Policymakers face a number of difficult and technical questions in the design and implementation of new accountability approaches. This title gathers the... Læs mere
This work is about a group of experienced K-12 teachers who took teacher research to another level. Their story is not only about teachers working together to improve their own teaching, but also about their research reverberated throughout their schools.
How might science education reflect the values of a socially just and democratic society? Using a combination of in-depth case studies and rigorous theory, this volume offers a series of teaching stories that describe inner city youth's practices of science.
After-school programmes are becoming an important development support for low- and moderate-income children. This book describes the historical development, current status and critical issues facing these programmes.
This work provides social, historical and philosophical perspectives in the field of early childhood education.... Læs mere
This work presents an overview of Multiple Intelligences (MI) theory along with examples that educators can use in their classroom with adult literacy students.
This work offers a foundation for building an emotional-centred early childhood curriculum, linking emotional competence to school readiness and to a broad range of important childhood outcomes.
Here, Cadwell helps American educators understand what it means to use ideas from the Reggio Approach in their classrooms. She describes the growth and evolution of the work in the St Louis Region collaborative since the early 1990s.
This work explores the power of using media education to help urban teenagers develop their critical thinking and literacy skills. Here, Steven Goodman looks closely at both the problems and possibilities of this model of media education.
Here, Anne Dyson traces the influence of a wide-ranging set of ""textual toys"" from children's lives - church and hip-hop songs, rap music, movies, TV, traditional jump-rope rhymes, the words of professional sports announcers and radio deejays - upon school learning and writing.
Drawing from her experience of using cases in teacher education and in-service courses, Katherine Merseth offers a practical guide to... Læs mere
This work provides educators with advice on how to integrate preventive mental health practice into public schools. It discusses the mandate for violence... Læs mere