Archive for the ‘Education Research’ Category
Diverse Methodologies in the Study of Music Teaching and Learning
Product DescriptionA volume in Advances in Music Education Research Series Editors Linda K. Thompson, Lee University and Mark Robin Campbell, SUNY at Potsdam Diverse Methodologies in the Study of Music Teaching and Learning brings to the music research community an expansive collection of distinct and varied studies, reflecting a broad range of topics based on the authors’ interests and experiences. Methodologies exemplified in the collection offer readers insight into the design and conduct of a whole range of distinctive research approaches: from personal narrative to speech-act theory, from social analysis of institutional practices and traditions to children-as-researchers, from case studies of learning to critical analysis o. . . More >>
Diverse Methodologies in the Study of Music Teaching and Learning
Education Research in the Public Interest: Social Justice, Action, And Policy
Product DescriptionGloria Ladson-Billings and William F. Tate argue that education scholars can and must undertake work that speaks to the pressing public issues related to education. In this volume, they are joined by renowned educators who have a reputation for engaging public interests and public policy in powerful and provocative ways. Together, they address such important issues as zero-tolerance policies, language-minority students, multicultural education, school reform, teaching for social justice, educational inquiry, curriculum, assessment, and much more. This compelling collection challenges policymakers and the public to take a greater hand in creating a quality education for all students. . . . More >>
Education Research in the Public Interest: Social Justice, Action, And Policy
Program Evaluation in Language Education
Product DescriptionEvaluation is a way of understanding and developing language programs: the thematic and background section sets out the decision-making, quality management, and learning functions of evaluation. Case studies illustrate the diversity of evaluation contexts, functions and approaches, documenting the ways in which evaluation processes and outcomes inform and facilitate program development, and contribute to explaining how language and teacher education programs constitute opportunities for learning. The ways in which evaluation practice can be researched and developed to maximize policy, institutional and program effectiveness is included, and a comprehensive set of resources for those commissioning, undertaking o. . . More >>
What Do We Know About Early Childhood Education?: A Research Based Practice
Product DescriptionCurrent and future teachers will find great value in this publication as they work to base their early childhood education practice on scientifically based research, a requirement of the federal No Child Left Behind Act. It introduces the reader to early childhood research resources, explores general guidelines for evaluating and interpreting research reports, and challenges readers to apply the findings to educational practice. The reader also will benefit from summarized research findings related to such critical topics as grade retention, half-day versus full-day kindergarten, academic redshirting, class size, discipline, and readiness. The conversational format with questions interspersed throughout helps m. . . More >>
What Do We Know About Early Childhood Education?: A Research Based Practice
Action Research in Education (2nd Edition)
New Mathematics Education Research and Practice
Product DescriptionMathematics education research has blossomed into many different areas which we can see in the programmes of the ICME conferences as well as in the various survey articles in the Handbooks. However, all of these lines of research are trying to grapple with a common problem, the complexity of the process of learning mathematics. Although our knowledge of the process is more extensive and deeper despite the fragmented nature of research in this area, there is still a need to overcome this fragmentation and to see learning as one process with different aspects. To overcome this fragmentation, this book identifies six themes: (1) mathematics, culture and society, (2) the structure of mathematics and its influence . . . More >>
Handbook of Child Development and Early Education: Research to Practice
Product Description How and what should young children be taught? What emphasis should be given to emotional learning? How do we involve families? Addressing these and other critical questions, this authoritative volume brings together developmentalists and early educators to discuss what an integrated, developmentally appropriate curriculum might look like across the preschool and early elementary years. State-of-the-science work is presented on brain development and the emergence of cognitive, socioemotional, language, and literacy skills in 3- to 8-year-olds. Drawing on experience in real-world classrooms, contributors describe novel, practical approaches to promoting school readiness, tailoring instruction to children’s le. . . More >>
Handbook of Child Development and Early Education: Research to Practice
Contributions from Science Education Research
Product DescriptionIn August 2005, over 500 international researchers from the field of science education met at the 5th European Science Education Research Association conference in Barcelona, Spain. Two of the main topics at this conference were: the decrease in the number of students interested in school science and concern about the worldwide outcomes of studies on students’ scientific literacy. At the conference, over 400 papers were presented, covering a wide range of topics relevant to science education research, such as evidence-based practice, teachers’ professional development, the role of ICT and multimedia, formal and informal learning environments, and argumentation and modelling in science education. This volu. . . More >>
An Elusive Science: The Troubling History of Education Research
Product DescriptionSince its beginnings at the start of the 20th century, educational scholarship has been a marginal field, criticized by public policy makers and relegated to the fringes of academe. An Elusive Science explains why, providing a critical history of the traditions, conflicts, and institutions that have shaped the study of education over the past century. . . . More >>
An Elusive Science: The Troubling History of Education Research
Mayan Doomsday Prophecy
*** Product Description See how Maya – Masters of Time – using his enormous knowledge in astronomy to predict the future – and predicted that the world ends on 21 December 2012! At least, that the time predicted by the Mayans over two thousand years. DECODING THE PAST peels the layers of mystery and examine in detail how the Mayans calculated the exact date of doomsday. Travel back to the ancient city of Chichen Itza, the center of Mayan civilization in the heart of the Yucatan Peninsula. The Maya were legendary astronomers and timekeepers – their calendar is more accurate than ours. By following the stars and planets they assigned great meaning to astronomical phenomena and there is extraordinary. . . More>>