This updated and expanded edition of Clinical Skills in Infant Mental Health: The first three years provides an evidence-based and practical approach to assessment of young children and their families across diverse settings. The impact of attachment issues, prematurity, trauma,…
This book discusses what constitutes vocational education as well as its key purposes, objects, formation and practices. In short, it seeks to outline and elaborate the nature of the project of vocational education. It addresses a significant gap in the available literature by p…
by Bruns, Axel, Cook, John, Savin-Baden, Maggi, Oliver, Martin, McKenna, Colleen, McAvinia, Claire, Sinclair, Christine, Pachler, Norbert, Land, Ray, (ed), Bayne, Sian, (ed), Thomas, Cate, Macleod, Hamish, Ross, Jen, Sanders, Christine, Begg, Michael, Ellaway, Rachel, Dewhurst, David, Holley, Debbie, Remtulla, Karim A.
fromEducational futures: rethinking theory and practice
The writings in this collection reflect a complex embrace of culture, power and technology. Topics range from social questions of consumption, speed, uncertainty, and risk to individual issues of identity, selfhood and desire. Ethical issues arise, involving equity and authority…
This first book in the new oecd Insights Series examines the increasing economic and social importance of human capital--our education, skills, competencies, and knowledge. As economies in developed countries shift away from manufacturing, economic success for individuals and na…
Provides guidance to help high school students successfully find employment or enroll in college, the military, or vocational programs.
This volume offers new perspectives on 21st century teaching skills, focusing especially on assessment. The text offers strategies to improve individual and group development, and draws on international comparisons to identify policy frameworks.
This book provides a microanalysis of the interactions between four children and their parents starting when the children were aged 9 to 13 months and ending when they were 18 months old. It tracks development as an issue for and of interaction. In so doing, it uncovers the deta…
This work uncovers the biases that prevent post-secondary institutions from serving low-income students and offers guidance for adopting policies and practices to help these students thrive.
"Written for administrators, faculty, and staff in Higher Education who are working with low income and first-generation college students, Recognizing and Serving Low-Income Students in Higher Education uncovers organizational biases that prevent post-secondary institutions from…
"Written for administrators, faculty, and staff in Higher Education who are working with low income and first-generation college students, 'Recognizing and Serving Low-Income Students in Higher Education' uncovers organizational biases that prevent post-secondary institutions fr…
This volume takes its starting point from one of the most prominent and lively debates in recent political theory, which has been conducted intensively in the German-language context of political theory for more than a decade. At the centre of the discussion is the distinction b…
by King, Carolyn, Martin, Jennifer, Sadler, David, McKay, Elspeth, McKay, Elspeth, (ed), Kumar, Naveen, Parker, Drew, Griffin, Patrick, Lenarcic, John, (ed), Bagley, Carole A., Barrera, Alba Garcia, Booth, Sara, Chaulon, Amit, Errey, Howard, Gupta, Shikha, Hawkins, Linette, Hernandez, Patricia Gomez, Kelder, Jo-Anne, Lawless, Seamus, Lewis, Melinda J., Lodge, Jason M., Lopez, Calos Monge, Masri, Kamal, McPherson, Megan J., Milligan, Sandra, O'Donnell, Eileen, O'Donnell, Liam, Pattanayak, Supriya, Ronkowitz, Kenneth, Ronkowitz, Lynette Condro, Saborido, David Montalvo, Sharp, Mary, Taneja, Sheetal, Walls, Justin, Weisenford, Stefan
To some in academia, Massive Open Online Courses are a paradigm shift in online education, while others perceive them as a threat to traditional styles of pedagogy. In this regard, the time-honored model of the university lecture is seen as being a potential casualty of the rise…
Ten years ago, the hegemonic idea was that language was a kind of independent module within the mind, a sort of "print-out" of whatever cognitive activity was taking place, but without any influence whatsoever in that activity. While this view is still held, evidence amassed in …
