Good education changes lives. It is therefore unsurprising that improved schooling plays a central part in most development strategies. At the same time, the expansion of school attainment alone is not sufficient to guarantee improved welfare. This open access book focuses on on…
"42" Result
Sort By:
Esta obra se concentra en cuatro temas cruciales de la formación de docentes, tanto antes como durante el servicio y en la enseñanza en diferentes áreas y niveles educativos. En primer lugar, se aborda el asunto de las creencias que los docentes tienen sobre el proceso educativo…
This book is concerned with understanding the complex ways in which gender violence and poverty impact on young people's lives, and the potential for education to challenge violence. Although there has been a recent expansion of research on gender violence and schooling, the fie…
The decolonisation of the curriculum project
by Mentz, Elsa, de Beer, Josef, Bailey, Roxanne, van Wyk, Ben-Erik, Jagals, Divan, Laubscher, Dorothy, Mdakane, Marry, Petersen, Neal, Olivier, Jako, van der Westhuizen, Christo, Sebotsa, Tswakae, Dudu, Washington T., White, Lounell, van der Walt, Marthie, Speight Vaughn, Melissa, Potgieter, Erika, Le Grange, Lesley, Havenga, Marietjie, Golightly, Aubrey, Bester, Susan
0
Type: Book
This book is the result of a longitudinal research project (2016-2018) funded by the National Research Foundation and the Fuchs Foundation, and it disseminates original research. The project researched the affordances of indigenous knowledge in the school science, technology and…
This open access book, inspired by the ICME 13 topic study group “Affect, beliefs and identity in mathematics education”, presents the latest trends in research in the area. Following an introduction and a survey chapter providing a concise overview of the state-of-art in the fi…
Imke Buß weist in ihrem Open-Access-Buch nach, dass Hochschulen durch die strategische Gestaltung ihrer Studienstrukturen die Vereinbarkeit von Studium, Familie und Beruf ermöglichen können. Die Autorin entwickelt ein empirisch geprüftes Modell struktureller Studierbarkeit, welc…
This open access book investigates the effects of changes in leadership and managerial structures of Nordic universities resulting from reforms in the last decade. It builds on a rich, comparative dataset across a multiplicity of system-wide (macro) and organisational (meso and …
Essa coletânea de textos produzidos por professores e alunos da linha de pesquisa Teorias Pedagógicas, Trabalho Educativo e Sociedade, do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Escolar, da Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), campus de Araraquara, traz uma contribuição origina…
"The aim of this book is to investigate the taking and giving of hostages in peace processes during the Viking Age and early Middle Ages in Scandinavia and adjacent areas. Scandinavia has been absent in previous research about hostages from the perspectives of legal and social h…
Esta obra contempla os objetivos, metodologia de trabalho e perspectivas atuais do 'Observatório da Vida Estudantil', que atua em duas Instituições Federais de Ensino Superior da Bahia - a UFBA e a UFRB. A obra, formada por 12 artigos, trata de temas como o novo universitário qu…
An investigation of music videos as a form, a practice, and a literacy.Music videos were once something broadcast by MTV and received on our TV screens. Today, music videos are searched for, downloaded, and viewed on our computer screens--or produced in our living rooms and uplo…
"Flexible, effective and creative primary school teachers require subject knowledge, an understanding of their pupils and how they learn, a range of strategies for managing behaviour and organising environments for learning, and the ability to respond to dynamic classroom situat…
The first study of citizenship in Yugoslavia, and the post-Yugoslav states, from 1914 to the present day.
Responding to the debates the recent Browne report has sparked, this book addresses the public role of higher education. It is a manifesto arguing against the marketization of education and the inequalities that these policies will generate.
It has long been recognised that specialised knowledge is at the core of what distinguishes professions from other occupations. The privileged status of professions in most countries, however, together with their claims to autonomy and access to specialised knowledge, is being i…
An extensively revised second edition of this much admired, no-nonsense guide to educational research"
This pioneering volume defines the contours of the emerging engagements of Muslim women scholars from around the world with the authoritative interpretive traditions of Islam, classical and contemporary. Muslima theology, encompassing a range of perspectives and arising from mul…
Design, Make, Play: Growing the Next Generation of STEM Innovators is a resource for practitioners, policymakers, researchers and program developers that illuminates creative, cutting edge ways to inspire and motivate young people about science and technology learning. The book …