Preparing Teachers to Educate Whole Students: An International Comparative Study

ISBN-13: 9781682532379 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 320 str.

Fernando M. Reimers; Connie K. Chung

Opis

Preparing Teachers to Educate Whole Students offers a wide-ranging comparative account of how innovative professional development programs in a number of countries guide and support teachers in their efforts to promote cognitive and socio-emotional growth in their students.

Spis treści

• Table of Contents
• Chapter 1. A Study in How Teachers Learn to Educate Whole Students and How Schools Build the Capacity to Support Them
• Fernando M. Reimers
• Chapter 2. Providing Relevant Twenty-First-Century Science Education for All Students
• A Case Study of the Chilean Inquiry-Based Science Education Program
• Liliana Morawietz and CristiÁn Bellei
• Chapter 3. Building the Capacity for Twenty-First-Century Education
• A Study of China’s Qingyang School District
• Xueqin Jiang and Zhijuan Ma
• Chapter 4. An Inclusive, Whole-School, and Sustainable Approach to Building Teachers’ Capacity to Promote Twenty-First-Century Skills
• Lessons Learned from the Public-Private Partnership of Escuela Activa Urbana in Manizales, Colombia
• Silvia Diazgranados FerrÁns, Luis Felipe MartÍnez-GÓmez, and MarÍa Figueroa
• Chapter 5. Developing Life Skills in Children
• A Study of India’s Dream-a-Dream Program
• Aditya Natraj and Monal Jayaram
• Chapter 6. Developing Twenty-First-Century Competencies in Mexico
• How UNETE and School Communities Broaden the Goals of Education by Using Educational Technology
• Sergio CÁrdenas, Roberto Arriaga, and Francisco Cabrera
• Chapter 7. Creating Cultures of Learning in the Twenty-First Century
• A Study of EL Education in the United States
• Connie K. Chung
• Chapter 8. Working in Times of Uncertainty to Prepare for the Future
• A Study of Singapore’s Leaders in Education Program
• Oon-Seng Tan and Ee-Ling Low
• Chapter 9. Conclusions
• Fernando M. Reimers and Connie K. Chung
• Notes
• Acknowledgments
• About the Editors
• About the Contributors
• Index