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  • 1
    ISBN: 9789401140768
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (260p) , online resource
    Edition: Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Education ; Educational sociology. ; International education . ; Comparative education. ; Political science.
    Abstract: This volume consists of selected papers from the 10th Congress of the World Council of Comparative Education Societies. An Editorial Introduction, giving an overview of the contents, is followed by 14 contributions from different parts of the world. The papers examine the themes of equity and transformation in relation to many educational issues including gender equity, globalisation, the erosion of state provision, the growth of free-market approaches, the weakening of theoretical perspectives, the post-colonial heritage and the emancipatory potential of lifelong learning
    Description / Table of Contents: Editorial IntroductionHow Choice Changes the Education System: A Michigan Case Study -- Girls’ Education in Zambia: Everyone’s Responsibility - A Policy Framework for Participatory Process -- Gender Equity in Success at School -- Theoretical Perspectives on Gender in Education: The Case of Eastern and Southern Africa -- The Spectre of Theory in Curriculum for Educational Researchers: A Mexican Example -- Curriculum and Society: Rethinking the Link -- No Matter How Long the Night, the Day is Sure to Come: Culture and Educational Transformation in Post-Colonial Namibia and Post-Apartheid South Africa -- Beyond the Entrepreneurial University: The Potential Role of South Africa’s Historically Disadvantaged Institutions in Reconstruction and Development -- Les systèmes éducatifs à La Réunion et l’île Maurice: Quelle efficacité sociale? -- Discourse, Structure and Practice of Continuing Education: A Comparison between Switzerland and Germany -- Critical Approaches to Lifelong Education -- Lifelong Learning within Higher Education in South Africa: Emancipatory Potential? -- Understanding the Experiences of Beginning Secondary School Teachers -- Postcolonialism and Comparative Education.
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  • 2
    ISBN: 9789401592635
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVI, 316 p) , online resource
    Edition: Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
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    Keywords: Education ; School management and organization. ; School administration.
    Abstract: Universities and colleges have been under severe pressure to expand student numbers in order to fulfill new and more business-like approaches and to raise levels of efficiency and quality. Over the coming years, institutions of higher education will face increasing competition for students and funds, as well as the need to prove their relevance to society and become an integral part of the global information economy of the 21st century. They are confronted with such important questions as: How is higher education meeting this challenge? How far is the pressure for change reflected in the institute's working practices? This volume contains a series of chapters that focus on the institutional dimension of higher education policy. They have been written by researchers from the Center for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS) of the University of Twente (The Netherlands) in collaboration with some of their colleagues from outside the Center and cover a broad range of areas in which the Center has been actively involved over the past 15 years
    Description / Table of Contents: 1 Introduction: Organisational adaptation in higher education2 People on a bridge: Central European higher education institutions in a storm of reform -- 3 Academic staff between threat and opportunity: Changing employment and conditions of service -- 4 Internationalisation as a cause for innovation in higher education: A comparison between European cooperation and the Dutch cross-border cooperation programme -- 5 Assessing institutional change at the level of the faculty: Examining faculty motivations and new degree programmes -- 6 New study programmes at universities: Strategic adaptation versus institutional adjustment -- 7 Budgeting at the institutional level: responding to internal pressures and external opportunities -- 8 Marketisation, hybrid organisations and accounting in higher education -- 9 Hey, big spender! Institutional responsiveness to student demand -- 10 Analysis of institutions of university governance: A classification scheme applied to postwar changes in Dutch higher education -- 11 Institutional change in doctoral education: The graduate school -- 12 Higher education policies and institutional response in Flanders: Instrumental analysis and cultural theory -- 13 Integrating two theoretical perspectives on organizational adaptation.
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  • 3
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    Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands
    ISBN: 9789401592697
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (IX, 441 p) , online resource
    Edition: Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
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    Keywords: Education ; School management and organization. ; School administration. ; Learning, Psychology of. ; International education . ; Comparative education. ; Educational sociology.
    Abstract: The system of vocational and adult education and training in Europe offers young people and adults the opportunity to learn to play an effective part in the workplace and elsewhere in society. Vocational and adult education and training is increasingly seen as crucial to the maintenance of employment, economic growth and the social integration of disadvantaged groups. In an economy and a society which are increasingly based on knowledge and information, these tasks can only increase in importance. This book brings together contributors from different disciplines and the different countries in Europe to look at current developments and debates in the development of European education and training, including the relation between markets and institutions, learning and organisations, different programmes and sectors and the economics of education and training. The book will be of interest to students, researchers and policy makers concerned with the future of education and training in Europe
    Description / Table of Contents: Vocational and Adult Education in Europeto Section 1 -- Skills-based full employment: the latest philosopher’s stone -- Enhancing the Operation of Markets for Vocational Education and Training -- Market and Institutional Patterns in the Development and Activities of the French Vocational Training System -- Reasons and policies to stimulate lifelong learning -- The Future of Vocational Education and Training -- to Section 2 -- Cross Cutting Themes in the Education of VET Professionals in Europe -- Learning in Work Teams as a Tool for Innovation -- How the Learning Organisation Evolves -- VET systems and criteria for effectiveness -- Searching For Educational Quality -- to Section 3 -- Sectoral Strategies of Labour Market Reform -- Evaluation and Decision Making in Swedish Adult Education -- The Role of Distance Learning in Achieving Lifelong Learning for Community Pharmacists -- Bridging the gap between education and work -- Forming an Educational Policy that meets Practical Needs -- to Section 4 -- Enterprise Related Training: A Survey -- Participation of SMEs’ employees in Continuing Training in the Alentejo Region -- Returns of Labour Market Training under Conditions of Recession -- Outcomes of Vocational Education/Training versus General Education -- Functional Literacy Skills of School Leavers in Flanders.
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  • 4
    ISBN: 9789401142533
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XI, 259 p) , online resource
    Edition: Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
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    Keywords: Education ; Educational tests and measurements ; International education . ; Comparative education. ; Learning, Psychology of.
    Abstract: Promoting high standards in education while striving for equal opportunities under the budget constraints - these are the new global objectives of education systems. This book brings together research-based evidence on the effectiveness of major Australian, Dutch, and UK improvement efforts in education at both primary and secondary level, whilst making comparisons with similar US initiatives. The book addresses several major questions in this new environment. Those questions include: how to combat educational disadvantages, how to integrate pupils with special educational needs in regular education, how to implement educational standards initiatives, how to restructure secondary education, how to implement decentralized policy-making, and how to implement a class size reduction initiative? Finally, the authors suggest directions for future research in order to increase our understanding of what works in education and why
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Enduring Problems and Changing Conceptions1.1 Enduring problems -- 1.2 A changing conception of steering -- 1.3 A changing conception of the effective school -- 1.4 A changing conception of evaluation -- 1.5 About this book -- 1.6 References -- 2. Changing Relationships between Centre and Locality in Education -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Deregulation -- 2.3 Privatization -- 2.4 Decentralization -- 2.5 A comparison of differences between areas -- 2.6 References -- 3. The Enhancement of Educational Opportunities of Disadvantaged Children -- 3.1 Prologue -- 3.2 The educational priority policy -- 3.3 The evaluation of the EPP -- 3.4 Recent developments -- 3.5 Epilogue -- 3.6 References -- 4. Integration Policy and Practice -- 4.1 Special education: current situation and main problems -- 4.2 Dutch policymaking concerning integration -- 4.3 The evaluation of the integration policy in The Netherlands -- 4.4 Evaluation -- 4.5 Reflections -- 4.6 References -- 5. The forthcoming Class Size Reduction Initiative -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Context -- 5.3 Conceptual issues -- 5.4 Studies on class size effects -- 5.5 The missing link between class size and achievement -- 5.6 Discussion and implications for future research -- 5.7 References -- 6. Quality and Opportunities in Secondary Education: Implementation and Effects of the Common Core Curriculum -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Theoretical background -- 6.3 Design of the evaluation -- 6.4 Results -- 6.5 Conclusions -- 6.6 References -- 7. Evaluating the Impact of a Raising School Standards Initiative -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 The external evaluation of the project -- 7.3 Action planning: developing action plans -- 7.4 The impact of MBW: Raising School Standards -- 7.5 Conclusions and implications for other standards initiatives -- 7.6 References -- 8. Systemic, Whole-school Reform of the Middle Years of Schooling -- 8.1 The need for reform -- 8.2 Characteristics and needs of young adolescents -- 8.3 Responsive forms of schooling -- 8.4 Strategic intentions -- 8.5 General design elements of a comprehensive school reform model -- 8.6 Translating strategic intentions into action at the school level -- 8.7 References -- 9. Review and Prospects of Educational Effectiveness Research in The Netherlands -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Research reviews -- 9.3 Prospects and new directions -- 9.4 Conclusions -- 9.5 References -- 10. The Future Agenda of Studies into the Effectiveness of Schools -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 The current criticisms of school effectiveness research -- 10.3 ‘Cutting edge’ areas -- 10.4 Conclusions: the end of the beginning -- 10.5 References.
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  • 5
    ISBN: 9789401593076
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XII, 317 p) , online resource
    Edition: Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
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    Keywords: Education ; Science Study and teaching ; Chemistry ; Teachers—Training of. ; Learning, Psychology of. ; Science—Study and teaching. ; Educational technology.
    Abstract: This volume gives an account of the most recent results of research in science education in Europe, based on a selection of papers presented at the First Conference of the European Science Education Research Association held in Rome at the end of 1997. It is an overview of the trends in the different disciplines, such as biology, chemistry, earth science, and physics, as well as in more general subjects, such as science and society, teachers' training, teaching and learning. Compared to the real situation it is a `balanced' picture, adjusted to include similar contributions from all European countries and different fields of research in science education. Consequently, it offers a comparative view of the research activity in countries with different traditions. In these times when all countries have to face problems arising from some inadequacies of their own education systems in relation to the changes that are occurring both at social and technological levels, this book represents a rich and diverse source which can be a starting point of action and reflection for the main actors in the educational system: researchers, policy-makers and teachers
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  • 6
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    Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands | Dordrecht : Imprint: Springer
    ISBN: 9789401142571
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (p. [245]-376)
    Edition: Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
    Keywords: Education ; Educational sociology. ; Learning, Psychology of. ; Education.
    Abstract: This volume, edited by Linda King, brings together contributions on indigenous knowledge, the cultural context of learning and the interplay between so-called `traditional' and `modern' forms of education. Various different communities and cultures are examined, ranging from Egypt to Benin, and from central Brazil to New Caledonia. The contributions bear witness to the extraordinary diversity and richness of educational approaches found in these communities. At the same time, the approach of this volume is to emphasize not so much the exotic nature of otherness and difference, but rather the sense of common humanity which all cultures share with one another and which can lead us to appreciate the universal joy of learning
    Description / Table of Contents: Editorial IntroductionEnfants autochtones et apprentissage: la corporalité comme langage en Amérique du Sud tropicale -- Other Ways to Wisdom: Learning Through the Senses Across Cultures -- Education traditionnelle au Bénin, la place du sacré dans les rites initiatiques -- Community as Classroom: Dilemmas of Valuing African Indigenous Literacy in Education -- Mayan Education in Guatemala: A Pedagogical Model and Its Political Context -- Islamic Versus Western Conceptions of Education: Reflections on Egypt -- New Caledonia: Coutume and Culture in Education/Pierre Clanché -- Learning Through the Soul: Concepts Relating to Learning and Knowledge in the Mayan Cultures of Mexico -- Book Reviews.
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  • 7
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    Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands
    ISBN: 9789401715843
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (III, 252 p) , online resource
    Edition: Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
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    Keywords: Education ; Mathematics ; Mathematics—Study and teaching . ; Learning, Psychology of.
    Abstract: 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. The first part defines, discusses and contrasts psychological, philosophical and didactical issues related to various types of knowledge involved in the learning of mathematics. The second part describes ideas about forms of mathematical knowledge that are important for teachers to know and ways of implementing such ideas in preservice and in-service education. The chapters provide a wide overview of current thinking about mathematics learning and teaching which is of interest for researchers in mathematics education and mathematics educators. Topics covered include the role of intuition in mathematics learning and teaching, the growth from elementary to advanced mathematical thinking, the significance of genres and rhetoric for the learning of mathematics and the characterization of teachers' ways of knowing
    Description / Table of Contents: Intuitions and Schemata in Mathematical ReasoningIntuitive Rules: A Way to Explain and Predict Students’ Reasoning -- Forms of Knowledge in Mathematics and Mathematics Education: Philosophical and Rhetorical Perspectives -- Why Johnny Can’t Prove -- Knowledge Construction and Diverging Thinking in Elementary & Advanced Mathematics -- Beyond Mere Knowledge of Mathematics: The Importance of Knowing-To Act in the Moment -- Conceptualizing Teachers’ Ways of Knowing -- Forms of Knowing Mathematics: What Preservice Teachers Should Learn -- The Transition from Comparison of Finite to the Comparison of Infinite Sets: Teaching Prospective Teachers -- Integrating Academic and Practical Knowledge in a Teacher Leaders’ Development Program.
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  • 8
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    Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands
    ISBN: 9789401592499
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVII, 225 p) , online resource
    Edition: Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
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    Keywords: Curriculum planning ; Education ; Labor economics ; Comparative education. ; International education . ; Education—Curricula. ; Educational technology.
    Abstract: This book takes up the debate about matching vocational education with the labour market and shows progress in terms of theoretical models, tools (transformation and matching processes), and learning environments. The solutions, showing up the need for core or key skills, the necessity of embedding learning skills in authentic and guided learning environments, shows a perspective of research and developmen-tal work to be tested in schools and in workplaces, to find better curricula for a better skilling
    Description / Table of Contents: 1 Bridging the Skills Gap: The Search for Powerful Skills, Tools and Techniques1: Skill Formation -- 2 Scenarios of Work, Technology and Education for the Post-2000 Period -- 3 A Sociological Framework for Analysing Labour-Market Influences on Education -- 4 The Role of Labour Market Programmes in Skill Formation: The Case of Sweden -- 2: Matching Methods and Experiences -- 5 Linking School to Work: Methods for Developing Occupational and Training Profiles -- 6 Bringing the Professional Back in -- 7 Towards a Method for the Formulation of Key Qualifications and Core Problems -- 3: Learning, Skills and Curricula -- 8 Inserting Transferable Skills into the Vocational Curriculum -- 9 Integrated Learning of Complex Qualifications -- 10 Increasing Complexity in Vocational Education -- 11 The Acquisition of Broad Occupational Competence in Vocational Education -- 12 Introducing Integrating Management: The Need for New Performance Requirements.
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  • 9
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    Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands | Dordrecht : Imprint: Springer
    ISBN: 9789401154703
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (2 v. in 1 (xiii, 576 p.)) , ill
    Edition: Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
    Series Statement: New ICMI Studies Series 4
    Keywords: Education ; Mathematics ; Mathematics—Study and teaching . ; Mathematics.
    Abstract: The present book is the result of the reflection of many individuals in mathematics education on this and related questions. Is mathematics education a science? Is it a discipline? In what sense? What is its place within other domains of research and academic disciplines? What accounts for its specificity? In the book, the reader will find a range of possible answers to these questions, a variety of analyses of the actual directions of research in different countries, and a number of visions for the future of research in mathematics education. The book is a result of an ICMI Study, whose theme was formulated as: `What is Research in Mathematics Education and What are Its Results?'. One important outcome of this study was the realization of the reasons for the difficulty of the questions that the study was posing, leading possibly to a set of other questions, better suited to the actual concerns and research practices of mathematics education researchers
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  • 10
    ISBN: 9789401149440
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXVI, 1365 p) , online resource
    Edition: Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
    Series Statement: Kluwer International Handbooks of Education 5
    Series Statement: Springer International Handbooks of Education 5
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
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    Keywords: Education ; Curriculum planning ; School management and organization. ; School administration. ; Education—Curricula.
    Abstract: The International Handbook of Educational Change is a state of the art collection of the most important ideas and evidence of educational change. The book brings together some of the most influential thinkers and writers on educational change. It deals with issues like educational innovation, reform, restructuring, culture-building, inspection, school-review, and change management. It asks why some people resist change and what their resistance means. It looks at how men and women, older teachers and younger teachers, experience change differently. It looks at the positive aspects of change but does not hesitate to raise uncomfortable questions about many aspects of educational change either. It looks critically and controversially at the social, economic, cultural and political forces that are driving educational change. School leaders, system administration, teacher leaders, consultants, facilitators, educational researchers, staff developers and change agents of all kinds will find this book an indispensable resource for guiding them to both classic and cutting-edge understandings of educational change, no other work provides as comprehensive coverage of the field of educational change
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  • 11
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    Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands
    ISBN: 9789401152044
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (274 p) , online resource
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
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    Keywords: Curriculum planning ; Education ; Labor economics ; Education—Curricula. ; Personnel management.
    Abstract: In today's rapidly changing world a constant renewal of knowledge and skills in every human endeavour can be observed. The characteristics of workers and the jobs that they perform have been attended by technological, social, and political change on a global scale. New forms of employment have made work more mobile to an extent never experienced before. An increasing proportion of workers no longer need come to their employer's job site in order to do their work. The instability of employment is creating a new breed of workers who know how to move efficiently from one job to another. As a consequence workers need flexible qualifications to perform jobs. Key qualifications are the answer! Key qualifications provide the key to rapid and effective acquisition of new knowledge and skills. First, qualifications enable workers to react effectively to, and exercise initiative in, changes to their work. Second, qualifications enable workers to shape their own career in a time of diminishing job security, nowadays frequently defined as `employability'
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. The Demarcation Issue: Introduction1: The meaning of key qualifications -- 2. Qualifying for the Future -- 3. The Many Meanings of Occupational Competence and Qualification -- 4. Qualification and Labour Markets: Institutionalisation and Individualisation -- 5. The German ‘Berufsprinzip’ as a Model for Regulating Training Content and Qualification Standards -- 2: Qualification systems and programmes -- 6. The Demarcation Line in Funding for School-Based Vocational Education and Training in the United States -- 7. A Converging System? Explaining Difference in the Academic and Vocational Tracks in England -- 8. New Structures and New Contents in Dutch Vocational Education -- 9. General Versus Vocational Education - Demarcation and Integration -- 3: Key qualifications in research and practice -- 10. Occupational Standards and Business Ethics -- 11. Designing Effective Learning Programs for the Development of a Broad Occupational Competence -- 12. Generic Skills at Work: Implications for Occupationally-Oriented Education -- 13. Competence Based Assessment. Does it Shift the Demarcation Lines? -- 14. The Knowledge and Skills of Economics Graduates and their Significance on the Labour Market -- 4: Reflections -- 15. Moving Beyond Traditional Vocational Education and Training: Emerging Issues -- List of Contributors.
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  • 12
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    Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands
    ISBN: 9789401150323
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XII, 234 p) , online resource
    Edition: Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
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    Keywords: Education ; Science Philosophy ; Mathematics ; Science Study and teaching ; Humanities ; History ; Science—Philosophy. ; Science—Study and teaching. ; Mathematics—Study and teaching .
    Abstract: Constructivism is one of the most influential theories in contemporary education and learning theory. It has had great influence in science education. The papers in this collection represent, arguably, the most sustained examination of the theoretical and philosophical foundations of constructivism yet published. Topics covered include: orthodox epistemology and the philosophical traditions of constructivism; the relationship of epistemology to learning theory; the connection between philosophy and pedagogy in constructivist practice; the difference between radical and social constructivism, and an appraisal of their epistemology; the strengths and weaknesses of the Strong Programme in the sociology of science and implications for science education. The book contains an extensive bibliography. Contributors include philosophers of science, philosophers of education, science educators, and cognitive scientists. The book is noteworthy for bringing this diverse range of disciplines together in the examination of a central educational topic
    Description / Table of Contents: Introductory Comments on Philosophy and Constructivism in Science EducationCognition, Construction of Knowledge, and Teaching -- Constructivism in Science and in Science Education: A Philosophical Critique -- Constructivism Deconstructed -- Constructivism Reconstructed: A Reply to Suchting -- Constructivisms and Relativisms: A Shopper’s Guid -- Constructivisms and Objectivity: Disentangling Metaphysics from Pedagog -- Social Constructivism, the Gospel of Science, and the Teaching of Physics -- Coming to Terms with Radical Social Constructivisms -- Sociology of Scientific Knowledge and Science Educatio -- Reflections on Peter Slezak and the’ sociology of Scientific Knowledge’ -- Educational Constructivism and Philosophy: Some References -- NOTES ON THE CONTRIBUTORS -- NAME INDEX.
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  • 13
    ISBN: 9789401149426
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXV, 1474 p) , online resource
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    Series Statement: Springer International Handbooks of Education 3
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
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    Keywords: Education ; Curriculum planning ; Teachers—Training of. ; Education—Curricula.
    Abstract: Recent years have generated a huge increase in the number of research and scholarly works concerned with teachers and teaching, and this effort has generated new and important insights that are crucial for understanding education today. This handbook provides a host of chapters, written by leading authorities, that review both the major traditions of work and the newest perspectives, concepts, insights, and research-based knowledge concerned with teachers and teaching. Many of the chapters discuss developments that are international in scope, but coverage is also provided for education in a number of specific countries. Many chapters also review contemporary problems faced by educators and the dangers posed by recent, politically-inspired attempts to `reform' schools and school systems. The Handbook provides an invaluable resource for scholars, teacher-educators, graduate students, and all thoughtful persons concerned with the best thinking about teachers and teaching, current problems, and the future of education
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  • 14
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    ISBN: 9789401145404
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVIII, 265 p. 1 illus) , online resource
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    Series Statement: Encyclopedia of Language and Education 2
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    Keywords: Education ; Applied linguistics ; Sociolinguistics ; Social sciences ; Linguistics. ; Humanities. ; International education . ; Comparative education. ; Language and languages—Style.
    Abstract: Literacy is the second volume of the Encyclopedia of Language and Education, the first attempt to overview an area which has emerged as a coherent and exciting field of study in the last two decades. While forming part of a series of eight volumes, Literacy also stands on its own, drawing on some 25 state-of-the-art reviews of current concerns in the study of literacy prepared by leading writers and researchers. The book is organised in four main sections: Reading, Writing, The Social Context of Literacy and Literacy Teaching in Selected Regions. The approach is multidisciplinary, drawing on insights from fields as diverse as anthropology and computer science, sociolinguistics and psychology. The international flavour of the volume is reflected not only in the choice of contributors from eleven different countries but also in the emphasis throughout on the impact of globalization on our understanding of literacy
    Description / Table of Contents: Focus on Reading1. The Reading Process -- 2. The Teaching of Reading -- 3. Reading Skills: Emergent Literacy -- 4. Metalinguistic Skills in Reading Development -- 5. The Development of Literacy Difficulties -- 6. Reading in Multilingual Classrooms. Focus on Writing -- 7. Writing Systems and Orthographies -- 8. The Development of Young Children as Authors -- 9. The Teaching of Writing -- 10. Spelling and Punctuation -- 11. Handwriting -- 12. Writing in Multilingual Classrooms -- Focus on the Social Context of Literacy -- 13. The Social Psychology of Reading -- 14. Functional Literacy -- 15. Social Literacies -- 16. Critical Approaches to Literacy -- 17. Family Literacy -- 18. Adult Literacy -- 19. Sustaining Local Literacies -- 20. IT and Literacy. Focus on Selected Regions -- 21. Literacy Teaching in France -- 22. Literacy Teaching in India -- 23. Literacy Teaching in the Low Countries -- 24. Female Literacy and Life Chances in Rural Nigeria -- 25. Literacy Teaching in Norway.
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  • 15
    ISBN: 9789401154383
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XV, 594 p) , online resource
    Edition: Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
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    Keywords: Education ; Science Study and teaching ; Chemistry ; Educational technology. ; Science—Study and teaching.
    Abstract: Volume 2 of Bold Ventures provides detailed insights about five notable U.S. innovations in science education: California's systemic reform of science education; Project 2061's development of its seminal publications; elementary and middle school teachers' adoption and implementation of Kids Network or Voyage of the Mimi; and Chemistry in the Community's development and uses in high school curricula. These studies comprise U.S. participation in the largest cross-national case study project ever undertaken
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction: Study Background1. Building on Strength: Changing Science Teaching in California Public Schools -- 2. The Different Worlds of Project 2061 -- 3. The Challenges of Bringing the Kids Network to the Classroom -- 4. Science, Technology, and Story: Implementing the Voyage of the Mimi -- 5. ChemCom’s Evolution: Development, Spread, and Adaptation -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Indexes.
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  • 16
    ISBN: 9789401154406
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource , online resource
    Edition: Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
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    Keywords: Education ; Science Study and teaching ; Science—Study and teaching.
    Abstract: 1. Study Background -- The International Project -- The U. S. Studies -- Methodology -- 2. The General Context for Reform -- Why Reform? -- Strategies for Reform -- Roles and Actors -- Dissemination and Definitions of Success -- Micro Forces Shaping Individual Projects -- 3. The Changing Conceptions of Science, Mathematics, and Instruction -- Changes in the Fields of Science and Mathematics -- Changes in School Science and Mathematics -- Operationalizing the Views of Science -- Operationalizing the Views of Mathematics -- Changing Conceptions of Teaching and Learning -- Who Owns School Science and Mathematics in the 1990s? -- 4. The Changing Roles of Teachers -- Traditional Roles of Teachers -- New Roles for Teachers -- Conclusion -- 5. The Changing Conceptions of Reform -- Lessons From Research and Experience -- Systemic Reform -- Standards as Goals for Reform -- Partnerships and Collaboration -- Dissemination Strategies -- Technology Issues -- 6. Underplayed Issues -- Assessment of Student Achievement -- Evaluation of the Innovation Itself -- Issues of Equity and Diversity -- Summary -- 7. Assessing the Implementation of Innovations in Mathematics and Science Education -- The Macro and Micro Innovations -- Tracing Enactments: First Steps -- Adoption of the Innovations -- Enactments: A Closer Look -- Assistance -- Student Perceptions -- Stabilization and Continuation -- Concluding Comments -- Coda: New Paths for Bold Ventures -- A Sobering Heritage of Reform -- Studying Bold Ventures in Real Time -- New Roles and Strategic Alliances -- Systems and Particle Clouds -- How Much Reform, Anyway? -- The Future of the Present -- References.
    Abstract: This book, based on detailed studies of eight innovations in mathematics and science education, has many insights to offer on current school reform. Since each innovation studied has taken its own unique approach, the set as a whole spans the spectrum from curriculum development to systemic reform, from con­ centrating on particular school populations to addressing all of K-12 education. Yet these reform projects share a common context, a world view on what mat­ ters in science and mathematics for students of the 1990s and beyond, convic­ tions about what constitutes effective instruction, and some notions about how school change can be brought about. These commonalities are drawn out in the book and illustrated with examples from the individual case studies that are reported in full in Bold Ventures, Volumes 2 and 3. The eight innovations-all of them projects that are well-known, at least by name, to U. S. audiences-are briefly described in chapter 1. Each was the sub­ ject of an in-depth, three-year case study. The research teams analyzed many documents, attended numerous project meetings, visited multiple sites, conduct­ ed dozens of individual interviews. The team leaders, having spent much time with mathematics or science education over long careers, looked at these reform projects through several lenses; the teams sifted through the mountains of data they had collected in order to tell the story of each project in rich detail.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Study BackgroundThe International Project -- The U. S. Studies -- Methodology -- 2. The General Context for Reform -- Why Reform? -- Strategies for Reform -- Roles and Actors -- Dissemination and Definitions of Success -- Micro Forces Shaping Individual Projects -- 3. The Changing Conceptions of Science, Mathematics, and Instruction -- Changes in the Fields of Science and Mathematics -- Changes in School Science and Mathematics -- Operationalizing the Views of Science -- Operationalizing the Views of Mathematics -- Changing Conceptions of Teaching and Learning -- Who Owns School Science and Mathematics in the 1990s? -- 4. The Changing Roles of Teachers -- Traditional Roles of Teachers -- New Roles for Teachers -- Conclusion -- 5. The Changing Conceptions of Reform -- Lessons From Research and Experience -- Systemic Reform -- Standards as Goals for Reform -- Partnerships and Collaboration -- Dissemination Strategies -- Technology Issues -- 6. Underplayed Issues -- Assessment of Student Achievement -- Evaluation of the Innovation Itself -- Issues of Equity and Diversity -- Summary -- 7. Assessing the Implementation of Innovations in Mathematics and Science Education -- The Macro and Micro Innovations -- Tracing Enactments: First Steps -- Adoption of the Innovations -- Enactments: A Closer Look -- Assistance -- Student Perceptions -- Stabilization and Continuation -- Concluding Comments -- Coda: New Paths for Bold Ventures -- A Sobering Heritage of Reform -- Studying Bold Ventures in Real Time -- New Roles and Strategic Alliances -- Systems and Particle Clouds -- How Much Reform, Anyway? -- The Future of the Present -- References.
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    ISBN: 9789400903418
    Language: English
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    Keywords: Education ; Science Study and teaching ; Science—Study and teaching.
    Abstract: Introduction: Study Background -- 1. Building on Strength: Changing Science Teaching in California Public Schools -- 2. The Different Worlds of Project 2061 -- 3. The Challenges of Bringing the Kids Network to the Classroom -- 4. Science, Technology, and Story: Implementing the Voyage of the Mimi -- 5. ChemCom’s Evolution: Development, Spread, and Adaptation -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Indexes.
    Abstract: This book presents comprehensive results from case studies of five innovations in science education that have much to offer toward understanding current reforms in this field. Each chapter tells the story of a case in rich detail, with extensive documentation, and in the voices of many of the participants-the innovators, the teachers, the students. Similarly, Volume 3 of Bold Ventures pre­ sents the results from case studies of five innovations in mathematics education. Volume 1 provides a cross-case analysis of all eight innovations. Many U.S. readers certainly will be very familiar with the name of at least one if not all of the science innovations discussed in this volume-for example, Project 2061-and probably with their general substance. Much of the education community's familiarity with these arises from the projects' own dissemination efforts. The research reported in this volume, however, is one of the few detailed studies of these innovations undertaken by researchers outside the projects them­ selves. Each of the five studies was a large-scale effort involving teams of researchers over three years. These teams analyzed many documents, attended numerous critical project meetings, visited multiple sites, conducted dozens of individual interviews. The team leaders (Atkin, Huberman, Rowe), having spent much time with science education over long careers, looked at these innovations through many lenses. It was a daunting task for each team to sift through the mountains of detail in order to bring the most compelling themes to the surface.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction: Study Background1. Building on Strength: Changing Science Teaching in California Public Schools -- 2. The Different Worlds of Project 2061 -- 3. The Challenges of Bringing the Kids Network to the Classroom -- 4. Science, Technology, and Story: Implementing the Voyage of the Mimi -- 5. ChemCom’s Evolution: Development, Spread, and Adaptation -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Indexes.
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    ISBN: 9789401144179
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIX, 292 p) , online resource
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    Series Statement: Encyclopedia of Language and Education 3
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    Keywords: Education ; Sociolinguistics ; Social sciences
    Abstract: Oral Discourse and Education examines spoken language as a field of study, looking at the various ways in which we can both theorise the place of talk in education, and examine the way talk is actually done in educational settings. Given the centrality of literacy-based practices in schools, a book focusing on talk brings quite different and important perspectives to the study of education. Talk is something that has all too often been devalued and taken for granted. What becomes evident throughout the papers included in this volume is that talk is of central importance in establishing identities and the cultures in which those identities are located. However, because we are unused to reflexively examining the way we talk, there is a serious disjuncture between what we believe talk should achieve and what can be seen to be achieved in actual talk in educational settings. Anyone interested in teaching should read this book. Becoming more aware of the centrality of talk and what it achieves is important both for enabling us to find ways to bring our ideals more in line with our practices and for being able to recognise and reflect on the ways our talk can be achieving things quite other than what we intend. This book is relevant to teachers at primary, secondary and tertiary levels and for researchers interested in spoken language in educational contexts
    Description / Table of Contents: From the contents: Part One: Theorising TalkPart Two: Oral Language, Culture and Identity -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9789401144193
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVII, 272 p) , online resource
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    Series Statement: Encyclopedia of Language and Education 4
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    Keywords: Education ; Psycholinguistics ; Comparative education. ; International education .
    Abstract: In many parts of the world, it is common for a child to grow up speaking a local language at home, another in the market place, adding another to her repertoire as a lingua franca, and then adding a language of wider communication such as English or French if she continues her formal schooling. The contributions to the volume examine in some detail diverse aspects of second language education, ranging from a focus on the basic contributions of linguistic theory and research to our understanding of second language learning and teaching on the one hand, to a series of reviews of innovative language education practices in selected regions of the world on the other. For the purposes of this volume, second language education has been defined operationally to encompass education which occurs in those settings and situations in which a dominant language is offered as a second language (e.g., ESL in England or the United States whether as a subject of study or a vehicle through which other material is studied), as well as those cases in which an official, but not necessarily dominant, language is mandated (e.g., French or English in certain parts of the Middle East or the Mahgreb). The contributions also focus mainly, albeit not exclusively, on second language education for school-aged learners
    Description / Table of Contents: From the contents: IntroductionPart One: Theoretical Underpinnings -- Part Two: Focus on the Learner.-Part Three: Focus on the Delivery of Instruction -- Part Four: Focus on Professional Preparation -- Part Five: Focus on Selected Regions of the World.
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    ISBN: 9789401155984
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (V, 201 p) , online resource
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    Keywords: Education ; Technology Philosophy ; Humanities ; History ; Vocational education. ; Technology—Philosophy. ; Professional education.
    Abstract: What is the nature of technology? And what is the body of knowledge for technology? Those questions are discussed both in the philosophy of technology and in technology education, but in different ways. Philosophers develop valid concepts of technology and educationalists reflect on the way such concepts can be built up in the minds of pupils and students. Not only the overall concept of technology but also specific concepts within technology are presented both from philosophical and from educational perspectives. This book shows how the philosophy of technology can provide an academic background for the development of technology education. At the same time it helps philosophers to take into account the intuitive ideas people hold in their considerations about the true nature of technology. The texts are adapted versions of papers that were presented at the second Jerusalem International Science and Technology Education Conference held in 1996
    Description / Table of Contents: Shaping Concepts of Technology: What Concepts and How to Shape ThemA. Philosophical Perspectives -- The Roots of Technology and Science: A Philosophical and Historical View -- Science, Technology and Society: A Methodological Perspective -- Thought, Action and Scientific Technology -- Science and Technology as Social Relations -- Knowledge Types in Technology -- The Structure of Technology Knowledge -- B. Mental Images -- Recent Research in Learning Technological Concepts and Processes -- Concept Mapping as a Means of Evaluating Primary School Technology Programmes -- The Value of a Utilitarian Curriculum: The Case of Technological Education -- Reconstructionism in Technology Education -- Conceptual and Procedural Knowledge -- Learning Technological Concepts and Developing Intellectual Skills -- Transforming Engineering Concepts for Technical and Vocational Teacher Education.
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    ISBN: 9789401155182
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (152p) , online resource
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    Keywords: Education ; International education . ; Comparative education.
    Abstract: This book contains papers on the theme of Education, Democracy and Development. The close inter-relationships between these three concepts, and the tensions as well as synergies which exist between them, have certainly been explored many times in the past. However this does not make reconsideration any the less important, particularly in the current context. Indeed, with the break-up of the Soviet bloc, both existing countries released from their yokes and new countries carved out of the collapse of the Soviet Union find themselves in positions in which fundamental questions about inter-relationships between Education, Democracy and Development are, once again, of the utmost importance. Their intense interest in the theme has been infectious in Western countries where scholars and politicians have been reminded of their importance in rapidly changing circumstances
    Description / Table of Contents: Education, Democracy and Development in a Period of Revolutionary ChangeVisions of Educational Development in the Post-Socialist Era -- The Policy of School Autonomy and the Reform of Educational Administration: Hungarian Changes in an East European Perspective -- Schooling in Modern Europe; Exploring Major Issues and Their Ramifications -- Educational Quality and the Crisis of Educational Research -- Luttes enseignantes, luttes étudiantes et processus de démocratie en Afrique noire -- Education, Democracy and Development in Latin America -- Education, Democracy and Colonial Transition: The Case of Hong Kong -- Questioning Power Structures and Competitiveness in Didactic Pedagogy -- Notes on Contributors.
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    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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    Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands | Dordrecht : Imprint: Springer
    ISBN: 9789401148863
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xii, 820 p) , ill
    Edition: Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
    Keywords: Education ; Public health ; Medical Education ; Medical education. ; Public health.
    Abstract: The Ottawa conferences, which are well known in the field of medical education, are interesting to both researchers and teachers because of the quality of the papers presented. This book gives an overview of the most recent advances in medical education in more than 20 countries. Such themes as continuing medical education, faculty development, information technology, standardized patients, and innovations in assessment are among those highlighted. Name and subject indexes are provided for quick and easy reference
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    Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands
    ISBN: 9789401145336
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVII, 301 p) , online resource
    Edition: Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
    Series Statement: Encyclopedia of Language and Education 6
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    Keywords: Education ; Applied linguistics ; Psycholinguistics
    Abstract: This book contains a collection of more than twenty state-of-the-art overviews of a variety of aspects of language awareness and the role of metalinguistic knowledge in language development and education. The contributions come from more than a dozen countries and offer a balanced perspective on a range of topics, including first and second language acquisition, classroom talk, language use in the multicultural work place, translation, Esperanto, whole language, historical perspectives from the UK and the Netherlands, critical pedagogy, the education of language teachers, the teaching of grammar, phonology, and writing, and others. In all, the book offers a comprehensive perspective on metalinguistic knowledge and processes, and presents a coherent argument for building an element of language awareness into the language curriculum at all educational levels
    Description / Table of Contents: From the contents: IntroductionPart One: Historical and Theoretical Issues -- Part Two: Knowledge about Language and the Langauge Learner -- Part Three: Knowledge about Language, the Curriculum and the Classroom -- Part Four: Teacher Development -- Part Five: Critical Language Awareness -- Index.
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    Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands | Dordrecht : Imprint: Springer
    ISBN: 9789401145312
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xiv, 319 p)
    Edition: Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
    Series Statement: Encyclopedia of Language and Education 5
    Keywords: Education ; Psycholinguistics ; Sociolinguistics ; Education. ; Sociolinguistics. ; Psycholinguistics.
    Abstract: This volume provides a comprehensive account of the implementation of bilingual education programs in countries throughout the world. Bilingual programs have been implemented to achieve a variety of educational and social goals in different contexts. Some programs are intended to support the maintenance of national minority languages or to revitalize languages whose long-term survival is threatened; others aim to help recent immigrants succeed academically while making the transition to instruction taught primarily through the majority language of the society. In addition, bilingual programs have been used to teach additional languages to students from the majority or dominant language group. Similar theoretical principles underlie the development of bilingual conversational and academic skills in all these diverse contexts. For academics, graduate students, and policy-makers, this volume clearly outlines the social and educational goals that can be achieved through bilingual education. It also highlights the need to take account of the complex political context of inter-group relationships within which bilingual programs are inevitably embedded
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    Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands | Dordrecht : Imprint: Springer
    ISBN: 9780585345871
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xix, 214 p) , ill
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    Series Statement: Innovations in Science Education and Technology 3
    Keywords: Education ; Computer science ; Education. ; Computer science.
    Abstract: Based on the author's experience using computers and multimedia in teaching large, multisection courses, this groundbreaking text demonstrates how teaching professionals at all levels of instruction can use `paperless' electronic dialoguing to dramatically improve classroom instruction. The book explains how to employ such tools as: hypertext, animation, morphs, CAD, and virtual reality interactive strategies using of e-mail `self-regulation', a means of enhancing students'independence and efficiency and `intranets', networks that are off the Web but operate on the same basic principle
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    ISBN: 9789400903395
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIII, 376 p) , online resource
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    Keywords: Education ; Mathematics ; Science Study and teaching ; Educational tests and measurements ; Science—Study and teaching. ; Mathematics—Study and teaching .
    Abstract: Volume 3 of Bold Ventures provides detailed insights about three notable U.S. innovations in mathematics education: the development, dissemination and use of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Standards; a `grassroots' effort by teachers to develop and spread Contemporary Precalculus; and the Urban Mathematics Collaboratives' strategies for meeting the professional development needs of inner-city teachers. These cases were part of the United States participation in the largest cross national case study project ever undertaken
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction: Study Background1. Setting the Standards: NCTM’s Role in the Reform of Mathematics Education -- 2. Teaching and Learning Cross-Country Mathematics: A Story of Innovation in Precalculus -- 3. The Urban Mathematics Collaborative Project: A Study of Teacher, Community, and Reform -- Acronyms and Abbreviations.
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    ISBN: 9789401100878
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (220p) , online resource
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    Keywords: Education ; International education . ; Comparative education.
    Abstract: The nature of education is changing radically throughout the world. It is increasingly becoming a lifelong process in which the most important learning happens in the post-school years, outside the traditional educational institutions. The human life cycles have shifted their boundaries, technology is progressing with ever-increasing speed, and the social demand for education is continually expanding: all this means that lifelong learning has taken on a new urgency. Lifelong Education elucidates these far-reaching changes by bringing together 17 distinguished contributions, drawn from many countries, that address a wide range of issues, including changing patterns of employment, the interrelationship between education and social structures, differing views on the role of the state, and the emergence of a `biographical' approach, in which education becomes a process of shaping one's own life story. The contributions analyze the various patterns of lifelong education within different national contexts, from Sweden to Sub-Saharan Africa, from Argentina to Poland. Audience: Practitioners, researchers and planners. The book provides a wealth of valuable insights into the nature and direction of the changes occurring in lifelong education, addressing a cross-section of the vast field, taking soundings, and raising key questions
    Description / Table of Contents: Editorial IntroductionThe Politics of Adjustment and Lifelong Education: The Case of Argentina -- Positive Discrimination in Education: Its Justification and a Chilean Example -- Formation des enseignants dans une perpective d’éducation permanente au Bénin -- Quelques facteurs sociaux agissant sur la formation permanente et l’éducation informelle en Algérie -- Recurrent Education Policy in Sweden: A Moving Target -- Le conte africain: l’univers de l’oralité dans le système de l’enseignement -- Lifelong Education in China: New Policies and Activities -- The “Biographical Question” as a Challenge to Adult Education -- Histoires de vie et formation de nouveaux savoirs vitaux -- Educational Challenges to Poland at the Time of Transition -- L’école de la vie -- Alphabétisation conscientisante comme base d’une éducation permanente -- Patterns of Lifelong Education in Japan -- L’homme de la réponse et l’homme de la question -- L’éducation permanente: principe révolutionnaire et pratiques conservatrices -- Lifelong Learning: The Dialectics of “Lifelong Educations” -- Lifelong Learners in the Literature: A Bibliographical Survey -- Notes on Contributors.
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