The Black Student's Guide to High School Success
ISBN: 9780313298486 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The only book designed and written specifically for African American junior high and high school students, this step-by-step guide provides much needed strategies, tactics, and tools to help them create successful educational careers in school. From the editor and publisher of the highly acclaimed "Black Student's Guide to College Success" (1993, revised ed. 1995), this guide contains contributed essays by fifteen educators (many from historically black colleges), supplemented by success stories of contemporary black high school students. It will help students to make informed choices, to... The only book designed and written specifically for African American junior high and high school students, this step-by-step guide provides much ne... |
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219,66 zł |
Bridging the High School-College Gap: The Role of Concurrent Enrollment Programs
ISBN: 9780815634515 / Angielski / Twarda / 396 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Concurrent enrollment programs offer high-achieving high school students the opportunity to take college credit-bearing courses taught by college-approved high school teachers. This low-cost, scalable model brings accelerated coursework to urban, suburban, and rural students. In this book, scholars explore the function of concurrent enrollment programs in addressing the gap between high school preparation and readiness for the academic and social demands of college. Experts in the education field map out the foundation for programs offering concurrent enrollment courses, including best...
Concurrent enrollment programs offer high-achieving high school students the opportunity to take college credit-bearing courses taught by college-appr...
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462,74 zł |
Horace's School: Redesigning the American High School
ISBN: 9780395755341 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since the late 1970s, Theodore Sizer has studied and worked among hundreds of American high schools. His research was first published in 1984 in Horace's Compromise, and since then, the scope ofally. Sizer now proposes a process of redesign which respects the best of the rich traditions of secondary schooling while doing far more to educate our youth.
Since the late 1970s, Theodore Sizer has studied and worked among hundreds of American high schools. His research was first published in 1984 in Horac...
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73,86 zł |
Managing Teams in Secondary Schools
ISBN: 9780415032179 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Change has been a major characteristic of education for the past few years as wide-ranging new legislation has been implemented, but practical advice on how to manage and cope with change in schools has been hard to come by. This book, written by two practising educational psychologists, seeks to remedy this by providing practical psychological approaches to the management of schools in general and the management of change in particular.
Change has been a major characteristic of education for the past few years as wide-ranging new legislation has been implemented, but practical advice ...
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912,96 zł |
Managing the Secondary School
ISBN: 9780415087711 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This new edition of Managing the Secondary School brings up to date the consideration of the talks and skills of the headtecher which was a feature of the first edition. The book deals with all aspects of the headteachers' role including marketing the school and managing the budget. It also deals in some detail with the problems of managing change and with the role of governors and parents in today's schools. Throughout the book, Joan Dean considers the implications of the Education Reform Act and the National Cucciculum.
Managing the Secondary School is essential... This new edition of Managing the Secondary School brings up to date the consideration of the talks and skills of the headtecher which was a f...
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255,58 zł |
Secondary Teachers at Work
ISBN: 9780415088640 / Angielski / Twarda / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first part of this book charts and analyses 2,688 working days of 384 teachers in 91 LEAs in 1991. It shows how they spent their working lives, how well matched their teaching was to their academic background, and the balance between teaching and other aspects of their work. The analysis uses five major categories: Teaching, Preparation, Administration, Professional Development and Other Activities. The authors argue that there is an occupational split between the managers' and the teachers'.
The second part comments on the findings by relating them to issues of school management, and... The first part of this book charts and analyses 2,688 working days of 384 teachers in 91 LEAs in 1991. It shows how they spent their working lives, ho...
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912,96 zł |
Secondary Teachers at Work
ISBN: 9780415088657 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first part of this book charts and analyses 2,688 working days of 384 teachers in 91 LEAs in 1991. It shows how they spent their working lives, how well matched their teaching was to their academic background, and the balance between teaching and other aspects of their work. The analysis uses five major categories: Teaching, Preparation, Administration, Professional Development and Other Activities. The authors argue that there is an occupational split between the managers' and the teachers'.
The second part comments on the findings by relating them to issues of school management, and... The first part of this book charts and analyses 2,688 working days of 384 teachers in 91 LEAs in 1991. It shows how they spent their working lives, ho...
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224,28 zł |
Curriculum Making in Post-16 Education: The Social Conditions of Studentship
ISBN: 9780415120227 / Angielski / Twarda / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It is widely agreed that the post-16 curriculum in England and Wales is inadequate, mainly due to the successive reforms of various governments.
YTS was a reaction to problems of youth unemployment, CPVE and BTEC embraced a 'broad' concept of vocationalism, and even with the introduction of NVQ and GNVQ the A-level retains its gold-standard in the eyes of many. The post-16 curriculum that has emerged is hardly coherent. So how can teachers translate an externally imposed curriculum into a meaningful learning experience for students? Drawing on solid research in post-16 education, this... It is widely agreed that the post-16 curriculum in England and Wales is inadequate, mainly due to the successive reforms of various governments.
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782,54 zł |
Curriculum Making in Post-16 Education: The Social Conditions of Studentship
ISBN: 9780415120234 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It is widely agreed that the post-16 curriculum in England and Wales is inadequate, mainly due to the successive reforms of various governments.
YTS was a reaction to problems of youth unemployment, CPVE and BTEC embraced a 'broad' concept of vocationalism, and even with the introduction of NVQ and GNVQ the A-level retains its gold-standard in the eyes of many. The post-16 curriculum that has emerged is hardly coherent. So how can teachers translate an externally imposed curriculum into a meaningful learning experience for students? Drawing on solid research in post-16 education, this... It is widely agreed that the post-16 curriculum in England and Wales is inadequate, mainly due to the successive reforms of various governments.
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245,14 zł |
Differentiation and the Secondary Curriculum: Debates and Dilemmas
ISBN: 9780415132015 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Differentiation is a key part of effective teaching and is currently an INSET priority for many secondary schools. By giving real-life examples, this work makes links between the theory of differentiation and some of the range of good practices already in place in schools. It explores the meaning and issues surrounding terms like differentiation and equal opportunities and offers practical strategies for tackling these often difficult areas. The text provides case studies written by practising teachers and gives examples of tested INSET activities.
Differentiation is a key part of effective teaching and is currently an INSET priority for many secondary schools. By giving real-life examples, this ...
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62,55 zł |
The Primary School in Changing Times: The Australian Experience
ISBN: 9780415146562 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Following substantial changes throughout the Australian education system, primary schools are no longer in the protected position of having a regulated flow of clients, a pre-determined curriculum and marginal levels of staff development.
Recent moves have brought new or increased responsibilities for all schools in areas such as: *curriculum and policy development *staff development *monitoring and assessment *the use of new technologies *resource allocation This book seeks to review the impact of this change on Australian primary schools, on the people who are... Following substantial changes throughout the Australian education system, primary schools are no longer in the protected position of having a regulate...
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255,58 zł |
Subject Mentoring in the Secondary School
ISBN: 9780415148924 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Student teachers have always worked with professionals during their teaching practice, but as teacher training becomes more school based, the role of the mentor has become much more important. Even newer is the emergence of the subject mentor.
This book is an examination of the nature of effective mentoring and its contribution to student teacher development. Part One of the book has a broad perspective and looks at policy developments and the differing approaches to teacher education. Part Two explores central issues which have emerged in the author's research with mentors. It identifies... Student teachers have always worked with professionals during their teaching practice, but as teacher training becomes more school based, the role of ...
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208,62 zł |
Changing Places?: Flexibility, Lifelong Learning and a Learning Society
ISBN: 9780415153393 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Flexibility has become a central concept in much policy and academic debate. Individuals, organizations and societies are all required to become more flexible so that they can participate in the ongoing processes of change involved in lifelong learning.
This book explores how the notion of a learning society has developed over recent years: the changes that have given rise to the requirement for flexibility, and the changed discourses and practices that have emerged in the education and training of adults. With the growth in interest in adults as learners, (primarily to support economic... Flexibility has become a central concept in much policy and academic debate. Individuals, organizations and societies are all required to become more ...
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912,96 zł |
Changing Places?: Flexibility, Lifelong Learning and a Learning Society
ISBN: 9780415153409 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Flexibility has become a central concept in much policy and academic debate. Individuals, organizations and societies are all required to become more flexible so that they can participate in the ongoing processes of change involved in lifelong learning.
This book explores how the notion of a learning society has developed over recent years: the changes that have given rise to the requirement for flexibility, and the changed discourses and practices that have emerged in the education and training of adults. With the growth in interest in adults as learners, (primarily to support economic... Flexibility has become a central concept in much policy and academic debate. Individuals, organizations and societies are all required to become more ...
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271,23 zł |
The Japanese High School : Silence and Resistance
ISBN: 9780415154390 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Japan's education system, like it's economy, was long seen in Japan and elsewhere as the model of efficiency, discipline and high standards. In recent years, however, the model has collapsed. Classroom pressures mount, and incidents of bullying, suicide, dropout, and violence of one kind or another proliferate. The growing sense of educational crisis came to a head with the 1997 incident in which a child was murdered and decapitated, apparently by a fourteen-year-old student. When the child killer of Kobe claimed that he had been avenging himself against school which threatened his existence,...
Japan's education system, like it's economy, was long seen in Japan and elsewhere as the model of efficiency, discipline and high standards. In recent...
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704,29 zł |
Gender in the Secondary Curriculum : Balancing the Books
ISBN: 9780415167017 / Angielski / Twarda / 259 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The gender gap in GCSE results continues to be of prime concern, and there is now a real need for knowledge about how teachers can address this gap. In this volume, a team of contributors consider the gender issues particular to each subject of the secondary curriculum. They discuss effective strategies supported by their research and practice, and offer some ways forward for teachers. The book begins with an overview of contemporary social and cultural approaches to schooling and gender, focusing particularly on the contribution of feminist scholars to the debate. It further examines key...
The gender gap in GCSE results continues to be of prime concern, and there is now a real need for knowledge about how teachers can address this gap. I...
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939,05 zł |
Gender in the Secondary Curriculum: Balancing the Books
ISBN: 9780415167024 / Angielski / Miękka / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The 'gender gap' in GCSE results continues to be of prime concern, and there is now a real need for knowledge about how teachers can address this gap. In this volume, a team of contributors considers the gender issues particular to each subject of the secondary curriculum. They discuss effective strategies supported by their research and practice, and offer some ways forward for teachers.
The book begins with an overview of contemporary social and cultural approaches to schooling and gender, focusing particularly on the contribution of feminist scholars to the debate. It further examines... The 'gender gap' in GCSE results continues to be of prime concern, and there is now a real need for knowledge about how teachers can address this gap....
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245,14 zł |
Pupils in Transition
ISBN: 9780415174671 / Angielski / Miękka / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Focusing on the move from primary to secondary school, this book aims to help teachers and school managers to recognize and accommodate the often traumatic effects that this transition has on young peoples lives. The text considers pupils, parents and teachers perspectives, and in particular deals with the concepts and practicalities of curriculum continuity and progression in the core subjects, English, maths and science. Section two of the book offers specific advice, illustrated with examples of good practice, on how the needs of children in transition may be met by teachers and schools....
Focusing on the move from primary to secondary school, this book aims to help teachers and school managers to recognize and accommodate the often trau...
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104,29 zł |
Social Class and the Comprehensive School
ISBN: 9780415177726 / Angielski / Twarda / 174 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Using the great wealth of knowledge from educational theorists and practitioners the volumes in this book explore the important relationship between society and education. Useful for actual and intending teachers.
Using the great wealth of knowledge from educational theorists and practitioners the volumes in this book explore the important relationship between s...
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1825,93 zł |
Teaching Young Adults : A Handbook for Teachers in Post-Compulsory Education
ISBN: 9780415222839 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Further and Higher Education in the UK has expanded greatly in recent years, bringing into education large numbers of young people who present teachers with new challenges. At the same time, there is an immense pressure to improve the quality of learning and teaching and to encourage students to be active participants in the process. This text is aimed at teachers, aspiring teachers and other professionals in upper secondary schools, further education colleges and universities who wish to increase learner motivation and to create opportunities for greater learner autonomy. It will: relate...
Further and Higher Education in the UK has expanded greatly in recent years, bringing into education large numbers of young people who present teacher...
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756,45 zł |