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Inclusive Schooling National and International Perspectives

Inclusive Schooling: National and International Perspectives

1st Edition

Edited By Stanley J. Vitello, Dennis E. Mithaug
May 13, 2016

This book provides new information on how various inclusion policies have been implemented in different schools and school districts in North America and in a range of European countries. The purpose of inclusion policy is to prevent the marginalization of people who experience unfavorable ...

Psychological Perspectives on Early Childhood Education Reframing Dilemmas in Research and Practice

Psychological Perspectives on Early Childhood Education: Reframing Dilemmas in Research and Practice

1st Edition

Edited By Susan L. Golbeck
May 07, 2015

The field of early childhood education and the science of psychology have a long and closely intertwined history. The study of young children's learning within school contexts provides a test of developmental theory while at the same time identifies the limits of psychology for informing practice. ...

Cognitive Perspectives on Peer Learning

Cognitive Perspectives on Peer Learning

1st Edition

Edited By Angela M. O'Donnell, Alison King
February 01, 1999

The contribution of this volume to the literature on peer learning is its focus on approaches that reflect a common concern with cognitive processes based in developmental, information processing, or more generally, constructivist perspectives on peer learning. Although the clear importance of the ...

Toward Defining and Improving Quality in Adult Basic Education Issues and Challenges

Toward Defining and Improving Quality in Adult Basic Education: Issues and Challenges

1st Edition

Edited By Alisa Belzer
January 22, 2007

This volume revisits, problematizes, and expands the meaning of quality in the context of adult basic education. Covering a wide range of relevant topics, it includes contributors from the realms of both policy and practice and encompasses both the major instructional areas-reading, writing, and ...

Collaborative Learning, Reasoning, and Technology

Collaborative Learning, Reasoning, and Technology

1st Edition

Edited By Angela M. O'Donnell, Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver, Gijsbert Erkens
November 14, 2012

This volume presents research findings on the use of technology to support learning and reasoning in collaborative contexts. Featuring a variety of theoretical perspectives, ranging from sociocultural to social psychological to information processing views, Collaborative Learning, Reasoning, and ...

Ethnicity, Race, and Nationality in Education A Global Perspective

Ethnicity, Race, and Nationality in Education: A Global Perspective

1st Edition

Edited By N. Ken Shimahara, Ivan Z. Holowinsky, Saundra Tomlinson-Clarke
July 26, 2012

This volume explores contemporary issues of ethnic, cultural, and national identities and their influence on the social construction of identity. These issues are analyzed from the perspective of seven nations: China, Israel, Japan, South Africa, Ukraine, Wales, and the United States. While ...

Civic Education for Diverse Citizens in Global Times Rethinking Theory and Practice

Civic Education for Diverse Citizens in Global Times: Rethinking Theory and Practice

1st Edition

Edited By Beth C. Rubin, James M. Giarelli
March 02, 2012

This book explores four interrelated themes: rethinking civic education in light of the diversity of U.S. society; re-examining these notions in an increasingly interconnected global context; re-considering the ways that civic education is researched and practiced; and taking stock of where we are ...

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