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Boardman, Alison G.; Garcia, Antero; Dalton, Bridget; Polman, Joseph L. – Teachers College Press, 2021
Learn how to develop and sustain multimodal, project-based learning (PBL) instruction in secondary English Language Arts classrooms. National standards encourage authentic forms of reading, writing, and communication that can support college and career readiness, and this book highlights PBL as a powerful way to harness students' interests and…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Active Learning, Student Projects, Secondary Education
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Isaias, Pedro, Ed.; Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed. – Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age, 2020
This volume provides a comprehensive and contemporary depiction of the swift evolution of learning technologies and the innovations that derive from their deployment in school education. It comprises cases studies, research focused on emergent technologies and experiments with existing tools in a wide range of scenarios. The studies included in…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Educational Innovation, Computer Uses in Education, STEM Education
Doubet, Kristina J.; Hockett, Jessica A. – ASCD, 2015
In this one-stop resource for middle and high school teachers, Kristina J. Doubet and Jessica A. Hockett explore how to use differentiated instruction to help students be more successful learners--regardless of background, native language, learning style, motivation, or school savvy. They explain how to: (1) create a healthy classroom community in…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Cognitive Style, Secondary Education, Sense of Community
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Craig, Cheryl J., Ed.; Turchi, Laura, Ed.; McDonald, Denise M., Ed. – Palgrave Studies on Leadership and Learning in Teacher Education, 2020
This book focuses on the impact of sustained and evolving collaborations, showcasing research and scholarship in a faculty group--consisting of 28 professors from five regional universities--meeting and supporting each other since 2002. Originally an innovation introduced by Cheryl J. Craig and funded by a reform movement, the Faculty Academy…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Collaboration, Interdisciplinary Approach, Institutional Cooperation
Franklin, Barry M. – Palgrave Macmillan, 2012
Barry M. Franklin's new work uses the concept of community as a lens for interpreting urban school reform since 1960. Focusing on the curriculum and employing case studies, he applies the concept to reform initiatives in a number of city school systems. Included are compensatory education, community control, mayoral takeovers, educational…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Restructuring, Compensatory Education, Community Control
Pavešic, Barbara Japelj, Ed.; Koršnáková, Paulína, Ed.; Meinck, Sabine, Ed. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2022
This open access book brings together national experts from across the Dinaric region to rigorously review IEA's Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2019 grade four data to develop a multidimensional and culturally sensitive perspective on their TIMSS 2019 primary-level results. The Dinaric region, named after the Dinaric…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, Science Achievement, International Assessment
Canestrari, Alan S., Ed.; Marlowe, Bruce A., Ed. – John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2018
"The Wiley International Handbook of Educational Foundations" features international scholars uniquely qualified to examine issues specific to their regions of the world. The Handbook provides readers with an alternative to the traditional texts in the foundations of education by taking aim at the status quo, and by offering frameworks…
Descriptors: Foundations of Education, Educational Change, Teaching (Occupation), Curriculum
DeVita, James A.; And Others – 1976
A history of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, from 1655 to 1970 is presented. Written as an historiography exercise by students at Chelmsford High School, the study is intended to acquaint residents and students of Chelmsford with the town's past and its relationship with surrounding communities and the United States. Chapter one, "A Colonial…
Descriptors: Colonial History (United States), Community, Community Attitudes, Community Change
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Loveless, Douglas J., Ed.; Griffith, Bryant, Ed.; Bérci, Margaret E., Ed.; Ortlieb, Evan, Ed.; Sullivan, Pamela, Ed. – IGI Global, 2014
While incorporating digital technologies into the classroom has offered new ways of teaching and learning into educational processes, it is essential to take a look at how the digital shift impacts teachers, school administration, and curriculum development. "Academic Knowledge Construction and Multimodal Curriculum Development" presents…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Technology Uses in Education, Technological Literacy, Teacher Attitudes
Danish, Steven J., Ed.; Gullotta, Thomas P., Ed. – 2000
Noting the renewed attention given to community efforts supporting after-school activities to promote social competence in its youth, this book examines the concepts of play and rites of passage for youth. The book also discusses the contributions of various types of activities on youth social competency, presents a variety of perspectives for…
Descriptors: Adolescents, After School Education, After School Programs, Community Programs
Cumming, Jim – 1997
Community-based learning (CBL) is a structured approach to learning and teaching that connects meaningful community experience with intellectual development, personal growth, and active citizenship. Enthusiasm for CBL is emerging in Australia and elsewhere because it is seen as the following: strategy for whole-school reform, especially in…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Education, Community Organizations, Computer Uses in Education
Trubowitz, Sidney; And Others – 1984
The development of a community school as a joint project of Queens College, the Louis Armstrong Middle School (I.S. 227), and the New York City Central Board of Education is described in this book. The contents of the book's eight chapters are as follows: (1) an introduction providing background material; (2) a discussion of the foundation on…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Community Schools, Higher Education, Middle Schools
Claus, Jeff, Ed.; Ogden, Curtis, Ed. – 1999
This book presents current thinking on the topic of community service programs for youth. Combining theory and research with descriptions of innovative programs and specific recommendations for program design, the volume outlines an approach to service learning that engages youth not only in helping others but also in critical reflection and the…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility
Gibbons, Maurice – 1976
The intent of this report of the Phi Delta Kappa Task Force on Compulsory Education and Transitions for Youth is to offer a comprehensive model for educational change--to provide both recommendations and procedures for far-reaching change in secondary education. The author emphasizes that simple revision of existing educational systems will not…
Descriptors: Attendance, Community Education, Community Schools, Educational Change
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1915
Published in 1915, the document was intended for use by high school civics teachers as they developed programs to help students gain a better understanding of the principles of social, civic, and governmental life. Due to the dated nature of the information, the document could currently be used as a reference in educational history. Prepared by a…
Descriptors: Citizen Role, Citizenship Responsibility, City Government, Civics
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