Cognitive science reveals how we truly learn. Aimed at teachers, this book provokes intellectual unease, challenging you to replace outdated ‘in-head theories’ with powerful, evidence-based teaching practices.
Theories of Affect and Concepts in Generic Skills Education
This book revitalizes the concept of generic skills, which have recently become widespread in universities, but also advocates daring pedagogical practices that invigorate the meaning of, and approach to, teaching and learning in present landscapes of higher education.
This collection of essays discusses how formal, non-formal and informal education contributed to the creation and perpetuation of the Cyprus conflict, as well as to prejudices, inter-ethnic stereotypes, and misperceptions.
This compendium is a clear reflection of the realities and dynamics of language teaching in Iranian classrooms and the new trends within the Iranian EFL community over the last decade. It covers a variety of recent topics within the context of English language teaching in Iran.
Head teachers are leaving the profession, creating a leadership crisis. For the first time, this book explores the reasons why—from accountability and work-life balance to salary—and considers potential solutions, such as succession planning and talent spotting.
Bringing together a number of conference papers, this book explores the six educational alternatives that exist in Romania, namely Step by Step, Waldorf, Freinet, Curative Pedagogy, Montessori and the Jenaplan.
This text engages the reader in understanding past and contemporary critical issues in African scholarship, both in the diaspora and on the continent, that have been marginalized, unexamined, and under-researched, and proposes ways to make them visible.
Offering insights into contemporary communication studies, this volume details existing studies on qualitative research, current research programs, and trends for future expansion of this methodological approach.
As migration changes Europe, education plays a key role. This volume analyzes the support of immigrant children in Spain and Italy, focusing on themes like linguistic diversity, teacher training, and school culture. It serves as a sounding board for developments across Europe.
This book presents a potential hierarchy between the three basic psychological needs central to Self-Determination Theory. It argues that a student’s motivation for autonomy is built upon the quality of the teacher-student relationship and the student’s perceived competence.
An Exploration of Educational Trends (V2)
This textbook of articles and essays encourages and assists educational professionals in cultural awareness, diversity, and international studies. It can be used as a main textbook or supplemental reading for educators, administrators, and students from diverse disciplines.
Transgender Children and Young People
This collection approaches the current theory and practice of transgendering children. Essays are written against the grain of the popularised medical definition of ‘the transgender child’ as a young person whose ‘true’ gender lies in the brain, or pre-social ‘identity’.
Marginalization Processes across Different Settings
This book challenges typical studies of marginalization. Going beyond static categories, it focuses on how marginalization is constituted in action—in mundane processes across diverse institutional, geopolitical, and everyday settings.
Decolonising the University
De Sousa Santos considers the nature of the transformation that the university is undergoing today, arguing that some of the current reforms are so radical that the question of the future of the university may well become the question of whether the university has a future.
Written from a practical perspective with up-to-date scholarly references, this monograph investigates perspectives on teaching for the tertiary sector. Providing guiding principles and advice for teachers at the tertiary level, it will appeal to both teachers and learners.
The Decay of Truth in Education
Krahenbuhl compellingly documents how educational institutions and political institutions alike have abandoned truth as a primary virtue. The targets of this critique range across political, religious, and social groups as an outcome of the educational malaise towards truth.
This book analyses modern American art education from historical and comparative perspectives. It explores visual culture, social factors, and the transformation of the aesthetic experience in a multicultural milieu, illustrating current pedagogy with references to art museums.
This book explores how quality teaching and learning can ensure that discipline and academic performance prevail. It shows that quality teaching can determine discipline and academic performance, particularly now that other disciplinary measures have been seen to be ineffective.
Presenting a series of conversations conducted by the editor with internationally renowned educators, scholars and social critics, the primary focus here is on a set of important social and cultural issues and the global contemporary crises in higher education and economics.
This book presents studies on emerging educational trends, including the use of technology, robotics, and learning motivation. It offers innovative solutions to practical challenges for scientists and teachers who want to implement the newest scientific findings.