This book presents research contributions focussing on the introduction of contemporary physics topics - mainly, but not exclusively, quantum physics - into high school currciula.
The book focuses on the latest developments of the Anthropological Theory of the Didactic (ATD) and its links with other approaches in mathematics education.
The book presents research works developed within the Anthropological Theory of the Didactic (ATD) by senior and young researchers that participated in the Intensive Research Program "e;Advances in the anthropological theory of the didactic and their consequences in curricula and teacher education"e; held at the Centre de Recerca Matematica (CRM) in Barcelona.
Tradition in Creative Writing: Finding Inspiration Through Your Roots encourages writers to rediscover sources of creativity in the everyday, showing students how to see your writing as connected to your life.
This book discusses a number of ways in which out-of-school science education can uniquely engage learners with 'wicked' global problems such as biodiversity loss and climate change.
This book includes instructional design and practice of how immersive technology is integrated in discipline-based and interdisciplinary curriculum design.
This edited book attempts to foreground how challenges and complexities between policy and practice intertwine in the teaching and learning of the STEM subjects in multilingual settings, and how they (policy and practice) impact on educational processes, developments and outcomes.
This book adopts an interdisciplinary approach to investigate the development of mathematical reasoning in both children and adults and to show how understanding the learner's cognitive processes can help teachers develop better strategies to teach mathematics.
The need to improve the mathematical proficiency of elementary teachers is well recognized, and it has long been of interest to educators and researchers in the U.
This book seeks to illustrate the research on mathematics competencies and disposition in China according to the conceptual development and empirical investigation perspective.
This book offers a practical, methodological guide to conducting arts-based research with children by drawing on five years of the authors' experience carrying out arts-based research with children in Australia and the UK.
This book is a collection of leading international authors in the field of music education taking the concept of 'craft' as a starting point to deconstruct and reconstruct their understanding of the practices and theories of music education.
This book documents ongoing research and theorizing in the sub-field of mathematics education devoted to the teaching and learning of mathematical modelling and applications.
This work introduces methods that aid in freshman retention (in the transition from high school and to remain in the university of origin) and orient them towards a successful career in science.
This volume focuses on the implications of digital technologies for educators and educational decision makers that is not widely represented in the literature.
This book systematically examines various factors that shape graduates' entry into media work, which include the state and its policies, industrial and organizational practices and cultures, and media education.
This book provides a common language for and makes connections between transfer research in mathematics education and transfer research in related fields.
This problem book gathers together 15 problem sets on analytic number theory that can be profitably approached by anyone from advanced high school students to those pursuing graduate studies.
This volume includes contributions based on selected full papers presented at the 11th Pan-Hellenic and International Conference "e;ICT in Education"e;, held in Greece in 2018.
Through an examination of three wooden boat workshops on the East coast of the United States, this volume explores how craftspeople interpret their tools and materials during work, and how such perception fits into a holistic conception of practical skill.
The volume reports on interdisciplinary discussions and interactions between theoretical research and practical studies on geometric structures and their applications in architecture, the arts, design, education, engineering, and mathematics.
Written by the top medical student rotators, this book provides medical students with the often elusive information and skills required to ace their clinical rotationsChapters cover all major medical sub-specialties such as internal medicine, general surgery, cardiology, dermatology, orthopedics, neurosurgery, and ophthalmology.
This volume reflects on how anthropologists have engaged in medical education and aims to positively influence the future careers of anthropologists who are currently engaged or are considering a career in medical education.
This book focuses on large and small group educational settings and offers brief strategies to engage learners to assure active learning strategies are core to the learning environment.
This book presents various contemporary topics in applied mathematics education and addresses both interested undergraduate instructors and STEM education researchers.