Growing up in middle-class India, Rajika Bhandari has seen generations of her family look westward, where an American education means status and success.
Educational psychology is the study of how humans learn in educational settings, the effectiveness of educational interventions, the psychology of teaching and the social psychology of schools as organizations.
Information Communication Technology (ICT) Integration to Educational Curricula serves as a standard textbook in graduate and senior level undergraduate classes in colleges and universities to contribute to the existing mass communication and ICT literature.
This book brings together some of the key researchers and thinkers in the field of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and/or queer (LGBTIQ+) teacher research.
The main concern of the volume is the relation of theory to practice in education but the book also reviews the state of educational theory, and its relation to politics.
This book provides an authoritative, yet accessible guide to the Philosophy of Education, its scope, its key thinkers and movements, and its potential contribution to a range of educational concerns.
The American scholar and activist Nancy Fraser has written about a wide range of issues in social and political theory, and is well-known for her philosophical perspectives on democratic theory and on feminist theory.
This book encapsulates a line of research that looks at how students are positioned as ethical actors/decision makers in biology education by science policy, curriculum, and classroom resources.
Using cutting-edge and frontline research relating to present day problems in educational systems, this volume provides a critical discussion about political alternatives in education to neoliberalism.
This book offers an uncompromising and rigorous analysis of education and human rights by examining issues related to gender, race, sexuality, disability, and social class.
The Thinking University Expanded considers how the university can be extended and developed to an institution of play that becomes a gateway to new compositions and enactments of opportunities and happiness for university academics and students alike.
À bas bruit et à l'ombre des nouvelles formes de vulnérabilité sociale, les professionnel(le)s de l'éducation spécialisée accompagnent au quotidien des sujets en grande souffrance, pour leur permettre en finalité de se réapproprier un rapport à la vie et aux autres plus apaisé, juste et responsable.
This book analyzes the murals and texts of the Dunhuang Grottoes, one of the most famous sites of cultural heritage on the Silk Road in Northwest China, from an educational perspective.
Culture, Learning, and Technology: Research and Practice provides readers with an overview of the research on culture, learning, and technology (CLT) and introduces the concept of culture-related theoretical frameworks.
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.
During a decade of relative prosperity from the mid-1990s onward, governments across the developed world failed to crack one major issue - youth unemployment.
In Practical Knowledge in Teacher Education, expert contributors from across Asia and Europe explore and reflect upon the innovation and creativity in teacher education programs.
The impact of globalisation is increasingly evident through both mass migration and the social, political, and economic changes that have produced new and growing social divides.
Integrated information systems are increasingly used in schools, and the advent of the technology-rich classroom requires a new degree of ongoing classroom assessment.
This collection of essays, first published in 1984, on multicultural education seeks to introduce teachers, teacher educators, educational administrators, policymakers and others to several of the most significant dimensions of the field.
While there has been an increase of Black women faculty in higher education institutions, the academy writ large continues to exploit, discriminate, and uphold institutionalized gendered racism through its policies and practices.
This book challenges common understandings of boredom and disengagement in classrooms, taking a relational approach to boredom which looks beyond the usual distinctions between in-school and out-of-school practices.
Growing evidence of the vital role reading for pleasure plays in children and young people's academic outcomes and socio-emotional wellbeing has placed it high on the agenda in both educational policy and practice.
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
A comprehensive look at service learning and community engagement including history, best practices, disciplinary approaches, institutional policies, and critical perspectives.
