Special Education and Globalization illustrates the way in which inclusive education has become the dominant discourse across Europe and the wider international context.
Tras 'Lo que hacen los mejores profesores universitarios' y 'Lo que hacen los mejores estudiantes de universidad', Ken Bain pone con este libro la tercera pata al trípode en el que necesariamente deberá sostenerse cualquier educación superior en el futuro, muy especialmente la universitaria.
Eine Theorie des Unterrichts als Typologie von Konstellationen des Pädagogischen – das ist die Idee, von der sich der Soziologe und Erziehungswissenschaftler Johannes Twardella in seiner neuen Studie leiten lässt.
The Importance of Average calls attention to the policies and practices that discriminate against the silent majority of students in the American educational system.
The book seeks to explore ways in which education research, policy and practice ought to be re-thought and re-enacted under present bio-political predicaments.
Disability Studies is an area of study which examines social, political, cultural, and economic factors that define 'disability' and establish personal and collective responses to difference.
Famous for his advocacy of 'critical pedagogy', Paulo Freire was Latin America's foremost educationalist, a thinker and writer whose work and ideas continue to exert enormous influence in education throughout the world today.
Rethinking Practice, Research and Education brings together philosophy with traditional methodological discourse, and opens a space for critical thinking in social and educational research.
This book is made up of a selection of writings from an international team of scholars, highlighting the contribution made to the field of educational policy and educational policy research by Basil Bernstein's work on the sociology of pedagogy.
This is a cutting edge book that not only maps and criticizes venture philanthropy but also offers a new and different way of conceptualizing public education in response to the neoliberal climate affecting all aspects of public education.
The development of generic skills (often referred to as 'soft skills') in accounting education has been a focus of discussion and debate for several decades.
This volume explores theories and practices of decolonizing education, drawing on international perspectives from scholars across the globe to engage new knowledges and build solidarities across different spaces.
Plato was the first and most formidable thinker to recognise that education is a fiercely contested concept, and to point out what great social and personal issues are at stake in education.
To integrate the principles, values, and practices of sustainable development into all aspects of education and learning was the overarching goal of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014).
John Dewey's Experience and Education is an importantbook, but first-time readers of Dewey s philosophy can find it challenging andnot meaningfully related to the contemporary landscape of education.
This book gathers a diverse set of empirical research chapters from practitioners in the higher education sector in Vietnam to explore the effects of higher education reform on university learning and teaching from the point of view of the classroom educators.
Critical Pedagogy and the Trouble with Consciousness Raising incisively critiques the consciousness-raising project that has been so central to contemporary critical pedagogy.
This Collection of fourteen essays by eleven different authors demonstrates the increasing breadth of enquiry that has taken place in art and design education history over the past two decades, and the expanding range of research models applied to the subject.
This book focuses on the role and content of the principle of the welfare interests of the child, considers the extent to which the principle has changed following its varied elevation by the introduction of paramountcy and reviews the distinction between welfare interests and rights.
Educating College Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders is one of the first books to specifically address the accommodation of students with significant learning differences in postsecondary education.
Instead of following the Magna Charta Universitatum, the declaration of the principles of knowledge signed in 1988 in Bologna, the academic approach pursued in Europe and the other continents over the past 30 years has strictly employed a utilitarian model of higher education.
Dieses Buch untersucht multiperspektivisch die Wirkungsgeschichte der Shoah in verschiedenen Settings von Erziehung und Bildung und reflektiert die bisherige theoretische und empirische Forschung.
For years, students in the United States have lagged behind students in many other countries on such measures of achievement as the PISA and TIMSS assessments.
Exploring Gifted Education focusses on the most fundamental and pressing topics in gifted education from across Australian and New Zealand contexts and gives particular attention to evidence-based practices and research findings.
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.
Lei Wang untersucht John Deweys pädagogische Einflüsse im historischen Kontext Chinas und vergleicht seine Beobachtungen und seinen demokratischen Grundansatz mit den Konzepten und der praktischen Umsetzung seiner chinesischen Schüler.
This book provides a comprehensive insight and roadmap to accelerate the implementation of digital transformation (DX) within Arab Universities along with an understanding of the challenges that accompany such change.
This book offers a critical discussion on the necessity for 'difficult conversations' to take place in education, drawing on studies from across the UK.