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Title Routledge international companion to education / edited by Bob Moon, Miriam Ben-Peretz and Sally Brown.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Internet  WORLD WIDE WEB E-BOOK EBSCO    Downloadable
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Description 1 online resource (xv, 1006 pages) : illustrations
Series Ingram Digital E-books (T & F), 2008-2014.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Philosophy of education / N.C. Burbules -- Exploring theory and practice in moral education / D. Carr -- Theories of cognitive development and learning and their implications for curriculum development and teaching / S. Strauss -- Cognition and teaching / R. White -- Learning / C. Desforges -- Has classroom teaching served its day? / D. McIntyre -- How is language used as a medium for classroom education / N. Mercer -- The economics and resourcing of education / M.C. Tsang -- Are we post-modern yet? : historical and theoretical explorations in comparative education / E.E. Gottlieb -- The conduct and appraisal of educational research / R.E. Floden -- Educational policy-making and analysis : diverse viewpoints / R. Deem, P. Murphy -- Understanding European didactics / B.B. Gundem -- From testing in assessment : current issues and future prospects / H. Torrance -- Administration and management in education : theory and practice / T. Bush -- Fundamental shifts in schooling : implications for principal leadership / C. Hausman, J. Murphy -- School governance : educational excellence as shared aspiration / J. Nixon -- School effectiveness and school improvement : past, present and future / D. Reynolds, C. Teddlie -- Community education through the twentieth century / C. Fletcher.
Standards : what are they, what do they do, and where do they live? / D. Wiliam -- Learning support for pupils in mainstream schools : policy context and practical implications / S. Riddell -- Home learning and school-learning in the twentieth-first century / A. Macbeth -- Peace education : a review and projection / B.A. Reardon -- Feminism and education / M. Grumet, K. McCoy -- Dappled and irrepressible : the kaleidoscope of multiculturalism in education / D. Kalekin-Fishman -- Multiculturalism : one view from the United States of America / S.L. Melnick -- Anti-racism : from policy to praxis / D. Gillborn -- Environmental education : a time for re-visioning / C. Oulton, W. Scott -- Environmental education in changing times / I. Robinson -- The new environment of media education / O. Boyd-Barrett -- Health education and the health-promoting school : addressing the drugs issue / K. Tones, J. Green -- Computers in classrooms : learners and teachers in new roles / A. Chronaki.
Early childhood education throughout the world / Patricia P. Olmstead -- Primary education / Jill Bourne -- Secondary school: a tense stasis in function and form / Anna Ershler Richert, Kristin Donaldson Geiser, and David M. Donahue -- New perspectives on the evolution of secondary school education in the U.K. / Roy Lowe -- Learning along the way: the evolution of adult and continuing education / Steven Weiland -- Adult education: social movements or public service / Tom Steele -- Understanding education and work: themes and issues / Murray Saunders -- Higher education in a context of change / Tony Becher -- Technology in higher education: altering the goalposts / Robin Mason -- Teacher education: from initial preparation to continuing professional development / Sharon Feiman-Nemser and Patricia J. Norman -- The open learning environment: a new paradigm for international developments in teacher education / Bob Moon -- Mother tongue teaching / Jenny Leach.
Reading: literacy and beyond / Bridie Raban -- Mathematics at the core of the educational process / Pearla Nesher -- Science education: have enquiry-oriented science curricula failed? / Pinchas Tamir -- The past, present, and future of history teaching in schools / Tony Taylor -- Expertise and the teaching of history / Richard J. Paxton and Sam Wineburg -- What is the purpose of teaching geography in school? / Simon Catling -- Civic/citizenship education and the social studies in the United States of America / Mary Jane Turner and Scott M. Richardson -- Civics and moral education / Marvin W. Berkowitz -- Technology education: towards a new school subject / Marc J. de Vries -- Foreign language education: balancing communicative needs and intercultural understanding / Rosamond Mitchell -- The place of physical education in the contemporary curriculum / Len Almond -- Theatre and drama education: themes and questions / Shifra Schonmann -- The shaping of visual arts in education / Douglas G. Boughton -- Music education where now? / Keith Swanwick.
Note Print version record.
Summary The Routledge International Companion to Education addresses the key issues underpinning the rethinking and restructuring of education at the beginning of the new millennium. The volume contains over fifty major contributions exploring a wide range of issues, including:* philosophy of education* the economics and resourcing of education* testing and assessment: current issues and future prospects* standards* multiculturalism* anti-racism* computers in classrooms* mother tongue education* civics and moral education. Each chapter gives a contempora.
Language English.
Subject Education.
Teaching.
EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
Education. (OCoLC)fst00902499
Teaching. (OCoLC)fst01144565
Onderwijs.
Added Author Moon, Bob, 1945-
Ben-Peretz, Miriam.
Brown, Sally A.
Added Title International companion to education
Other Form: Print version: Routledge international companion to education. London ; New York : Routledge, 2000 041511814X (DLC) 00710232 (OCoLC)43820434
ISBN 0203639065 (electronic book)
9780203639061 (electronic book)
041511814X (Cloth)
9781135000677
1135000670
9786610025091
6610025096
9780415118149
041511814X
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