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In an effort to reverse the purported crisis in U.S. public schools, the federal government, states, districts have mandated policies that favor standardized approaches to teaching and assessment. As a consequence, teachers have been relying on teacher-centered...
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Springer
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2012-02-07
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The Learning Self This new book from the award-winning author of Psychology and Adult Learning puts the spotlight on the kind of learning that brings about significant personal change. Tennant explores the techniques, processes, and practices educators can use to...
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Jossey-Bass
Parution :
2012-02-03
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THE LEARNER-CENTERED CURRICULUM “If an institution is to be truly learner-centered, all processes and practices need to be learner-centered, and the curriculum is no exception.”—From the Preface The Learner-Centered Curriculum is for educators and administrators who...
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Jossey-Bass
Parution :
2012-02-03
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Bei diesem Band handelt es sich um eine umfassende Analyse der modernen Islamischen Religionspädagogik. Er verdeutlicht, wie umfangreich und vielschichtig sich dieses neuartige Unterrichtsfach auf seinem Weg zur Fachwissenschaft entwickelt und ausbaut. Um diesem...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2012-02-02
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The articles in this volume are the proceedings of a conference on ‘Translation in Second Language Teaching and Learning’ that took place at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, in March 2008.The papers delivered at the conference, the subsequent discussions in...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2012-01-31
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Supporting Online Students shows how effective and efficiently delivered support services improve academic success and course retention for online learners. Drawing on a decade's worth of research, Anita Crawley describes the scope of services from admissions and...
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Jossey-Bass
Parution :
2012-01-31
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In this collected edition, globalization and its consequences on vocational education systems are described and, at the same time, combined with the question of whether new phenomena of inclusion but also of exclusion are produced. Inclusion and exclusion are...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-01-31
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Praxistage sollen Hauptschülern helfen, ihre Berufsorientierung zu verbessern. Diese Reduktion schulischen Lernens gegen die Konfrontation mit der Praxis bringt für die Schüler keinen Gewinn für ihre Berufsentscheidung. Bis zu 80 Tage dieser Praxis heißt Werkeln, bringt...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2012-01-31
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Reverence is a forgotten virtue in teaching and learning. When taken in a broader spiritual sense, it is often associated with a mute and prim solemnity. The essays gathered here examine reverence as a way to understand some of the spiritual dimensions of classroom...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-01-30
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Addresses the representation of the economic, political, and cultural interrelations between agents involved in the process of intellectual activity. Analyzes the transformation in intellectual production and the changing role of academics themselves.
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2012-01-30
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This new, revised edition of the bestselling Speed Mathematics features new chapters on memorising numbers and general information, calculating statistics and compound interest, square roots, logarithms and easy trig calculations. Written so anyone can understand, this...
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Wiley
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2012-01-30
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Pedagogies for Development takes a sociological approach to examine the introduction of child-centred education in contemporary Indian policy and school contexts. It investigates the promise of democratic learning in development discourses to ask how far child-centred...
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Springer
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2012-01-24
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Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects
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The Power In/Of Language features a collection of essays that analyse the ways in which language is utilized in contemporary education revealing its deeply entrenched power relationships. Features essays grounded in theoretical rigor that offer critical insights into...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2012-01-19
Collection :
Educational Philosophy and Theory Special Issues
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Designing interesting problems and writing assignments is one of the chief tasks of all teachers, but it can be especially challenging to translate and apply learning theory, good teaching techniques, and writing assignments into STEM and other quantitative disciplines....
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Jossey-Bass
Parution :
2012-01-19
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The focus of this book is the fundamental influence of the cyphering tradition on mathematics education in North American colleges, schools, and apprenticeship training classes between 1607 and 1861. It is the first book on the history of North American mathematics...
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Springer
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2012-01-18
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The second edition of the International Handbook of Lifelong Learning is extensive, innovative, and international in scope, remit and vision, inviting its readers to engage in a critical re-appraisal of the theme of “lifelong learning”. It is a thorough-going, rigorous...
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Springer
Parution :
2012-01-18
Collection :
Springer International Handbooks of Education
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How to raise the achievement of all kids, from gifted to those with severe disabilities This book presents lessons learned from in-depth case studies of some of our most effective inclusive public schools. The authors conclusively demonstrate that schools can educate...
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Jossey-Bass
Parution :
2012-01-18
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In dieser Arbeit gilt es, mittels Textanalyse die Methode Leimer-Gieseking zu beschreiben. Dies ist nicht losgelöst zu betrachten vom Leben und Wirken Karl Leimers und Walter Giesekings als Klavierpädagogen. Ein Ergebnis der Untersuchung ist, dass die Methode...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-01-13
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Since their earliest days, institutions providing a Protestant education have always been respected and sought-after for their rigor and relative freedom from dogma—and despite today’s secularism and plurality, they remain so. This international handbook is the ultimate...
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Springer
Parution :
2012-01-11
Collection :
International Handbooks of Religion and Education
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In this book we outline an optimistic, aspirational and unashamedly ambitious agenda for schooling. We make cautious use of the concept of ‘future proofing’ to signal the commitment of the various authors to re-thinking the purposes, content and processes of schooling...
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Springer
Parution :
2012-01-11
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