Educational systems and structures

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This book contends with the question of how to decolonise criminology and discusses a number of key aspects of the debate.

In this book,  Al-Kohlani examines fifty-five Muslim and non-Muslim countries from 1960 to 2010 in response to "e;religious theory"e; that associates certain religions with gender inequality and "e;modernization theory"e; which downplays the role of religion on gender inequity and associates gender inequality with socioeconomic factors.

This edited volume examines the importance of quality issues in contemporary higher education systems in the Asia Pacific.

This books explores the relationships between learning, democratic citizenship and the public sphere from thee interconnected angles: theory, methodology and research.

From improved critical thinking to increased self-esteem and school retention, teachers and students have noted many benefits to bringing Aboriginal viewpoints into public school classrooms.

The Encyclopedia of Mathematics Education is a comprehensive reference text, covering every topic in the field with entries ranging from short descriptions to much longer pieces where the topic warrants more elaboration.

This book responds to the call for praxis in L2 education by documenting recent and ongoing projects around the world that see partnership with classroom teachers as the essential driver for continuing to develop both classroom assessment practice and conceptual frameworks of assessment in support of teaching and learning.

This book examines the effects of education exchange on educational sovereignty in Indonesia.

This edited volume provides the follow up to Erling et al.

This book examines the role of the inspector within the context of a number of OECD member states and explores the ways in which the inspectors themselves interpret, implement and influence inspection practices and policy.

This book presents the growing interconnection of two pillars from the world's higher education institutions: academic integrity and libraries.

While there is growing awareness of the efficacy of the science of reading, teachers may feel overwhelmed by the volume of research on literacy.

Das Buch untersucht Organisationen aus theoretischer, empirischer und praxisbezogener Perspektive – vor allem mit Blick auf das Wechselspiel zwischen diesen drei Zugängen.

In this tribute to Benjamin Wright, former students and colleagues recall the foundational contributions he made to the theory and practice of measurement in a career spanning over five decades.

This monograph presents the current views, challenges and future needs of educators from a global online exchange where educators and researchers discuss the 21st century skills needed by students and teachers.

How do you know if your school is improving?

This edited volume provides a critical discussion of globalization and transformation, considering the cultural contexts of early childhood education systems as discourses as well as concrete phenomena and 'lived experience.

The successes of America's public schools are unrivaled throughout the globe providing an opportunity for every American to graduate from high school.

This volume brings together many of South Africa's leading scholars of education and covers the full range of South African schooling: from financing and policy reform to in-depth discussions of literacy, numeracy, teacher development and curriculum change.

Higher education research is a developing field internationally, which is attracting more and more researchers from a great variety of disciplinary backgrounds within and beyond higher education institutions.

This book introduces the educational philosophies of notable African and Asian thinkers who tend to be little recognized in Europe and North America.

Testwise: Understanding Educational Assessment offers a 360-degree guided tour of its subject.

Published in association with While higher education has rarely employed ROI methodology-focusing more on balancing its revenue streams, such as federal, state, and local appropriations, tuition, and endowments with its costs-the rapid growth of online education and the history of how it has evolved, with its potential for institutional transformation and as a major source of revenue, as well as its need for substantial and long-term investment, makes the use of ROI an imperative.

This book enriches the discourse around Global Citizenship Education in teacher education through the example of a teacher's experience in a Canada-China Sister School reciprocal learning landscape.

The Shanghai school system has attracted worldwide attention since its impressive performance in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) in 2009.

Moonki Hong vergleicht in seiner Studie Formen von Gewalt gegen Kinder und die Hilfesysteme in institutionellen Arrangements in Deutschland und Südkorea.

This book analyses dominant discourses of globalisation, multiculturalism and schooling.

This book explores innovative pedagogical practices and teaching and learning strategies in the engineering curriculum for empowered learning.

This book is the first of two volumes that look at the changed landscape of higher education and the academic profession.

Teaching Stephen King critically examines the works of Stephen King and several ways King can be incorporated into the high school and college classroom.

This book explores art practice and learning as processes that break new ground, through which new perceptions of self and world emerge.

Finally a fun way for children to learn to read and writeLearning can and should be fun.

Engaging students in learning about their subject is a central concern for all teachers and teacher educators.

Revolutionize the walkthrough to focus on the endgame of teaching: student learning.

Discover how today's corporations are benefiting from accelerated learning to speed training time, improve results, and reduce costs.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of higher education in India and China and the complexity of issues involved.

Many believe that American education can only be improved with a sizable infusion of new resources into the nation's schools.

In Search of Wholeness: African American Teachers and their Culturally Specific Classroom Practices is a theoretical and practice-oriented treatment of how culture and race influence African American teachers.

Assessment in Educational Therapy offers essential grounding, skills, and ethical approaches for understanding and conducting assessments in the context of educational therapy.

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This book represents an exposition of 'judicial pedagogies' as a new concept, and discusses juridical-educational issues in detail, through an analysis of the educational claims and assumptions of judges' decisions in the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).

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Winner of the 2021 Ruth Lovell Murray Book Award

Dance Education redefines the nature of dance pedagogy today, setting it within a holistic and encompassing framework, and argues for an approach to dance education from a soci-cultural and philosophical perspective.

This book analyses European higher education policies and their three main drivers: the European Commission, the European Court of Justice and the building of the European Higher Education Area through the Bologna Process.

On campuses across the United States and beyond, schools of business, education, law, liberal arts, management, medical professions, pharmacy, and physical or social sciences are beginning to use assessment rubrics for purposes of formative and summative evaluation.

Contextualising why assessment is still the single most important factor affecting student learning in higher education, this second edition of Innovative Assessment in Higher Education: A Handbook for Academic Practitioners offers a critical discourse about the value of assessment for learning alongside practical suggestions about how to enhance the student experience of assessment and feedback.