Education Books

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11. Human Development and Capabilities

    Re-imagining the university of the twenty-first century

    Edited by Alejandra Boni, Melanie Walker

    Globally, universities are the subject of public debate and disagreement about their private benefits or public good, and the key policy vehicle for driving human capital development for competitive knowledge economies. Yet what is increasingly lost in the disagreements about who should pay for...

    Published March 27th 2013 by Routledge
12. Universities and Global Diversity

    Preparing Educators for Tomorrow

    Edited by Beverly Lindsay, Wanda J. Blanchett

    Series: Routledge Research in Education

    This volume seeks to critically examine the nexus between globalization and diversity as it affects the preparation of professional educators on several continents, taking into account the extensive changes in economic, sociopolitical, and cultural dynamics within nations and regions that have...

    Published March 27th 2013 by Routledge
13. Handbook of Critical Race Theory in Education

    Edited by Marvin Lynn, Adrienne D. Dixson

    This handbook illustrates how education scholars employ Critical Race Theory (CRT) as a framework to bring attention to issues of race and racism in education. It is the first authoritative reference work to provide a truly comprehensive description and analysis of the topic, from the defining...

    Published March 26th 2013 by Routledge
14. Learning, Problem Solving, and Mindtools

    Essays in Honor of David H. Jonassen

    Edited by J. Michael Spector, Barbara B. Lockee, Sharon Smaldino, Mary Herring

    Learning, Problem Solving, and Mindtools is inspired by the substantial body of learning research by David H. Jonassen in the areas of mind tools and problem solving. The focus of the volume is on educational technology, especially with regard to how new technologies have facilitated and...

    Published March 26th 2013 by Routledge
15. The Hidden History of Early Childhood Education

    Edited by Blythe Farb Hinitz

    The Hidden History of Early Childhood Education provides an understandable and manageable exploration of the history of early childhood education in the United States. Covering historical, philosophical, and sociological underpinnings that reach from the 1800s to today, contributors explore groups...

    Published March 25th 2013 by Routledge
16. Creating Effective Community Partnerships for School Improvement

    A Guide for School Leaders

    By Hazel Carter

    Creating Effective Partnerships for School Improvement places the school within the community which is composed of a number of key players, including school leaders, classroom teachers, private foundations, higher education institutions, business and community based organizations, and government...

    Published March 25th 2013 by Routledge
17. Liberalising the Accounting Curriculum in University Education

    Edited by Alan Sangster, Richard M.S. Wilson

    This book presents the views of accounting educators, accounting education policy-makers, and accounting practitioners from across the world on the challenging topic of liberalising the accounting curriculum within university education. Accounting is a relatively new subject within universities and...

    Published March 25th 2013 by Routledge
18. Handbook of Test Security

    Edited by James A. Wollack, John J. Fremer

    High stakes tests are the gatekeepers to many educational and professional goals. As such, the incentive to cheat is high. This Handbook is the first to offer insights from experts within the testing community, psychometricians, and policymakers to identify and develop best practice guidelines for...

    Published March 25th 2013 by Routledge
19. The Routledge International Handbook of Innovation Education

    Edited by Larisa V. Shavinina

    The Routledge International Handbook of Innovation Education is the international reference work on innovation education and potentially opens an entirely new direction in education. The overall goal of the handbook is to address the question of how to develop innovators in general and how to...

    Published March 24th 2013 by Routledge
20. L2 Writing in Secondary Classrooms

    Student Experiences, Academic Issues, and Teacher Education

    Edited by Luciana C. de Oliveira, Tony Silva

    Series: ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series

    Second language writers and the teaching of writing at the secondary level have received little attention compared with other skills such as reading. Addressing this gap, this volume uniquely looks at both adolescent L2 writing and the preparation of secondary teachers to work with this population...

    Published March 24th 2013 by Routledge