From the student teacher interested in educational policy to the new school board member dedicated to school improvement, this distinctive reader is for anyone who cares about innovation and change in the nation's schools. The Jossey-Bass Readers on School Reform offers a definitive collection of articles, book excerpts, and seminal reports on educational reform and its many challenges.
Containing selected commission reports and other public documents that signal important shifts in the policy arena, you'll listen in as expert contributors debate controversial issues such as...
From the student teacher interested in educational policy to the new school board member dedicated to school improvement, this distinctive reader is f...
Written by some of the most highly acclaimed teacher-writers, The Jossey-Bass Reader on Teaching includes excerpts from books, essays, and articles that explore the very heart of the teaching experience. This comprehensive resource offers a wide variety of perspectives and insights into the realities of classroom teaching. The volume's contributors are some of the best known teachers and education experts: Parker Palmer, Sylvia Ashton-Warner, William Ayers, Lisa Delpit, Robert L. Fried, Paulo Freire, Maxine Greene, Martin Haverman, Herbert Kohl, Andrew Dean Mullen, James Nehring, Vivian...
Written by some of the most highly acclaimed teacher-writers, The Jossey-Bass Reader on Teaching includes excerpts from books, essays, and articles th...
This comprehensive reader presents an accessible overview of recent brain research and contains valuable insights into how students learn and how we should teach them. It includes articles from the top thinkers in both the brain science and K-12 education fields, such as Joseph LeDoux, Howard Gardner, Sally Shaywitz, and John Bransford. This rich and varied volume offers myriad perspectives on the brain, mind, and education, and features twenty-six chapters in seven primary areas of interest:
An overview of the brain
The brain-based learning debate
Memory,...
This comprehensive reader presents an accessible overview of recent brain research and contains valuable insights into how students learn and how we s...
Not since Feldman and Newcomb's 1969 landmark book, The Impact of College on Students has there been such a comprehensive resource available on what is known about the effect of college on students. In this book, Pascarella and Terenzini take up where Feldman and Newcomb left off, synthesizing twenty more years of empirical research and over 2,600 studies, distilling what is known about how students change and benefit as a consequence of attending college.
Foreword by Kenneth A. Feldman
Not since Feldman and Newcomb's 1969 landmark book, The Impact of College on Students has there been such a c...
