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Direct linkNelson, Robert – Routledge Research in Education, 2022
In this book, Robert Nelson reminds us that one of the most important elements of teaching and learning is to inspire and to be inspired. Given that inspiration itself has evolved through metaphor, the inquiry distinguishes inspirational learning by its peculiarly metaphoric character. We acknowledge that students respond to passion and…
Descriptors: Influences, Figurative Language, Academic Aspiration, Motivation
Download full textEl-Kogali, Safaa El Tayeb, Ed.; Krafft, Caroline, Ed. – World Bank, 2020
Education, which has been at the heart of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region's history and civilizations for centuries, has a large untapped potential to contribute to human capital, well-being, and wealth. The region has invested heavily in education for decades, but it has not been able to reap the benefits of its investments.…
Descriptors: Geographic Regions, Human Capital, Well Being, Educational Change
Arrastia, Lisa; Hoffman, Marvin – Teachers College Press, 2012
"Starting Up" is a collection of first-person accounts by some of the best-known founders of new schools in America. Providing the kind of knowledge that only experience can teach, it is an invaluable resource for anyone in the process of or thinking about opening a new school, as well as those interested in the politics of today's era of new…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Academic Aspiration, Educational Change, Rewards
Van Maele, Dimitri, Ed.; Forsyth, Patrick B., Ed.; Van Houtte, Miek, Ed. – Springer, 2014
This book samples recent and emerging trust research in education including an array of conceptual approaches, measurement innovations, and explored determinants and outcomes of trust. The collection of pathways explores the phenomenon of trust and establishes the significance of trust relationships in school life. It emboldens the claim that…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Trust (Psychology), Equal Education, Educational Quality
DeYoung, Alan J. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2011
Being a "student" has been and remains a highly desirable status for young people and their families in Kyrgyzstan. "Giving their children education" (dat detyam obrazovaniye)--meaning "higher education"--has become an imperative for many parents, even in a time of serious economic and social decline. The numbers of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Education, Policy Analysis, College Role
Brock, Colin, Ed.; Levers, Lila Zia – Symposium Books, 2007
The chapters in this volume do not represent the whole of the Middle East and North Africa, as such a collection would have been too large for one volume. Rather, the selection here is intended to present different perspectives on a range of educational issues, relevant to a particular focus or country, or common to a number of countries in the…
Descriptors: Muslims, Females, Arabs, Social Change
Blankstein, Alan M., Ed.; Cole, Robert W., Ed.; Houston, Paul D., Ed. – Corwin Press, 2006
This concise volume offers educational leaders key concepts and strategies for framing discussions about closing the equity gap and ensuring high achievement for all learners. As the first volume in "The Soul of Educational Leadership" series, this unique collection presents: (1) Pedro Noguera and Alan Blankstein on essential questions and themes;…
Descriptors: Knowledge Base for Teaching, Leadership, Educational Change, Equal Education
Bennett, Michael J. – 1996
This history of the GI Bill of Rights, enacted in 1944, describes how its provisions affected 16 million veterans. The legislative history of the Bill reflects how support and criticism grew from the various political views in Congress and the nation during and immediately after World War II. Through the GI Bill, 7.8 million veterans received…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, American Dream, Change Agents, Educational Change
Wheelock, Anne – 1992
This book examines the effects of tracking on public education, makes a case for "untracking" as a key education reform, and describes successful untracking efforts. Tracking is an educational practice that groups children of similar abilities and achievement levels together into homogeneous groups. "Untracking" is the process…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Curriculum Development, Diversity (Student), Educational Change
