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IEA Study of Science: Science Education and Curricula in Twenty-three Countries
ISBN: 9780080410340 / Angielski / Twarda / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Hardbound. Science Education and Curricula in Twenty-Three Countries is the first in a series of three volumes presenting the results of the second IEA Science Study. Comparisons are made between countries in terms of the conditions under which science is taught, the organization of science teaching, the emphasis on different science content areas and on the process of science, the focus of decision-making with respect to the science curriculum, and the penetration of new ideas in science teaching. Consideration is also given to the fair and valid assessment of science education across...
Hardbound. Science Education and Curricula in Twenty-Three Countries is the first in a series of three volumes presenting the results of the second IE...
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671,66 |
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Strong Arts, Strong Schools: The Promising Potential and Shortsighted Disregard of the Arts in American Schooling
ISBN: 9780195100891 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At a time when Americans are increasingly concerned with finding jobs and economic stability, supporting families, and surviving in the global economy, many consider the arts to be a luxury, a frivolous distraction which entices students away from real learning. In Strong Arts, Strong Schools, Charles Fowler argues that, far from a luxury, the arts are a vitally important part of our society and our schools.
Speaking directly to educators, policy makers, and parents alike, Fowler presents a compelling defense of the arts and their importance in our lives. The arts illuminate "life in all... At a time when Americans are increasingly concerned with finding jobs and economic stability, supporting families, and surviving in the global economy...
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144,81 |
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Course Design: A Guide to Curriculum Development for Teachers
ISBN: 9780205457663 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bridging theory and practice in curriculum development, Course Design provides teachers with invaluable concepts and skills for planning effective courses. The goal of the book is to help the reader become a flexible yet systematic curriculum planner by developing a greater awareness of the important decisions to be made and the alterative options available at each stage of decision making. The authors begin with a set of guidelines for developing a course and then lead readers through a step-by-step process of developing an actual course or unit of their own. The seventh edition...
Bridging theory and practice in curriculum development, Course Design provides teachers with invaluable concepts and skills for planning effect...
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803,93 |
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Curriculum as Conversation: Transforming Traditions of Teaching and Learning
ISBN: 9780226021232 / Angielski / Miękka / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Applebee's central point, the need to teach 'knowledge in context, ' is absolutely crucial for the hopes of any reformed curriculum. His experience and knowledge give his voice an authority that makes many of the current proposals on both the left and right seem shallow by comparison."--Gerald Graff, University of Chicago "Applebee's central point, the need to teach 'knowledge in context, ' is absolutely crucial for the hopes of any reformed curriculum. His experienc... |
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88,71 |
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Teachers Matter: The Trouble with Leaving Political Education to the Coaches
ISBN: 9780275969073 / Angielski / Twarda / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Caliendo examines the results of a comprehensive study of how students learn about American Government. The working premise is that while many political attitudes formed during adolescent socialization are open to change throughout one's life, latent attitudes that are not salient and, thus, are not challenged with new information provided by media or other communications are more likely to persist into adulthood. He focuses on diffuse support for the United States Supreme Court and argues that how students are taught about the Court in high school is likely to have a particularly lasting... Caliendo examines the results of a comprehensive study of how students learn about American Government. The working premise is that while many poli... |
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391,39 |
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Cyber Spaces/Social Spaces: Culture Clash in Computerized Classrooms
ISBN: 9780312218942 / Angielski / Twarda / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What happens when a new social technology is imposed on the established social technology of the school? This book presents an unusual application of critical cultural analysis to a series of empirical case studies of educational uses of information and communication technologies (ICTs). Drawing on research conducted over a ten-year period in three different regions of the Anglo-American developed world, it examines themes arising from the struggle for the social spaces and emerging cyber spaces of schooling; the role of identity projects in educational change; and the paradoxes which arise...
What happens when a new social technology is imposed on the established social technology of the school? This book presents an unusual application of ...
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203,13 |
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Meaning in Mathematics Education
ISBN: 9780387240398 / Angielski / Twarda / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a product of the BACOMET group, a group of educators-mainly educators of prospective teachers of mathematics-who first came together in 1980 to engage in study, discussion, and mutual reflection on issues in mathematics education. BACOMET is an acronym for BAsic Components of Mathematics Education for Teachers. The group was formed after a series of meetings in 1978-1979 between Geoffrey Howson, Michael Otte, and the late Bent Christiansen. In the ensuing years, BACOMET initiated several projects that resulted in published works. The present book is the main product of the...
This book is a product of the BACOMET group, a group of educators-mainly educators of prospective teachers of mathematics-who first came together in 1...
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406,31 |
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Environmental Education in the 21st Century: Theory, Practice, Progress and Promise
ISBN: 9780415131964 / Angielski / Twarda / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Environmental education is a field characterised by a paradox. Few would doubt the urgency and importance of learning to live in sustainable ways, but environmental education holds nowhere near the priority position in formal schooling around the world that this would suggest. This text sets out to find out why this is so. It is divided into six parts:
Part 1 is a concise history of the development of environmental education from an international perspective; Part 2 is an overview of the 'global agenda', or subject knowledge of environmental education; Part 3 introduces... Environmental education is a field characterised by a paradox. Few would doubt the urgency and importance of learning to live in sustainable ways, but...
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1214,61 |
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Inside the Music Business
ISBN: 9780415136600 / Angielski / Miękka / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An explanation of types of jobs, and organizations within the rock and pop music business by the former publicist of the Beatles and music journalist and broadcaster. The jobs are related to each other so that a full picture of the music industry is developed on both the creative and administrative side - useful for those following music related courses who wish to work in the industry or perform in it. Ways into the industry are indicated with a full directory listing of useful contact names and addresses.
An explanation of types of jobs, and organizations within the rock and pop music business by the former publicist of the Beatles and music journalist ...
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198,25 |
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A Curriculum for the Pre-School Child: Learning to Learn
ISBN: 9780415139762 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1986, this book has been enormously influential in the training and professional development of early years workers. This new edition has been fully revised to take account of changes in the National Curriculum, the publication of the government's 'desirable outcomes' statement for the under-fives, and the introduction of NVQ's in child care and education. The new edition also includes sections on:
* the effects of developmental psychology on the early years curriculum * working with two-year-olds on self-awareness and social skills * developing communication,... First published in 1986, this book has been enormously influential in the training and professional development of early years workers. This new editi...
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237,91 |
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The Primary Curriculum: Learning from International Perspectives
ISBN: 9780415158329 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is concerned with the relationships and tensions in education between children's needs and societies' demands, questions which primary teachers everywhere face on a daily basis, such as:
* how does society's view of children and childhood affect teaching and learning? * how do the dictates of the education system, including a national curriculum, shape teaching practice? * how do the conventions of classroom practice fit with teachers' own beliefs and values? The first part of the book offers a basic framework for thinking about primary curricula from the... This book is concerned with the relationships and tensions in education between children's needs and societies' demands, questions which primary teach...
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287,49 |
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On the Subject of Drama
ISBN: 9780415168823 / Angielski / Twarda / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Although much has been written on how the drama elements of the English curriculum might be taught in schools, there is less guidance available for teachers who regard drama not as an adjunct of English but as an arts subject in its own right.
In this volume, David Hornbrook and a team of experienced drama specialists show how the subject of drama may be defined and taught. Drawing on literature, visual art, music and dance as well as the rich and varied traditions of drama itself, they map out an eclectic subject curriculum for students of all ages. Opening up the field in new and... Although much has been written on how the drama elements of the English curriculum might be taught in schools, there is less guidance available for te...
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991,52 |
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On the Subject of Drama
ISBN: 9780415168830 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Although much has been written on how the drama elements of the English curriculum might be taught in schools, there is less guidance available for teachers who regard drama not as an adjunct of English but as an arts subject in its own right.
In this volume, David Hornbrook and a team of experienced drama specialists show how the subject of drama may be defined and taught. Drawing on literature, visual art, music and dance as well as the rich and varied traditions of drama itself, they map out an eclectic subject curriculum for students of all ages. Opening up the field in new and... Although much has been written on how the drama elements of the English curriculum might be taught in schools, there is less guidance available for te...
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257,74 |
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Education and Dramatic Art
ISBN: 9780415168847 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. To this day, Education and Dramatic Art remains the only fully worked critique of drama education in schools. Provocative and iconoclastic, this new edition brings the argument up-to-date and locates the author's proposals for a curriculum based on the making, performing and appraisal of dramas securely in the evolving culture of schools.
The first section of the book traces the origins and fortunes of drama in schools in the context of changing political times and argues that by neglecting the customs and practices of the theatre, drama-in-education has often kept from the... To this day, Education and Dramatic Art remains the only fully worked critique of drama education in schools. Provocative and iconoclastic, t...
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991,52 |
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Education and Dramatic Art
ISBN: 9780415168854 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. To this day, Education and Dramatic Art remains the only fully worked critique of drama education in schools. Provocative and iconoclastic, this new edition brings the argument up-to-date and locates the author's proposals for a curriculum based on the making, performing and appraisal of dramas securely in the evolving culture of schools.
The first section of the book traces the origins and fortunes of drama in schools in the context of changing political times and argues that by neglecting the customs and practices of the theatre, drama-in-education has often kept from the... To this day, Education and Dramatic Art remains the only fully worked critique of drama education in schools. Provocative and iconoclastic, t...
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327,15 |
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Social Literacy, Citizenship Education and the National Curriculum
ISBN: 9780415227940 / Angielski / Twarda / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This timely book looks at social literacy within the revised National Curriculum which places an obligation on schools and teachers to promote social cohesion, community involvement and a sense of social responsibility among young people.
Social Literacy, Citizenship Education and the National Curriculum is an introduction to the social purposes and aims contained in the revised National Curriculum. It provides the theory behind the movement for social literacy as well as providing information for teachers, lecturers and policy makers on putting the government's ideas into... This timely book looks at social literacy within the revised National Curriculum which places an obligation on schools and teachers to promote social ...
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793,21 |
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Social Literacy, Citizenship Education and the National Curriculum
ISBN: 9780415227957 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This timely book looks at social literacy within the revised National Curriculum which places an obligation on schools and teachers to promote social cohesion, community involvement and a sense of social responsibility among young people.
Social Literacy, Citizenship Education and the National Curriculum is an introduction to the social purposes and aims contained in the revised National Curriculum. It provides the theory behind the movement for social literacy as well as providing information for teachers, lecturers and policy makers on putting the government's ideas into... This timely book looks at social literacy within the revised National Curriculum which places an obligation on schools and teachers to promote social ...
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307,32 |
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Issues in Art and Design Teaching
ISBN: 9780415266680 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume draws together a range of ethical and pedagogical issues for trainee and newly qualified teachers of art and design, in both primary and secondary schools. Arguing for a critical approach to art and design curriculum, the collection encourages students and teachers to consider and reflect on issues in order that they can make reasoned and informed judgements about their teaching or art and design.
This volume draws together a range of ethical and pedagogical issues for trainee and newly qualified teachers of art and design, in both primary and s...
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941,94 |
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Curriculum Studies: Major Themes in Education
ISBN: 9780415291651 / Angielski / Twarda / 2160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This four-volume collection contains over ninety papers drawn from a broad range of contemporary writing on the curriculum. Major trends and developments from the 1970s through to the present day are represented. The following four volumes of the set offer a comprehensive introduction to, and overview of, the field: * Curriculum Knowledge The collection covers the key points of dispute and areas of controversy within the field of curriculum studies and includes papers from many of... This four-volume collection contains over ninety papers drawn from a broad range of contemporary writing on the curriculum. Major trends and develo... |
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6444,85 |
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Learning in Science: The Waikato Research
ISBN: 9780415298742 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Learning in Science brings together accounts of the five influential and groundbreaking Learning in Science Projects, undertaken by the author over a period of twenty years. Offering comprehensive coverage of the findings and implications of the projects, the book offers insight and inspiration at all levels of science teaching and learning, from primary and secondary school science, to teacher development, and issues of classroom assessment.
The book reviews the findings in the light of current science education, and is thematically organised to illuminate continuous and emerging... Learning in Science brings together accounts of the five influential and groundbreaking Learning in Science Projects, undertaken by the autho...
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793,21 |