Coordinating the Curriculum in the Smaller Primary School
ISBN: 9780750707008 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Specifically designed for busy teachers who have responsibility for co-ordinating a subject area within their primary school. Each volume in the series conforms to a concise style, while providing a wealth of tips, case studies and photocopiable material that teachers can use immediately. subject they are called on to co-ordinate, these books provide guidance and examples to tackle the job.
Specifically designed for busy teachers who have responsibility for co-ordinating a subject area within their primary school. Each volume in the serie...
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98,50 zł |
The Curriculum of the Future : From the 'New Sociology of Education' to a Critical Theory of Learning
ISBN: 9780750707886 / Angielski / Miękka / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this important book the author looks back on the 'knowledge question'. What knowledge gets selected to be validated as school knowledge or as part of the school curriculum, and why is it selected? Looking forward, Young discusses how most developed countries have high levels of participation in post-compulsory education, but still use curricula designed for a time when only the elite pursued further education. He argues the need to rethink post-16 education to shift focus onto vocational education, school-work issues and lifelong learning.
In this important book the author looks back on the 'knowledge question'. What knowledge gets selected to be validated as school knowledge or as part ...
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243,74 zł |
Curriculum: Construction and Critique
ISBN: 9780750707978 / Angielski / Twarda / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Although curriculum is central to the schooling process, debates about it are rarely well informed. Over the past 10 years, there has been a dearth of books that have informed the debate by examining curriculum in a broader context, beyond the National Curriculum. In this re-examination of the area, the author opens up a more general debate on how the curriculum is shaped and the compromises made between different ideologies of the nature and purpose of education.
Although curriculum is central to the schooling process, debates about it are rarely well informed. Over the past 10 years, there has been a dearth of...
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907,73 zł |
Improving Teaching and Learning In the Core Curriculum
ISBN: 9780750708135 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Focusing on the core subjects of Mathematics, English and Science, the book addresses the political agenda in which the core curriculum takes place, and provides practical information and guidance on teaching the three subjects. The book briefly traces the history of these core subjects, examines what is meant by 'curriculum knowledge', takes apart the classroom and educational issues before offering advice on handling curriculum change and tackling new approaches to teaching. It helps teachers develop their skills through enquiry tasks, case studies, questions and suggested further reading.
Focusing on the core subjects of Mathematics, English and Science, the book addresses the political agenda in which the core curriculum takes place, a...
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145,18 zł |
Developing the Credit-Based Modular Curriculum in Higher Education: Challenge, Choice and Change
ISBN: 9780750708906 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text provides guidance for building curriculum structures and examines the models that can be used. Options such as accreditation of prior and experiential learning, incompany accreditation, work-based learning, negotiated awards, and transparency of education assessment are explored.
This text provides guidance for building curriculum structures and examines the models that can be used. Options such as accreditation of prior and ex...
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347,48 zł |
Beyond the National Curriculum: Curricular Centralism and Cultural Diversity in Europe and the USA
ISBN: 9780750709729 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The school curriculum is a central area of educational debate in England and Wales. Increasingly politicians are looking for quick fixes from abroad to solve what they see to be problems in the educational system. Drawing on insights from other European curricular systems, this volume seeks to contribute to the debate on the reformations of the National Curriculum. The style is short and concise, with points for discussion and lists of further reading.
The school curriculum is a central area of educational debate in England and Wales. Increasingly politicians are looking for quick fixes from abroad t...
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254,11 zł |
Beyond the National Curriculum: Curricular Centralism and Cultural Diversity in Europe and the USA
ISBN: 9780750709736 / Angielski / Twarda / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The school curriculum is a central area of educational debate in England and Wales. Increasingly politicians are looking for quick fixes from abroad to solve what they see to be problems in the educational system. Drawing on insights from other European curricular systems, this volume seeks to contribute to the debate on the reformations of the National Curriculum. The style is short and concise, with points for discussion and lists of further reading.
The school curriculum is a central area of educational debate in England and Wales. Increasingly politicians are looking for quick fixes from abroad t...
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700,25 zł |
Safety Across the Curriculum: Key Stages 1 and 2
ISBN: 9780750709842 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Focusing on the increase in litigation and alleged cases of educational malpractice, this book address the needs of teachers. It introduces a framework for safe practice, then details the high risk subjects of Science, IT, Design and Technology and PE in seperate chapters. The implications for classroom practice of recent legal developments are examined, and three more chapters look at what can be expected in the process of litigation. The book offers advice for those wishing to make schools safer, and useful guidancefor those having to deal with the aftermath of a safety problem.
Focusing on the increase in litigation and alleged cases of educational malpractice, this book address the needs of teachers. It introduces a framewor...
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254,11 zł |
Service Learning Across the Curriculum: Case Applications in Higher Education
ISBN: 9780761815846 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With its roots in the Progressive educational movement led by John Dewey, service learning is an educational method that emphasizes learning through meaningful experiences in which concepts explored in the classroom are applied for the greater benefit of society. In this edited volume, authors from various disciplines discuss how they have incorporated service learning into their teaching and provide examples of the approaches and methodologies that others can use to develop similar programs for their own classes. The authors demonstrate how service learning can be applied to areas as diverse...
With its roots in the Progressive educational movement led by John Dewey, service learning is an educational method that emphasizes learning through m...
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425,15 zł |
The Syllabus/E-Syllabus for the 21st Century
ISBN: 9780761824992 / Angielski / Miękka / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this book, Jack Gifford presents a professional approach to, and development of, syllabi, particularly those supported by electronic media. Gifford explores the nine major steps essential to the conceptual development of any e-syllabus prior to creating the first word of the actual syllabus. Only after the completion of these steps can one decide on the roles and format of the e-syllabus, followed by the actual creation of the e-syllabus.
In this book, Jack Gifford presents a professional approach to, and development of, syllabi, particularly those supported by electronic media. Gifford...
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437,28 zł |
Curriculum and the American Rural School
ISBN: 9780761825586 / Angielski / Miękka / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At the core of the educational transformation of American rural schools in the early 1900s, there was the re-examination of the rural school curriculum, preceded by the landmark meeting of the Committee of Ten in 1893. Until 1900, formal education in most rural areas was seen by many as an unneeded luxury, not necessary for the manual labor of the farm, mill, mine, or other primary employment sources of a given locale. Curriculum and the American Rural School traces the origins of American school curriculum, and subsequently contextualizes it within the history of rural school curriculum in...
At the core of the educational transformation of American rural schools in the early 1900s, there was the re-examination of the rural school curriculu...
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467,64 zł |
Seven Curricular Landscapes: An Approach to the Holistic Curriculum
ISBN: 9780761827207 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Seven Curricular Landscapes offers a holistic presentation and critique of what the author considers to be the seven major types of curricula. This book, which is suitable for both upper-division and graduate education courses, differs from previous holistic approaches in that it closely considers the holistic implications of postmodernism, adds new categories and terms to the holistic repertoire, includes the latest developments in transpersonal theory, examines the Existentialist curriculum as a spiritual phenomenon, and discusses the curricular implications of both Eastern and Western...
Seven Curricular Landscapes offers a holistic presentation and critique of what the author considers to be the seven major types of curricula. This bo...
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443,36 zł |
Reforming Liberal Education and the Core After the Twentieth Century: Selected Papers from the Eighth Annual Conference of the Association for Core Te
ISBN: 9780761833635 / Angielski / Miękka / 218 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What particular form of liberal education should a college or university institute? Reform in general liberal education is an inevitable reality for faculty and the administration. Core texts are at the heart of that reform debate. Establishing an institution's core texts requires extensive research and discussion. At the 2002 Association for Core Texts and Courses conference over 100 institutions explored the relevance and role of the core texts to a 21st century education. This collection of essays captures the excitement of this debate and allows serious thinkers and practitioners of...
What particular form of liberal education should a college or university institute? Reform in general liberal education is an inevitable reality for f...
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376,57 zł |
The Education of Sam Sanders
ISBN: 9780761834632 / Angielski / Miękka / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Set in 2029, The Education of Sam Sanders tells the story of an 8th grader searching for meaning in his school experiences. In a public school system beset by the finality and rigidity of standardized tests and curriculums, Sam Sanders, with the help of his teacher and mother, defies the system and creates something new: a curriculum that enlightens rather than categorizes students. In this hopeful yet frightening look at an educational future not too far from our own, we encounter the high cost of inquiry-oriented learning and the even higher cost of a system that suppresses it.
Set in 2029, The Education of Sam Sanders tells the story of an 8th grader searching for meaning in his school experiences. In a public school system ...
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291,59 zł |
Now More Than Ever: 'Social Studies' in the Twenty-first Century
ISBN: 9780761835530 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Now More Than Ever: Social Studies in the 21st Century examines the state of social studies and history education in America while laying out an ambitious program of reform and rejuvenation.
Now More Than Ever: Social Studies in the 21st Century examines the state of social studies and history education in America while laying out an ambit...
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285,51 zł |
Educating for a Worldview: Focus on Globalizing Curriculum and Instruction
ISBN: 9780761835837 / Angielski / Miękka / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Educating for Worldview consists of an array of essays from scholars from around the world including the Fiji Islands, Hong Kong, Canada, Japan, India, Nigeria, and the United States. The essays included in this volume have been selected from papers and lectures presented at the eleventh Triennial Conference of the World Council for Curriculum and Instruction. These essays cover a range of topics, such as Asian and Pacific indigenous education, peace education, and the use of technology to train teachers in Nigeria. The authors share a commitment to a grassroots model of global education that...
Educating for Worldview consists of an array of essays from scholars from around the world including the Fiji Islands, Hong Kong, Canada, Japan, India...
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370,50 zł |
Understanding and Shaping Curriculum: What We Teach and Why
ISBN: 9780761928683 / Angielski / Twarda / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Understanding and Shaping Curriculum: What We Teach and Why introduces audiences to curriculum as knowledge, curriculum as work, and curriculum as professional practice. The text discusses curriculum from a theoretical and practical perspective, covering topics such as the forces shaping curriculum, curriculum work (from policymaking to evaluation), and professional practice. This text not only acquaints readers with the study of curriculum, but also helps them to become effective curriculum practitioners.
Understanding and Shaping Curriculum: What We Teach and Why introduces audiences to curriculum as knowledge, curriculum as work, and curriculum as pro...
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959,60 zł |
Teaching as Principled Practice: Managing Complexity for Social Justice
ISBN: 9780761928751 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Teaching as Principled Practice: Managing Complexity for Social Justice presents a practical vision for effective teacher development emphasizing social justice. This vision is encompassed in a set of six principles that underlie the authorsOCO work with pre-service teachers, and is intended to guide oneOCOs practice in the classroom. The textOCOs primary focus is on children and youth who have been traditionally underserved by educational institutions in the United States. It speaks directly to both pre-service and experienced teachers in a way that addresses the challenges of urban... Teaching as Principled Practice: Managing Complexity for Social Justice presents a practical vision for effective teacher development emphasizing s... |
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663,94 zł |
Teaching as Principled Practice: Managing Complexity for Social Justice
ISBN: 9780761928768 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Donahue (education, Mills College) presents a practical vision for teacher development that emphasizes social justice. This vision is encompassed in a set of six principles underlying the authors' work with preservice teachers. Primary focus is on children and youth who have been traditionally underserved by schools. The book can be used in courses
Donahue (education, Mills College) presents a practical vision for teacher development that emphasizes social justice. This vision is encompassed in a...
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420,15 zł |
The Parallel Curriculum in the Classroom, Book 1: Essays for Application Across the Content Areas, K-12
ISBN: 9780761929710 / Angielski / Twarda / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Further developing key ideas from the highly acclaimed original book, these essays include guidelines for designing curriculum units based on the Parallel Curriculum Model.
Further developing key ideas from the highly acclaimed original book, these essays include guidelines for designing curriculum units based on the Para...
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321,59 zł |