Understanding Key Education Issues

Understanding Key Education Issues
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 181
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ISBN-10 : 9781351977166
ISBN-13 : 1351977164
Rating : 4/5 (66 Downloads)

Synopsis Understanding Key Education Issues by : Matthew Lynch

In this age of education innovation and reform, schools must evolve and react to current policy trends. This accessible book offers research-based insights into six key educational trends and issues that are impacting K–12 learning today: year-round schooling, assessments, educating minorities, anti-intellectualism, issues of social promotion and retention, and school design. Each chapter unpacks research and policy issues relating to these topics and provides administrators with practical advice on how they should approach these issues to improve learning in their schools. The ideas and strategies in Understanding Key Education Issues will help educators across the country achieve greater efficiency, better results, and a higher purpose.

Understanding Key Education Issues

Understanding Key Education Issues
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 157
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ISBN-10 : 9781351977173
ISBN-13 : 1351977172
Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Synopsis Understanding Key Education Issues by : Matthew Lynch

This accessible book offers research-based insights into six key educational trends and issues that are impacting the K-12 learning today: year-round schooling, assessments, educating minorities, anti-intellectualism, issues of social promotion and retention, and school design.

Understanding Contemporary Education

Understanding Contemporary Education
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 435
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ISBN-10 : 9781317193593
ISBN-13 : 1317193598
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis Understanding Contemporary Education by : Tom O'Donoghue

Understanding Contemporary Education offers an essential exploration of key concepts and issues in education that will allow education studies students, as well as trainee and practising teachers to engage in reflection, not only on work at the classroom level, but on education more broadly. Using detailed examples, the book problematises many popular and taken-for-granted views, allowing the reader to challenge and seriously consider the nature of the education enterprise. In each chapter, a concept is carefully considered, with major features, controversies, and strengths and weaknesses highlighted. Key follow-up questions challenge the reader to reflect on specific issues, and encourage involvement, not just in their own teaching, but in the planning and determination of the total programme of their school, and where possible, that of the nation. The book is divided into seven main parts: The Social Context of Education Education Policy Curriculum Teaching and Learning Leadership in Education Teacher Preparation International Developments in Education. Drawing upon a wide variety of theoretical positions, Understanding Contemporary Education provides an accessible introduction to key themes and concepts in education, challenging readers to fully consider the purpose of education and to reflect intelligently on issues that affect all schools. It is a must-read book for those on education studies courses, as well as trainee and practising teachers.

Key Issues In Special Education

Key Issues In Special Education
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 180
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ISBN-10 : 9781134258338
ISBN-13 : 113425833X
Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Synopsis Key Issues In Special Education by : Michael Farrell

Considerable challenges can face all those involved in teaching children with special educational needs. Complex policy and legislation, bureaucracy, inspection and limited resources can all appear difficult obstacles to those seeking to provide effective tuition. In this highly practical book, Michael Farrell unpicks and clarifies the role of educational standards in today's schools. Drawing extensively on detailed, real-life case studies, he closely explores such issues as: the definition of standards, identifying and providing for special educational needs, assessment and benchmarking, curriculum provision and target-setting, the role of the Code of Practice. Special educational needs coordinators, senior managers in schools and students completing initial training courses will find this an invaluable resource, which effortlessly simplifies an often complicated process.

Key Issues in Special Educational Needs and Inclusion

Key Issues in Special Educational Needs and Inclusion
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Publisher : SAGE
Total Pages : 254
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ISBN-10 : 9781473943766
ISBN-13 : 1473943760
Rating : 4/5 (66 Downloads)

Synopsis Key Issues in Special Educational Needs and Inclusion by : Alan Hodkinson

Understanding and engaging critically with the field of special educational needs and disability (SEND) is a difficult task. However, the new edition of this bestselling book continues to help students contextualize SEND in relation to historical, ideological and political developments as well as support them in developing a critical understanding of the complexities associated with inclusion. Completely up to date with recent legislation such as the SEND Code of Practice (2014) there are case studies, reflections and activities which will help students question practice they have seen and experienced. Covering the 0-25 age range this book is suitable for all those working with children and young people across education, health and social work.

Key Issues in Education and Social Justice

Key Issues in Education and Social Justice
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Publisher : SAGE
Total Pages : 177
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ISBN-10 : 9781849208116
ISBN-13 : 1849208115
Rating : 4/5 (16 Downloads)

Synopsis Key Issues in Education and Social Justice by : Emma Smith

This book focuses on educational experience as a lifelong and society-wide issue. The author draws on research, policy, and contemporary thinking in the field to provide a comprehensive guide to the educational inequalities that may exist and persist throughout an individual's educational course. Providing an international perspective on different ethnic, gender, and social groups, the book covers a broad range of issues, including:theoretical, policy, and research developments; inequalities that may exist during the years of schooling; government policy; and beyond the school classroom.

Key Issues in Education Policy

Key Issues in Education Policy
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Publisher : SAGE Publications
Total Pages : 201
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ISBN-10 : 9781847874665
ISBN-13 : 1847874665
Rating : 4/5 (65 Downloads)

Synopsis Key Issues in Education Policy by : Stephen Ward

This work looks at state involvement in education and education policy. It explains the role of education policy in the context of the general direction of government policy, politics and the economy.

Key Issues in Early Years Education

Key Issues in Early Years Education
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 213
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ISBN-10 : 9781135271060
ISBN-13 : 1135271062
Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Synopsis Key Issues in Early Years Education by : Sandra Smidt

Key Issues in Early Years Education is the second edition of The Early Years: A Reader. This essential text for students and professionals is unique in its range of voices and topics and in its determination to see the child as central to learning and development. As in the first edition it not only has chapters written by key figures in the field of early childhood education and care but also by students on a range of early childhood programmes. Notable key figures from the first edition have been added including Helen Penn, Henrietta Dombey, Hilary Faust and Charmian Kenner. Rosemary Nalden, who is involved in significant work with children in South Africa, has added her voice to give us examples of children acting both as learners and teachers. This fully revised collection is a comprehensive investigation into the key issues in early years education which: provides a blend of real life examples and theory, drawn from a diversity of early childhood settings and classes is written in an accessible voice brings theory to life by linking it with practice examines how children explore, express and represent their worlds. Many of the original sections have been revised and updated to take account of changes to the education system over the last decade. Two new sections in this edition are Children as Thinkers and Problem-Solvers and Learning: A Second Chance, which looks at adults learning something new and considers the similarities and differences that might exist between them and children. This fascinating and highly readable book will be of interest to teachers, practitioners, students and anyone concerned with the care and education of our youngest children.

Understanding Education and Economics

Understanding Education and Economics
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 124
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ISBN-10 : 0429020937
ISBN-13 : 9780429020933
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Synopsis Understanding Education and Economics by : Jessie A. Bustillos Morales

"Understanding Education and Economics explores the multiple ways in which the field of education and schooling has become closely aligned with economic imperatives and interests, and the impact of this on learning and teaching. In particular, the increasing influence of economic arguments, economic ideologies and government involvement in education have made apparent that there is a need to reflect and talk about economic influences and trends in education"--

Developing Technology-rich Teacher Education Programs

Developing Technology-rich Teacher Education Programs
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 625
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ISBN-10 : 1466600160
ISBN-13 : 9781466600164
Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Synopsis Developing Technology-rich Teacher Education Programs by : Drew Polly

"This book offers professional teacher educators a rare opportunity to harvest the thinking of pioneering colleagues spanning dozens of universities, and to benefit from the creativity, scholarship, hard work, and reflection that led them to the models they describe"--Provided by publisher.