This book 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 national economies is increasingly reli…
by WIlson, Mark, Woods, Kerry, Griffin, Patrick, Darling-Hammond, Linda, Care, Esther, Griffin, Patrick, (ed), Care, Esther, (ed), Adams, Raymond, Adamson, Frank, Ahonen, Arto K., Awwal, Nafisa, Buder, Juergen, Bui, Myvan, Bujanda, Maria Eugenia, Campos, Elsie, Cheah, Horn Mun, Comfort, Kathleen, Hardin, Susan-Marie, Hesse, Friedrich, Kankaanranta, Marja, Lim, Pik Yen, Mountain, Roz, Ng, Hui Leng, Poon, Chew Leng, Sassenberg, Kai, Scalise, Kathleen, Scalise, Sam, Schonau, Diederik, Scoular, Claire, Tan, Sean, Vista, Alvin, Zoanetti, Nathan
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This second volume of papers from the ATC21STM project deals with the development of an assessment and teaching system of 21st century skills. Readers are guided through a detailed description of the methods used in this process. The major elements of this new volume are the ide…
Author wants you to understand what cyberbullying is, how you should behave online and how you can stay safe. It includes activities such as how easily personal information can be forwarded, and the risks posed by unknown friends on social networking site.
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…
This second edition includes includes new brain-friendly strategies to help mathematics teachers incorporate what they learn about their students? developing minds into the classroom. It addresses the cognitive mechanisms involved in processing mathematical operations, while exp…
In 1913 four Australian teachers attended inspirational educator Dr Maria Montessori's first international training course in Rome. That same year Blackfriars School in Sydney was one of the first schools in the world to adopt the Montessori approach. A century later, Montessori…
The authors contention is that if the details of instruction are in place well designed sets of examples and adequate practice student learning can be accelerated far beyond what is currently being achieved in schools. Their ideas, as presented in this book, are in tune with Joh…
This book outlines and presents a curriculum integration matrix for 21st century learning in complex and diverse information environments. The curriculum integration matrix is based on the constructivist instruction framework of Guided Inquiry and underpinned by the information …
This global Report from the International Commission on the Futures of Education asks what role education can play in shaping our common world and shared future as we look to 2050 and beyond. The proposals presented arise out of a two-year global engagement and co-construction p…
Even under ideal conditions, teaching is tough work. Facing unrelenting pressure from administrators and parents and caught in a race against time to improve student outcomes, educators can easily become discouraged (or worse, burn out completely) without a robust coaching syste…
This open access book describes and reviews the development of the quality control mechanisms and methodologies associated with IEA's extensive program of educational research. A group of renowned international researchers, directly involved in the design and execution of IEA's …
Monitoring systematically how pedagogical practices evolve would considerably increase the international education knowledge base. We need to examine whether, and how, practices are changing within classrooms and educational organisations and how students use learning resources.…
