Educational Systems and Structures Books

What's missing from your teacher education program? According to research studies, one glaring omission is gender. Tomorrow's teachers receive little instruction or training on the tremendous impact of gender in the classroom. Just how does gender...

This book revolutionizes the way students take the ACT. Before, they would study hundreds of pages with information about the ACT content and then take numerous tests. Neither approach gave them feedback about their mistakes and too often students would...

This is a local history of a small farming community, Sulphur Well, in Kentucky seen through the eyes of a correspondent to the Jessamine Journal from 1887 to 1905.  It contains the ancestry of the Miller and Hendren families and their close...

According to current estimates, about eighty percent of English teachers worldwide are nonnative speakers of the language. The nonnative speaker movement began a decade ago to counter the discrimination faced by these teachers and to champion their...

Finnish education has been a focus of global interest since its first PISA success in 2001. After years of superficial celebration, astonishment and educational tourism, the focus has recently shifted to what is possibly the most interesting element of...

Transformative market reforms in China since the late 1970s have improved living standards dramatically, but have also led to unprecedented economic inequality. During this period, China's educational system was restructured to support economic...

This book shares lessons gleaned from a two-year intervention in a high-poverty school, which was highly successful in significantly narrowing the literacy achievement gap and in raising children's motivation and engagement in literacy both inside and...

Covering both higher education and school education, this book contributes to the field of assessment by providing a systematic account of student self-assessment based on a consistent conceptualisation. It will be useful to policymakers, students and...

The GAMSAT is an exam aimed at students in Australia, United Kingdom and Ireland to select candidates applying to study postgraduate medicine, dentistry, optometry, podiatry, pharmacy and veterinary science. GAMSAT test questions are divided into...

The GAMSAT is an exam aimed at students in Australia, United Kingdom and Ireland to select candidates applying to study postgraduate medicine, dentistry, optometry, podiatry, pharmacy and veterinary science. GAMSAT test questions are divided into...

Elevate your GMAT preparation with GMAT Practice Questions 2024-2025 by Lexa Scholar. Designed for aspiring graduate business students, this essential guide features two full-length practice exams with detailed answer explanations, ensuring you grasp the...

Der hier vorgelegte erste Band eines Handbuches zur Evaluierungsforschung wendet sich vor aHem an diejenigen, die sich mit Fragen der Entwicklung und Nutzung von Evaluierung und Evaluierungsforschung professionell, sei es in...

HSPT Mathematics Prep 2019 provides students with the confidence and math skills they need to succeed on the HSPT Math, building a solid foundation of basic Math topics with abundant exercises for each topic. It is designed to address the needs of HSPT...

ATI TEAS 6 Mathematics Prep 2019 provides students with the confidence and math skills they need to succeed on the ATI TEAS 6 Math, building a solid foundation of basic Math topics with abundant exercises for each topic. It is designed to address the...

The maker mindset encourages everyone to be a teacher as well as a lifelong learner. LEGO bricks, because they are familiar to (and loved by) so many children, are a great starting point for both teaching and learning. Children can coach their peers...

"Formative assessment--the process of interpretating data on student performance to adapt instruction to individual needs--is perhaps the single most powerful tool available to teachers to help every student succeed to their full potential."With that...

This book will provide thorough practice and complete preparation for the NAPLAN Conventions of Language tests. It contains ten complete full-length practice tests just like the real NAPLAN Conventions of Language tests. Complete Preparation for the...

We take immense pride in our second issue, 'Global Ismaili Artists,' a distinctive publication focusing on creators from the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslim community. This magazine features artist statements, QR codes for artist connections, and select...

Digital tools and applications are an intricate part of many classroom communities. In the field of education, there is a need to continually monitor the digital landscape and keep up to date on the tools and applications that are available to classroom...

Considering the permeation of various mobile and internet technologies into daily life, their extension into the context of learning and work is unsurprising. With a global push in universities to blend and deepen their learning and delivery methods,...

What is latent class analysis? If you asked that question thirty or forty years ago you would have gotten a different answer than you would today. Closer to its time of inception,  latent class analysis was viewed primarily as a categorical data...

Introducing our PELLET B Study Guide: California POST Exam Prep and Practice Tests [5th Edition]! Trivium Test Prep's PELLET B Study Guide includes everything you need to pass the California POST exam the first time.Quick review of the concepts...

Introducing our PECT PreK-4 Exam Study Guide: 2 Practice Tests and PECT Prep Book for the Pennsylvania Educator Certification! Cirrus Test Prep's PECT PreK-4 Exam Study Guide includes everything you need to pass the PECT PreK-4 Exam the first time...

<p><b>Test Prep Books' Praxis Math 5165 Study Guide: Practice Test and Exam Prep Book [3rd Edition]</b></p><p>Made by Test Prep Books experts for test takers trying to achieve a great score on the Praxis Mathematics 5165...

Throughout the ages, men and women have gone beyond what was only previously observed to discover scientific breakthroughs and create new inventions. The 21 short plays in this collection seek to humanize science by looking at these advances from the...

Underrepresentation of minorities is present in the field of engineering, both in education and practice. As in every profession, diversity and inclusion needs to be incorporated in order to provide the same opportunities for all people. Strategies for...

This book provides an introduction to test equating, scaling and linking, including those concepts and practical issues that are critical for developers and all other testing professionals. In addition to statistical procedures, successful equating,...

One of the best known statisticians of the 20th century, Frederick Mosteller has inspired numerous statisticians and other scientists by his creative approach to statistics and its applications. This volume collects 40 of his most original and...

Assessment in Higher Education brings together in one place most of the major issues confronting higher education in the 1990s. These include enhancing student access, development, and success in higher education; transforming admissions testing to meet...

Makers, Crafters, Educators brings the do-it-yourself (DIY) ethos of maker and crafter movements into educational environments, and examines the politics of cultural change that undergird them. Addressing making and crafting in relation to community and...

Pass the QTS Skills Test with Confidence is the must-have guide for all prospective trainee teachers. It will provide you with the skills guidance, subject knowledge and confidence you need to pass the Literacy and Numeracy QTS Skills Tests, make an...

Reconceptualizing Curriculum Development provides accessible, clear guidance on curriculum problem solving and educational leadership through the practice of a synoptic curriculum study. This practice integrates three influential interpretations of...

Problematizing the "reason" of schooling as historical and political, in this book leading international and interdisciplinary scholars challenge the common sense of schooling and the relation of society, education, and curriculum studies. Examining the...

Offering a unique and original perspective on Bourdieu, language-based ethnographies,and reflexivity, this volume provides a nuanced, in-depth discussion of the complex relationship between these interconnected topics and their impact in real-world...

As student learning objectives become an increasingly prominent approach to setting goals and growth measures in schools, teachers' competence in formative assessment is essential. Using Formative Assessment to Support Student Learning Objectives...

The financing of higher education is undergoing great change in many countries around the world. In recent years many countries are moving from a system where the costs of funding higher education are shouldered primarily by taxpayers, through government...

This unique guide to teaching English Language empowers teachers to lead a successful course that will encourage students to be independent and analytical linguists. Covering all areas of linguistic investigation across different exam board...

Learning and Teaching Around the World is a wide-ranging introduction to diverse experiences, practices and developments in global primary education. It explores different contexts for children's learning, and methods and purposes of primary education,...

In this volume, Pinar enacts his theory of curriculum, detailing the relations among knowledge, history, and alterity. The introduction is Pinar's intellectual life history, naming the contributions he has made to understanding educational experience...

The visionary legacy of Aldous Huxley is as relevant today as ever. Huxley possessed a sober understanding of the human condition as well as an inspired vision of the human potential. This volume presents an interdisciplinary examination and appreciation...

The increasing popularity of digitally-mediated communication is prompting us to radically rethink literacy and its role in education; at the same time, national policies have promulgated a view of literacy focused on the skills and classroom routines...

Distinct among contemporary philosophical studies focused on education, this book engages the history of phenomenological thought as it moves from philosophy proper (the European phenomenological-hermeneutic tradition) through curriculum studies. It thus...

Recent years have shown the growth of federal legislation and programs having a profound impact on educational policy and practice, and a decline in reliance on broadly based educational justifications. Paralleling this development has been the emergence...

Though certainly not a new idea, citizenship education manifests in unique and often unpredictable ways in our contemporary neoliberal era. The question of what it means to be a productive and recognized citizen must now be understood simultaneously...

National identity in Moldova remains contested despite repeated attempts by governments, historians, and educators to cultivate a shared sense of national belonging through the development of history textbooks. Concern over professional status and...

With a focus on what mathematics and science educators need to know about academic language used in the STEM disciplines, this book critically synthesizes the current knowledge base on language challenges inherent to learning mathematics and science,...

Using Self-Assessment to Improve Student Learning synthesizes research on self-assessment and translates it into actionable guidelines and principles for pre-service and in-service teachers and for school leaders, teacher educators, and researchers...