Teacher as Designer

This book offers insights into how design-based processes, principles, and mindsets can be productively employed in diverse P-16 educational spaces by a myriad of educational actors including teachers, instructional leaders, and students. It addresses concerns about the theoretical and practical implications of the still emergent emphasis of design in education. The book begins by examining a…

Teaching Chinese Language in Singapore

This book is cast in a Singaporean context in which Chinese Language is taught as a second language with an emphasis on communicational skills. It showcases ideas on including cultural teaching to enhance second language learning for more effective outcomes. As a collection of chapters relevant to cultural teaching, the book seeks to enthuse Chinese Language educators to incorporate elements of…

Post-Covid Schooling

This book questions the consensus that contemporary formal schooling is of clear cut and undoubted benefit to pupils. During lockdowns caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic, governments and various other actors have been trying to get children and young people back into school as quickly as possible. While there are any numerous beneficial aspects of schooling, the book asks whether accepted m…

Implementing Deeper Learning and 21st Century Education Reforms

This open access book is a comparative analysis of recent large scale education reforms that broadened curriculum goals to better prepare students for the 21st century. The book examines what governments actually do when they broaden curriculum goals, with attention to the details of implementation. To this end, the book examines system level reforms in six countries at various levels of develo…

Making School Reform Happen

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0-205-14115-3

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xvii, 445 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

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371.01 Bul m

Restructuring Schooling for Individual Students

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0-205-13929-9

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xii, 448 p. : 25 cm

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371.2 Bec r

Inventing Better Schools, An Action Plan for Educational Reform

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