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Managing School Districts for High Performance: Cases in Public Education Leadership
ISBN: 9781891792496 / Angielski / Miękka / 504 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Managing School Districts for High Performance brings together more than twenty case studies and other readings that offer a powerful and transformative approach to advancing and sustaining the work of school improvement.
At the center of this work is the concept of organizational coherence: aligning organizational design, human capital management, resource allocation, and accountability and performance improvement systems to support an overarching strategy. This central idea provides a valuable conceptual framework for current and future school leaders. The... Managing School Districts for High Performance brings together more than twenty case studies and other readings that offer a powerful and trans...
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Unlearned Lessons: Six Stumbling Blocks to Our Schools' Success
ISBN: 9781934742143 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. " Why is it, writes noted assessment expert W. James Popham, that today s educators seem almost compelled to replicate their predecessors blunders? Looking back over a career of more than fifty years in education, Popham identifies six key unlearned lessons in education and reflects on their impact on schools, teachers, and students.
In an account enlivened by personal anecdotes and the unique perspective gained from long experience, he shows how each of these six mistakes has persisted over time, gives examples of encounters with these mistakes in the course of his professional... " Why is it, writes noted assessment expert W. James Popham, that today s educators seem almost compelled to replicate their predecessors blunders? Lo...
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Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed: Educating for the Virtues in the Age of Truthiness and Twitter
ISBN: 9780465031788 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From ancient times, philosophers, theologians, and artists have attempted to describe and categorize the defining virtues of civilization. In Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed, renowned education authority Howard Gardner explores the meaning of the title's three virtues in an age when vast technological advancement and relativistic attitudes toward human nature have deeply shaken our moral worldview. His incisive examination reveals that although these concepts are changing faster than ever before, they are--and will remain, with our stewardship--cornerstones of our society....
From ancient times, philosophers, theologians, and artists have attempted to describe and categorize the defining virtues of civilization. In Truth...
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When Research Matters: How Scholarship Influences Education Policy
ISBN: 9781891792854 / Angielski / Twarda / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When Research Matters considers the complex and crucially important relationship between education research and policy.
In examining how and under what conditions research affects education policy, the book focuses on a number of critical issues: the history of the federal role in education policy; the evolving nature of educational policy research; the role of research in debates about reading, NCLB, and out-of-field teaching; how research affects policy by shaping public opinion, judicial rulings, and the decisions of district and school leaders; and the incentives that... When Research Matters considers the complex and crucially important relationship between education research and policy.
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Education and Human Values: Reconciling Talent with an Ethics of Care
ISBN: 9780415530958 / Angielski / Twarda / 106 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Two of our greatest educational theorists, John Dewey and Nel Noddings, have been reluctant to admit that some students are simply more talented than others. This book explains how that admission is compatible with our ideals of caring (and democracy).
Two of our greatest educational theorists, John Dewey and Nel Noddings, have been reluctant to admit that some students are simply more talented than ...
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Critical Dispositions: Evidence and Expertise in Education
ISBN: 9780415885652 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Set against the current proliferation of global "difference" and economic realignment, Critical Dispositions explores the notions of "evidence" and "expertise" in times of material scarcity. Both have come to the forefront of national and international debate in education as "evidence" and "evidence-based" research and pedagogical practices continue as major trends in educational policy. Author Greg Dimitriadis maintains this debate is best understood as part of a broader rise in professional and managerial discourses in various aspects of educational research and practice. Each... Set against the current proliferation of global "difference" and economic realignment, Critical Dispositions explores the notions of "evid... |
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Can Educators Make a Difference? Experimenting with and Experiencing, Democracy in Education
ISBN: 9781617358135 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As the title of this book suggests, how we understand, perceive and experience democracy may have a significant effect on how we actually engage in, and with, democracy. Within the educational context, this is a key concern, and forms the basis of the research presented in this volume within a critical, comparative analysis. The Global Doing Democracy Research Project (GDDRP), which currently has some 70 scholars in over 20 countries examining how educators do democracy, provides the framework in which diverse scholars explore a host of concerns related to democracy and democratic education,...
As the title of this book suggests, how we understand, perceive and experience democracy may have a significant effect on how we actually engage in, a...
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Can Educators Make a Difference? Experimenting with and Experiencing, Democracy in Education (Hc)
ISBN: 9781617358142 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As the title of this book suggests, how we understand, perceive and experience democracy may have a significant effect on how we actually engage in, and with, democracy. Within the educational context, this is a key concern, and forms the basis of the research presented in this volume within a critical, comparative analysis. The Global Doing Democracy Research Project (GDDRP), which currently has some 70 scholars in over 20 countries examining how educators do democracy, provides the framework in which diverse scholars explore a host of concerns related to democracy and democratic education,...
As the title of this book suggests, how we understand, perceive and experience democracy may have a significant effect on how we actually engage in, a...
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Care in Education: Teaching with Understanding and Compassion
ISBN: 9780415628310 / Angielski / Twarda / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This philosophical commentary explores the meaning and significance of care in education, demonstrating how teaching with care enriches the art and soul of pedagogy. Wilde draws upon Western and Eastern philosophies that envision an integrated image of care to illuminate the value of cultivating understanding in the form of awareness, and compassion leading to right action. Comments and stories from teachers' experiences demonstrate important aspects of care that are easily overlooked, such as present attention, listening and teacher, well-being. Although it uncovers a tragic conflict... This philosophical commentary explores the meaning and significance of care in education, demonstrating how teaching with care enriches the art and... |
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Fostering Global Citizenship Through Faculty-Led International Programs
ISBN: 9781617358319 / Angielski / Miękka / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With awareness of both the opportunities and challenges presented by globalization, there is a growing trend among colleges and universities across the country to commit goals and resources to the concept of internationalizing their campuses. This can occur in a number of different ways but a common thread involves exploring the concept of global citizenship and finding ways to embed this concept in undergraduate curricula. For faculty, this may call for moving out of a presumed comfort zone in the traditional classroom and determining new approaches to teaching a generation of students who...
With awareness of both the opportunities and challenges presented by globalization, there is a growing trend among colleges and universities across th...
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Fostering Global Citizenship Through Faculty-Led International Programs (Hc)
ISBN: 9781617358326 / Angielski / Twarda / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With awareness of both the opportunities and challenges presented by globalization, there is a growing trend among colleges and universities across the country to commit goals and resources to the concept of internationalizing their campuses. This can occur in a number of different ways but a common thread involves exploring the concept of global citizenship and finding ways to embed this concept in undergraduate curricula. For faculty, this may call for moving out of a presumed comfort zone in the traditional classroom and determining new approaches to teaching a generation of students who...
With awareness of both the opportunities and challenges presented by globalization, there is a growing trend among colleges and universities across th...
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General Education and the Development of Global Citizenship in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland China: Not Merely Icing on the Cake
ISBN: 9780415623971 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With a comparative framework, the volume addresses three organizing questions of why, what, and how. This text provides a comparative framework for assessing the status and development of general education in the region, promoting the philosophy and sound pedagogy of general education, and much more.
With a comparative framework, the volume addresses three organizing questions of why, what, and how. This text provides a comparative framework for as...
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Teaching as Moral Practice : Defining, Developing, and Assessing Professional Dispositions in Teacher Education
ISBN: 9781934742792 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sometimes understood as habits of mind, dispositions represents a new concept in teacher education. Conversations about professional dispositions in teaching often touch on issues such as attitudes, values, moral commitment, and social justice.
Based on the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education s Task Force on Teaching as a Moral Community, this book addresses the philosophical grounding for the concept of teacher dispositions and examines thoughtful examples of emerging practice." Sometimes understood as habits of mind, dispositions represents a new concept in teacher education. Conversations about professional dispositions in t...
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Responsive School Practices to Support Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Students and Families
ISBN: 9780415890748 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The needs and rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) students and families are often ignored, generally misunderstood, and only rarely given priority by the school system. This book provides a practical and useful guide for school-based mental health professionals to support students, families, teachers, and administrators in the development of a safe, inclusive school environment for all LGBTQ students and families.
The needs and rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) students and families are often ignored, generally misunderstood,...
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Workforce Development: Perspectives and Issues
ISBN: 9789814560573 / Angielski / Twarda / 387 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book captures the essence of current workforce development perspectives and draws on extensive global research to uncover a range of issues confronting organisations. Taking primarily an Australian outlook after the global financial crisis and tracing the progress of a national industry sector, each chapter delves into a major area of interest for leaders. Overall, the authors make the case that workforce development is an amalgam of activities influenced by context, politics and economic development. As the world becomes increasingly connected and mobile, workforce development... This book captures the essence of current workforce development perspectives and draws on extensive global research to uncover a range of issues co... |
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Responsive School Practices to Support Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Students and Families
ISBN: 9780415890731 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The needs and rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) students and families are often ignored, generally misunderstood, and only rarely given priority by the school system. This book provides a practical and useful guide for school-based mental health professionals to support students, families, teachers, and administrators in the development of a safe, inclusive school environment for all LGBTQ students and families.
The needs and rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) students and families are often ignored, generally misunderstood,...
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Reviving Professional Learning Communities: Strength through Diversity, Conflict, Teamwork, and Structure
ISBN: 9781475801033 / Angielski / Twarda / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Professional Learning Community is undeniably one of the most effective processes out there for improving student achievement, as well a school's overarching culture and climate. With such widespread notoriety, though, there has been a dilution of the true essence of the term. Understanding of what a Professional Learning Community is varies from one district to another, from one school to another, even from one educator to another. It's about time for a resurrection. Reviving Professional Learning Communities does exactly that through the lens of a simple framework called, the 4S Approach....
A Professional Learning Community is undeniably one of the most effective processes out there for improving student achievement, as well a school's ov...
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Reviving Professional Learning Communities: Strength through Diversity, Conflict, Teamwork, and Structure
ISBN: 9781475801040 / Angielski / Miękka / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Professional Learning Community is undeniably one of the most effective processes out there for improving student achievement, as well a school's overarching culture and climate. With such widespread notoriety, though, there has been a dilution of the true essence of the term. Understanding of what a Professional Learning Community is varies from one district to another, from one school to another, even from one educator to another. It's about time for a resurrection. Reviving Professional Learning Communities does exactly that through the lens of a simple framework called, the 4S Approach....
A Professional Learning Community is undeniably one of the most effective processes out there for improving student achievement, as well a school's ov...
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Perspectives in Critical Thinking: Essays by Teachers in Theory and Practice
ISBN: 9780820444291 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Perspectives in Critical Thinking makes accessible some of the best teaching practices and theoretical discussions concerning critical thinking in the United States. Covering a wide range of topics that focus on issues such as primary school education, middle school instruction, service learning, journal writing, mathematics education and social science instruction, this selection of diverse contributors offers a varied selection of readings that contemplate how teaching can become a powerful experience for both educators and students alike. The essays concentrate on practical...
Perspectives in Critical Thinking makes accessible some of the best teaching practices and theoretical discussions concerning critical thinking...
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Virtual Worlds for Language Learning; From Theory to Practice
ISBN: 9783034305730 / Angielski / Miękka / 174 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book focuses on one area in the field of Computer-Mediated Communication that has recently exploded in popularity Virtual Worlds. Virtual Worlds are online multiplayer three-dimensional environments where avatars represent their real world counterparts. In particular, this text explores the potential for these environments to be used for language learning and telecollaboration. After providing an introduction and history of the area, this volume examines learning theories both old and new that apply to the use of Virtual Worlds and language learning. The book also examines some of the...
This book focuses on one area in the field of Computer-Mediated Communication that has recently exploded in popularity Virtual Worlds. Virtual Worlds ...
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