Education category: 70663 books
The Female Tradition in Physical Education
Women First reconsidered
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2016
The Female Tradition in Physical Education re-examines a key question in the history of modern education: why did the remarkably successful leaders of female physical education, who pioneered the development of the subject in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century England, Canada, Australia...
Shaping the Futures of (Vocational) Education and Work
Commitment of VET and VET Research
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2015
Education and work are moving towards an open, but uncertain future. Research on vocational and continuing education constantly needs to reassure the conditions of educational systems, current concepts of VET and work, educational policies, and its own assumptions in ascertaining theory of VET. In...
by New Museum
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2011
For over a decade, Contemporary Art and Multicultural Education has served as the guide to multicultural art education, connecting everyday experience, social critique, and creative expression with classroom learning. The much-anticipated Rethinking Contemporary Art and Multicultural Education continues...
Brain-Based Learning and Education
Principles and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2017
Brain-Based Learning and Education presents a new type of education that uses brain-based and self-control theory-driven training. Leaving aside the current focus in education on content knowledge, it examines essential character strengths such as selfcontrol, persistence, creativity, attention,...
Public or Private Education?
Lessons from History
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
This collection of essays, edited by the distinguished historian of education Richard Aldrich, examines past, present and future relationships between the private and public dimensions of knowledge and education. Following the introduction, it is divided into three sections:
* key themes and...
Kant and Education
Interpretations and Commentary
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2012
Immanuel Kant’s moral philosophy, political philosophy, and philosophy of judgement have been and continue to be widely discussed among many scholars. The impact of his thinking is beyond doubt and his ideas continue to inspire and encourage an on-going dialogue among many people in our world today....
Education and Philosophy
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2017
Philosophy is vital to the study of education, and a sound knowledge of different philosophical perspectives leads to a deeper engagement with the choices and commitments you make within your educational practice.
This introductory text provides a core understanding of key moments in the history...
The Benefits of Learning
The Impact of Education on Health, Family Life and Social Capital
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2004
How do education and learning really impact on people's lives?
The Benefits of Learning is a detailed, systematic and vivid account of the impact of formal and informal education on people's lives. Based on extended interviews with adults of all ages, it shows how learning affects their health, family...
Higher Education in the Digital Age
Updated Edition
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2015
Two of the most visible and important trends in higher education today are its exploding costs and the rapid expansion of online learning. Could the growth in online courses slow the rising cost of college and help solve the crisis of affordability? In this short and incisive book, William G. Bowen,...
Enacting Change from Within
Disability Studies Meets Teaching and Teacher Education
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
Disability Studies in Education (DSE) provides a useful and compelling framework for re-envisioning the possibility of education for all students. However, the philosophies of Disability Studies (DS) can be seen as contradictory to many mainstream values and practices in K-12 education. In an ever-shifting...
Debating Single-Sex Education
Separate and Equal?
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Debating Single Sex Education: Separate and Equal, 2nd edition, provides a balanced summary of the context, concerns, and findings about single sex education in 21st Century United States.
Few school reforms have engendered as much controversy as single sex public education.
This book examines the...
Romances with Schools
A Life of Education
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2016
John I. Goodlad has been an unflagging voice for humanistic ideals in education for more than six decades and has helped reframe the modern discourse on the role and function of schools. For Goodlad the goal of public education is to help children become free and full participants in a democratic...
Finding Superman
Debating the Future of Public Education in America
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
“This book is an essential supplement for everyone who saw the movie Waiting for Superman. It makes clear that education improvement is more complex, and requires more change in policy and practice, than Superman ever envisioned. It is a roadmap for more comprehensive transformation of education.”—Michael...
NoNonsense Rethinking Education
Whose knowledge is it anyway?
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2016
What is knowledge? Who decides what is important? Who owns it? These are central themes that run through this title that aims to change perceptions and understanding of education. Using historical and contemporary examples, the authors examine the motivations, conflicts, and contradictions in education....