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Despite the evidence that simulations have an important role to play in the teaching of social studies, they remain an underutilized approach to the discipline. Teachers need support to develop a new vision of social studies teaching coupled with practical guidance to implement simulations effectively. This volume provides teachers with both.

Explores the use of relevant methodology in data mining which is or could be applied to the interplay of education, statistics and computer science to solve psychometric issues and challenges in the new generation of assessments.

Lays out a qualitative, collective case study designed to assess how students in a secondary Latina/Latino Literature class began to think dialectically about issues of social justice. By using various methods of data collection, the author ascertained how the students' thoughts and perceptions of Latinas/Latinos in the US changed over the course of the study.

For leaders, practitioners, and decision makers in the fields of distance learning, e-learning, telecommunications, and related areas. This is a professional journal with applicable information for those involved with providing instruction to all kinds of learners, of all ages, using telecommunications technologies of all types.

Offers honest, engaging, first-person accounts by classroom teachers and university scholars of their successes and challenges connecting a social justice pedagogical orientation to the Common Core State Standards. These authors candidly and passionately share the challenges of navigating between a social justice curriculum and high stakes standards and test driven environments.

Offers honest, engaging, first-person accounts by classroom teachers and university scholars of their successes and challenges connecting a social justice pedagogical orientation to the Common Core State Standards. These authors candidly and passionately share the challenges of navigating between a social justice curriculum and high stakes standards and test driven environments.

Explore how key books/authors from the curriculum field of the 1960s illuminate new possibilities forward for us as scholar educators today. How might the theories, practices, and ideas wrapped up in curriculum texts of the 1960s still resonate with us? How might these figurative windows of insight, thought, ideas, fantasy, and fancy make us think differently?

Explore how key books/authors from the curriculum field of the 1960s illuminate new possibilities forward for us as scholar educators today. How might the theories, practices, and ideas wrapped up in curriculum texts of the 1960s still resonate with us? How might these figurative windows of insight, thought, ideas, fantasy, and fancy make us think differently?

Critically articulates some theoretical and methodological issues of cultural psychology with the research and practical work of psychologists with Amerindian peoples. The book offers a meta-theoretical reflection that aims to bring in new theoretical-methodological and ethical reflections to Cultural Psychology.

Critically articulates some theoretical and methodological issues of cultural psychology with the research and practical work of psychologists with Amerindian peoples. The book offers a meta-theoretical reflection that aims to bring in new theoretical-methodological and ethical reflections to Cultural Psychology.

Draws together critical theoretic contributions on mathematics and mathematics education from leading researchers in the field. Recurring themes include the natures of mathematics and critical mathematics education; ideology, the hegemony of mathematics, ethnomathematics, and real life education; capitalism, globalization, politics, social class, habitus, citizenship and equity.

Repensar la educacion es esencial en un mundo, global, transcultural, cambiante y comunicado. A traves del libro Repensar la Educacion para un Mundo global, Transcultural se argumenta y se analiza como construir relaciones entre la escuela y la sociedad, y las posibilidades de trascender las barreras en diferentes contextos nacionales: Chile, Israel, Mexico, Marruecos, Polonia y Espana.

Repensar la educacion es esencial en un mundo, global, transcultural, cambiante y comunicado. A traves del libro Repensar la Educacion para un Mundo global, Transcultural se argumenta y se analiza como construir relaciones entre la escuela y la sociedad, y las posibilidades de trascender las barreras en diferentes contextos nacionales: Chile, Israel, Mexico, Marruecos, Polonia y Espana.

Draws together critical theoretic contributions on mathematics and mathematics education from leading researchers in the field. Recurring themes include the natures of mathematics and critical mathematics education; ideology, the hegemony of mathematics, ethnomathematics, and real life education; capitalism, globalization, politics, social class, habitus, citizenship and equity.

Philosophy as Disability and Exclusion examines the history of ideas on arts in the education of people who are blind in England, from 1688 to 2010. This book also examines a number of the earlier influences on the enlightenment, and the international context of this topic. The two hypotheses on which this study is based are:(1) Our understanding of blindness in English intellectual culture is less to do with homologous physical characteristics. Instead it is more to do with an ethical philosophy of human capacity.(2) The arts education of people who are blind through touch tells us much about our psychology of mythologies and the intellectual construction of human thought. Furthermore, the myth that people who are blind are incapable of visual arts and have an enhanced capacity for the musical arts is one of the most engrained modern folklores. It is part of our cultural, intellectual and philosophical conscience.In the process of investigating these hypotheses, this book argues that philosophies have linked immorality, intelligence and physical ability. These have become connected in ways that are unrelated to eyesight in order to fulfill broader cultural processes of developing social theory. In this book, the process of knowledge creation is termed passive exclusion and is analyzed through an epistemological model of examining disability and exclusion.

Presents the latest status of the development of two consortium assessment systems. It addresses the most challenging issues related to the next generation of state testing programmes including development of innovative items assessing higher order thinking skills, scoring of such items, standard setting and linkage with the old state specific standards, and validity issues.

Considers how individuals seek a healthy alignment between work and nonwork. In addition to building on the established literature on work/family conflict, this volume also examines the reciprocal positive influences between work and nonwork, considering such issues as balancing work with commitments to others, including spouse/partner, children, elderly relatives, friends, and the community.

Presents the latest status of the development of two consortium assessment systems. It addresses the most challenging issues related to the next generation of state testing programmes including development of innovative items assessing higher order thinking skills, scoring of such items, standard setting and linkage with the old state specific standards, and validity issues.

Considers how individuals seek a healthy alignment between work and nonwork. In addition to building on the established literature on work/family conflict, this volume also examines the reciprocal positive influences between work and nonwork, considering such issues as balancing work with commitments to others, including spouse/partner, children, elderly relatives, friends, and the community.

Offers a political, poetic, and practical handbook for facilitating discussion. Creating more participation and equality during discussions can help create the conditions for social change. Elements of Discussion includes practical tips, techniques, and reflective questions through which it firmly and sensitively suggests to readers how to facilitate discussions across contexts.

Explores early childhood education policies and practices in the Caribbean. Chapters in the book analyse child policies and issues, critically examine progress on alignment between policies and practices, and propose recommendations for advocacy and implementation that may advance the early childhood development agenda throughout the Caribbean.

This is a resource for teacher preparation programmes. It is also intended to serve as an instructional resource in P-12 education. The book contains pertinent instructional topics, units and lessons in global education and social justice themes. A secondary purpose of the book is to serve as a resource for graduate students and researchers whose interest is global and social justice education.

This is a resource for teacher preparation programmes. It is also intended to serve as an instructional resource in P-12 education. The book contains pertinent instructional topics, units and lessons in global education and social justice themes. A secondary purpose of the book is to serve as a resource for graduate students and researchers whose interest is global and social justice education.

Offers twelve chapters organised into three major sections that address occupational stress and quality of working life. Section 1 addresses the organisational and individual costs of occupational stress. Section 2 focuses on ways to mitigate the negative effects of occupational stress. Section 3 examines and expands our understanding of work life quality.

How do we know that mentoring works? In this age of accountability, the time is ripe for substantiating evidence through empirical research, what mentoring processes, forms, and strategies lead to more effective teachers and administrators within P-12 contexts. This book brings together reports of recent research on mentoring in K-12 settings for new teachers and new principals.