Curriculum planning and development

This book fills an existing gap within the practice of global citizenship education by offering Asian perspectives.

With more than 50 inquiry-based and child-centered activities and exercises, A Little Drama will help teachers (including those with no theater experience of their own) develop the body, voice, mind, and heart of young children.

This book comprises the full selected Regular Lectures from the Proceedings of the 12th International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME-12), which was held at COEX in Seoul, Korea, from July 8th to 15th, 2012.

Across much of the world there is now a standard secondary school curriculum based on a traditional array of subjects.

Imagining Time and Space in Universities presents critical theorizations of time and space to analyze discourses and practices of globalization and internationalization.

In Why Knowledge Matters, E.

Facilitate literacy in students in grades PK-1 with Creating Curriculum Using Children's Picture Books.

Teaching Middle Years has established itself as the leading text to focus on the adolescent years of schooling.

A thoughtful teacher is one who works to foster an inspiring classroom environment where students fall in love with learning.

In recent years, educators have become increasingly concerned about the writing skills of students in elementary, middle, and high school.

This book provides a one-stop resource for mathematics educators, policy makers and all who are interested in learning more about the why, what and how of mathematics education in Singapore.

In a frank contemplation as she nears the end of her shortened course of life, educator Sie Siok Hui reveals moments of epiphany while honing her craft and examines critical factors in the curriculum design process.

Draws on studies of creative, improvised performance to identify practical advice for teachers who wish to become more creative professionals.

Originally published in 1976.

Education Curriculum Development: Perspectives, Challenges and Future Directions first reviews the process of music curriculum reform in different stages marked by the various versions of the National Standardized Music Syllabi.

Nurture childrens innate brilliance through play.

Gaining a better sense of how pupils conceive school geography is crucial if we are to understand the ways in which their ideas and values mediate learning processes.

This book examines educational semiotics and the representation of knowledge in school science.

The International Handbook of Student Experience in Elementary and Secondary School brings together in a single volume the groundbreaking work of scholars who have conducted studies of student experiences of school in Afghanistan, Australia, Canada, England, Ghana, Ireland, Pakistan, and the United States.

This book places guided inquiry in the context of curricular and technological change and provides guidelines for building the long-term culture and capacity for effective inquiry learning in schools.

If the three r's define education's past, there are five i's-information, images, interaction, inquiry, and innovation-that forecast its future, one in which students think for themselves, actively self-assess, and enthusiastically use technology to further their learning and contribute to the world.

Literacy continues to be a hot topic for educators and parents.

Dee Fink challenges our conventional assumptions and practices and offers an insightful approach to expanding our learning goals, making higher education more meaningful.

Concerns with the nature of and relationship between responsibility and responsibilisation pervade contemporary social, political and moral life.

Originally published in 1985.

Excite young learners with this collection of more than 80 simple science experiments.

From Technicians to Teachers provides theoretical and practical reasons for suggesting that widespread, international curriculum reform of the post-1990 period need not deprofessionalise teaching.

This book draws on five philosophers from the continental tradition - Theodor Adorno, Hannah Arendt, Gilles Deleuze, Jacques Derrida, and Jacques Ranciere - in order to "e;think about thinking"e; and offer new and surprising answers to the question: How can we educate students to think creatively and critically?

This book explores poetry and pedagogy in practice across the lifespan.

This book consists of a collection of selected papers presented at the TARC International Conference 2016 held from 17 to 18 October, 2016.

Through this book, the author examines the role of music education within the larger global education movement.

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges humanity has ever faced.

Socio-scientific issues (SSI) are open-ended, multifaceted social issues with conceptual links to science.

This book brings together recent papers which make important contributions to understanding and developing primary geography.

Strong Spirits, Kind Hearts is the first practical teacher resource to provide comprehensive coverage of all aspects of developing strong spirits and caring young people.

This is a clear introduction to the methodological and philosophical debates in the field of education research.

This book analyzes the murals and texts of the Dunhuang Grottoes, one of the most famous sites of cultural heritage on the Silk Road in Northwest China, from an educational perspective.

Originally published in 1971.

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Schools and Religion provides the first truly global scan of contemporary issues and debates around the world regarding the relationship(s) between the state, schools and religion.

Globalisation and National Identity in History Textbooks: The Russian Federation, the 16th book in the 24-volume book series Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research, discusses trends in dominant discourses of identity politics, and nation-building in school history textbooks in the Russian Federation (RF).

What do children's interactions on the playground have to do with foreign policy?

Informed by the most up-to-date research from around the world, as well as examples of good practice, this handbook analyzes values education in the context of a range of school-based measures associated with student wellbeing.