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Education Matters: Global Schooling Gains from the 19th to the 21st Century
(Oxford University Press, 2015)
Education has significant and far-reaching effects not only on individuals, but also on the societies in which they live and to which they contribute. The education level of a population affects how a country supports ...
Institutions of Education: then and today
(Brill Academic Publishers, 2010)
Education can be defined as a process of socialization, whereby indi-viduals learn to participate in the institutions of society. Since institu-tions are continuously developing, education is a life-long experience that ...
Slow reading in a hurried age
(Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2013)
Why should you read a book? Many millions of people in the world can’t read, and of those who can, very few read books regularly. It’s easy to fi ll the day (when you’re not working, doing chores, or talking to friends, ...
A Beginner's Guide to Scientific Method , 4th Edition
(Cengage Learning, 2011)
This concise yet comprehensive guide provides an introduction to the scientific method of inquiry. You will not only learn about the proper conduct of science but also how to recognize and question factors such as ...
The Separation Solution? Single-Sex Education and the New Politics of Gender Equality
(University of California Press, 2016)
Since the 1990s, there has been a resurgence of interest in single-sex education across the United States, and many public schools have created all-boys and all-girls classes for students in grades K through 12. The ...
The Nature of Race: How Scientists Think and Teach about Human Difference
(University of California Press, 2011)
Americans think "race" means? What determines one's race--appearance, ancestry, genes, or culture? How do education, government, and business influence our views on race? To unravel these complex questions, Ann Morning ...
A Learning Community in the Primary Classroom
(Taylor & Francis, 2010)
This richly detailed description and analysis of exemplary teaching in the primary grades looks at how a teacher establishes her classroom as a collaborative learning community, how she plans curriculum and instruction ...
Teaching for Student Learning: Becoming an Accomplished Teacher
(Taylor & Francis, 2010)
Teaching for Student Learning: Becoming an Accomplished Teacher shows teachers how to move from novice to expert status by integrating both research and the wisdom of practice into their teaching. It emphasizes how ...
Transnationalizing Social Justice Education: InterAmerican Frameworks for Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century
(University of Massachusetts - Amherst, 2016)
Social Justice Education currently uses mostly U.S.-based theories and concepts, and it often relies upon nation-specific historical legacies and nation-centric contemporary understandings of patterns of inequality. This ...
Synergy Between Digital and Traditional Literacy Practices: A Framework for Building a Reading Culture in a Secondary School
(University of Massachusetts - Amherst, 2016)
Integration of digital technologies into the English classroom requires that we rethink pedagogical frameworks within which education occurs. This study examines traditional and digital literacy practices in a high school ...