Education Books

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21. Contextualising Narrative Inquiry

    Developing methodological approaches for local contexts

    Edited by Sheila Trahar

    Narrative inquiry is growing in popularity as a research methodology in the social sciences, medicine and the humanities. In narrative inquiry, the transparency of interactions between researcher and research participants, together with rich, contextual descriptions, help to shape and structure...

    Published January 9th 2013 by Routledge
22. Education for Fullness

    A Study of the Educational Thought and Experiment of Rabindranath Tagore

    By H. B. Mukherjee

    Rabindranath Tagore is remembered today chiefly as a poet, and his fame as a poet has often eclipsed his great contributions to other fields of literature and life — especially education. Tagore pondered deeply on the fundamental problems of education — aims, curriculum, method, discipline, values...

    Published January 9th 2013 by Routledge
23. Inclusive and Adaptive Teaching

    Meeting the challenge of diversity in the classroom

    By Peter Westwood

    What does it actually mean to teach an inclusive mixed-ability class? From the author of the classic teacher text Commonsense Methods for Children with Special Needs this new book from Peter Westwood fully acknowledges what is feasible and useful to teachers in today’s inclusive classroom. This...

    Published January 9th 2013 by Routledge
24. Exploring Education

    An Introduction to the Foundations of Education, 4th Edition

    By Alan R. Sadovnik, Peter Cookson, Jr., Susan Semel

    This much-anticipated fourth edition of Exploring Education offers an alternative to traditional foundations texts by combining a point-of-view analysis with primary source readings. Pre- and in-service teachers will find a solid introduction to the foundations disciplines -- history, philosophy,...

    Published January 6th 2013 by Routledge
25. Educational Leadership and Technology

    Preparing School Administrators for a Digital Age

    By Virginia E. Garland, Chester Tadeja

    Providing models of exemplary use and the latest research, Educational Leadership and Technology reveals the transformational power of emerging technologies to improve student learning, and explores how leaders can bring about this technology integration. This book provides an overview of roles and...

    Published January 3rd 2013 by Routledge
26. Exemplary Teachers of Students in Poverty

    Edited by Geoff Munns, Wayne Sawyer, Bronwyn Cole

    Education and poverty exist in a highly contested relationship even in the developed world. On the one hand, educational outcomes seem solidly attached to socio-economic status, and on the other, education is often cited as a way out of poverty. Success at de-coupling poverty from educational...

    Published January 3rd 2013 by Routledge
27. How to Stop Bullying in Classrooms and Schools

    Using Social Architecture to Prevent, Lessen, and End Bullying

    By Phyllis Kaufman Goodstein

    The premise of this guidebook for teacher educators, school professionals, and in-service and pre-service teachers is that bullying occurs because of breakdowns in relationships. The focus of the 10-point empirically researched anti-bullying program it presents is based on building and...

    Published January 3rd 2013 by Routledge
28. Continuing Professional Development

    By Andrew Friedman

    Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is the means by which the professions across the world ensure that their knowledge and skills remain up to date and relevant to changing needs and environments. CPD significantly contributes to the quality and reputation of the professions and therefore to...

    Published December 30th 2012 by Routledge
29. Beyond Inclusion

    The Practice of Equal Access in Indian Higher Education

    Edited by Satish Deshpande, Usha Zachariah

    In India, two critical aspects of public policy — social justice and higher education — have witnessed unprecedented expansion in recent years. While several programmes have been designed by the State to equalise access to higher education and implement formal inclusion, discrimination based on...

    Published December 30th 2012 by Routledge India
30. Adolescent Development and School Achievement in Urban Communities

    Resilience in the Neighborhood

    Edited by Gary Creasey, Patricia A Jarvis

    This timely volume explores essential themes, issues, and challenges related to adolescents’ lives and learning in underserviced urban areas. Distinguished scholars provide theoretically grounded, multidisciplinary perspectives on contexts and forces that influence adolescent development and...

    Published December 26th 2012 by Routledge