The Sharp Edge of Educational Change conveys the realities of reform as they affect educators practice. The collected chapters each focus on particular, current reform and reveals the technical and logistical complications, social and political dynamics, cognitive disjunctures a…
Teacher development has come under close scrutiny through which it has become clear that previous assumptions about linking staff development and effective changes confined to specific innovations were too limited. This collection traces the link between teacher development and …
"The Politics of Educational Reform in Alberta presents a case study of educational restructuring in Alberta during the 'Klein revolution' - the period of dramatic political and economic change introduced by Premier Ralph Klein's Conservative government of the 1990s. The governm…
The Politics of Educational Reform in Alberta presents a case study of educational restructuring in Alberta during the 'Klein revolution' - the period of dramatic political and economic change introduced by Premier Ralph Klein's Conservative government of the 1990s. The governme…
"Soon after overthrowing the Tokugawa government in 1868, the new Meiji leaders formulated ambitious plans to build a modern nation-state. Among the earliest and most radical of the Meiji reforms was a plan for a centralized, compulsory educational system, modeled after those in…
"Soon after overthrowing the Tokugawa government in 1868, the new Meiji leaders formulated ambitious plans to build a modern nation-state. Among the earliest and most radical of the Meiji reforms was a plan for a centralized, compulsory educational system, modeled after those in…
The new building blocks for learning in a complex world. This important resource introduces a framework for 21st Century learning that maps out the skills needed to survive and thrive in a complex and connected world. 21st Century content includes the basic core subjects of read…
This resource introduces a framework for twenty-first century learning that maps out the skills needed to survive and thrive in a complex and connected world. Twenty-first century content includes the basic core subjects of reading, writing, and arithmetic -- but also emphasizes…
"This book makes an intervention in a long-standing discussion by arguing that education should be world-centred rather than child-centred or curriculum-centred. It explores what an existential orientation to education entails and why this should be an urgent concern for educati…
"This book makes an intervention in a long-standing discussion by arguing that education should be world-centred rather than child-centred or curriculum-centred. It explores what an existential orientation to education entails and why this should be an urgent concern for educati…
Demonstrates how emotional responses with and through technology can alter what is being learned and how the content is learned. The design of that technology is inherently linked to those emotional responses. The book addresses emotional design, artificial pedagogical agents, a…
