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What the Schools Teach and Might Teach

Rethinking Education for the Future: Solutions for a More Practical Curriculum

by John Franklin Bobbitt ...

In "What the Schools Teach and Might Teach," John Franklin Bobbitt explores the multifaceted landscape of education, examining both the explicit curriculum and the underlying values that schools promote. Through a critical lens, Bobbitt employs a blend of analytical discourse and narrative style, dissecting educational theories from the early 20th century to contemporary practices. The book ... Read more

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In "What the Schools Teach and Might Teach," John Franklin Bobbitt explores the multifaceted landscape of education, examining both the explicit curriculum and the underlying values that schools promote. Through a critical lens, Bobbitt employs a blend of analytical discourse and narrative style, dissecting educational theories from the early 20th century to contemporary practices. The book
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Mindset Mathematics: Visualizing and Investigating Big Ideas, Grade 6

by Jo Boaler, Jen Munson, Cathy Williams ...

Series series Mindset Mathematics
Engage students in mathematics using growth mindset techniquesThe most challenging parts of teaching mathematics are engaging students and helping them understand the connections between mathematics concepts. In this volume, you'll find a collection of low floor, high ceiling tasks that will help you do just that, by looking at the big ideas at the sixth-grade level through visualization, play, ... Read more

$22.99 CAD

Engage students in mathematics using growth mindset techniquesThe most challenging parts of teaching mathematics are engaging students and helping them understand the connections between mathematics concepts. In this volume, you'll find a collection of low floor, high ceiling tasks that will help you do just that, by looking at the big ideas at the sixth-grade level through visualization, play,
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Echoes of Discovery

Inspiring Conversations with Nobel Laureates and Other Luminaries

by Istvan Hargittai, Magdolna Hargittai ...

The authors of Echoes of Discovery draw from a lifetime of symbiotic research and over two hundred in-depth conversations with Nobel laureates and other luminaries. They dissolve the artificial divisions caused by the rigid system of modern education. They show Science as a true human enterprise and offer their readers a “second university.” This captivating volume compiles full conversations, ... Read more

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The authors of Echoes of Discovery draw from a lifetime of symbiotic research and over two hundred in-depth conversations with Nobel laureates and other luminaries. They dissolve the artificial divisions caused by the rigid system of modern education. They show Science as a true human enterprise and offer their readers a “second university.” This captivating volume compiles full conversations,
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Perspectives on the Knowledge Problem in New Zealand Education

Towards Equity

Edited by Megan Lourie, Graham McPhail ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book offers new ideas for thinking about how more equitable outcomes might be achieved in New Zealand so that all students are well-equipped to live and work in contemporary society. It addresses a social justice concern about access to the unique affordances of subject knowledge which comprises two forms of knowledge - propositional (knowledge-that) and applied knowledge (know-how-to).The ... Read more

$75.50 CAD

This book offers new ideas for thinking about how more equitable outcomes might be achieved in New Zealand so that all students are well-equipped to live and work in contemporary society. It addresses a social justice concern about access to the unique affordances of subject knowledge which comprises two forms of knowledge - propositional (knowledge-that) and applied knowledge (know-how-to).The
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Teaching History for the Contemporary World

Tensions, Challenges and Classroom Experiences in Higher Education

Edited by Adele Nye, Jennifer Clark ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book brings together history educators from Australia and around the world to tell their own personal stories and how they approach teaching history in the context of contemporary tensions in the classroom. It encourages historians to think actively about how history in the classroom can play a role in helping students to make sense of their world and to act honourably within it.The ... Read more

$151.01 CAD

This book brings together history educators from Australia and around the world to tell their own personal stories and how they approach teaching history in the context of contemporary tensions in the classroom. It encourages historians to think actively about how history in the classroom can play a role in helping students to make sense of their world and to act honourably within it.The
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The Social Impact of Creative Arts in Australian Communities

by Sandra Gattenhof, Donna Hancox, Helen Klaebe, Sasha Mackay ...

Series series Education (R0)
This book brings together discussions about Australian arts policy and funding, outcomes of arts engagement in terms of social inclusion, well-being and education. It presents exemplars of creative programs or case studies that build capacity and lasting impact for communities in urban and regional Australia. This book describes the impact of the arts using narrative case studies. Through this, it ... Read more

$139.40 CAD

This book brings together discussions about Australian arts policy and funding, outcomes of arts engagement in terms of social inclusion, well-being and education. It presents exemplars of creative programs or case studies that build capacity and lasting impact for communities in urban and regional Australia. This book describes the impact of the arts using narrative case studies. Through this, it
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Critical Language Pedagogy

Interrogating Language, Dialects, and Power in Teacher Education

by Amanda J. Godley, Jeffrey Reaser ...

Series Book 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 ... Read more

$44.99 CAD

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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Fearless Engagement of Four Arrows

The True Story of an Indigenous-Based Social Transformer

by R. Michael Fisher ...

Series Book 525 - Counterpoints
In times of extreme cascading global crises facing humanity, all responsible humans need to re-evaluate the dominant worldview that has brought us to this point of facing extinction. As a species we need to relearn the "good" ways from our greatest allies in Nature and from Indigenous cultures that lived in relative harmony with Nature. Equally, we need to learn the best ways to think critically ... Read more

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In times of extreme cascading global crises facing humanity, all responsible humans need to re-evaluate the dominant worldview that has brought us to this point of facing extinction. As a species we need to relearn the "good" ways from our greatest allies in Nature and from Indigenous cultures that lived in relative harmony with Nature. Equally, we need to learn the best ways to think critically
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Fundamentals of Curriculum

Passion and Professionalism

by Decker F. Walker ...

Graduate students and teachers of introductory graduate courses in curriculum have many textbooks to choose from. What is special about Fundamentals of Curriculum: Passion and Professionalism, Second Edition?Content and approach: Clear, focused, and tightly structured, this text provides essential information and resources education professionals need to effectively deal with the urgent and ... Read more

$99.78 CAD

Graduate students and teachers of introductory graduate courses in curriculum have many textbooks to choose from. What is special about Fundamentals of Curriculum: Passion and Professionalism, Second Edition?Content and approach: Clear, focused, and tightly structured, this text provides essential information and resources education professionals need to effectively deal with the urgent and
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Loss, Change and Grief

An Educational Perspective

by Erica Brown ...

First Published in 1999. Helping children come to terms with and be aware of loss, change and grief is an undeveloped area within education although they are universal features of human experience. Here the author fosters a positive attitude to teaching and learning about such issues. She explores many experiences of loss and grief and different beliefs and practices are discussed so that the ... Read more

$56.66 CAD

First Published in 1999. Helping children come to terms with and be aware of loss, change and grief is an undeveloped area within education although they are universal features of human experience. Here the author fosters a positive attitude to teaching and learning about such issues. She explores many experiences of loss and grief and different beliefs and practices are discussed so that the
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Exploring Play in the Primary Classroom

by Gill Beardsley, Penelope Harnett ...

First Published in 1999. This innovative series is an ideal means of supporting professional practice in the post-Dearing era, when a new focus on the quality of teaching and learning is possible. The series promotes reflexive teaching and active forms of pupil learning. Using a number of case studies this book explores the authors’ fascination for the ways in which children use imaginative play ... Read more

$50.50 CAD

First Published in 1999. This innovative series is an ideal means of supporting professional practice in the post-Dearing era, when a new focus on the quality of teaching and learning is possible. The series promotes reflexive teaching and active forms of pupil learning. Using a number of case studies this book explores the authors’ fascination for the ways in which children use imaginative play
... Read more
Controversial History Education in Asian Contexts

Edited by Mark Baildon, Kah Seng Loh, Ivy Maria Lim, Gül İnanç, Junaidah Jaffar ...

Series series Routledge Critical Studies in Asian Education
This book examines both history textbook controversies AND teaching historical controversy in Asian contexts. The different perspectives provided by the book’s authors offer numerous insights, examples, and approaches for understanding historical controversy to provide a practical gold mine for scholars and practitioners. The book provides case studies of history textbook controversies ranging ... Read more

$82.53 CAD

This book examines both history textbook controversies AND teaching historical controversy in Asian contexts. The different perspectives provided by the book’s authors offer numerous insights, examples, and approaches for understanding historical controversy to provide a practical gold mine for scholars and practitioners. The book provides case studies of history textbook controversies ranging
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The Primary Teacher's Guide To The New National Curriculum

Edited by Kate Ashcroft, Professor Kate Ashcroft, David Palacio ...

This guide gives an overview of the curriculum arrangements which took effect in August 1995. The book outlines the main changes to the original National Curriculum and gives examples of ways to teach the new curriculum, together with enquiry tasks to take the teacher forward. It also covers each of the subjects of the revised National Curriculum, locating them within a context of whole curriculum ... Read more

$107.17 CAD

This guide gives an overview of the curriculum arrangements which took effect in August 1995. The book outlines the main changes to the original National Curriculum and gives examples of ways to teach the new curriculum, together with enquiry tasks to take the teacher forward. It also covers each of the subjects of the revised National Curriculum, locating them within a context of whole curriculum
... Read more
What Your Second Grader Needs to Know (Revised and Updated)

Fundamentals of a Good Second-Grade Education

by E.D. Hirsch Jr. ...

Series series The Core Knowledge Series
Give your child a smart start with the revised and updatedWhat Your Second Grader Needs to KnowWhat will your child be expected to learn in the second grade? How can you help him or her at home? This book answers these all-important questions and more, offering the specific shared knowledge that hundreds of parents and teachers across the nation have agreed upon for American second graders. ... Read more

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Give your child a smart start with the revised and updatedWhat Your Second Grader Needs to KnowWhat will your child be expected to learn in the second grade? How can you help him or her at home? This book answers these all-important questions and more, offering the specific shared knowledge that hundreds of parents and teachers across the nation have agreed upon for American second graders.
... Read more
Education for Life

Preparing Children to Meet Today's Challenges

by J. Donald Walters ...

Here is a constructive alternative to modern education. The author stresses spiritual values and helping children grow toward full maturity learning not only facts, but also innovative principles for better living. This book is the basis for the Living Wisdom schools and the Education for LifeFoundation, which trains teachers, parents and educators. Encouraging parents and educators to see ... Read more

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Here is a constructive alternative to modern education. The author stresses spiritual values and helping children grow toward full maturity learning not only facts, but also innovative principles for better living. This book is the basis for the Living Wisdom schools and the Education for LifeFoundation, which trains teachers, parents and educators. Encouraging parents and educators to see
... Read more
The Challenge Ahead

Information Technology in the Primary School Curriculum

Edited by Joyce I. Fields ...

Series series Routledge Revivals
The information technology (IT) revolution brought unprecedented opportunities to primary teaching. The communications explosion in the outside world rendered the ability to handle large amounts of information, the most crucial of life skills. However, the use of microcomputers in the classroom had been haphazard, and the introduction of IT requirements to the National Curriculum at the time ... Read more

$52.97 CAD

The information technology (IT) revolution brought unprecedented opportunities to primary teaching. The communications explosion in the outside world rendered the ability to handle large amounts of information, the most crucial of life skills. However, the use of microcomputers in the classroom had been haphazard, and the introduction of IT requirements to the National Curriculum at the time
... Read more
Place and Time with Children Five to Nine

by Joan Blyth ...

Series series Routledge Revivals
First published in 1984, Place and Time with Children Five to Nine challenges the conventional curriculum in arguing that too much emphasis has been placed on the basics, language, and number skills, to the exclusion of other aspects of the curriculum. While teachers recognise that young children must be introduced to the past, recent and distant, and the environment, near and far, these are often ... Read more

$96.09 CAD

First published in 1984, Place and Time with Children Five to Nine challenges the conventional curriculum in arguing that too much emphasis has been placed on the basics, language, and number skills, to the exclusion of other aspects of the curriculum. While teachers recognise that young children must be introduced to the past, recent and distant, and the environment, near and far, these are often
... Read more
A Curriculum of Wellness

Reconceptualizing Physical Education

by Michelle Kilborn ...

Series Book 47 - Complicated Conversation
A Curriculum of Wellness seeks to encourage a deeper discussion about teaching our children how to be healthy and live well. It makes a significant contribution to the field of education as it features influential curriculum concepts nuanced with action research principles in a unified, intimate, and deeply relational inquiry into physical education teacher practice. This work presents a very ... Read more

$47.15 CAD

A Curriculum of Wellness seeks to encourage a deeper discussion about teaching our children how to be healthy and live well. It makes a significant contribution to the field of education as it features influential curriculum concepts nuanced with action research principles in a unified, intimate, and deeply relational inquiry into physical education teacher practice. This work presents a very
... Read more
Shifting the Kaleidoscope

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Educators’ Insights on Culture Shock, Identity and Pedagogy

by Jon L. Smythe ...

Series Book 46 - Complicated Conversation
This book examines culture shock and reverse culture shock as valuable learning experiences for educators working in increasingly culturally diverse environments. Although these phenomena are often cast as illnesses to be avoided, this study suggests that both types of shock can help educators develop greater self-understanding and intercultural awareness and will benefit their pedagogical ... Read more

$47.15 CAD

This book examines culture shock and reverse culture shock as valuable learning experiences for educators working in increasingly culturally diverse environments. Although these phenomena are often cast as illnesses to be avoided, this study suggests that both types of shock can help educators develop greater self-understanding and intercultural awareness and will benefit their pedagogical
... Read more
Language for Learning in the Primary School

A Practical Guide for Supporting Pupils with Speech, Language and Communication Needs Across the Curriculum

by Sue Hayden, Emma Jordan ...

Series series nasen spotlight
The third edition of Language for Learning in the Primary School is an indispensable resource, packed full of practical suggestions on how to support 5-11-year-old children with speech, language, and communication needs. Colour coded throughout for easy referencing, this unique book supports inclusive practice by helping teachers to:Identify children with speech, language, and communication needs ... Read more

$60.36 CAD

The third edition of Language for Learning in the Primary School is an indispensable resource, packed full of practical suggestions on how to support 5-11-year-old children with speech, language, and communication needs. Colour coded throughout for easy referencing, this unique book supports inclusive practice by helping teachers to:Identify children with speech, language, and communication needs
... Read more
Implementing a 21st Century Competency-Based Curriculum Through Lesson Study

Teacher Learning About Cross-Curricular and Online Pedagogy

Edited by Eric C.K. Cheng, Bruce Lander ...

Series series WALS-Routledge Lesson Study Series
Drawing from a comprehensive collection of university-funded teaching development projects, this edited volume explores the theories and practices behind developing pedagogies through Lesson Study for a 21st-century curriculum. It encompasses various aspects such as lesson observation, assessment literacy, online teaching pedagogy, values education, STEM education, language education, and ... Read more

$77.61 CAD

Drawing from a comprehensive collection of university-funded teaching development projects, this edited volume explores the theories and practices behind developing pedagogies through Lesson Study for a 21st-century curriculum. It encompasses various aspects such as lesson observation, assessment literacy, online teaching pedagogy, values education, STEM education, language education, and
... Read more
Community-based Media Pedagogies

Relational Practices of Listening in the Commons

by Bronwen Low, Paula Salvio, Chloe Brushwood Rose ...

Series series Routledge Research in Education
Participatory media is a tool for individual and community education and development, allowing students to express and share their ideas and opinions, and to contribute to the production of the commons. Vital to the storytelling in these community spaces is listening—the listening of project facilitators to participants, of participants to each other, and of the public to the stories that emerge ... Read more

$77.61 CAD

Participatory media is a tool for individual and community education and development, allowing students to express and share their ideas and opinions, and to contribute to the production of the commons. Vital to the storytelling in these community spaces is listening—the listening of project facilitators to participants, of participants to each other, and of the public to the stories that emerge
... Read more
Constructivist Instruction

Success or Failure?

Edited by Sigmund Tobias, Thomas M. Duffy ...

Constructivist Instruction: Success or Failure? brings together leading thinkers from both sides of the hotly debated controversy about constructivist approaches to instruction. Although constructivist theories and practice now dominate the fields of the learning sciences, instructional technology, curriculum and teaching, and educational psychology, they have also been the subject of sharp ... Read more

$113.33 CAD

Constructivist Instruction: Success or Failure? brings together leading thinkers from both sides of the hotly debated controversy about constructivist approaches to instruction. Although constructivist theories and practice now dominate the fields of the learning sciences, instructional technology, curriculum and teaching, and educational psychology, they have also been the subject of sharp
... Read more
Teaching for Cognitive Engagement

Nine High-Impact, Myth-Busting Strategies for K–12 Instruction

by Rebecca A. Huggins ...

Teaching for Cognitive Engagement offers a bold yet accessible vision for K–12 teaching and learning rooted in reliable principles from cognitive science. Schools today have put their trust into trends like excessive differentiation, self-paced personalization, and “student-led” learning, but are these models misrepresenting how learners learn and how teachers should teach? This book outlines a ... Read more

$52.97 CAD

Teaching for Cognitive Engagement offers a bold yet accessible vision for K–12 teaching and learning rooted in reliable principles from cognitive science. Schools today have put their trust into trends like excessive differentiation, self-paced personalization, and “student-led” learning, but are these models misrepresenting how learners learn and how teachers should teach? This book outlines a
... Read more

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