Educational Psychology category: 2684 books
by A.S. Neill
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2017
Dissatisfied with traditional schooling, with its lack of freedom, democracy, and self-determination, A. S. Neill began searching for a place to establish his own school and to experiment with his developing ideas, gathering what was best in the educational systems of various nations. In 1921 he became...
Competence Based Education and Training (CBET) and the End of Human Learning
The Existential Threat of Competency
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2017
This book radically counters the optimism sparked by Competence Based Education and Training, an educational philosophy that has re-emerged in Schooling, Vocational and Higher Education in the last decade. CBET supposedly offers a new type of learning that will lead to skilled employment; here, Preston...
Imagery and Text
A Dual Coding Theory of Reading and Writing
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2013
Imagery and Text, Second Edition extends the first edition’s unified theory of cognition in literacy from the perspective of Dual Coding Theory (DCT), one of the most influential and empirically sound theories of cognition ever developed. This theory provides a comprehensive, systematic account...
by Colin Latchem
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2018
This book is the first comprehensive account of developments in open and distance non-formal education in developing countries for over more than 20 years. It includes many instructive and inspiring examples of how international agencies such as UNESCO, FAO, WHO, UNICEF, USAID and the Commonwealth...
The Challenge of Teaching
Through the Eyes of Pre-service Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
This book presents thirty-one accounts by final-year pre-service teachers, providing guidance and insights for less advanced teacher education students, and illustrating the use of life history and narrative stories as methods for pre-service teachers to explore educational issues in classroom practice....
The Instructional Design Knowledge Base
Theory, Research, and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2010
The Instructional Design Knowledge Base: Theory, Research and Practice provides ID professionals and students at all levels with a comprehensive exploration of the theories and research that serve as a foundation for current and emerging ID practice. This book offers both current and classic interpretations...
Researching Sex and Lies in the Classroom
Allegations of Sexual Misconduct in Schools
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2009
The Anglophone world is gripped by a moral panic centred on child abuse in general and fear of the paedophile in particular. Evidence suggests an alarming rise in the number of false allegations of sexual abuse being made against teachers, and demonstrates that the fallout from being falsely accused...
by Daniel Rechtschaffen
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2014
A new educational paradigm for youth mindfulness.
“If you are a teacher, or an educator, or involved in school administration and curriculum development, the book you hold in your hands has the potential to transform your life, the lives of your students, and the life of the school itself,...
Fundamentals of Gifted Education
Considering Multiple Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2017
The field of gifted education is characterized by a perplexing array of perspectives concerning such fundamental issues as definition, identification, curriculum, social and emotional development, and underserved populations. Fundamentals of Gifted Education provides a coherent framework for planning...
What Makes Learning Fun?
Principles for the Design of Intrinsically Motivating Museum Exhibits
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
Although much has been written in recent years on what museum visitors actually experience, there is little research-backed guidance available for developing meaningful exhibits and programs for specific educational purposes. Deborah Perry looks at what we know about the experiences of people in museums...
Trauma-Sensitive Schools
Learning Communities Transforming Children's Lives, K5
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Growing evidence supports the important relationship between trauma and academic failure. Along with the failure of “zero tolerance” policies to resolve issues of school safety and a new understanding of children’s disruptive behavior, educators are changing the way they view children’s academic...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2013
This book tackles the latest challenges in education in the business sector, outlining how the students of the future must be taught to adapt to a highly fluid business environment in which their ability to acquire new skills and collaborate with others is more important than possessing facts. Taking...
by Anne Harris
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2016
This book advances an environmental approach to enhancing creativity in schools, by interweaving educational creativity theory with creative industries environmental approaches. Using Anna Craft’s last book Creativity and Education Futures as a starting point, the book sets out an up-to-date argument...
by William Jeynes
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2010
Providing an objective assessment of the influence of parental involvement and what aspects of parental participation can best maximize the educational outcomes of students, this volume is structured to guide readers to a thorough understanding of the history, practice, theories, and impact of parental...