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A twenty-year veteran of the classroom, elementary school teacher Phillip Done takes readers through a lively and hilarious year in the classroom. Starting with the relative calm before the storm of buying school supplies and posting class lists, he shares the distinct...
Editeur :
Center Street
Parution :
2009-09-04
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This book provides a clear, comprehensive, and compelling description of the nature, characteristics, and prerequisites of wisdom-led leadership. It not only includes a detailed description of what is meant by wisdom-led leadership but also it describes how wisdom-led...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2009-09-01
Collection :
Studies in Educational Leadership
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This book brings together the most important figures in the evolution of Critical Pedagogy to provide comprehensive analyses of issues related to the struggle against the forces of neoliberalism and the imperial-induced privatization, not just in education, but in all...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-08-31
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This book follows a group of teachers who worked to create a program that supported their students' native languages and funds of knowledge, finding that structures within the school and discourses from other teachers, administrators, and the nation/community both...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-08-31
Collection :
Secondary Education in a Changing World
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This timely book argues that the New Zealand educational reforms were the product of longstanding unresolved educational issues that came to a head during the profound economic and cultural crisis of the 1970s and early 1980s.
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-08-31
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Mentoring has always been an important factor in life and particularly in academia. In fact, making choices about educational pursuits and subsequent careers without input from mentors can prove disastrous. Fortunately, many individuals have “na- ral” mentors and for...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2009-08-28
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Number puzzles, spatial/visual puzzles, cryptograms, Sudoku, Kokuro, logic puzzles, and word games like Frame Games are all a great way to teach math and problem-solving skills to elementary and middle school students. In these two new collections, puzzle master Terry...
Editeur :
Jossey-Bass
Parution :
2009-08-27
Collection :
Math Puzzles and Brainteasers
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Why do so many pupils in Years 7, 8 and 9 'switch off' and make very little progress in the core subjects such as English and mathematics? What can teachers and schools do to improve pupils' attitudes and motivation?
Maurice Galton and his team have collected examples...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2009-08-24
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This book, which is the eighth volume in the 12-volume book series Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research, presents scholarly research on major discourses in decentralisation, school-based management (SBM) and quality in education globally.This book,...
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Springer
Parution :
2009-08-21
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FERPA Clear and Simple: The College Professional's Guide to Compliance This vital resource offers higher education administrators—and anyone responsible for education records and the management of student information—a timely guide that will aid in the establishment of...
Editeur :
Jossey-Bass
Parution :
2009-08-19
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Perfect Psychometric Test Results is an invaluable guide for anyone who wants to secure their ideal job. Written by a team from Kenexa, one of the UK's leading compilers of psychometric tests, it explains how each test works, gives helpful pointers on how to get ready,...
Editeur :
Cornerstone Digital
Parution :
2009-08-18
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Perfect Numerical Test Results is the essential guide for anyone who wants to secure their ideal job. Written by a team from Kenexa, one of the UK's leading compilers of psychometric tests, it explains how numerical tests work, gives helpful pointers on how to get...
Editeur :
Cornerstone Digital
Parution :
2009-08-18
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Mountaineers, Rock Climbers, and Science Educators Around the 1920s, rock climbing separated from mountaineering to become a separate sport. At that time European climbers developed new equipment and techniques, enabling them to ascend mountain faces and to climb rocks,...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2009-08-14
Collection :
Innovations in Science Education and Technology
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Some reports estimate that nearly 50% of teachers entering the profession leave within the first five years (Alliance for Excellent Education 2004; Ingersoll, 2003; Quality Counts 2000). One explanation of why teachers leave the profession so early in their career might...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2009-08-14
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Based on the renowned Renzulli Method, which has been adopted in schools all over the country, Light Up Your Child's Mind presents a practical program to help children fire up a love of learning to last a lifetime. World-renowned experts Drs. Renzulli and Reis...
Editeur :
Little, Brown Spark
Parution :
2009-08-11
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Global Values Education: Teaching Democracy and Peace , which is the seventh volume in the 12-volume book series Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research, presents scholarly research on major discourses in v alues edu- tion globally. It provides an...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2009-08-11
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Teaching and learning mathematics is a political act in which children, teachers, parents, and policy makers are made visible as subjects. As they learn about mathematics, children are also learning about themselves – who they are, who they might become. We can choose...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2009-08-10
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The incredible story of the fight for female education in BritainIn 1869, when five women enrolled at university for the first time in British history, the average female brain was thought to be 150 grams lighter than a man's. When the Cambridge Senate held a vote on...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2009-08-06
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This book critiques the often presumed racial innocence of young children. The authors challenge early childhood educators to engage with the racialized identity politics that form among their students, and to reform their own identities and intersect and frame...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-08-03
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This volume introduces a fresh approach to research using a narrator-centred method, which provides a means for researchers to access the often hidden human responses about a situation so that those who make decisions and write policy may become better informed about...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-08-03
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