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Contemporary Capacity-Building in Educational Contexts
ISBN: 9781137374561 / Angielski / Twarda / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Education is generally supposed to help learners to develop new capacities and to be able to apply them in work and life - yet we still know very little about how to build useful capacities. This book investigates nine research projects, exploring why particular capacities are successful in some situations but not in others.
Education is generally supposed to help learners to develop new capacities and to be able to apply them in work and life - yet we still know very litt...
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Educational Learning and Development: Building and Enhancing Capacity
ISBN: 9781137392831 / Angielski / Twarda / 165 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Through ten research projects, this book explores the topic of educational learning and development in order to examine issues that are impacting, either positively or negatively, on current research in this area. The authors explore the capacity building potential of the projects and what factors impacted on or assisted their development.
Through ten research projects, this book explores the topic of educational learning and development in order to examine issues that are impacting, eit...
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Adult Literacy in a New Era: Reflections from the Open Book
ISBN: 9781594518492 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Adult Literacy in a New Era" chronicles the history and development of The Open Book, an adult literacy organization inspired by Freire, Horton, and other political educators. This book critically analyzes and investigates using participants words and experiences adult literacy policy and aspects of the program s history from its beginning in 1984 to its end in 2001. Offering new insights into methodologies of reading, writing, and learning, this book will inspire not only adult literacy students and teachers, but anyone concerned with changing public policy in bottom-up ways."
"Adult Literacy in a New Era" chronicles the history and development of The Open Book, an adult literacy organization inspired by Freire, Horton, and ...
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Homeschooling Tips for Parents Guide to Understanding the Homeschool Curriculum Part I
ISBN: 9781631870675 / Angielski / Miękka / 58 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Homeschooling parents have a single thing in common, the desire to teach their child the best that they can. It is important for parents to remember the process of homeschooling is a large learning curve for both the student and the parent and mistakes are common in the beginning. The thing homeschooling parents must consider is that these mistakes can be looked upon as positive learning experiences later on. This book focuses on creating that perfect homeschool curriculum for the parent to begin teaching their child the right way.
Homeschooling parents have a single thing in common, the desire to teach their child the best that they can. It is important for parents to remember t...
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Homeschooling Tips for Parents Guide to Understanding the Homeschool Curriculum Part II
ISBN: 9781631870682 / Angielski / Miękka / 52 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When a family commits to homeschooling the key thing to remember is that the parent is now the students' role model. This applies to attitude, behavior and organizational habits. It can be very frustrating for all involved when a five-room manhunt must be mounted first thing in the morning in order to locate a textbook or writing implement, therefore organization is key. Make sure teacher's manuals, textbooks, paper, pens and pencils all have their own place in order to avoid starting the day with a scavenger hunt. Remember, the more time spent organizing before the school year, the less time...
When a family commits to homeschooling the key thing to remember is that the parent is now the students' role model. This applies to attitude, behavio...
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The Tasks and Content of the Steiner-Waldorf Curriculum
ISBN: 9781782500421 / Angielski / Miękka / 374 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a comprehensive overview of what is taught in Steiner-Waldorf schools, and why. As well as describing the content and methods of the Waldorf curriculum, this book provides a clear overview of the ideas behind the approach. It includes:
This book is a comprehensive overview of what is taught in Steiner-Waldorf schools, and why. As well as describing the content and methods of the Wald...
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Ipsative Assessment: Motivation Through Marking Progress
ISBN: 9781137267214 / Angielski / Twarda / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ipsative assessment is a powerful new approach that provokes a radical rethink of the purposes and methods of assessment. This book presents a case for partially replacing competitive assessment with ipsative assessment, and it explores the possibilities and the challenges with research evidence and case studies.
Ipsative assessment is a powerful new approach that provokes a radical rethink of the purposes and methods of assessment. This book presents a case fo...
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Bringing the Montessori Approach to Your Early Years Practice
ISBN: 9781138022447 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Have you ever wondered what the Montessori approach is all about and how it can be used to benefit the young children in your setting? This book explains how the Montessori approach works offering guidance on planning and assessment methods alongside practical activities for practitioners to try. Throughout there are practical examples involving children of different ages in a wide range of settings to show how Montessori principles have been implemented. . This new edition has been fully updated to include:
Have you ever wondered what the Montessori approach is all about and how it can be used to benefit the young children in your setting? This ... |
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Modern Research Methods for the Study of Behavior in Organizations
ISBN: 9781138801707 / Angielski / Miękka / 502 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The goal of this book is to challenge researchers to break away from the rote application of traditional methodologies and to capitalize upon the wealth of data collection and analytic strategies available to them.
The goal of this book is to challenge researchers to break away from the rote application of traditional methodologies and to capitalize upon the weal...
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Improving Schools: My Letters to the Editor
ISBN: 9781493135158 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Improving Schools: My Letters to the Editor
ISBN: 9781493135165 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Pedagogy of Commitment
ISBN: 9781594519734 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This new book, constructed from Paulo Freire's writings near the end of his life, is characterized by the eloquence of his dreams-dreams that constituted the utopia underlying Freire's lifelong work. Freire challenges all educators to create Circles of Dialogues, or reflective spaces, for passionate and critical reflection that is coherent and humanizing, favoring the oppressed peoples of the world. The chapters, crafted toward the end of the twentieth century, reflect Freire's deep concern with the assault by neoliberal policies on the basic democratic rights of the dispossessed, as he...
This new book, constructed from Paulo Freire's writings near the end of his life, is characterized by the eloquence of his dreams-dreams that constitu...
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Interrogating (Hi)stories: Establishing the Educational Relevance of Spiritual Development Through Critical Historiography
ISBN: 9781433125225 / Angielski / Miękka / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Interrogating (Hi)stories, Audrey Lingley uses a critical constructivist perspective to problematize the absence of the spiritual dimension of human growth from pedagogical models that emphasize responsiveness to developmental psychology. The book investigates this conspicuous absence through critical historiographical research; it is a critical interrogation of the tacit understandings that guide education in general and middle grades reform in particular. The author offers practical, classroom-based implications and culturally respectful language for educators who believe...
In Interrogating (Hi)stories, Audrey Lingley uses a critical constructivist perspective to problematize the absence of the spiritual dimension ...
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Great teachers: how to raise student learning in Latin America and the Caribbean
ISBN: 9781464801518 / Angielski / Miękka / 355 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "The seven million teachers of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are the critical actors in the region's efforts to improve education quality and raise student learning levels, which lag far behind those of OECD countries and East Asian countries such as China. This book documents the high economic stakes around teacher quality, benchmarks the current performance of LAC's teachers, and delineates the key issues. These include low standards for entry into teacher training, poor quality training programs that are detached from the realities of the classroom, unattractive career incentives,...
"The seven million teachers of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are the critical actors in the region's efforts to improve education quality and ...
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Interrogating (Hi)Stories: Establishing the Educational Relevance of Spiritual Development Through Critical Historiography
ISBN: 9781433125232 / Angielski / Twarda / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Interrogating (Hi)stories, Audrey Lingley uses a critical constructivist perspective to problematize the absence of the spiritual dimension of human growth from pedagogical models that emphasize responsiveness to developmental psychology. The book investigates this conspicuous absence through critical historiographical research; it is a critical interrogation of the tacit understandings that guide education in general and middle grades reform in particular. The author offers practical, classroom-based implications and culturally respectful language for educators who believe...
In Interrogating (Hi)stories, Audrey Lingley uses a critical constructivist perspective to problematize the absence of the spiritual dimension ...
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Plurilingualism and Multiliteracies: International Research on Identity Construction in Language Education
ISBN: 9783631629260 / Angielski / Twarda / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. LANGSCAPE is a plurilingual and multicultural international research network on language acquisition and language education. The current research focus is on Identity Construction in Language Education. This volume summarizes some research results of the last four years by presenting empirical research projects as well as theoretical concepts. The contributions all deal with topics linked to plurilingualism or to certain aspects of the concept of multiliteracies like globalization, language policy, multiculturalism, multimodal communication processes, intercultural learning etc. The authors...
LANGSCAPE is a plurilingual and multicultural international research network on language acquisition and language education. The current research focu...
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Virtual Literacies: Interactive Spaces for Children and Young People
ISBN: 9781138810594 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The growth of interest in virtual worlds and other online spaces for children and young people raises important issues for literacy educators and researchers. This book is a timely and much-needed collection of current research in the area. It provides a synthesis of knowledge and understanding and will be a key resource for scholars, students and teachers, particularly those interested in digital literacies. The work presents a coherent vision of current knowledge, and some of the most engaging, empirical research being undertaken on virtual worlds and online spaces in and beyond... The growth of interest in virtual worlds and other online spaces for children and young people raises important issues for literacy educators and r... |
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Make Learning Personal: The What, Who, Wow, Where, and Why
ISBN: 9781483352978 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Put learning back into the hands of the learner Personalized learning empowers learners to take control of their own learning.
Put learning back into the hands of the learner Personalized learning empowers learners to take control of their own learni... |
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School Effectiveness in China: An Exploratory Study
ISBN: 9783631648582 / Angielski / Twarda / 221 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a valuable attempt to address the issue of school effectiveness in mainland China. The author applies multi-level modeling and longitudinal student achievement and survey data to evaluate school effectiveness. In the first study, the author analyzes the effects of school resources and classroom processes on student achievement. He also investigates the size of school effects, and the differential school effects for different groups of students. The other two empirical studies focus on the value-added evaluation of academic performance in schools, including consistency, stability...
This book is a valuable attempt to address the issue of school effectiveness in mainland China. The author applies multi-level modeling and longitudin...
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The Modern School Movement: Anarchism and Education in the United States
ISBN: 9780691615943 / Angielski / Miękka / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this comprehensive study of the Modern School movement, Paul Avrich narrates its history, analyzes its successes and failures, and assesses its place in American life. In doing so, he shows how the radical experimentation in art and communal living as well as in education during this period set the precedent for much of the artistic, social, and educational ferment of the 1960's and I970's. Originally published in 1980. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished... In this comprehensive study of the Modern School movement, Paul Avrich narrates its history, analyzes its successes and failures, and assesses its ... |
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