Educational systems and structures

Distinct among contemporary philosophical studies focused on education, this book engages the history of phenomenological thought as it moves from philosophy proper (the European phenomenological-hermeneutic tradition) through curriculum studies.

This book identifies and surveys the major themes around 'out-of-field teaching', that is, teaching subjects or year levels without a specialization.

STEPS (Science Tasks Enhance Process Skills) to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) is an inquiry-based science curriculum supplement focused on developing upper elementary and middle students' process skills and problem-solving abilities characteristic of how scientists think and act.

This book offers a perspective on Education for Sustainable Development in Early Childhood (ESDEC) that is far removed from the 'business as usual' notion of an extended, predominantly environmental, educational curriculum for preschools.

The Joy of Movement is a movement activity book with a therapeutic perspective.

This book contributes to the theory and practice of Philosophy for Children (P4C), with a special emphasis on theoretical and practical issues confronting researchers and practitioners working in contexts that are strongly influenced by Confucian values and norms.

This book discusses how Big Data could be implemented in educational settings and research, using empirical data and suggesting both best practices and areas in which to invest future research and development.

Systemic Racism and Educational Measurement provides a theoretical and historical reckoning with racism and oppression produced through educational measurement and research methodology.

Traditional Eurocentric thought assumes that Greece was the origin of civilization.

In this elegantly written, passionately argued book, Fowler presents a convincing case for teaching the arts to all children.

This book illustrates how the experiential histories of teachers shape and inform the knowledge of teachers as professionals.

Measurement Theory in Action, Third Edition, helps readers apply testing and measurement theories and features 22 self-contained modules which instructors can match to their courses.

This book 'Essays on Contemporary Psychometrics' provides an overview of contemporary psychometrics, the science devoted to the advancement of quantitative measurement practices in psychology, education and the social sciences.

Learn to use inquiry-based practice to inspire young minds through science.

This book examines how the two educational systems of China and the Nordic countries intersect.

This book challenges traditional, sanctioned, and official histories of reading comprehension by examining how ideological and cultural hegemony work to reproduce dominant ideologies through education in general and reading comprehension research and testing specifically.

Die deutsche Bildungspolitik ist auf dem Holzweg: Die berufliche Bildung wird vernachlässigt.

First published in 1987.

In a set of stories about 17 American heroes and heroines, this book analyzes the hero concept in the nation's history.

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

Hyper-socialised explores the challenges of late capitalist times for education systems, schools and teachers.

Mastering Primary Languages introduces the primary languages curriculum and helps trainees and teachers learn how to plan and teach inspiring lessons that make language learning irresistible.

This book acts as a highly practical guide for new and experienced lecturers, learning supporters and leaders in Higher Education; and offers plentiful examples and vignettes showing how learning can be brought to life through activity and engagement.

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 examines several emerging trends in higher education, including artificial intelligence and the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on higher education transformation over the past couple of years.

This book explores how concepts and values of contemporary democracy are variously understood and applied in diverse cultural contexts, with a focus on children and childhood and diversity.

A critical issue in higher education is the effective implementation of assessment with the core purpose of promoting productive student learning.

This book analyses dominant discourses of globalisation and leadership in schools.

This volume presents Critical Race Structuralism as a framework for analyzing, explaining, and mitigating social and educational inequities.

This Handbook, with 45 chapters written by the world's leading scholars in second language acquisition (SLA) and language testing, dives into the important interface between SLA and language testing: shared ground where researchers seek to measure second language performance to better understand how people learn their second languages.

The first book to tell the story of the Advanced Placement program, the gold standard for academic rigor in American high schoolsThe Advanced Placement program stands as the foremost source of college-level academics for millions of high school students in the United States and beyond.

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.

This book takes a critical look at the internationalisation of higher education and argues for the importance of grounding education in spiritual perspectives.

Since 2013, the Annual Review of Comparative and International Education has covered significant developments in the intersecting fields of comparative education, international education, and comparative and international education.

This book presents research on emotion work and the emotional labour of teaching and learning based in England's further education sector, where an increasing emphasis on marketised systems means accountability and audit cultures have become embedded within everyday teaching practice.

This book brings together recent postgraduate research in the broad area of giftedness, talent development and gifted education conducted across New Zealand and Australia.

The authors--a once-skeptical chemistry professor and a director of assessment sensitive to the concerns of her teacher colleagues--use a personal voice to describe the basics of outcomes-based assessment.

This book explores the issue of graduate employability in rural labour markets.

This handbook brings together contributors from the United States, Australasia and Europe who use theoretical insights and empirical data to examine current practices as well as possible future directions of postgraduate education.

The concept of individual responsibility has taken on a signi?

In a male-dominated higher education sector characterised by overt and subtle adversities for women, the path for women in academia is rarely a simple and easy one.