Alternative Schools (Contemporary Education Issues (eBook))
by Brenda J Conley
Qualitative Research Methods
by Stephen Ivan Miller and Marcel A. Fredericks
Higher education institutions of all kinds - across the United States and around the world - have rapidly expanded the use of electronic portfolios in a broad range of applications including general education, the major, personal planning, freshman learning communities, advising, assessing, and career planning.Widespread use creates an urgent need to evaluate the implementation and impact of e-portfolios. Using qualitative and quantitative methods, the contributors to this book - all of whom hav...
`The book makes a distinct contribution to the field. The integration of standards and mastery learning is important if standards, once established, are to be achieved by large numbers of students. I think it is timely, well organized, contains real-life examples, and is well written' - Lorin Anderson, Carolina Distinguished Professor of Education, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina There is a strong connection between the current standards movement and the philosophy of mas...
Individualizing Educational Objectives and Programmes
by Peter J Valletutti and Anthony O. Salpino
To rise to the challenges of postmodern culture, Carlson argues, progressives will need to leave the safe harbors of what is familiar and comfortable. A new progressivism can only be forged of a fundamental re-thinking and re-mythologizing of democratic education. Drawing upon cultural studies perspectives, Carlson interrogates philosophy through p
Composition Book 200 Sheets/400 Pages/7.44 X 9.69 In. Wide Ruled/ Pretty Sunflower
by Goddess Book Press
Engaging Children
Raisonnement Et Strategies de Preuve Dans l'Enseignement Des Mathematiques (Exploration, #125)
by Philippe R Richard
Que fait l'eleve quand on lui demande de justifier ses propos en classe de mathematique? Cet ouvrage, une these au sens fort du terme, offre une reconstitution tout a fait originale des moyens d'expression mobilises par l'eleve en situation de validation. A travers une analyse qualitative illustree d'exemples authentiques, le talent createur des eleves face aux difficultes rencontrees dans la solution de problemes est mis en evidence. Fonde sur des reperes epistemologiques, didactiques et semiot...
Bringing the Montessori Approach to Your Early Years Practice (Bringing-- To Your Early Years Practice)
by Barbara Isaacs
Have you ever wondered what the Montessori approach is all about and whether it can be used to benefit the young children in your setting? This book will answer all your questions and more. It includes: details about the Montessori approachexamples from specialist Montessori schools and nurseriesexamples of non-specialist settings implementing Montessori principles for the benefit of the childrenpractical activitiesadvice on planning and assessment methods.
Homeschooling Handbook (Prima Home Learning Library)
by Mary Griffith
Gestern Gastarbeiter, Morgen Minderheit (Europaeische Hochschulschriften / European University Studie, #169)
by Ulrike Schoneberg and Ulrike Scheoneberg
Migration und ethnischer Pluralismus sind universelle soziale Tatbestande, die in den letzten Jahrzehnten in den westeuropaischen Industrielandern enorm an Bedeutung gewonnen haben. Aus den ursprunglich nur wegen einer zeitweiligen Arbeit Eingewanderten sind auf Dauer anwesende Minderheiten geworden. Der Prozess, in dem eingewanderte Minderheiten sesshaft werden und sich der neuen Umgebung anpassen, ist keineswegs allein als Assimilation oder Angleichung zu verstehen, sondern beinhaltet auch For...
-Wir Haben Uns Das So Vorgestellt: ...- (Europaeische Hochschulschriften / European University Studie, #730)
by Ursula Adolphy
In der zur Zeit wieder neu gefuhrten Koedukationsdiskussion wird unter anderem die Frage nach einer Veranderung des naturwissenschaftlichen Unterrichts gestellt mit dem Ziel, ihn fur Madchen attraktiver zu gestalten. In dieser empirischen Untersuchung wird in einem Versuchs-/Kontrollgruppendesign mit einer Kombination aus quantitativen und qualitativen Methoden uberpruft, inwieweit eine konstruktivistische Konzeption von Unterricht Moglichkeiten eroffnet, das Fach Chemie den Madchen naherzubring...
Mapping the Terrains of Student Voice Pedagogies (Critical Qualitative Research, #28)
by Mairi McDermott
Mapping the Terrains of Student Voice Pedagogies is an autoethnography of McDermott’s experiences with student voice reforms. Ultimately, the author is concerned with better understanding the possibilities for student voice as a transformative teaching and learning practice within the context of neoliberal education. The discussion is anchored in two past student voice projects in which McDermott was involved, one as a researcher and one as a facilitator. As method, the author revisits these exp...