This book describes a comparative study of the primary science learning objectives (from the cognitive domain) in the curriculum of six high-achieving East Asian states - mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Japan and Singapore.
This book describes a comparative study of the primary science learning objectives (from the cognitive domain) in the curriculum of six high-achieving...
This volume provides a succinct up-to-date summary of global research on principal instructional leadership as it has evolved over the past 50 years. The PIMRS is the most widely used survey instrument designed for assessing instructional leadership for research and practice.
This volume provides a succinct up-to-date summary of global research on principal instructional leadership as it has evolved over the past 50 years. ...
This book provides an insight into the ideas of one of the world s greatest sociologists: Niklas Luhmann. It explains, in clear and concise language, the basic concepts of Social Systems Theory and their application to the specific case of the Education System, which was considered by Luhmann as a primary subsystem of modern society. It illustrates the complex and sophisticated thinking that characterises Luhmann s work and explains that Luhmann s theory has given an important and original contribution to the study of education from a sociological point of view. His contribution has some...
This book provides an insight into the ideas of one of the world s greatest sociologists: Niklas Luhmann. It explains, in clear and concise languag...
This book considers Foucault as educator in three main ways. First, through some consideration of what his work says about education as a social and political practice. That is, education as a form of what Allen (2014) calls benign violence which operates through mundane, quotidian disciplinary technologies and expert knowledges which together construct a pedagogical machine . Second, through an exploration of his method as a form of critique. That is, as a way of showing that things are not as necessary as all that, a way of addressing what is intolerable. This suggests that critique is...
This book considers Foucault as educator in three main ways. First, through some consideration of what his work says about education as a social and p...
The authors suggest that pedagogical play is characterized by conceptual reciprocity (a pedagogical approach for supporting children's academic learning through joint play) and agentic imagination (a concept that when present in play, affords the child's motives and imagination a critical role in learning and development).
The authors suggest that pedagogical play is characterized by conceptual reciprocity (a pedagogical approach for supporting children's academic learni...
This work illustrates how risk management can be applied to educational systems in general, and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education in particular. The rationale for this approach stems from the increased awareness of the importance and contribution of STEM education to nations' economic growth and development. The coverage begins with the challenges of STEM education systems, and concludes with a thorough strategic risk response plan. The text outlines a risk-management plan/program for STEM education in Israel, based on the conceptions of five stakeholders...
This work illustrates how risk management can be applied to educational systems in general, and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics...
This volume discusses Alfred Binet's works on pedagogy based on his "Orthopedie Mentale." Binet had empirically found that his idea of a test of general intelligence could be replaced by a test on "problem areas." These problem areas were then to be specifically addressed and improved within a relatively short time. As a result, students dramatically improved in their IQ test results. Binet died before he could publish the results. Fortunately, the rector of the school, Victor Vaney, published the results of Binet's experiments in his school. This volume provides the first English...
This volume discusses Alfred Binet's works on pedagogy based on his "Orthopedie Mentale." Binet had empirically found that his idea of a tes...
This book discusses competence, teacher competence, and professional error competence of teachers, and emphasizes the need for a training programme that supports the latter. The book starts out by presenting results from previous studies that underline the necessity to train professional error competence of teachers, especially in the field of accounting. The studies analysed include research in the field of accounting, and on the efficacy of teacher training. Next, considerations on training programmes are presented.
From these analyses, a training programme was designed to support...
This book discusses competence, teacher competence, and professional error competence of teachers, and emphasizes the need for a training programme...
This book reports on a research program designed to construct the basics of a new type of literacy that teaches pupils social problem-solving at individual and collective levels. It is the first of a series of books about a chain of intervention research subprojects started in 2009 teaching pupils basic skills to make well-balanced decisions; to resolve conflicts in a nonviolent manner; and to develop good social relationships and responsibility, critical thinking, and other abilities which give children and young people the tools needed to pursue their options in life. According...
This book reports on a research program designed to construct the basics of a new type of literacy that teaches pupils social problem-solvi...
