Based on a large-scale international study of teachers in Los Angeles, Chicago, Ontario, and New York, this book illustrates the ways increased use of high-stakes standardized testing is fundamentally changing education in the US and Canada with a negative overall impact on the way teachers teach and students learn. Standardized testing makes understanding students' strengths and weaknesses mor…
Introduction; Nel Noddings -- This Handbook; Helen E Lees -- Section 1: Thinking Differently -- Chapter 1: The Mind of the Educator; Kris De Meyer; Chapter 2: an ordinary day; Philipp Klaus -- Chapter 3: Mother Nature’s Pedagogy: How Children Educate Themselves; Peter Gray -- Chapter 4: Using the Future in Education: Creating Space for Openness, Hope and Novelty; Keri Facer -- Chapter 5: Prom…
The New Flagship University is an expansive vision for leading national universities and an alternative narrative to global rankings and World Class Universities. The Flagship model explores pathways for universities to re-shape their missions and operational features to expand their relevancy in the societies that gave them life and purpose.
Chapter 1. History and Future of National College Entrance Exam (NCEE) in China -- Chapter 2. Data collection and methodology -- Chapter 3. School effects on student NCEE achievement -- Chapter 4. Household inputs and Education equity -- Chapter 5. Summary and Policy Suggestions.This book focuses on the National College Entrance Exam (NCEE), an important measurement of education quality in Chin…
Introduction: Making it Different: Education, Equity, Economy by George W. Noblit & William T. Pink -- Part I: Recognition -- Nourishing Learning, Nurturing Culture, Cultivating Justice by Francesca Gobbo -- Re-thinking Teacher Quality in High Poverty Schools in Australia by Bruce Burnett & Jo Lampert -- Recognizing and Controlling the Social Costs of Parental School Choice by Janne Varjo, Mira…
Introduction -- Chapter 1. Cultural and Educational Traditions in the MENA Region -- Chapter 2. Education in a Globalised Knowledge Economy -- Chapter 3. Educational Challenges in the Arab World -- Chapter 4. Structure and Agency in the MENA Region - Theoretical Perspectives -- Chapter 5 -- Modernism Confronts Tradition -- Chapter 6. Reflections on the End of History -- Chapter 7. Bridging the …
List of Tables -- Preface -- Chapter 1:The Birth of the Education President: From local control to Common Core -- Chapter 2: The Dangers of Waivers: How the Obama administration nationalized education policy -- Chapter 3: Common Core Standards: A bridge too far? -- Chapter 4: Shall This Too Pass? Education Reform in the Obama Era and Beyond -- References. .This book offers a sophisticated overv…
Is the current industrial model of schooling capable of preparing young people for modern working life? This book provides an unsettling picture of the challenges young people face following the uncertainty of the Global Financial Crisis. It asks whether teachers and schooling are able to provide the skills needed in a contemporary global economy.
Introduction -- 1. Overview of Economic Reasoning and Terminology -- 2. Student Investment in Higher Education -- 3. Private and Social Returns to Higher Education -- 4. Demand and Supply in Higher Education -- 5. The Role of Government in Higher Education -- 6. Higher Education Revenues and Expenditures -- 7. Competition and Production in Higher Education -- 8. Labor Economics and Higher Educa…
1. Summary of Key Findings -- 2. Introduction -- 3. Overview of the Structures of the Early Childhood Education and Care Systems in the Participating Countries.-4. Public Policy -- 5. Delivery Models and Providers -- 6. Participation and Enrollment -- 7. Supporting Quality in ECE -- 8. Expectations for Child Outcomes, Assessment and Reporting -- 9. Individual Country Profiles -- 10. Final Refle…