Educational systems and structures

The basic aim of this special issue is to focus on the profound change of tendency in education that is taking place at both the national and interna- tional level.

At a time when American urban public education is under broad attack, and in which America is perceived as a nationat risk that is losing the race to the top, educators and politicians from across the spectrum are promoting increased emphasis on standardized testing, business models of school reform, zero tolerance, no excuses, promoting cultural assimilation, and building a standardized curriculum.

In dieser Studie werden die Funktionen von Schulen in nichtstaatlicher Trägerschaft im Kontext von Post-Konflikt-Gesellschaften untersucht.

Tobias Ruttert kommt in der vorliegenden Studie zu dem Ergebnis, dass aus der Sicht sozialpädagogischer Fachkräfte ein großer Teil des identitätsbezogenen, introspektiven Abgleiches anhand des Kriteriums „gekonnte Beruflichkeit“ erfolgt, weshalb insbesondere handlungs- und erfahrungsbezogene Elemente von besonderer Bedeutung sind.

Using "e;cultures of curriculum"e; as a lens, this clear, compelling text reveals and critically examines the belief systems and classroom practices of curricular orientations in contemporary American society.

Jungen aus türkischen und arabischen Familien brechen öfter die Schule ab, werden häufiger arbeitslos und gewalttätig.

Trust and Inclusion in AI-Mediated Education: Where Human Learning Meets Learning Machines is a resource for researchers and practitioners in a field where the mainstreaming of AI technologies, and their increased capacities for deception, have produced confusion and fear.

This book explores the key milestones in education, gender, and policy that Kenya has achieved since independence, the challenges of this experience, and the future prospects.

In this book, the authors pursue quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods approaches, conducting hundreds of large-scale surveys and in-depth interviews in 679 schools, 67 counties and 13 provinces throughout China.

School curricula are established not only to prepare young people for a real world, but also to beckon an imagined one anchored in individual rights and collective progress.

Theological education is a vital aspect of Christian mission.

This book addresses critical issues related to appropriately servicing gifted students with other learning exceptionalities, also known as twice exceptional (2e) students.

This collection presents educational assessment research from Latin America, adding to a relatively small but growing body of research considering educational assessment and evaluation issues in this large region.

Thinking about Thinking: Metacognition for Music Learning providesmusic educators with information, inspiration, and practical suggestions for teaching music.

This book is a unique collection of interdisciplinary articles that argue for religious education to be directed primarily towards the spiritual insofar as it is part of a flourishing human life.

This book explores the perceptions of academic staff and representatives of institutional leadership about the changes in academic careers and academic work experienced in recent years.

This book takes on a daunting task: How do writing teachers continue to work toward preparing students for academic and real-world communication situations, while faced with the increasing use of standardized high-stakes testing?

This book presents a new conceptualization of the idea of legacy in a family business setting as an educational experience of teaching and learning between generations.

In Peer Feedback in the Classroom, National Board Certified Teacher Starr Sackstein explores the powerful role peer feedback can play in learning and teaching.

The central question addressed in Foundations for the Future in Mathematics Education is this:What kind of understandings and abilities should be emphasized to decrease mismatches between the narrow band of mathematical understandings and abilities that are emphasized in mathematics classrooms and tests, and those that are needed for success beyond school in the 21st century?

Leveraging Socio-Emotional Assessment to Foster Children's Human Rights focuses on teaching and assessing students' social and emotional attributes within the broader context of children's rights.

Assessment has become one of the most significant areas of interest in educational policy development, as well as the focus of complex political, economic and cultural expectations for change.

The fascination with the commercial value of research, coupled with the rise of neo-liberal 'new public management' in the public sector, has led to the rise of a managerial class in the university.

This is a work on "e;hostile"e; data and the conditions under which they are accepted and rejected.

Part of the National Curriculum Outdoors series, aimed at improving outside-the-classroom learning for children from Year 1 to Year 6Teaching outside the classroom improves pupils' engagement with learning as well as their health and wellbeing, but how can teachers link curriculum objectives effectively with enjoyable and motivating outdoor learning in Year 5?

This book discusses competence, teacher competence, and professional error competence of teachers, and emphasizes the need for a training programme that supports the latter.

This book discusses the issues of equity-based education in India and advocates for providing fair and inclusive system of education.

This book aims to develop a situative educational model to guide the design and implementation of powerful student-centered learning environments in higher education classrooms.

The concept of culture stands, clearly but unsteadily, at the heart of multicultural education.

Measuring Up revisits vital issues of equity and assessment through the research efforts and insights of many of the nation's most prominent educators and assessment experts.

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This book provides a thorough and directed focus on successfully identifying, obtaining, and succeeding in a career in criminal justice or criminology.

Shaping the Future with Math, Science, and Technology examines how ingenuity, creativity, and teamwork skills are part of an intellectual toolbox associated with math, science, and technology.

At this moment, schools are doing everything they can to win the Race to the Top.

This book advances knowledge about the implementation of peace and non-violence strategies in education that counter violence.

This book explores tensions between critical social justice and what the author terms white justice as fairness in public commemoration of Minnesota's US-Dakota War of 1862.

This book explores cross-international experiences in the field of adult English language teaching and learning, using cross-cultural dialogues to hear voices from different countries and different settings - formal, informal and non-formal - discussing how their lifelong learning has or is still in the process of helping them to change their lives.

The anthology offers a distinctive perspective on a European Union-funded capacity-building initiative aimed at enhancing contemporary teaching competencies, with a specific emphasis on Sri Lanka and Cambodia.

This edited book brings together fifteen original empirical studies from a variety of international contexts to provide a detailed exploration of language assessment, testing and evaluation.

In face of increased scrutiny on the preparation of educational leaders, this book provides a much-needed resource, exploring the role and use of authentic performance assessment for evaluating leader readiness and performance.

Based on ethnographic and policy data collected over a ten-year span at a university in the People's Republic of China, this book analyses the history of English Language Teaching (ELT) polices in Chinese higher education.

Indispensable for anyone involved in vocational education or apprenticeships, The Vocational Assessor Handbook is the only comprehensive guide for assessors and verifiers of vocational qualifications.

This book examines the history of standardized testing in Ontario leading to the current context and its impact on racialized identities, particularly on Grade 3 students, parents, and educators.

Published annually since 1985, the Handbook series provides a compendium of thorough and integrative literature reviews on a diverse array of topics of interest to the higher education scholarly and policy communities.

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