Educational psychology

Recent developments in telecommunications have led to new developments in tele-services, particularly tele-health and tele-education, for the benefit of those living in either the developed world or the less developed world.

Promoting high standards in education while striving for equal opportunities under the budget constraints - these are the new global objectives of education systems.

In our contemporary learning society, expectations about the contribution of education and training continue to rise.

This special issue of the International Review of Education includes contri- butions on indigenous knowledge, the cultural context of learning and on the interplay between the so-called "e;traditional"e; and "e;modern"e; ways of educa- tion.

When considering future trends in educational and vocational orientation we must constantly bear in mind, in as concrete a way as possible, that schools form an integral part of society as a whole.

About a year ago I promised my friend Fischbein a preface to his book of which I knew the French manuscript.

Research on teaching in higher education shows that students who are well taught learn more than students who are poorly taught, and there are some teaching behaviors and strategies that are consistently associated with good teaching.

Models and modelling play a central role in the nature of science, in its conduct, in the accreditation and dissemination of its outcomes, as well as forming a bridge to technology.

Many of the titles on active/experiential learning concepts are focused on the K-12 setting.

Research on teacher thinking, beliefs and knowledge in higher education Increasingly serious attention is being paid to the quality of learning and teaching in higher education.

111 With some pride I hereby introduce the 10 volume in the Studies of Writing book series.

In a brief summary, the debate concerning the nature of writing processes is about whether the essential characteristic of expertise in writing is a matter of mastering problem-solving strategies.

In the future a more competent workforce will be required as workers will have to acquire the competence to predict and deal with novel situations at work.

Assessment in Science combines professional development and classroom practice in a single volume.

Parasitic weeds of the families Cuscutaceae, Orobanchaceae and Scrophulariaceae are considered to be among the major problems facing agriculture in the Tropics and Subtropics.

The persistently increasing scale and complexity of government, of quasi- public organizations, and of private organizations pose many problems in the economics of collective choice.

The rich and diverse contributions to this volume span a wide variety of disciplines, from psychology and philosophy to neuroscience, by some of the most influential scholars in the emerging science of personal wisdom.

This volume presents evidence about how we understand communication in changing times, and proposes that such understandings may contribute to the development of pedagogy for teaching and learning.

This book addresses a very important aspect of science education and science education research respectively: The research-based development of Teaching Learning Sequences.

This book sets out the necessary processes and challenges involved in modeling student thinking, understanding and learning.

This book offers valuable guidance for science teacher educators looking for ways to facilitate preservice and inservice teachers' pedagogy relative to teaching students from underrepresented and underserved populations in the science classroom.

Incorporating both theoretical and practical perspectives, this volume of papers explores varied aspects of peer review of teaching in higher education.

This book explores the broad view on child well-being and the quality of life research.

This volume integrates and makes sense of the growing body of theoretical and empirical research conducted on purpose across the lifespan.

This volume presents evidence-based ideas on all three converging forces to suit an array of individuals and their organisations.

This volume provides an overview of the research describing the effects of child maltreatment on mental health, cognitive and social-emotional development.

This book deals with street children who live in the developing world, and homeless youth who are from the developed world.

This book provides an in-depth insight into the Dedicated Education Units (DEU) clinical learning strategy.

This Handbook examines core questions still remaining in the field of child maltreatment.

This volume examines the EU's changing educational context and its challenges.

This book analyses and elaborates on learning processes within work environments and explores professional learning.

This book offers a challenge to traditional approaches to classroom teaching and pedagogy.

This book explores a new pedagogical model called The Third Model, which places the encounter between the child and the curriculum at the center of educational theory and practice.

In response to highly publicized incidents of school violence, educators across the United States and in many other nations are seeking effective ways to prevent and modify aggressive and anti-social behaviors in students.

Rasch Analysis in the Human Sciences helps individuals, both students and researchers, master the key concepts and resources needed to use Rasch techniques for analyzing data from assessments to measure variables such as abilities, attitudes, and personality traits.

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Information from neuroscience is growing and being properly used, and misused wich makes it imperative that educators receive accurate and practical information.

This book provides new theoretical insights to our understanding of play as a cultural activity.

This book provides readers with an overview of recent international research and developments in the teaching and learning of modelling and applications from a variety of theoretical and practical perspectives.

This book presents recent positive psychological research, applications and interventions being used among adolescents and children.

This book proposes that research into generative second language acquisition (GenSLA) can be applied to the language classroom.

Bringing together a wide collection of ideas, reviews, analyses and new research on particulate and structural concepts of matter, Concepts of Matter in Science Education informs practice from pre-school through graduate school learning and teaching and aims to inspire progress in science education.

This book brings together internationally recognised scholars with an interest in how to use the power of assessment to improve student learning and to engage with accountability priorities at both national and global levels.

This volume provides essential guidance for transforming mathematics learning in schools through the use of innovative technology, pedagogy, and curriculum.

This book tackles the latest challenges in education in the business sector, outlining how the students of the future must be taught to adapt to a highly fluid business environment in which their ability to acquire new skills and collaborate with others is more important than possessing facts.

This volume addresses questions that lie at the core of research into education.

Among the welter of books on critical pedagogy, this volume will be especially valued for its direct focus on early years and elementary educators.

This book makes a major contribution to knowledge and theory by drawing implications of teacher effectiveness research for the field of teacher training and professional development.

Children's learning and understanding of science during their pre-school years has been a neglected topic in the education literature-something this volume aims to redress.