Kategoria BISAC: Education >> Teacher Training & Certification

This book illustrates that real-life learning in which students conduct scientific investigations and make new innovations to solve real-world problems is an integral part of STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) and STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, math) education. It provides examples of student and teacher work from projects of the Rutgers University Center of Mathematics, Science, and Computer Education. The book examines how new K to 12 education standards and innovative teacher professional development programs – which emphasize transdisciplinary approaches to...

This book focuses on how globalisation influences and affects second language (L2) identity, including both benefits and caveats of globalisation. The author takes a philosophical perspective to the topic, drawing on the theoretical foundations of Kant and Hegel to explore positive and negative impacts of issues related to globalisation such as human rights and identity reconstruction, and argues that morality should be considered as a key component in fostering L2 identity. Since L2 autonomy - the capacity to control the psychological and socio-cultural dimensions related to L2 learning...

This book re-orients and enriches the existing teaching and learning processes of English language and literature in an Indian context. It foregrounds and critiques the relevance of existential humanities in the classroom (both pedagogy and research), re-contextualizes classroom interactions with reference to everyday lived experiences and ethical choices, and fosters critical humanistic thinking among teachers and learners. It offers a unique perspective on existentialism drawn from various cultures by intertwining it with Indian cultural and philosophical underpinnings, enabling readers...