Philosophy and theory of education

The post-graduation outcomes of college students are being more widely used as key metrics to demonstrate institutional effectiveness to both external agencies and internal stakeholders.

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Originally published in 1995.

This book transforms our current understanding of assessment practice in different educational settings and cultures.

This book offers a conceptual, theoretical, and empirical overview of the role of total quality management (TQM) in Indian higher education from the perspectives of the engineering faculty, students, and alumni.

Many studies have highlighted the importance of discourse in scientific understanding.

Education exists within a complex and changing world and many learners face a variety of risk factors - conditions, circumstances, situations, or events - that threaten to negatively impact upon their development and achievement.

Great Relationships and Sex Education is an innovative and accessible guide for educators who work with young people to create and deliver Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) programmes.

This book questions many of Britain's idiosyncratic attitudes towards education.

This text explores how art education can meaningfully address the needs of older adults as learners, makers, and teachers of art in formal and informal settings.

The book provides a comprehensive account of the linkages between education, sustainable development, and nation-building from an interdisciplinary perspective.

Leadership in universities is physically, intellectually and emotionally demanding work.

First published in 1995.

Originally published in 1967.

This book closes a gap in the PBL literature.

Graduate employability is a significant concern for most higher education institutions worldwide.

This book brings together key articles that trace the development of British education policy since 1975 and provides a valuable route map to developments within education policy during this period.

While much is known about the critical importance of educative experiences outside of school, little is known about the social systems, community programs, and everyday practices that can facilitate learning outside of the classroom.

This book provides an in-depth examination of how Filipina mothers, serving as migrant caregivers, and their children navigate the experiences of family separation and reunification through Canada's Live-in/Caregiver Program (L/CP).

"e;In this thoughtful and provocative book Philip Barnes challenges religious educators to re-think their field, and proposes a new, post-liberal model of religious education to help them do so.

Could global government be the answer to global poverty and starvation?

The book profiles some of the macro and micro factors that have impact on European religious literacy.

Latino men and boys in the United States are confronted with a wide variety of hardships that are not easily explained or understood.

Originally published in 1991.

This book highlights the latest technological innovations in economics education.

John White is one of the leading philosophers of education currently working in the Anglophone world.

Recent pressures on undergraduate education have led to major-but often untutored-attempts to revitalize curricula.

This book is an edited collection grouped into three key thematic areas.

Despite meritocratic claims of equal opportunity, official statistics released by the Ministry of Education, Singapore, reveal that a large segment of the Malay population has sustained the lowest academic achievement from 1987 to 2011.

The majority of books on religious education are written by those who are themselves adherents of particular religious beliefs and such books almost invariably reflect their authors' religious inclinations.

Philosophical Reflections on Neuroscience and Education explores conceptual and normative questions about the recent programme which aims to underpin education with neuroscientific principles.

Grounded in empirical research, this timely volume examines the challenges to academic success that migrant farmworker students face in the U.

Philosophy for Children (P4C) is a movement that teaches reasoning and argumentative skills to children of all ages.

Building on the pioneering 2009 volume, Race, Culture, and Identities in Second Language Education, this book reflects the significant expansion in the research since its publication and offers a wider breadth of perspectives on the complex theoretical terrain of race, racism, and antiracism in language education.

This book offers cutting-edge expertise and knowledge in new and developing play therapy, therapeutic play, and expressive arts for families and children in crisis and challenging situations.

There has been much public praise for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's efforts to reform public education.

School violence is a burning issue these days.

The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) is an international achievement measure that assesses 15-year-old student performance in the areas of reading, mathematics, and science literacy in over 70 countries and economies triennially.

This book sets out to examine the underlying educational implications of rapid economic transformation, using illustrative analyses of teacher labour markets during the years of unprecedented economic growth in China.

This book demonstrates the constructive insights the neurodiversity paradigm presents for a more thorough understanding of creation, human flourishing, Christian virtues, ecclesiology, belonging, youth ministry, prayer, worship, and justice.

In this ground-breaking book, Gerald Grace addresses the dilemmas facing Catholic education in an increasingly secular and consumer-driven culture.

Based on the latest research and covering key recent developments in supervisory practice, the third edition of A Handbook for Doctoral Supervisors is designed to support new and established supervisors in reviewing how they may make their supervision practice more effective day to day.

This handbook of technology education offers a state-of-the-art survey of developments in technology education worldwide.

This book offers an overview of contemporary debates in social justice and equity within Physical Education (PE) and Youth Sport (YS).

Originally published in 1989, Play, Exploration and Learning was a valuable contribution to the evaluation of nursery practice in Britain at the time, this 'natural history' of the activities of children and caring adults presents a comparative study of four types of provision for the under-fives: nursery schools, nursery classes, playgroups and day nurseries.

The Handbook of Research-Based Practices for Educating Students with Intellectual Disability provides an integrated, transdisciplinary overview of research-based practices for teaching students with intellectual disability.