Educational Systems and Structures Books

During this uncertain time, teacher education has never been more needed for West-East dialogues and Reciprocal Learning. Xu and Connelly's concept of reciprocal learning aims to harmonize the West-East dichotomy and foster appreciation in...

This book aims to advance language program evaluation and practice, building on the author's previous work in Blended Language Program Evaluation (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016). The book is based in theory, yet incorporates case study examples...

This open access book compares and analyses the results in twelve countries of the two latest international student assessments: Progress in International Reading Literacy Study 2021 (PIRLS) and the Programme for International Student Assessment 2022...

This book analyses dominant discourses of globalisation, multiculturalism and schooling. The chapters advance further the discussions on globalisation and its impact on cultural diversity and multiculturalism in a globalised world. Multicultural...

This volume examines transnational educational transfer between China and the League of Nations during the interwar period. By analysing the educational activities of the League of Nations with China, he book enriches the study of the history of the...

The book makes an important contribution to the discourse on student experience in higher education. The book includes chapters that cover important aspects of the 21st century student experience. Chapters cover issues such as: new trends and insights on...

The world is not an equal place. There are high- and low-income countries and high- and low-income households. For each group, there are differential educational opportunities, leading to differential educational outcomes and differential labor market...

This book brings together stories of the green schools movement ((Eco Schools, Enviroschools, Green Schools, Sustainable Schools, ResourceSmart Schools etc) in several countries around the world, with a focus on the impact of the movement on the...

This edited volume explores questions about 'what works', how, for whom, when, and why in education, and considers how and to what extent such knowledge can be understood and extended across countries and different educational systems. The book starts by...

Since the turn of the millennium, competency-based education (CBE) has become a new standard for training in the health professions in many countries. Early work to operationalize CBE has included development of detailed frameworks of competencies that...

"The best thing about college is having the privilege be yourself and fashion out your natural potentials."In Tips for College Life, author Bukky Ekine-Ogunlana draws on over a decade helping teenagers and their parents and her own experience as a...

How to Pass Psychometric Tests is the second and most up-to-date edition to passing aptitude and psychometric tests available. This compressive workbook contains 342 pages of test questions along with detailed explanations. This guide has been...

Discusses digital analytics as a new trend using new technologies to measure, collect, analyze, and report on data about learners and their contexts to understand and optimize learning and learning environments.

A 34-week homeschool keyboarding course that teaches typing to kids and teens that can be used in the classroom or at home. Tests are provided every other week after week 4, along with 4 days of practice each week after each lesson & a progress tracking...

No alcanza con tener buenas intenciones. Aprende a llevar una vida disciplinada con rigor científico, sé implacable y nunca te rindas.Para lo que sea que quieras en tu vida, necesitas de la autodisciplina. Tus metas seguirán siendo solo sueños...

Provide students the social skills instruction they need to succeed in school and in life!   This practical resource provides evidence-based strategies for enhancing social skills of children and adolescents who have Asperger Disorder and other...

This book provides you with everything you need to know about Learning Theories in Early Childhood practice, explores the key theorists and theories that form the foundation of learning and development in early childhood. Parts 1 and 2 help you develop...

Develop and monitor high-quality IEPs for diverse learnersHigh-quality IEPs are fundamental for guiding the educational process of and developing goals for students who require special education services. English learners (ELs) and other students with...

Minimize problem behavior and maximize student success! Acting-out behavior by students manifests in ways that make classroom management and teaching very challenging. Building on a model using seven phas

Enacting an effective grading system that emphasizes the secondary student’s learning process!The book is written in an articulate and direct format that highlights successful practices, programs and activities t

The tools you need to build meaningful inclusive practices into your education programFeaturing materials relevant to all stages of implementation, The Inclusion Toolbox is an all-in-one resource that

When teacher evaluations are fair, everyone wins.Poor evaluation systems don’t just hurt teachers—they hurt students, too. That’s why America can’t afford to wait for the teacher-evaluation problem to be solved. To provide...

The definitive guidebook to the complex terrain of 21st-century standards!Standards, assessments, grading, and reporting provide the foundation for nearly every initiative in modern education reform. But what do these

Go beyond traditional paper-and-pencil tests!How can you measure student mastery of 21st century skills like creativity, problem solving, and use of technology? Laura Greenstein provides a framework and practical idea

Drawing on the findings of a longitudinal quantitative study led by the internationally renowned educational psychologist Andrew Martin, the book examines the impact of arts involvement in the academic outcomes of students and how it makes a difference...

This book generates a fresh, complex view of the process of globalization by examining how work, scholarship, and life inform each other among university faculty members as they navigate their interpersonal relationships at work.

This book examines how critical thinking is regulated in Singapore through the process of what the seminal education theorist Bail Bernstein labelled as "pedagogic recontextualisation". It studies the ways in which Singapore recontextualises its critical...

This book shows how powerful global learning systems are rapidly forming and linking the rich world with the world of the poor and developing nations. It introduces new theories and concepts in several fields (economics, development, learning,...

Most philosophers of education believe that the main aim of education is to endow students with personal autonomy, producing citizens who are reflective, make rational choices, and submit their values and beliefs to critical scrutiny. This book argues...

Empowering educators and policymakers to effect positive change in their communities, this book critically examines how sustained dialogue and cooperation between scientific inquiry and religious discourse can contribute to the fostering of successful...

This book illustrates how humour can be a powerful tool for environmental education. Hailing from eight different countries, the authors' inquiries are grounded in a range of sites of learning and focus on different comedic forms, offering a variety of...

Based on a five-year research project, this book explores the development and practice of the puhui (普惠) early care and education (ECE) program in China, a national public-benefit policy initiated in 2010.

The agencies for Curriculum development take different forms in different countries, but the underlying issues are remarkably similar across the globe. It is the basic framework common to all planned curriculum change which The Politics of Curriculum...

First published in 1984, this book considers, from the vantage point of the authors considerable experience of a wide range of evaluation, the ways in which they, and others, have coped with ethical and political problems that inherently arise...

Originally published in 1978, this book describes a project based outside the school institution, but in co-operation with it, exploring methods and courses which might offer meaningful education for groups of fifth-form leavers

Stage It enables your class to learn the basics of Shakespeare by choosing your own adventure depending on student interest. This guide has simple instructions, worksheets, directing tools, dowloadable abridged plays, and more.Educators can bring...

This book brings the key ideas and concepts of social realism to bear on current debates in the fields of knowledge and curriculum.

This book focuses on enhanced educator awareness of issues involving the status of the right to education as guaranteed by various legal systems throughout the world, in light of the growing interest in comparative and international studies, including...

This book explores how the global trend of quality assurance in higher education is related to the boom of measuring learning outcomes in Japan. It also presents a comparative study in higher education policy between Japan and the US, examining how both...

This book offers an insight into the research and practices of science teaching and learning in the Singapore classroom, with particular attention paid to how they map on to science as inquiry. It provides a spectrum of Singapore's science educational...

This book provides university teachers, leaders and policymakers with evidence on how researchers in several countries are monitoring and improving student engagement-the extent to which students are exposed to and participate in effective educational...