Young People's Images of Science
by Rosalind Driver, John Leach, Robin Millar, and Phil Scott
* What ideas about science do school students form as a result of their experiences in and out of school? * How might science teaching in schools develop a more scientifically-literate society? * How do school students understand disputes about scientific issues including those which have social significance, such as the irradiation of food? There have been calls in the UK and elsewhere for a greater public understanding of science underpinned by, amongst other things, school science educa...
Weibliche Adoleszenz und die Entwicklung von Ess-Stoerungen
by Christof Mueller
Global Science Literacy (Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education, #15)
The authors propose the science curriculum concept of Global Science Literacy justifying its use internationally with reference to the nature of science, the probable direction of science in the new millennium, the capability for GSL to develop inter-cultural understanding, and its relevance to non-Western cultures and traditions. It is relevant to curriculum developers, researchers, teachers and graduate students.
While there are some books and articles about the importance of understanding in-school learning style and the benefits in achievement and attitude toward learning that accrue from matching learning style to learning environment, this is the first book on homework style. Homework style is the personal preference for doing the tasks assigned by teachers and learning new material outside of the formal school setting. Learning style and homework style have been found to be related yet empiricall...
Forms of Mathematical Knowledge
What mathematics is entailed in knowing to act in a moment? Is tacit, rhetorical knowledge significant in mathematics education? What is the role of intuitive models in understanding, learning and teaching mathematics? Are there differences between elementary and advanced mathematical thinking? Why can't students prove? What are the characteristics of teachers' ways of knowing? This book focuses on various types of knowledge that are significant for learning and teaching mathematics. Th...
Am Du zum Ich
by Kerstin Uvnas-Moberg, Sveinn Ragnarsson, and Henri Julius
Il libro Children's Minds esce nel 1978. Con un linguaggio semplice, ma supportato da dati di ricerche condotte con rigore metodologico, Margaret Donaldson attacca molti luoghi comuni ispirati alle teorie di Piaget. Come sostiene l'autrice "Nello svolgimento di questo libro, io sostengo che oggi esistono prove che ci costringono a respingere certi aspetti della teoria di Jean Piaget sullo sviluppo intellettuale". Il libro fu quasi subito tradotto in italiano e pubblicato da EMME Edizioni, ma usc...
Psychology is full of agreements and disagreements! Here Richard Gross pairs up 30 studies to show you how the classic theories in Psychology are constantly revisited by modern researchers.In a new focus for this 6th edition, the emphasis is on how these classic and contemporary studies relate. From the differences and similarities between them you'll understand not just the studies themselves, but develop the study skills you need to write about Psychology in exams and essays. The aim is to hel...
Kommunikation und Konflikt(bewaltigung) in der Schule
by Alexander Schmitt
Entwicklungslinien der Erziehungsberatung von den Anfangen bis zu gegenwartigen Entwicklungen
by Julia Bohm
Kenntnis von Tier- und Pflanzenarten wird allgemein als bedeutsamer personlicher Wert angesehen; ebenso gilt sie als eine Voraussetzung fur Aktivitaten im Natur-Umweltschutz. Es gibt bislang jedoch fast nur Vermutungen, wie Interesse an Arten entsteht. - Durch Befragung der Mitglieder von Naturschutzverbanden (und einer Kontrollgruppe) wurden uber 300'000 Daten gewonnen. Daraus ergibt sich eine Vielzahl interessanter Schlussfolgerungen: Welche Anregungsfaktoren und welches Alter fur die Entstehu...
Five Teaching and Learning Myths—Debunked
by Adam M. Brown and Althea Need Kaminske
Drawing from research in developmental and educational psychology, cognitive science, and the learning sciences, Five Teaching and Learning Myths—Debunked addresses some of the most commonly misunderstood educational and cognitive concerns in teaching and learning. Multitasking, problem-solving, attention, testing, and learning styles are all integral to student achievement but, in practice, are often muddled by pervasive myths. In a straightforward, easily digestible format, this book unpacks t...
What is humor exactly? How do you use it to maximize learning? If it is so important, why is it rarely mentioned in teacher preparation without some clues for finding and using it? The purpose of this book is to affirm, sustain, and encourage educators in the practice of humor not only as a personal tool to optimize a healthy lifestyle, but to maximize the benefits of humor in education. These benefits include current research-based data on the use of humor to nurture creativity, to increase the...
Veranderte Kindheit. Wie Erwachsene mit Veranderungen in der Lebenswelt der Kinder umgehen koennen
by Simone Hummert
Ethnotheatre and Creative Methods for Teacher Leadership (Creativity, Education and the Arts)
by Jerome Cranston and Kristin Kusanovich
This book addresses the lived challenges to teacher leadership. It illustrates an arts-based research approach that effectively highlights the broader context of relational dynamics between adults at school, using one-act plays to open up difficult conversations on complex issues. School leadership has, ostensibly, a performative dimension. Teacher leaders enact leadership from a more vulnerable platform than those with administrative positions, while they try to thrive in roles which are not al...