Educational Psychology category: 2684 books
by Ken Rigby
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2002
'Extremely useful background reading for pre- and in service teachers especially, but not only, of pre-adults.' -The Teacher Trainer 'There are no muddled thoughts or fudging of issues here; Rigby deals head on with difficult issues, and the book has a nice literary style that is a pleasure to read -...
Ensouling Our Schools
A Universally Designed Framework for Mental Health, Well-Being, and Reconciliation
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2018
In an educational milieu in which standards and accountability hold sway, schools can become places of stress, marginalization, and isolation instead of learning communities that nurture a sense of meaning and purpose. In Ensouling Our Schools, author Jennifer Katz weaves together methods of creating...
Techno-Resiliency in Education
A New Approach For Understanding Technology In Education
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2015
This book formulates a greater understanding of how to enable a capacity for building social professional practice related to technology-enriched teaching and learning (TETL) specific, but not limited to, educational settings. This book comes at a time when many in education are struggling to provide...
What Learning Looks Like
Mediated Learning in Theory and Practice, K-6
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In this unique collaboration, the authors bring to life the theory of mediated learning. Through numerous examples and scenarios from classrooms and museums, they show how mediated learning helps children to become more effective learners. Readers learn the steps in the process, including analyzing...
by Gráinne Conole
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2012
The Internet and associated technologies have been around for almost twenty years. Networked access and computer ownership are now the norm. There is a plethora of technologies that can be used to support learning, offering different ways in which learners can communicate with each other and their...
Including the Gifted and Talented
Making Inclusion Work for More Gifted and Able Learners
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2006
This single volume presents the views of experts from the field which challenge the assumption that educational inclusion relates only to those pupils with learning difficulties. In this book, the authors examine the extent to which a truly inclusive context can provide a challenging environment...
Thinking Collaboratively
Learning in a Community of Inquiry
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2015
Thinking Collaboratively is a theoretical and practical guide to thinking and learning in deep and meaningful ways within purposeful communities of inquiry. Critical thinking has long been recognized as an important educational goal but, until now, has largely been conceived and operationalized as...
Partnerships for Inclusive Education
A Critical Approach to Collaborative Working
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2007
Shortlisted for the NASEN/TES 2007 Book Award
Increased partnership between professionals, particularly through the integration of services, indicates a major opportunity for child and parent participation, but one that seems in danger of being side-stepped. Drawing on substantial research...
by Collaborative Learning Solutions, Christine Fonseca
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2017
Students and educators face increasingly difficult school environments. Issues related to bullying, anxiety, poor morale and low motivation have all created barriers to student achievement and success. In response, many districts have implemented a variety of programs and structures to address school...
A Think-Aloud and Talk-Aloud Approach to Building Language
Overcoming Disability, Delay, and Deficiency
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
While self-talk like “Now we are buckling you in the car seat so we can go to the store” is common parental practice, this book shows how teachers, parents, and therapists can take this to higher levels to advance language cognitive development and learning potential. Based on neuroscience...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2015
The Routledge International Handbook of Research on Teaching Thinking is a comprehensive guide to research on teaching thinking. Teaching thinking is key to growing a more successful economy, is needed for increased democratic engagement and is vital for the well-being of individuals faced with the...
Curriculum Models for the 21st Century
Using Learning Technologies in Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2013
Changing student profiles and the increasing availability of mainstream and specialized learning technologies are stretching the traditional face-to-face models of teaching and learning in higher education. Institutions, too, are facing far-reaching systemic changes which are placing strains on existing...
by Maggie Hartnett
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
This work explores and explicates learner motivation in online learning environments. More specifically, it uses a case-study approach to examine undergraduate students’ motivation within two formal and separate online learning contexts. In doing so, it recognizes the mutually constitutive relationship...
by Morag Stuart, Professor Rhona Stainthorp
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2015
This textbook will prove invaluable to teacher educators, teachers, educational psychologists, and any professional who is involved with teaching children to read. It provides a detailed examination of the processes that are involved in achieving fluent word reading skills and ability to comprehend...