In the modern history of the United States, investment in the teaching of science, technology, engineering and mathematics has resulted in a rich variety of education innovations (programs, practices, models, and technologies).
Since its inception, NASA's Science Activation program has demonstrated considerable success in leveraging the agency's strong public reputation and resources to engage a diversity of audiences in science education projects nationwide.
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) live in the American imagination as promising tools for solving pressing global challenges and enhancing quality of life.
Rural areas can provide a rich context for learning science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), but these communities and the students in them are often overlooked in ongoing efforts to expand access to high-quality K-12 STEM education and workforce development.
An excellent point of reference for prospective, new or experienced education advisers and leaders, which focuses on organisational development in education.
An excellent point of reference for prospective, new or experienced education advisers and leaders, which focuses on organisational development in education.
This book serves as a professional development guide designed for elementary school teachers to help them center multilingual and bilingual students' language and culture in the classroom by recognizing and harnessing their students' assets through semiotics and self-discovery.
School Discipline and Administrator Decision-Making has been developed for leaders, practitioners, and researchers to explore the theory and practice of decision-making, with specific reference to school administrators and their response to school discipline.
There is a need to rethink education studies in these times of change, in terms of literacies and technologies, conflict and environmental concerns, and a need for authoritative texts addressing the key areas within education; sociology, child and infant development, social justice, policy, social welfare and development – and multiculturalism.
School Discipline and Administrator Decision-Making has been developed for leaders, practitioners, and researchers to explore the theory and practice of decision-making, with specific reference to school administrators and their response to school discipline.
This book illustrates the belief that film can serve as a powerful tool in the social studies classroom and, where appropriately utilized, foster critical thinking and civic mindedness.
This volume from the Adolescence and Education series explores how we conceptualize and approach equity-oriented positive youth development (PYD) today, both in theory and practice.
This book illustrates the belief that film can serve as a powerful tool in the social studies classroom and, where appropriately utilized, foster critical thinking and civic mindedness.
In the evolving field of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), there is a growing need for practical guidance on applying a functional approach to language development for multilingual learners (MLs) in K-12 classrooms.
This book serves as a professional development guide designed for elementary school teachers to help them center multilingual and bilingual students' language and culture in the classroom by recognizing and harnessing their students' assets through semiotics and self-discovery.
The Emerald Handbook on International Higher Education is a comprehensive and structured exploration of the challenges and opportunities arising from the digital age's impact on workforce and leadership in higher education institutions.
The Emerald Handbook on International Higher Education is a comprehensive and structured exploration of the challenges and opportunities arising from the digital age's impact on workforce and leadership in higher education institutions.
This volume from the Adolescence and Education series explores how we conceptualize and approach equity-oriented positive youth development (PYD) today, both in theory and practice.
There is a need to rethink education studies in these times of change, in terms of literacies and technologies, conflict and environmental concerns, and a need for authoritative texts addressing the key areas within education; sociology, child and infant development, social justice, policy, social welfare and development – and multiculturalism.
This volume addresses issues related to inclusive education and gamification and offers practical ideas for using games and gamified learning as effective methodological tools in inclusive education and in promoting inclusion in education.
This volume addresses issues related to inclusive education and gamification and offers practical ideas for using games and gamified learning as effective methodological tools in inclusive education and in promoting inclusion in education.
In the evolving field of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), there is a growing need for practical guidance on applying a functional approach to language development for multilingual learners (MLs) in K-12 classrooms.
Educación en Colombia siglo xx; entre cooperación y configuración, resultado de procesos de investigación, describe el sendero por el cual se propiciaron en el contexto del desarrollo económico y de la cooperación técnica internacional, lineamientos para la educación de los países de América Latina y a la vez los compromisos de los gobiernos de turno para lograr tales propósitos mediante directrices en sus políticas oficiales.
En este libro se presenta una investigación sobre la modernización de la universidad colombiana en la segunda mitad del siglo XX, asumida como el andamiaje estratégico mediante el cual gobernantes, organizadores y diseñadores de políticas, confluyen en un proyecto modernizador, entendido como una manera de pensar en clave de gobierno de la población y de los procesos productivos del país.
El libro ofrece una guía para diseñar un proyecto de juegoteca, junto a un amplio repertorio de juegos con orientaciones para su construcción y coordinación: más de 100 propuestas que abarcan juegos perceptivos, motrices, de representación, de ingenio, de mesa, rompecabezas, de lápiz y papel, con dados y cartas, de construcción, sin materiales (de interacción, atención, cooperativos y teatrales) y rincones autoinstruccionales destinados a todas las edades.
Drawing from relational and trauma-informed approaches, Reimagining Education explores ways to design and sustain a successful school system, through the eyes and experiences of children and young people.
Drawing from relational and trauma-informed approaches, Reimagining Education explores ways to design and sustain a successful school system, through the eyes and experiences of children and young people.
A High School English Teacher's Guide to Writing Memoir is more than a set of writing lessons-it's a call to see your students, and help them see themselves, through the power of story.
This compact volume argues compellingly for a classical understanding of leisure within the context of Catholic universities and explores how a critically nuanced reading of the work of philosopher Josef Pieper, theologian St John Henry Newman, and cultural historian Christopher Dawson can reframe debates over the nature of Catholic universities.
Creativity and Critical Pedagogy in Education is a bold call to reimagine education as a powerful force that shapes learners into Socially Conscious Individuals (SCIs).
This book assembles pioneering work that first applied critical geography's concepts to educational theory, offering a comprehensive introduction to this emerging field.
Illuminating the intricate dynamics of adolescent-parent conflicts over schoolwork, this book provides a vivid and insightful examination of the educational difficulties experienced by contemporary Chinese families.
Teaching World Languages in Middle and Secondary Schools: A Critical Introduction is an introductory textbook for teacher education candidates, at either the undergraduate or graduate levels, who are seeking certification to teach a world/foreign language.
Illuminating the intricate dynamics of adolescent-parent conflicts over schoolwork, this book provides a vivid and insightful examination of the educational difficulties experienced by contemporary Chinese families.
Creativity and Critical Pedagogy in Education is a bold call to reimagine education as a powerful force that shapes learners into Socially Conscious Individuals (SCIs).
