Education - Curricula

Responsive learning and responsible learning have not been considered and utilized appropriately in the past, especially in light of the post-pandemic higher education landscape. A discussion and consideration of the different elements that make up responsive and responsible learning such as agency, agility, mindfulness,...

Assembles essays addressing the recurring question of the 'subject, ' understood both as human person and school subject, thereby elaborating the subjective and disciplinary character of curriculum studiesAuthor: W. PinarISBN-10: 0230110339ISBN-13: 9780230110335Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/08/2011Pages: 273Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.90d

Two persistent dilemmas haunt school reform: curriculum politics and classroom constancy. Both undermined the 1960s' new social studies, a dynamic reform movement centered on inquiry, issues, and social activism. Dramatic academic freedom controversies ended reform and led to a conservative restoration. On one side...

Pedagogy deals with the theory and practice of learning. It studies the learning processes and how they influence and are influenced by the psychological, social and political development of the learners. It aims to study how skills and knowledge are imparted in an educational...

The approach to teaching which deals with the theory and practice of learning as well as its effects on the psychological, social and political development of learners is termed as pedagogy. Pedagogical considerations are focused on learning space, hidden curriculum, learning theories, distance learning,...

​This book examines contexts and possibilities in Aotearoa New Zealand education contexts arising from the international trend for open, flexible, innovative learning environments (ILE), specifically on the pedagogical load. The book responds to questions such as: What does it mean to teach, learn or...

This book will tell you about the miraculous transformation of primates into modern humans, and how it took about 20 million years. Under what circumstances our ancestors almost went extinct. What became the main reasons for the awakening of consciousness and reaching the top...

Mastery learning is an instructional approach that empowers every student to progress with confidence.Using flexible pacing and targeted supports, teachers guide students through a cyclic process of preparation, demonstration, and formative feedback until there is a mutual agreement between teacher and student that the...

A new short story collection from the author of Colour-Coated Identity and Colours of Hope and Despair.A poignant series of poetry and stories. Some fictional, some autobiographical, others philosophical.Author: Bala MudalyISBN-10: 0648038653ISBN-13: 9780648038658Publisher: Tale PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/30/2022Pages: 198Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x...

BIPOC Alliances: Building Communities and Curricula is a collection of reflective experiences that confront, challenge, and resist hegemonic academic canons. BIPOC perspectives are often scarce in scholarly academic venues and curriculum. This edited book is a curated collection of interdisciplinary, underrepresented voices, and lived...

This book discusses how Big Data could be implemented in educational settings and research, using empirical data and suggesting both best practices and areas in which to invest future research and development. It also explores: 1) the use of learning analytics to improve learning...

With increasing diversity and widening disparities in the United States and globally there are significant challenges and opportunities throughout the educational landscape. Today's educational stakeholders, particulary public school administrators and teachers, must re-envision education and collectively build equity-centered systems, structures, and practices. Confronting systemic...

The change process is immensely complex. It is a journey, not a blueprint. How we make that journey in the present should be informed by our experiences in the past. This book takes the reader through that journey, traversing the stages of initiation, design,...

Today's educators face a critical challenge that goes beyond the curriculum: they must nurture appropriate social and emotional behaviors by providing youth with the conflict-resolution and leadership skills necessary for modern life. The Leadership Program's Violence Prevention Project delivers on that need with an...

Today's educators face a critical challenge that goes beyond the curriculum: they must nurture appropriate social and emotional behaviors by providing youth with the conflict-resolution and leadership skills necessary for modern life. The Leadership Program's Violence Prevention Project delivers on that need with an...

Curriculum Windows Redux: What Curriculum Theorists Can Teach Us about Schools and Society Today is an effort by students of curriculum studies, along with their professor, to interpret and understand curriculum texts and theorists in contemporary terms. The authors explore how key books/authors from...

Curriculum Windows Redux: What Curriculum Theorists Can Teach Us about Schools and Society Today is an effort by students of curriculum studies, along with their professor, to interpret and understand curriculum texts and theorists in contemporary terms. The authors explore how key books/authors from...

The Science of Teaching Reading Trainer of Trainer(TM) Study Guide is designed to prepare the reader to pass the TExES Science of Teaching Reading 293 exam. House Bill 3, passed during the 86th Texas Legislature, established the requirement that all teacher candidates who teach...

This book advocates for a radical change in music teaching and learning methods, allowing for a break from the traditional conservatory model still in use in many classrooms. The product of twenty years of interdisciplinary work by musicians, music teachers, and psychologists, the book...

This book addresses the crucial issue of how we value and deploy the idea of "freedom" that underlies contemporary curriculum studies. Whether we are conventional curriculum thinkers who value knowledge development or favor a Deweyan, individualist orientation toward curriculum or are a critical social...

A New York Times-bestselling author looks at mathematics education in America--when it's worthwhile, and when it's not. Why do we inflict a full menu of mathematics--algebra, geometry, trigonometry, even calculus--on all young Americans, regardless of their interests or aptitudes? While Andrew Hacker has been...

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...

The book makes an important contribution to the discourse on student experience in higher education. The book includes chapters that cover important aspects of the 21st century student experience. Chapters cover issues such as: new trends and insights on the student experience; the changing...

This workbook contains 80 pages of help your students with frequently misspelled words. This workbook is divided into twenty lessons. Each lesson has 20 challenging words and four pages to choose from. One page has nine writing activities on the toughest and easiest words,...

"What is the most wonderful thing about teaching this play in our classrooms?" Using this question as a starting point, Shakespeare's Guide to Hope, Life, and Learning presents a conversation between four of Shakespeare's most popular plays and our modern experience, and between teachers...

"What is the most wonderful thing about teaching this play in our classrooms?" Using this question as a starting point, Shakespeare's Guide to Hope, Life, and Learning presents a conversation between four of Shakespeare's most popular plays and our modern experience, and between teachers...

This title has been endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education Thoroughly explore the Cambridge International updated AS & A Level Psychology syllabus with this brand-new Student Book that embeds psychological theories, perspectives and applications within real-world contexts to maximise understanding and encourage active learning...

This book is a guide for educators on how to develop and evaluate evidence-based strategies for teaching biological experimentation to thereby improve existing and develop new curricula. It unveils the flawed assumptions made at the classroom, department, and institutional level about what students are...

During the preschool and kindergarten years, children begin spending more time engaging in physical activity and exploring new foods. Help children learn how to take care of their bodies as they build a foundation for healthy, active lives with this Fitness and Nutrition curriculum....

Reasoning about structure-reactivity and chemical processes is a key competence in chemistry. Especially in organic chemistry, students experience difficulty appropriately interpreting organic representations and reasoning about the underlying causality of organic mechanisms. As organic chemistry is often a bottleneck for students' success in their...

"This volume presents unique coverage on the topic of writing instruction and provides a guide for teacher educators, teachers, and other education stakeholders by offering a rich discussion of the issues, perspectives, and methods for writing instruction currently in use, with an added lens...

The first English translation of Schleiermacher's Art of Education, long canonical in Central and Northern Europe, this work also includes chapters from scholars of education that comment on and engage with the innovative pedagogy outlined in Schleiermacher's 1826 lecture.Author: Norm FriesenISBN-10: 1433193884ISBN-13: 9781433193880Publisher: Peter...

Today's educators face a critical challenge that goes beyond the curriculum: they must nurture appropriate social and emotional behaviors by providing youth with the conflict-resolution and leadership skills necessary for modern life. The Leadership Program's Violence Prevention Project delivers on that need with an...

Drawing on the idea of powerful knowledge, this book interrogates the epistemic quality of education in schools, in terms of what students are expected to know, make sense of and be able to do through the curriculum. In doing so the authors acknowledge the...

Before a job application is even a thought, an individual's choices have already created a robust profile filled with critical information for prospective employers. Every stage of life and relationship requires decisions and professional profiles are no different. The impact of choices is not...

From a field developed out of the need to train military personnel at scale to its current role in enabling virtual learning and training experiences, instructional design has developed into a complex, multifaceted discipline. The modern instructional design process goes by many names (e.g.,...

By understanding why children struggle with maths, teachers are better equipped to provide effective support and nurture confidence in low-achievers. Numeracy and Learning Difficulties includes how to tackle common learning difficulties by following different teaching practices and principles, identifying gaps in students' knowledge and...

"This book explores international perspectives on diverse reform-based practices in teaching and learning of mathematics, describes challenges and issues for teachers and teacher educators, promotes reflection and academic discussion at various levels and in various educational systems, and raises questions for the field of...

Online learning poses a multitude of challenges for educators as there are oftentimes limited resources, and in most cases educators are forced to rely on trial-and-error strategies. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, an urgent need has risen for a better understanding of...

While the pharmaceutical industry evolves, the need for curriculum changes inherently follows suit. As healthcare systems have continuously improved through the use of big data and innovative care approaches, practicing pharmacists have also had to adjust and expand their roles. As such, it is...

While many school districts and institutions of higher education still cling to the traditional agrarian school year with a factory model delivery of education and Carnegie units based on seat time when most people are no longer farmers, factory workers, or reliant on learning...

"No Size Fits All" is a book that will break the public policy deadlock over federal education standards in the United States. American debates about education policy are focused at the moment on two big policy disputes. The first big dispute concerns the Common...

The Interdisciplinary Unit addresses the needs of primary level children, and those of their teachers, and parents, to help them cope with the challenges they face growing up today. This grade 1 book will help young children to understand and manage themselves and their...

Looking for a fun elective? Drama 101: Act it Out is a one credit high school course but works great in middle school, too. This course is a blast for homeschooling families! And you don't have to be a drama teacher to teach this...

Magic Forest Academy Stage 2 is an inclusive, full-year, nature-based secular curriculum covering 52 unique themes that naturally flow with the seasons. Written as child-led but adaptable as instructional guides used by Educators, from homeschooling parents to classroom teachers and beyond. Each seasonal bundle...

What Does Developmentally Appropriate Practice Look Like in a Preschool Classroom?    If you've ever wondered how effective teachers actually do DAP, this is the book for you. Here, you can peek into classrooms to see teachers making intentional decisions in the six key...

Spring2023 Smart Book winners from the Academics' Choice Awards Literacy Learning begins at birth and continues throughout our lives! Birth to age 5 is a critical period in building the foundation for later success in reading and writing. Educators play a vital role in...

Finding My Way DEI Curriculum: K-3 With the social acclaim that Everyone Matters, it is important for students today to learn about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). As a literature-based study with the Finding My Way series, this inclusive K-3 curriculum promotes DEI skill...

The Finding My Story Inclusive After-School: Grades 2-3 program includes each book's introduction, background information about the child in the story, and basic information about their disability. After reading the book and completing the activities, students write one sentence about themselves that connects them...

The Finding My Story Inclusive After-School Program: K-1 includes each book's introduction, background information about the child in the story, and basic information about their disability. After reading the book and completing the activities, students write one sentence about themselves that connects them to...