This book investigates the integration of literary writing into work based or business writing. It proposes ways of how to help people with considerable work experience use literature to engage with the problems they face in their work. Many people like to read for pleasure, but their skills in reading could always be improved. This book makes an original contribution to the fields of education…
Acknowledgement -- Foreword by Robert Yager -- Introduction -- Imaginative Thinking in Science and Science Education -- Engagement and Aesthetic Experience in Science Education -- Teaching for Romantic Understanding -- Narrative Thinking and Storytelling in Science Education -- Creative Science Education -- Wonder-full” Science Education -- “Artistic” Science Education -- Appendices.This …
Chapter 1: The rhetoric–reality gap -- Chapter 2: Facing the future -- Chapter 3: Getting to know Giddens: Structuration as as ontological framework -- Chapter 4: Putting Giddens into practice -- Chapter 5: The state of play -- Chapter 6: The rhetoric and the reailty -- Chapter 7:The dance of the 'duality of structure ad agency’ -- Chapter 8: Ideology and ontological security -- Chapter 9…
Pedagogical Strategies for Challenging Students' World Views -- The Politics of ‘Being’: Faculty of Color Teaching to Social Justice in the College Classroom -- Social Justice: Reframing Social Justice for the Adult Learner -- Equity in the Online Classroom: Adolescent to Adult -- Dear White Teacher...Instructional Strategies to Inform Pre-Service Teachers Regarding Equitable Practices in t…
An Introduction to Simulations as Scaffolds in Science Education -- Computer Simulations on a Multidimensional Continuum: A Definition and Examples -- Distinctions between Computer Simulations and Other Technologies for Science Education -- Inquiry-based Science Education and Problem Based Learning: Motivations, Objectives, and Challenges Relevant to Computer Simulations -- Scaffolding Science …
1. Teachers and Students as Co-Learners -- 2. Student-Student Interaction -- 3. Learner Autonomy -- 4. SCL via the prism of the element of Focus on Meaning -- 5. Curricular Integration -- 6. Diversity -- 7. Thinking Skills -- 8. Alternative Assessment -- 9. Learning Climate -- 10. Simple, powerful strategies for enhancing student Motivation -- Conclusion. .This book reminds us teachers about …
Overview: Overall Goals When Writing Grant Applications -- Organization and Use of This Guide -- Preparing to Write -- Types of NIH Grants -- Anatomy of the NIH Grant Application -- Organization and Aesthetics -- Specific Aims -- Background and Significance -- Preliminary Results -- Research Design and Methods -- Use of Literature Citations -- Use of Appendices -- Administrative Sections -- Col…
Heuristics and Taxonomy -- A Cognitive Domain Example: Reading -- Psychomotor Domain -- Affective Domain -- Interpersonal Domain -- Suggestions for the Integration of Technology -- Summary.The purpose of this volume is to help educators and training developers to improve the quality of their instruction. Unlike other books, which have appeared so far, this volume is not limited to a particular …
Calculators in Mathematics Education: A Rapid Evolution of Tools, with Differential Effects -- A Cas as an Assistant to Reasoned Instrumentation -- Transposing Computer Tools from the Mathematical Sciences into Teaching -- The Influence of a Computer Algebra Environment on Teachers’ Practice -- Using Symbolic Calculators to Study Mathematics -- An Instrumental Approach to Mathematics Learning…
Preface -- Chapter 1: Towards a critical understanding to the best practices of ICT in K-12 education in global context -- Chapter 2: How teachers and students depict interactive whiteboards and tablet PCs in a 9th grade classroom? -- Chapter3: A qualitative case study of tablet use in a high school in turkey -- Chapter 4: Teaching and learning effectiveness enhancement project “TLEEP” -- C…