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  • 1
    ISBN: 9789400708440
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (IX, 199 p) , online resource
    Edition: Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
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    Keywords: Education ; Curriculum planning ; Mathematics ; Curriculums (Courses of study). ; Assessment. ; Educational tests and measurements ; International education . ; Comparative education. ; Education—Curricula. ; Mathematics—Study and teaching .
    Abstract: How are curriculum policies translated into opportunities to learn in the classroom? According to the Book presents findings from the largest cross-national study of textbooks carried out to date - the curriculum analysis of the 1995 Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). This study included a detailed, page-by-page, inventory of the mathematics and science content, pedagogy, and other characteristics collected from hundreds of textbooks in over forty countries. Drawing on these data, the authors investigate the rhetorical and pedagogical features of textbooks to understand how they promote and constrain educational opportunities. They investigate how textbooks are constructed and how they structure diverse elements into prescriptions for teaching practice. The authors break new ground in understanding textbooks in terms of different educational opportunities that they make possible. The book examines policy implications from these new understandings. In particular, conclusions are offered regarding the role of textbooks in curriculum-driven educational reform, in light of their role as promoters of qualitatively distinct educational opportunities
    Description / Table of Contents: 1: Textbooks and Educational Opportunity2: Physical Features ofTextbooks -- 3: Textbook Structure -- 4: Content Presentation -- 5: Textbook Expectations for Performance -- 6: Textbook Lessons -- 7: A Holistic View ofTextbooks -- 8: Translating Policy into Practice 165 -- References 173 -- Appendix A TIMSS CURRICULUM FRAMEWORKS: MEASURING CURRICULAR ELEMENTS -- Appendix B LIST OF EXHIBITS -- The Authors.
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  • 2
    ISBN: 9780306472084
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (v. 〈1-2 〉) , ill
    Edition: Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
    Keywords: Education ; Comparative education ; Mathematics ; Science Study and teaching ; International education . ; Comparative education. ; Science—Study and teaching. ; Mathematics—Study and teaching .
    Abstract: Which goals and standards guide science education across the world? This first report of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) explores this question by examining the rich data collected in the TIMSS Curriculum Analysis. This is a study without precedent in scale or detail. It includes an exhaustive, page-by-page inventory of science content and other pedagogical characteristics collected from hundreds of textbooks and curriculum guides from almost 50 countries. These data document many important features of these countries' mathematics education curricula. The book examines important features of curriculum policy across the TIMSS countries, especially the role of textbooks and curriculum guides. It also portrays similarities and differences in science curricula in the succession of objectives across grades. Additionally, it details characteristics of the science curriculum as embodied in textbooks and curriculum guides intended for select grades. This book will be of interest to anyone concerned with science education standards, curriculum policy, cross-national educational comparisons, and science pedagogy
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  • 3
    ISBN: 9780306472169
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource , v.: digital
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Springer-11648
    Edition: Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Science and Law
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    Keywords: Education ; Curriculum planning ; Mathematics ; Science Study and teaching ; Teachers Training of ; Science education. ; Curriculums (Courses of study). ; Teaching. ; Comparative Education ; International education . ; Mathematics—Study and teaching . ; Education—Curricula. ; Science—Study and teaching. ; Teachers—Training of. ; USA ; Mathematikstudium ; Mathematikunterricht
    Abstract: Facing the Consequences: An Overview -- Choices, Beliefs, Consequences -- What We Teach, Who We Teach -- How We Teach -- Schools, Teachers, Students, and Other Factors -- Our Students’ Accomplishments -- Curriculum Does Matter -- Access to Curriculum Matters -- Hypotheses, Hunches, and Conclusions -- Systemic Features, Following Consequences: A Hypothesis -- There Are no Magic Bullets -- Some Stories TIMSS Can and Cannot Tell -- What’s the Next Story?.
    Abstract: Facing the Consequences presents a perspective on US mathematics and science education that is developed from data gathered as part of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). TIMSS is the most extensive and far-reaching cross-national comparative study of mathematics and science education ever attempted. It includes comparing official curricula, textbooks, teacher practices, and student achievements for many countries (from 20 to 50 countries, depending on the particular comparison). Thousands of official documents and textbooks were analyzed. Thousands of teachers, principals, and other experts responded to survey questionnaires. A sample of mathematics teachers in three countries had their lessons videotaped. Hundreds of thousands of children in almost 50 countries were tested in mathematics and science. This report presents a closer look at US mathematics and science education through careful examination of TIMSS data. The authors believe this investigation shows how deceptive many often unquestioned assumptions about American education can be. Drawing upon many new analyses not previously reported and integrating these with previous analyses of TIMSS data, the authors develop and illustrate the argument that what happens to American students is the consequence of American beliefs that shape educational practice and the accretion of a myriad educational choices made in mathematics and science education.
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  • 4
    ISBN: 9780306472091
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource , v.: digital
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Springer-11648
    Edition: Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Science and Law
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    Keywords: Education ; Mathematics ; Science Study and teaching ; Science education. ; Comparative Education ; International education . ; Mathematics—Study and teaching . ; Science—Study and teaching.
    Abstract: Unfocused Curricula -- U.S. Textbooks: Conflicting Demands, Cautious Visions -- U.S. Teachers: Responding to Splintered Visions -- How Has Our Vision Become So Splintered? -- So What Can We Expect from U.S. Students? -- Open Questions: How Do We Get Where We Want to Go?.
    Abstract: A Splintered Vision: An Investigation of U.S. Science and Mathematics Education is the US report on the curriculum analysis component of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) which was sponsored by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA). The report summarizes data from the TIMSS curriculum analysis and integrates it with teacher questionnaire data from the US, Japan, and Germany on science and mathematics topic coverage and instructional practices. The authors of A Splintered Vision discuss and provide evidence of the unfocused nature of US mathematics and science curricular intentions, textbooks, and teacher practices. They offer the premise that producers of US textbooks and curriculum guides have attempted to answer calls for curricular reform by adding new content to already existing materials instead of devoting time to restructuring the materials. The authors also suggest that US teachers, inundated with a myriad of competing visions, are attempting to cover all the topics they confront in their resource documents and to meet all the instructional demands placed on them by those with a stake in education. In keeping with the `incremental assembly line' philosophy in American society, US teachers also tend to lean toward a piecemeal approach to education. The authors speculate on what such practices may mean for the mathematics and science achievement of US students. The work is sure to spur discussion among educational researchers, policy makers, and others concerned about the future of mathematics and science education in the US.
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