Educational systems and structures

Does success in school protect teenagers from drug use?

First published in 2007.

First published in 2007.

In an age of intense economic competition and continual change, the ability to learn is a key factor in survival and prosperity.

In an age of intense economic competition and continual change, the ability to learn is a key factor in survival and prosperity.

Assessment is a key area of interest and debate in education.

Assessment is a key area of interest and debate in education.

Within a single educational system - that of England and Wales - the nature of schooling available to a child can be dramatically different.

Within a single educational system - that of England and Wales - the nature of schooling available to a child can be dramatically different.

This volume is a critical study of one of today's most controversial topics in educational theory, setting the many arguments in perspective and clarifying the issues that arise when attention is focused on the learner.

This volume is a critical study of one of today's most controversial topics in educational theory, setting the many arguments in perspective and clarifying the issues that arise when attention is focused on the learner.

In one sense, education was always a service industry.

In one sense, education was always a service industry.

By 1982 the ambitious claims made for newly established comprehensive schools were being put to the test.

By 1982 the ambitious claims made for newly established comprehensive schools were being put to the test.

In recent years teachers have realized that change has become a permanent factor on the educational scene and therefore its operation or mechanism must not just be accepted, or even rejected, but above all understood.

In recent years teachers have realized that change has become a permanent factor on the educational scene and therefore its operation or mechanism must not just be accepted, or even rejected, but above all understood.

This book introduces students of education to the elements of educational psychology.

This book introduces students of education to the elements of educational psychology.

First published in 1979, this now classic text presents a major study of the development of educational systems, focusing in detail on those of England, Denmark, France, and Russia - chosen because of their present educational differences and the historical diversity of their cultures and social structures.

First published in 1979, this now classic text presents a major study of the development of educational systems, focusing in detail on those of England, Denmark, France, and Russia - chosen because of their present educational differences and the historical diversity of their cultures and social structures.

How do educators engage students in community action projects without telling them what to think, how to think, or what to do?

How do educators engage students in community action projects without telling them what to think, how to think, or what to do?

In the World Library of Educationalists, international experts themselves compile career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces , extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, major theoretical and practical contributions , so the world can read them in a single manageable volume, allowing readers to follow th

This book uses detailed case studies of two secondary schools to examine the relationship between curriculum choice and gender identity among fourteen-year-old pupils making their first choices about what subjects to pursue at exam level.

This book uses detailed case studies of two secondary schools to examine the relationship between curriculum choice and gender identity among fourteen-year-old pupils making their first choices about what subjects to pursue at exam level.

Apple critically examines current trends in educational policy and draws on the issues of gender, class and economic pressure implicit in the battle for control of the curriculum.

Drawing from her in-depth ethnographic study of a London comprehensive school the author shows how gender formation for both girls and boys is mediated by disciplinary control, sexuality and the curriculum.

Drawing from her in-depth ethnographic study of a London comprehensive school the author shows how gender formation for both girls and boys is mediated by disciplinary control, sexuality and the curriculum.

Apple critically examines current trends in educational policy and draws on the issues of gender, class and economic pressure implicit in the battle for control of the curriculum.

Evaluating Language Assessments offers a comprehensive overview of the theoretical bases and research methodologies for the evaluation of language assessments and demonstrates the importance of a fuller understanding of this widely used evaluative tool.

Evaluating Language Assessments offers a comprehensive overview of the theoretical bases and research methodologies for the evaluation of language assessments and demonstrates the importance of a fuller understanding of this widely used evaluative tool.

This new text provides a state-of the-art introduction to educational and psychological testing and measurement theory that reflects many intellectual developments of the past two decades.

The central theme of Curricular Conversations is this: Play is the thing that brings aesthetic curricular complications near educators and their students, making the lived consequences very vivid, tangible, and possible.

The central theme of Curricular Conversations is this: Play is the thing that brings aesthetic curricular complications near educators and their students, making the lived consequences very vivid, tangible, and possible.

Automatic item generation (AIG) represents a relatively new and unique research area where specific cognitive and psychometric theories are applied to test construction practices for the purpose of producing test items using technology.

Automatic item generation (AIG) represents a relatively new and unique research area where specific cognitive and psychometric theories are applied to test construction practices for the purpose of producing test items using technology.

The Politics of the Texbook analyzes the factors that shape production, distribution and reception of school texts through original essays which emphasize the double-edged quality of textbooks.

The Politics of the Texbook analyzes the factors that shape production, distribution and reception of school texts through original essays which emphasize the double-edged quality of textbooks.

How are professors paid?

How are professors paid?

First Published in 2000.

First Published in 2000.

First published in 2000.

First published in 2000.

First Published in 2005.

First Published in 2005.

This book focuses on realistic strategies for non-specialists to use when working with pupils who have dyslexia.

This book focuses on realistic strategies for non-specialists to use when working with pupils who have dyslexia.

This encyclopedia is the result of a highly selective enterprise that provides a careful selection of key topics in essays written by top scholars in their fields.