Equality and achievement in education
This book presents a major report that has evoked extensive controversy and initiated extensive policy debate on equality and achievement in education. It examines the concept of equality of educational opportunity and the relations between equality and achievement and between f…
The Learner-Centered Classroom and Schools shows educators and administrators how they can create classrooms and schools that foster student motivation, learning, and achievement. The learner-centered approach provides a dual focus on both learner and learning. It focuses on lea…
This text tells a story about the surprising ways in which a religious upbringing shapes the academic pathways for teens of different gender and class backgrounds. It shows how the attitudes and outlook of Christian teens who organize their life around their belief in God carrie…
"It's widely acknowledged that American parents from different class backgrounds take different approaches to raising their children. Upper and middle-class parents invest considerable time facilitating their children's activities, while working class and poor families take a mo…
"It's widely acknowledged that American parents from different class backgrounds take different approaches to raising their children. Upper and middle-class parents invest considerable time facilitating their children's activities, while working class and poor families take a mo…
"The authors make a case for an alternative to the common understanding of student success as a matter of individual achievement. They advocate instead for a college education that anchors student success in collaborative learning: learning from, with, and for others"--
"The authors make a case for an alternative to the common understanding of student success as a matter of individual achievement. They advocate instead for a college education that anchors student success in collaborative learning: learning from, with, and for others"--
"The authors make a case for an alternative to the common understanding of student success as a matter of individual achievement. They advocate instead for a college education that anchors student success in collaborative learning: learning from, with, and for others"--
"The authors make a case for an alternative to the common understanding of student success as a matter of individual achievement. They advocate instead for a college education that anchors student success in collaborative learning: learning from, with, and for others"--
The Importance of Average calls attention to the policies and practices that discriminate against the silent majority of students in the American educational system. Arguments presented emphasize the collateral damage caused to average students by legislative mandates, administr…
"Glen Pearsall shares dozens of classroom-tested strategies that lessen teachers' workload while increasing students' class participation andimproving their understanding" --
"Glen Pearsall shares dozens of classroom-tested strategies that lessen teachers' workload while increasing students' class participation and improving their understanding"--
"Glen Pearsall shares dozens of classroom-tested strategies that lessen teachers' workload while increasing students' class participation and improving their understanding" --
