Educational: Mathematics, science and technology, general

We know little about diverse youths' engagement in science outside of school, the form such engagement takes and its impact on science literacy development and identity as a potential insider to science.

As more attention is devoted to the increasing and complex socio-ecological issues facing the planet, new insights and new ways of thinking are being sought about the learning and agency of children and adults in relation to these environmental concerns.

This book will address the discussion on online distance education, teacher education, and how the mathematics is transformed with the Internet, based on examples that illustrate the possibilities of different course models and on the theoretical construct humans-with-media.

Designing for technology enhanced learning (TEL) is often a demanding process.

This book incorporates two major themes into a model for communication about biotechnology.

This is the story of a science teacher and her work in an over-crowded and under-resourced township secondary school in contemporary South Africa.

This book presents an international perspective on environmental educational and specifically the influence that context has on this aspect of curriculum.

The Meaning of Learning and Knowing, co-authored by Erik Jan van Rossum and Rebecca Hamer, brings together empirical studies on epistemology, student thinking, teacher thinking, educational policy and staff development forging a solid and practical foundation for educational innovation.

Each volume in the 7-volume series The World of Science Education reviews research in a key region of the world.

Learning and teaching complex cultural knowledge calls for meaningful participation in different kinds of symbolic practices, which in turn are supported by a wide range of external representations, as gestures, oral language, graphic representations, writing and many other systems designed to account for properties and relations on some 2- or 3-dimensional objects.

In Environmental Education: Identity, Politics and Citizenship the editors endeavor to present views of environmental educators that focus on issues of identity and subjectivity, and how 'narrated lives' relate to questions of learning, education, politics, justice, and citizenship.

* What ideas about science do school students form as a result of their experiences in and out of school?

Be prepared for exam day with Barrons.

The mistakes children make in mathematics are usually not just mistakes - they are often intelligent generalizations from previous learning.

Improving the quality of education is an important endeavor of educational policy and TAL aims to contribute to this.

Assessment for learning is a powerful way to raise standards and improve learning.

This is a fully rewritten and extended version of the successful first edition of a textbook which focuses on consumer-driven food product innovation using a systems-oriented approach.

Permanent external representations in the form of drawings, maps, musical scores, figures, graphs, writing, numerals, hallmarks and signatures are part of our daily landscape and permeate most social activities almost from the moment we are born.

During the last decade, a revaluation of proof and proving within mathematics curricula was recommended; great emphasis was put on the need of developing proof-related skills since the beginning of primary school.

This book focuses on the talk of science classrooms and in particular on the ways in which the different kinds of interactions between teachers and students contribute to meaning making and learning.

The dominance of computer labs in our schools is the result of a long struggle among teachers and technicians for control of precious computer resources.

What does it mean to be an expert primary science practitioner?

Research in environmental education (EE) is a growing field of inquiry and should be seen as respondent to a variety of program developments around the world.

';A dark, mysterious, adrenaline-pumping rollercoaster of a story' Kieran Larwood, author of The Five Realms ';Clever, funny, exciting and occasionally downright nasty terrific stuff!

';Guaranteed free of unicorns and princesses, it's fun, empowering fiction for 5-8 year olds.

';Guaranteed free of unicorns and princesses, it's fun, empowering fiction for 5-8 year olds.

The mission of the Knowles Science Teaching Foundation (KSTF), to increase the quantity of high quality high school science and mathematics teachers in United States High Schools, calls for a deeper understanding of what it takes to prepare and support successful teachers.

'Simple yet empowering.

In this book, comparisons are made between the practices of classrooms in a variety of different school systems around the world.

In the past twenty years, the development of technology education in France was complemented by a development of educational research in technological education.

"e;This book is the third in an important trilogy of edited collections on the teaching and learning of primary mathematics.

Since its appearance in 1995, Authentic School Science has been a resource for many teachers and schools to rethink and change what they are doing in and with their science classrooms.

The Handbook of Mathematics Teacher Education, the first of its kind, addresses the learning of mathematics teachers at all levels of schooling to teach mathematics, and the provision of activity and programmes in which this learning can take place.

Science in secondary schools has tended to be viewed mainly as a 'practical subject', and language and literacy in science education have been neglected.

From the ginormous, extinct Prototaxites to the web of mycelium stretching beneath our feet, fungi have always been all around us.

Join two friendly and funny robots, Beep and Boots, as they learn all about multiplication and discover that maths is everywhere they look.

Junior Library Guild Gold Standard SelectionSure, baby animals are cute.

How do we understand the huge sizes and distances of space objects?

Build key fluency, reasoning and problem-solving skills with extra practice.

Jeder Lehrer in Deutschland wurde mindestens einmal mit der Frage „Wofür braucht man das?

With small steps and our carefully crafted questions, every pupil will achieve greater progress.

Find out ALL ABOUT space in this fun-filled fact book for kids aged 7+.

When Kathleen Friel was young, she was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, and a doctor told her parents all the things she'd never be able to do.

Strengthen problem-solving skills and challenge more able pupils through extra practice.

If you're looking for simple, visual guide to all of the core sciences, this book is for you.

Build key fluency, reasoning and problem-solving skills with extra practice.

In diesem Fachbuch wird für Eltern und pädagogische Fachkräfte in Kindergärten ein Fachwissen über förderliche Entwicklungsbausteine bei der Ernährung für Kinder im Alter von drei bis sechs Jahren vermittelt.