Experimental Methods category: 522 books
Surviving and Thriving with Teacher Action Research
Reflections and Advice from the Field
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2014
Action research can be a transformative learning experience that strengthens educators’ practice and empowers our voices. For the novice action researcher, however, it can sometimes be frustrating, isolating, and overwhelming. Surviving and Thriving with Teacher Action Research is an outstanding...
Photography in Educational Research
Critical reflections from diverse contexts
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2014
Photography in education involves the use of photographs to engage research participants in representing and reflecting upon their own experiences. This book explores how photographic images can be used in a range of educational settings in different cultural contexts, as a method of facilitating...
Outcome-Based Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education
Innovative Practices
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2012
As the engineering education shifts away from traditional methods and towards the outcomes-based mastery of science, technology, engineering and math topics, curriculum design must also shift to reflect this new priority. Outcome-Based Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education: Innovative...
Generalizing from Educational Research
Beyond Qualitative and Quantitative Polarization
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2009
"This book frames the major challenge facing educational researchers as one of going beyond the mindless qualitative-quantitative divide and addressing the overarching/fundamental challenge of enriching and enlarging educational inquiry. It is a signature contribution to the field." - Clifton...
Disrupting Qualitative Inquiry
Possibilities and Tensions in Educational Research
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Disrupting Qualitative Inquiry is an edited volume that examines the possibilities and tensions encountered by scholars who adopt disruptive qualitative approaches to the study of educational contexts, issues, and phenomena. It presents a collection of innovative and intellectually stimulating chapters...
by Steve Springer, Brandy Alexander, Kimberly Persiani
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2014
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Investigations of E-Learning Patterns
Context Factors, Problems and Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2010
Design patterns have become popular in the domains of architecture, software design, human computer interaction, Web 2.0, organizational structures, and pedagogy as a way to communicate successful practical knowledge. Patterns capture proven solutions for recurrent problems with respect to fitting contexts....
Alternative Approaches to Education
A Guide for Teachers and Parents
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2017
Alternative Approaches to Education provides parents and teachers with information and guidance on different education options in the UK and further afield. This new and expanded edition, including additional chapters and up-to-date contact details, explains the values, philosophies and methods of...
Morality Behind Bars
An Intervention Study on Fostering Moral Competence of Prisoners as a New Approach to Social Rehabilitation
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2014
Prisoners prefer moral ideals like justice and responsibility just as much as non-prisoners. However, they lack moral competence, which Georg Lind has defined as the ability to solve conflicts through deliberation and communication rather than through violence, deceit and power. The data of this experimentally...
The Most Important Work
Stories of Sovereignty in the Struggle for Literacy
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2015
This book is a collection of essays that reflect the desire and determination guiding many practitioners and researchers as they work together in more meaningful and relevant ways for literacy. The essays are organized as three series of dialogues in which an academic scholar works with a practitioner,...
HybridContext Instructional Model
The Internet and the Classrooms: The Way Teachers Experience It
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
This book is a product of a dissertation project that was completed in December 2006. This project investigated teachers’ experiences in relation to teaching and learning using the hybridcontext instructional model. The dissertation itself has been noted as one of the best in providing practical tips...
Fostering Creativity
The Full Day Kindergarten Classroom in Ontario: Learning Through Inquiry and Play and Its Implications for Child Development
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2015
Dr. Karias development of the EYE (Early Years Education) Model serves to highlight essential elements for quality Full Day Kindergarten learning and through her research and teaching experience she is able to take a closer look at how to build more creativity into the lives of children. By encouraging...
Teaching the Way Students Learn
Practical Applications for Putting Theories into Action
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
How do students truly learn? What is the best way to teach? Where do you go for help? Every day, you face the challenge of engaging students in learning, often to disappointing results. This book provides a myriad of voices at your side supporting you with sound educational philosophy and practical...
Beyond the Classroom Walls
Ethnographic Inquiry as Pedagogy
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2014
This book integrates ethnographic research with teacher education strategies, with the aim of preparing teachers to work with urban and low-income youth in schools and other social service agencies. Through various case studies, Gordon provides insight into how educators in diverse settings can engage...