriculum scholars? Comprehensive and on the cutting edge, this Handbook speaks to these questions and extends the conversation on present and future directions in curriculum studies through the work of twenty-four newer scholars who explore, each in their own unique ways, the present ... Read more

$246.39 CAD

What comes after the reconceptualization of curriculum studies? What is the contribution of the next wave of curriculum scholars? Comprehensive and on the cutting edge, this Handbook speaks to these questions and extends the conversation on present and future directions in curriculum studies through the work of twenty-four newer scholars who explore, each in their own unique ways, the present
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Design Education in India

Values of Socially Responsible Design

by Sanjeev Bothra ...

Series series Routledge Research in Social Design
This book traces developments in design education in India and shows the continuing impact of the Bauhaus School of design education, which formed the basis of the National Institute of Design. It presents the findings of the author's research and experiential learning as a design educator over a 25-year period.This book argues that as the effects of climate change and the exploitation of natural ... Read more

$38.18 CAD

This book traces developments in design education in India and shows the continuing impact of the Bauhaus School of design education, which formed the basis of the National Institute of Design. It presents the findings of the author's research and experiential learning as a design educator over a 25-year period.This book argues that as the effects of climate change and the exploitation of natural
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The Routledge Companion to Education

Edited by James Arthur, Andrew Peterson ...

Who are the key thinkers in education?What are the hot topics in education?Where will education go from here?The Routledge Companion to Education presents the most comprehensive, up-to-date guide available to the key theories, themes and topics in education. Forty specially commissioned chapters, covering all aspects of education, introduce you to the ideas, research and issues that have shaped ... Read more

$77.61 CAD

Who are the key thinkers in education?What are the hot topics in education?Where will education go from here?The Routledge Companion to Education presents the most comprehensive, up-to-date guide available to the key theories, themes and topics in education. Forty specially commissioned chapters, covering all aspects of education, introduce you to the ideas, research and issues that have shaped
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Reconstructing Undergraduate Education

Using Learning Science To Design Effective Courses

by Robert B. Innes ...

This book is designed to introduce professors and administrators in higher education to the philosophical, theoretical, and research support for using a constructivist perspective on learning to guide the reconstruction of undergraduate education. It presents an original framework for systematically linking educational philosophy and learning theories to their implications for teaching practice.In ... Read more

$91.16 CAD

This book is designed to introduce professors and administrators in higher education to the philosophical, theoretical, and research support for using a constructivist perspective on learning to guide the reconstruction of undergraduate education. It presents an original framework for systematically linking educational philosophy and learning theories to their implications for teaching practice.In
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Education for Sustainable Human and Environmental Systems

From Theory to Practice

Edited by Will Focht, Michael A. Reiter, Paul A. Barresi, Richard C. Smardon ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Sustainability
The goal of Sustainable Human and Environmental Systems (SHES) education is to prepare students to facilitate social learning in communities that builds knowledge of, capacity for, and commitment to sustainability to facilitate the emergence of sustainable societies.The SHES approach to sustainability education relies on complexity-based systems thinking that transcends disciplinary boundaries. ... Read more

$81.30 CAD

The goal of Sustainable Human and Environmental Systems (SHES) education is to prepare students to facilitate social learning in communities that builds knowledge of, capacity for, and commitment to sustainability to facilitate the emergence of sustainable societies.The SHES approach to sustainability education relies on complexity-based systems thinking that transcends disciplinary boundaries.
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Syrian Refugee Children in Australia and Sweden

Education and Survival Among the Displaced, Dispossessed and Disrupted

by Nina Maadad ...

Both Australia and Sweden are economically, socially and politically well-developed countries and each has responded to the Syrian crisis in its own way with features that define refugee children’s schooling trajectories for transition to life and work. Syrian Refugee Children in Australia and Sweden provides insights into policies influencing the education and schooling of Syrian refugee children ... Read more

$71.45 CAD

Both Australia and Sweden are economically, socially and politically well-developed countries and each has responded to the Syrian crisis in its own way with features that define refugee children’s schooling trajectories for transition to life and work. Syrian Refugee Children in Australia and Sweden provides insights into policies influencing the education and schooling of Syrian refugee children
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Environmentalizing Education

Reorienting Teachers’ Perspectives

by Chong Shimray ...

The book offers a distinctive blend of topics geared toward advancing environmental education (EE) in South Asian countries. By introducing the current environmental challenges and the integration of EE in the national curricula of select South Asian countries, it illuminates how teachers might often overlook the impact of their own environmental beliefs and values that significantly shape their ... Read more

$75.14 CAD

The book offers a distinctive blend of topics geared toward advancing environmental education (EE) in South Asian countries. By introducing the current environmental challenges and the integration of EE in the national curricula of select South Asian countries, it illuminates how teachers might often overlook the impact of their own environmental beliefs and values that significantly shape their
... Read more
Media Education in Asia

Edited by Chi-Kim Cheung ...

Series series Education (R0)
Media education in Asia is a relatively young, but rapidly developing part of the curriculum. Research has been conducted and papers have been written on various issues concerning media education in Asia. The dominant models of media education in the world are broadly Western and most are drawn from English-speaking countries. The question is whether a similar pattern exists in Asia, where there ... Read more

$104.48 CAD

Media education in Asia is a relatively young, but rapidly developing part of the curriculum. Research has been conducted and papers have been written on various issues concerning media education in Asia. The dominant models of media education in the world are broadly Western and most are drawn from English-speaking countries. The question is whether a similar pattern exists in Asia, where there
... Read more
The Politics of the School Curriculum

by Denis Lawton ...

Series series Routledge Library Editions: Education
If the curriculum can be defined as a ‘selection from the culture of society’, the central question then becomes ‘who selects’. This volume answers this question, reviewing various aspects of the curriculum and its planning. For many years the control of the curriculum was uncontroversial. In the 1970s this situation changed: teachers were increasingly criticised for having too much power; the ... Read more

$91.16 CAD

If the curriculum can be defined as a ‘selection from the culture of society’, the central question then becomes ‘who selects’. This volume answers this question, reviewing various aspects of the curriculum and its planning. For many years the control of the curriculum was uncontroversial. In the 1970s this situation changed: teachers were increasingly criticised for having too much power; the
... Read more
Introducing Dialogic Pedagogy

Provocations for the Early Years

by E. White ...

Introducing Dialogic Pedagogy presents some of the ideas of Russian philosopher Mikhail Bakhtin concerning dialogism in a way that will engage and inspire those studying early childhood education. By translating the growing body of dialogic scholarship into a practical application of teaching and learning with very young children, this book provides readers with alternative ways of examining, ... Read more

$71.45 CAD

Introducing Dialogic Pedagogy presents some of the ideas of Russian philosopher Mikhail Bakhtin concerning dialogism in a way that will engage and inspire those studying early childhood education. By translating the growing body of dialogic scholarship into a practical application of teaching and learning with very young children, this book provides readers with alternative ways of examining,
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Teaching Peace and War

Pedagogy and Curricula

Edited by Annick T.R. Wibben, Amanda E. Donahoe ...

This comprehensive volume on teaching peace and war demonstrates that our choice of pedagogy, or the way we structure a curriculum, must be attentive to context. Pedagogical strategies that work with one class may not work in another, whether over time or across space and different types of institutions, regardless of the field of study. This book offers insight on how to address these issues. The ... Read more

$77.61 CAD

This comprehensive volume on teaching peace and war demonstrates that our choice of pedagogy, or the way we structure a curriculum, must be attentive to context. Pedagogical strategies that work with one class may not work in another, whether over time or across space and different types of institutions, regardless of the field of study. This book offers insight on how to address these issues. The
... Read more
Curriculum Work and Social Justice Leadership in a Post-Reconceptualist Era

Attaining Critical Consciousness and Learning to Become

by Allan Michel Jales Coutinho ...

Series series Studies in Curriculum Theory Series
This book urgently confronts systems of privilege and oppression within education, and combines concepts including bifocality, currere, and conscientização to highlight the role of dialogical and autobiographical reflection in dismantling neoliberal and colonial logics at the level of theory, policy, and practice.The author purposefully connects methods and concepts from curriculum, social studies ... Read more

$75.14 CAD

This book urgently confronts systems of privilege and oppression within education, and combines concepts including bifocality, currere, and conscientização to highlight the role of dialogical and autobiographical reflection in dismantling neoliberal and colonial logics at the level of theory, policy, and practice.The author purposefully connects methods and concepts from curriculum, social studies
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Theory and Practice of Curriculum Studies

by Denis Lawton ...

Series series Routledge Library Editions: Education
This book deals with curriculum issues and problems, and one of its aims is to help practising teachers to clarify their own theory and practice in relation to the curriculum. The contributors look at three popular theories or sets of assumptions held by teachers: the child-centred view of education; the subject-centred or knowledge-centred view; and the society-centred view. Each of these views ... Read more

$91.16 CAD

This book deals with curriculum issues and problems, and one of its aims is to help practising teachers to clarify their own theory and practice in relation to the curriculum. The contributors look at three popular theories or sets of assumptions held by teachers: the child-centred view of education; the subject-centred or knowledge-centred view; and the society-centred view. Each of these views
... Read more
Creating an Equitable Space for Teaching and Learning

Towards Theory and Evidence-based Practice

Edited by Jaya Singh, Tasha Agarwal ...

This book discusses the issues of equity-based education in India and advocates for providing fair and inclusive system of education. It focuses on the practice of democratic education to promote critical thinking and develop problem-solving attitudes among learners in learner-centric classrooms.Offering insightful comments on the contemporary issues related to Education in India, the book ... Read more

$75.14 CAD

This book discusses the issues of equity-based education in India and advocates for providing fair and inclusive system of education. It focuses on the practice of democratic education to promote critical thinking and develop problem-solving attitudes among learners in learner-centric classrooms.Offering insightful comments on the contemporary issues related to Education in India, the book
... Read more
Argument as Dialogue Across Difference

Engaging Youth in Public Literacies

by Jennifer Clifton ...

In the spirit of models of argument starting with inquiry, this book starts with a question: What might it mean to teach argument in ways that open up spaces for change—changes of mind, changes of practice and policy, changes in ways of talking and relating? The author explores teaching argument in ways that take into account the complexities and pluralities young people face as they attempt to ... Read more

$77.61 CAD

In the spirit of models of argument starting with inquiry, this book starts with a question: What might it mean to teach argument in ways that open up spaces for change—changes of mind, changes of practice and policy, changes in ways of talking and relating? The author explores teaching argument in ways that take into account the complexities and pluralities young people face as they attempt to
... Read more
Currere and Psychoanalytic Guided Regression

Revisiting the Kent State Shootings

by Karl Martin ...

Series series Studies in Curriculum Theory Series
This book revisits the 1970 Kent State shootings, also known as the May 4 massacre and the Kent State massacre, using a new approach of currere and psychoanalytic guided regression. Drawing on a variety of interviews with those who were present at the events or who have close connections to the aftermath, the author engages in what he terms a doubled currere. This includes weaving a description of ... Read more

$35.72 CAD

This book revisits the 1970 Kent State shootings, also known as the May 4 massacre and the Kent State massacre, using a new approach of currere and psychoanalytic guided regression. Drawing on a variety of interviews with those who were present at the events or who have close connections to the aftermath, the author engages in what he terms a doubled currere. This includes weaving a description of
... Read more
Reconceptualizing Plato’s Socrates at the Limit of Education

A Socratic Curriculum Grounded in Finite Human Transcendence

by James M. Magrini ...

Series series Studies in Curriculum Theory Series
Bridging the gap between interpretations of "Third Way" Platonic scholarship and "phenomenological-ontological" scholarship, this book argues for a unique ontological-hermeneutic interpretation of Plato and Plato’s Socrates. Reconceptualizing Plato’s Socrates at the Limit of Education offers a re-reading of Plato and Plato’s Socrates in terms of interpreting the practice of education as care for ... Read more

$77.61 CAD

Bridging the gap between interpretations of "Third Way" Platonic scholarship and "phenomenological-ontological" scholarship, this book argues for a unique ontological-hermeneutic interpretation of Plato and Plato’s Socrates. Reconceptualizing Plato’s Socrates at the Limit of Education offers a re-reading of Plato and Plato’s Socrates in terms of interpreting the practice of education as care for
... Read more
Journalism Education for the Digital Age

Promises, Perils, and Possibilities

by Brian Creech ...

Series series Disruptions
This book examines pressing debates concerning how and why journalism education should respond to digital changes in and around the industry, and questions market oriented ideology and civic responsibility in the field.Surveying a broad field of discourse and research into journalism education, Creech shows how public ideals, market logics and industry concerns have come to animate discussions ... Read more

$38.18 CAD

This book examines pressing debates concerning how and why journalism education should respond to digital changes in and around the industry, and questions market oriented ideology and civic responsibility in the field.Surveying a broad field of discourse and research into journalism education, Creech shows how public ideals, market logics and industry concerns have come to animate discussions
... Read more
Democratic Education as a Curricular Problem

Historical Consciousness and the Moralizing Limits of the Present

by Daniel Friedrich ...

Series series Routledge Cultural Studies in Knowledge, Curriculum, and Education
By repositioning democratic education not as something that can be achieved by following a certain, proven process, but as an inherently paradoxical enterprise in its dealings with the tension between schooling as the intentional production of citizens and the uncertainties of democracy, an alternative way of reading the curriculum emerges. This book aims not at arriving at the right combination ... Read more

$71.45 CAD

By repositioning democratic education not as something that can be achieved by following a certain, proven process, but as an inherently paradoxical enterprise in its dealings with the tension between schooling as the intentional production of citizens and the uncertainties of democracy, an alternative way of reading the curriculum emerges. This book aims not at arriving at the right combination
... Read more
Asia's High Performing Education Systems

The Case of Hong Kong

Edited by Colin Marsh, John Chi-Kin Lee ...

Series series Routledge Series on Schools and Schooling in Asia
Education officials, specialist leaders and teachers have all been involved in different ways to bring about school reform in Hong Kong. This book is a very current and relevant analysis of this reform, highlighting the way in which agencies have cooperated in bringing about change over the last several decades. Through a process of wide-ranging decision-making, collaboration and consensus among ... Read more

$75.14 CAD

Education officials, specialist leaders and teachers have all been involved in different ways to bring about school reform in Hong Kong. This book is a very current and relevant analysis of this reform, highlighting the way in which agencies have cooperated in bringing about change over the last several decades. Through a process of wide-ranging decision-making, collaboration and consensus among
... Read more
Raising Literacy Achievement in High-Poverty Schools

An Evidence-Based Approach

by Eithne Kennedy ...

Series series Routledge Research in Education
This book shares lessons gleaned from a two-year intervention in a high-poverty school, which was highly successful in significantly narrowing the literacy achievement gap and in raising children’s motivation and engagement in literacy both inside and outside school. Kennedy argues that there is much that disadvantaged schools can do to close the gap, but this is more likely to occur when a ... Read more

$75.14 CAD

This book shares lessons gleaned from a two-year intervention in a high-poverty school, which was highly successful in significantly narrowing the literacy achievement gap and in raising children’s motivation and engagement in literacy both inside and outside school. Kennedy argues that there is much that disadvantaged schools can do to close the gap, but this is more likely to occur when a
... Read more
The All-Day Kindergarten Curriculum

A Dynamic-Themes Approach

by Doris Pronin Fromberg ...

Grounded in theory and research, The All-Day Kindergarten and Pre-K Curriculum provides an activity-based and classroom-proven curriculum for educators to consider as they plan and interact with pre-k and kindergarten children. Allowing young children the opportunities to become independent, caring, critical thinkers who feel comfortable asking questions and exploring possible solutions, the ... Read more

$86.23 CAD

Grounded in theory and research, The All-Day Kindergarten and Pre-K Curriculum provides an activity-based and classroom-proven curriculum for educators to consider as they plan and interact with pre-k and kindergarten children. Allowing young children the opportunities to become independent, caring, critical thinkers who feel comfortable asking questions and exploring possible solutions, the
... Read more

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