Evaluation category: 669 books
The Politics of Authentic Engagement
Tools for Engaging Stakeholders in Ensuring Student Success
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2015
The Politics of Authentic Engagement provides practical approaches for leaders in a variety of roles to address the changing landscape of schooling, build dynamic relationships in support of schools, help parents/families support their children’s achievement, and create a culture of engagement....
A Handbook of Children and Young People's Participation
Perspectives from Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2009
A Handbook of Children and Young People's Participation brings together key thinkers and practitioners from diverse contexts across the globe to provide an authoritative overview of contemporary theory and practice around children’s participation.
Promoting the participation of children and...
by Martin Lee Abbott, Jennifer McKinney
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2013
A fresh approach to bridging research design with statistical analysis
While good social science requires both research design and statistical analysis, most books treat these two areas separately. Understanding and Applying Research Design introduces an accessible approach to integrating design...
Errors in Evidence-Based Decision Making
Improving and Applying Research Literacy
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2014
Existing research methods textbooks emphasize the mechanics of HOW to conduct research studies. However, many students fail to see WHY it is important to learn about research because they will never conduct research studies. These students do not become engaged in learning and believe that research...
Fast and Effective Assessment
How to Reduce Your Workload and Improve Student Learning
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2018
What if teachers could dramatically reduce the amount of time they spend reviewing and correcting student work and actually see better results in terms of student learning? That's the goal of Glen Pearsall, who shares dozens of classroom-tested strategies that lessen teachers' workload while increasing...
Assessing Unstoppable Learning
(A Guide to Systems-Thinking Assessment in a Collaborative Culture)
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
Assessing Unstoppable Learning explains how K-12 teachers and administrators can work in collaborative teams to form effective and efficient assessment systems in their schools that help all students maximize their learning. Based on the key principles of systems thinking, this book will help educators...
Pass your exams
Study skills for success
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2005
Pass your exams offers insider information needed for exam success written by a real expert, someone who is a committed life-long learner. Andrew Holmes reveals 52 brilliant ways to motivate yourself for success and gain the confidence to ensure that your hard work pays off on the big day. You'll find...
Teacher Education Policy and Practice
Evidence of Impact, Impact of Evidence
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2017
This volume addresses both 'evidence of impact' and 'impact of evidence' to reveal the complex dialogue between the enterprise of teacher education and evidence of its effects in the early 21st century, taking a critical position on the very notions of 'evidence' and 'impact' that underpin contemporary...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2010
Interdisciplinary Education in the Age of Assessment addresses a prevalent need in educational scholarship today. Many current standards-driven curricula follow strict subject-specific guidelines, leaving educators little room for interdisciplinary innovation. This book gears itself toward developing...
The Pedagogical Imagination
The Republican Legacy in Twenty-First-Century French Literature and Film
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
French school debates of recent years, which are simultaneously debates about the French Republic’s identity and values, have generated a spate of internationally successful literature and film on the topic of education. While mainstream media and scholarly essays tend to treat these works as faithful...
by Noam Chomsky
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2004
In this book, Chomsky builds a larger understanding of our educational needs, starting with the changing role of schools today, yet broadening our view toward new models of public education for citizenship.
The End of Education
Redefining the Value of School
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
In this comprehensive response to the education crisis, the author of Teaching as a Subversive Activity returns to the subject that established his reputation as one of our most insightful social critics. Postman presents useful models with which schools can restore a sense of purpose, tolerance, and a respect for learning.
The Enquiring Classroom (RLE Edu O)
An Introduction to Children's Learning
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
This book, by closely recording and reflecting upon the work and play of a group of 9 to 11 year-old children in a primary classroom, develops an approach to teaching and learning which is based upon the ways in which children are able to exercise a controlling influence over their own learning activity....
The Enquiring Tutor (RLE Edu O)
Exploring The Process of Professional Learning
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2012
Stephen Rowland explores the relationship between the turor (or facilitator) and the professional worker on post-experience professional courses. His emphasis in on the processes of reflection and enquiry in professional learning and is not content specific. Drawing upon his experience as a course...