Education category: 70663 books
Real Education
Four Simple Truths for Bringing America's Schools Back to Reality
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2008
With four simple truths as his framework, Charles Murray, the bestselling coauthor of The Bell Curve, sweeps away the hypocrisy, wishful thinking, and upside-down priorities that grip America’s educational establishment.
Ability varies. Children differ in their ability to learn academic material....
Dewey and European Education
General Problems and Case Studies
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Although John Dewey's ideas have been of central interest in Anglo-Saxon philosophy and history of education, it is only recently that similar interest has developed in continental Europe.
Deweyan philosophy of education has had to pass through national filters, which meant that it was received in...
Education Is Not an App
The future of university teaching in the Internet age
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2016
Whilst much has been written about the doors that technology can open for students, less has been said about its impact on teachers and professors. Although technology undoubtedly brings with it huge opportunities within higher education, there is also the fear that it will have a negative effect...
Globalisation, Employment and Education in Sri Lanka
Opportunity and Division
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2014
Since the late 1970s, Sri Lanka has undergone a socio-economic transformation, from protectionism towards economic liberalisation and increasing integration into the world economy. Through a systematic comparison of these periods of economic change (1956–1977, and 1977 to the present), Angela W....
by Christopher Ziguras, Grant McBurnie
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2014
Governing Cross-Border Higher Education examines the role of governments in relation to three key aspects of international education: student mobility; migration of international students; and transnational provision through collaboration or branch campuses. The research for this book is informed...
by Mr Ian Abbott, Michael Rathbone, Phillip Whitehead
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
'A splendid read. Via interviews with several Secretaries of State for Education and a supporting analytical commentary, Education Policy provides a fascinating insight and historical appraisal of English policy rationale'
-Dr David Kitchener, Reader in Education, University of Bolton
'This...
by Jeannine Hill
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2018
These Are Some Of The Tips You Will Find In The Book :
* Online Education Basics
* Managing Online Education Expectations
* Choosing the Best From The Range of Online Degrees
* The Quest of Finding The Perfect Online Degree
* The Employer's Perception Of An Online Degree
* Studying Abroad Online
*...
Turning Learning Right Side Up
Putting Education Back on Track
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2008
In the age of the Internet, we educate people much as we did during the Industrial Revolution. We educate them for a world that no longer exists, instilling values antithetical to those of a free, 21st century democracy. Worst of all, too many schools extinguish the very creativity and joy they ought...
by Jill L. Haney, M.A., James Wescott
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
REA's TExES Special Education EC-12 (161) Test Prep with Online Practice Tests Gets You Certified and in the Classroom!Our test prep is designed to help teacher candidates master the information on the TExES Special Education EC-12 (161) exam and get certified. It's perfect for college students, teachers,...
Understanding College and University Organization
Theories for Effective Policy and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2012
A Management Resource for Higher Education Leaders“Quite simply a tour de force. Not only have the authors written by far the broadest and deepest theoretical analysis of college and university organization I've seen, but they have clearly organized a complex topic, and written it engagingly. This...
The Working Classes and Higher Education
Inequality of Access, Opportunity and Outcome
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
Within the broader context of the global knowledge economy, wherein the "college-for-all" discourse grows more and more pervasive and systems of higher education become increasingly stratified by social class, important and timely questions emerge regarding the future social location and...
An Education in Politics
The Origins and Evolution of No Child Left Behind
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2012
Since the early 1990s, the federal role in education—exemplified by the controversial No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)—has expanded dramatically. Yet states and localities have retained a central role in education policy, leading to a growing struggle for control over the direction of the nation’s...
A General Overview Ofonline Education
Exploring The Workings Of Online Education To Facilitate An Understanding of the Virtual Learning Experience And If It’s Right For You
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2012
Online education is rapidly getting worldwide recognition as an accepted form of learning. It has undergone so many changes in over 10 years of development so that nowadays even the most prestigious universities from across the globe offer online classes and even an entire curriculum for distance...
Vocational Education and Training through Open and Distance Learning
World review of distance education and open learning Volume 5
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
Conventional apprenticeships and older methods of professional training are not providing enough skilled workers - governments, companies and colleges are now using open and distance learning to fill these gaps.
Published in association with the Commonwealth of Learning, this unique review...