Educational systems and structures

Since its original publication, Conflicts in Curriculum Theory has firmly established itself as the key volume that not only advanced alternative ways to think about education and curriculum but also introduced innovative scholarship and a radical conceptual grammar for the field.

Increasingly, the purpose and function of Western universities is being challenged and put under pressure to demonstrate value for students, policy, and society at large.

In an era of globalization, internationalization of higher education (IHE) has been constructed as an almost inevitable trend and has become a common pursuit of many nations in their higher education (HE) policies.

This volume, Professional and Support Staff in Higher Education, is focused on the issues and experiences of professional and support staff in higher education.

This book addresses the issue of data use in educator preparation programs towards continuous programmatic improvement.

Assessment really does matter in higher education.

Program Evaluation and Performance Measurement offers a conceptual and practical introduction to program evaluation and performance measurement for public and non-profit organizations.

This book develops an intuitive understanding of IRT principles through the use of graphical displays and analogies to familiar psychological principles.

In 1979 the International Rel'iel1' of Education celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary.

The unique perspective of Richard E.

A must-read for every teacher in the 21st century, this book provides a comprehensive guide to facilitating joyful, sustainable, holistic, multidisciplinary, and active learning.

Educators and policy makers in the United States have relied on tests to measure educational progress for more than 150 years, and have used the results for many purposes.

With increasing global challenges, the Belt and Road initiative seems to offer one possible platform to think about different possibilities and pathways to promote international collaboration and development covering Asia, Europe, Africa, and other countries.

In this book John A.

There has been a growing interest in indigenous knowledge systems and research.

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Geared for graduate and doctoral level students specialising in curriculum supervision and administration and educational leadership.

Originally published in 1988, The Holistic Curriculum addresses the problem of fragmentation in education through a connected curriculum of integrative approaches to teaching and learning.

David Sobel's follow-up to Nature Preschools and Forest Kindergartens walks readers through the nitty-gritty facts of running a nature-based program.

The authors describe evaluation as a way of understanding and developing language programs: the thematic and background section sets out the decision-making, quality management, and learning functions of evaluation.

This book presents the latest research on educational transitions from a variety of research traditions and practical contexts set in Australia, New Zealand, and several European countries.

This creative volume demonstrates the urgent importance of engaging students cognitively and affectively with the climate crisis and environmental education, underpinning the vital role the language arts play in expanding this engagement for a better future.

This edited book encompasses themes related to resilience during the pandemic with a special focus on what female academics did to hone their resilience.

In diesem Buch wird die Etablierung verschiedener Elemente dualer Ausbildung in Standorten des Unternehmens Mercedes-Benz Cars dargestellt.

This practical guide introduces functional behavioral assessment as a critical tool in planning interventions to reduce disruptive and other problematic behaviors.

The intellectual legacy of Confucianism has loomed large in efforts to understand China's past, present, and future.

This book delves into extensive research regarding the identification and characterization of academic literacies constructs, encompassing academic literacy, quantitative literacy, mathematics comprehension, and reasoning skills, with a specific focus on their relevance within South African educational contexts.

This edited book addresses a range of aspects of internationalization in vocational education and training (VET) in different countries.

The project examines how three prominent philosophers of education - William Torrey Harris, John Dewey, and Gregory Bateson - each developed a world view that provides a philosophical basis for environmental education.

Originally published in 1979.

Literacy groups promote discussion and learning through the exploration of text, but many educators are hesitant to adopt them.

While the primary purpose of the book is a celebration of John's contributions to the field of measurement, a second and related purpose is to provide a useful resource.

In August 2003 over 400 researchers in the field of science education from all over the world met at the 4th ESERA conference in Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands.

Practitioners working within the EYFS are still uncertain of exactly how to manage assessment.

Originally published in 1983.

This book provides a comparative look at key issues that characterize and contextualize upper secondary science education in sixteen countries in Oceania, South America, Asia, Europe, North America, Africa, and the Middle East, incluing links with elementary and early science, final assessment, and the secondary/tertiary education interface.

This book examines Malaysia's educational landscape, providing a contemporary study of key themes that have emerged in this multicultural, multi-ethnic society, as it attempts to shift from a middle-income to a high-income nation.

This book examines a ubiquitous, yet under-researched, area of language education, i.

Drawing on self-worth theory, this book guides educators in designed college courses that promote intrinsic motivation and reduce grade fixation.

Bildung ist ein Menschenrecht; es garantiert die "volle Entfaltung der Persönlichkeit" und eine Erziehung zu Mündigkeit und Verantwortung im Sinne der Menschenrechte.

This book radically counters the optimism sparked by Competence Based Education and Training, an educational philosophy that has re-emerged in Schooling, Vocational and Higher Education in the last decade.

This is a practical guide for school leaders and teachers who have responsibility for designing and delivering a sequenced, knowledge-rich and skills-focused primary curriculum.

This book analyzes the challenges of developing and implementing effective policies for educational leadership in South-East Europe (SEE) and the Nordic-Baltic region.

Including relevant case studies and interviews with practitioners, Augmented Education explores the nature of learning where the 'real world' is augmented by use of the virtual to create new learning possibilities, tools, and environments.