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Rubric Nation
Critical Inquiries on the Impact of Rubrics in Education
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
What is a rubric and how are they being used in teacher education and evaluation? When did rubrics become ubiquitous in the field of education? What impact do rubrics have on students, teachers, teacher educators, and the educational enterprise? This book is an edited volume of essays that critically...
Journal of Character Education Issue
Vol. 12 #2
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
The Journal of Character Education is the only professional journal in education devoted to character education. It is designed to cover the field—from the latest research to applied best practices. We include original research reports, editorials and conceptual articles by the best minds in our...
Education and Hope in Troubled Times
Visions of Change for Our Children's World
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2009
"Progressive educators have always been better at critique than at possibility. This book promises not to ignore critique, but to favor possibility. It is most rare and greatly welcomed."
Richard Quantz, Miami University
"The editor argues that in a material world, depicted...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
Mentoring is a core element of any successful teacher education or coach education programme, with evidence suggesting that teachers and coaches who are mentored early in their careers are more likely to become effective practitioners. Physical education and sports coaching share important pedagogical,...
The Psychology of Teaching Physical Education
From Theory to Practice
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
This book weaves together theory, research, and practical information related to the psychological aspects of physical education. Unlike other exercise/sport psychology books on the market, The Psychology of Teaching Physical Education is written especially for future and practicing physical educators...
Histories of Art and Design Education
Collected Essays
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2005
This Collection of fourteen essays by eleven different authors demonstrates the increasing breadth of enquiry that has taken place in art and design education history over the past two decades, and the expanding range of research models applied to the subject. The essays are grouped into six sections...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2014
The body matters, in practice. How then might we think about the body in our work in and on professional practice, learning and education? What value is there in realising and articulating the notion of the professional practitioner as crucially embodied? Beyond that, what of conceiving of the professional...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Citizenship is high on the agenda of education systems in many of the world's democracies. As yet, however, discussions of citizenship education have neglected issues of religious diversity and how the study of religions can contribute to our understanding of citizenship. International Perspectives...
Quality and Change in Teacher Education
Western and Chinese Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2016
How teachers may be better educated for a changing global world is a challenge that faces many systems of education worldwide. This book addresses key issues of quality and change in teacher education in the context of the new public management achievement agendas which are permeating teacher education...
Secondary School English Education in Asia
From policy to practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2015
Continuing on from the previously published Primary School English-Language Education in Asia: From Policy to Practice (Moon & Spolsky, 2012), this book compiles the proceedings which took place at the 2011 annual conference of AsiaTEFL which took place in Seoul, Korea. It surveys the current...
Meeting Physical Education Standards Through Meaningful Assessment
Research-Based Strategies for Secondary Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2012
As the use of standards-based assessment spreads in response to the increased emphasis on accountability, physical educators are faced with the task of demonstrating how their curricula and learning outcomes align with national, state, and district standards. Implementing assessments that align with...
Curriculum Studies Guidebooks
Volume 2- Concepts and Theoretical Frameworks
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2016
Curriculum Studies Guidebooks treat the (Post)reconceptualization of curriculum studies. The literature reviewed in this volume reflects current issues and discussions taking place in education. This volume is about the intersections among curriculum studies and aesthetics; spirituality; cosmopolitanism;...
Contextualizing Inclusive Education
Evaluating Old and New International Paradigms
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2005
Inclusive education is a complex and problematic concept that raises many questions. A team of prominent academics present fresh and critical perspectives on these issues, drawing upon their global resources and knowledge.
The over-arching theme of this book is that social, political, economic...
Cosmopolitan Learning for a Global Era
Higher education in an interconnected world
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
Ensuring that higher education students are fully prepared for lives as global citizens is a pressing concern in the contemporary world. This book draws on insights from cosmopolitan thought to identify how people from different backgrounds can find common ground. By applying cosmopolitan insights...