Anyone who has ever lived in or visited Australia for any length of time will find themselves smiling as they turn the pages of this little book about Hairy Scary Hazza , a Huntsman spider who loves to hide in the most unexpected places.
This timely edited volume examines the education of children and youth in urban settings and offers compelling alternatives for successfully engaging them in school learning.
Inspired by a similar book in science education, the editors of this volume have put together a book with a practice-oriented approach towards technology education research.
This volume presents the "e;state-of-the-art"e; of Nordic research on mathematics education within four broadly defined areas: * the study and design of mathematics teaching in classrooms * the identity and education of mathematics teachers * the use of new technology in mathematics education * meanings and challenges of providing mathematical education to all citizens in modern societies.
On the Outskirts of Engineering: Learning Identity, Gender, and Power via Engineering Practice falls at the intersection of research about women in sites of technical practice and ethnographic studies of learning in communities of practice.
This book arises from the author's experience of the South African science curriculum development and teaching since 1994, exploring definitions of science and approaches to science education appropriate to a newly liberated developing country.
Worldwide efforts to improve students' learning of mathematics have turned educational researchers' attention to some high-achieving education systems, especially those in East Asia including Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan.
Investigating the Teacher's Life and Work attempts to bring together the methodological and substantive aspects of studying the teacher's life and work.
Christopher Emdin is an assistant professor of science education and director of secondary school initiatives at the Urban Science Education Center at Teachers College, Columbia University.
This edited book on ethics represents the outcomes of an international collaborative project that examined the role and place of bioethics in science and technology curricula.
