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Direct linkWaks, Leonard J., Ed.; English, Andrea R., Ed. – Cambridge University Press, 2017
John Dewey's "Democracy and Education" is the touchstone for a great deal of modern educational theory. It covers a wide range of themes and issues relating to education, including teaching, learning, educational environments, subject matter, values, and the nature of work and play. This "Handbook" is designed to help experts…
Descriptors: Progressive Education, Educational Theories, Educational Philosophy, Democracy
Hill-Jackson, Valerie; Hartlep, Nicholas D.; Stafford, Delia – ASCD, 2019
How do some teachers manage to expertly engage students in deep learning, harmonize mandated standards with individual student needs, and create trusting relationships in the classroom? What typically sets these "Star Teachers" apart from other teachers? In "What Makes a Star Teacher: 7 Dispositions That Support Student…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Characteristics, Personality Traits, Teacher Persistence
Arshad, Rowena, Ed.; Wrigley, Terry, Ed.; Pratt, Lynne, Ed. – Trentham Books, 2019
Teachers want to do their best for every child, but worry about causing offence and often shy away from troublesome issues. The classroom situations and strategies presented here will help teachers negotiate their way through complex situations and bring about constructive change. This book clarifies concepts and value differences and the subtle…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Equal Education, Racial Bias, Gender Bias
Hansen, David – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
Teachers over the world over are seeking creative ways to respond to the problems and possibilities generated by globalization. Many of them work with children and youth from increasingly varied backgrounds, with diverse needs and capabilities. Others work with homogeneous populations and yet are aware that their students will encounter many…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Global Approach, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Innovation
Peer reviewedParker, Joe, Ed.; Samantrai, Ranu, Ed.; Romero, Mary, Ed. – SUNY Press, 2010
In the 1960s and 1970s, activists who focused on the academy as a key site for fostering social change began by querying the assumptions of the traditional disciplines and transforming their curricula, putting into place women's and ethnic studies programs that changed both the subject and methods of scholarship. The pattern of scholars and…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Black Studies, Social Class, Global Approach
Daniels, Harry, Ed.; Lauder, Hugh, Ed.; Porter, Jill, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
"Educational Theories, Cultures and Learning" focuses on how education is understood in different cultures, the theories and related assumptions we make about learners and students and how we think about them, and how we can understand the principle actors in education--learners and teachers. Within this volume, internationally renowned…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Brain, Social Environment, Educational Policy
DeVitis, Joseph L., Ed. – Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2013
Mark Van Doren, the noted literary scholar, once remarked, "The college is meaningless without a curriculum, but it is more so when it has one that is meaningless." Many current critics of undergraduate curricula in America assent to the crucial need for programmatic renewal in our colleges and universities. They bemoan the cookie-cutter…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Higher Education, Liberal Arts, General Education
Lillemyr, Ole Fredrik – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2009
In the book the author presents from different perspectives what is understood by the phenomenon of children's play, why it is important, and how children's play challenge and stimulate the educator or caregiver in regard of educational values and practice, with the conclusion: play has to be taken seriously. A selection of theories is introduced…
Descriptors: Play, Early Childhood Education, Educational Practices, Values
Arshad, Rowena, Ed.; Wrigley, Terry, Ed.; Pratt, Lynne, Ed. – Trentham Books, 2012
Teachers want to do their best for every child, but worry about causing offence and often shy away from troublesome issues. The classroom situations and strategies presented here will help teachers negotiate their way through complex situations and bring about constructive change. This book clarifies concepts and value differences and the subtle…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Equal Education, Racial Bias, Gender Bias
Arthur, James, Ed.; Cremin, Hilary, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
What are the key issues in Citizenship Education today? "Debates in Citizenship Education" encourages student and practising teachers to engage with and reflect on some of the key topics, concepts and debates that they will have to address throughout their career. It places the specialist field of Citizenship Education in a wider context…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Educational History, Foreign Countries, International Education
Roberts, Thomas B., Ed. – 1975
This document presents 62 selected articles of psychology and education which demonstrate how educational theory and practice have changed and broadened to meet the need for new modes of teaching and learning. The writings, which show how psychologies can be complementary ways of understanding human behavior, are accompanied by both theoretical…
Descriptors: Behavior, Behavior Development, Behavior Theories, Behavioral Sciences
Normore, Anthony H., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2008
Within this book Leadership for Social Justice: Promoting Equity and Excellence Through Inquiry and Reflective Practice the contributors provide a variety of rich perspectives to the social justice phenomenon from the lens of empirical, historical, narrative, and conceptual designs. These designs reiterate the importance of bridging theory and…
Descriptors: Social Justice, School Personnel, Leadership, Rural Schools
Duignan, Patrick – Cambridge University Press, 2007
"Educational Leadership" is a major research book on contemporary leadership challenges for educational leaders. In this groundbreaking new work, educational leaders in schools, including teachers, are provided with ways of analysing and resolving common but complex leadership challenges. Ethical tensions inherent in these challenges are…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Ethics, Leadership Effectiveness, Educational Research
White, John A. – 1983
Science and technology are in trouble today. And the world of people and of other living things is in trouble because of them. This seven-part book provides an introduction to the origin and nature of these troubles. Major areas considered in the first six parts are: (1) values; (2) science and technology in an ideal world (examining growth of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Religion, Sciences, Scientific Enterprise
Suojanen, Waino W., Ed.; And Others – 1975
The book of reading focuses on the state of job enrichment in the United States today, as well as some of its international implications. Featured in the book are 20 selected working papers analyzing the development and use of job enrichment in various types of organizations, union response to job enrichment, and its outlook for the future. The…
Descriptors: Administration, Anthologies, Job Enrichment, Needs
