Educating “Good” Citizens in a Globalising World for the Twenty-First Century
Murray Print (University of Sydney, Australia) and Chuanbao Tan (Beijing Normal University, China) (Eds.)
What is needed to be a “good” citizen for the twenty-first century? And how can schools and curricula address this question? This book addresses these questions and what it means to be a “good citizen” in the twenty-first century … Click here for a free preview and full description
Educational Internationalisation
Academic Voices and Public Policy
Jennifer Olson (University of Oslo, Norway), Heidi Biseth (Buskerud University College, Norway) and Guillermo Ruiz (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina) (Eds.)
This book is part of the Sense Publishers series emerging from the 2013 WCCES XV World Congress in Buenos Aires (Series Editors Suzanne Majhanovich and Allan Pitman). The Congress Theme of New Times, New Voices … Click here for a free preview and full description
Understanding Science Teachers’ Professional Knowledge Growth
Michel Grangeat (Université Grenoble Alpes, France) (Ed.)
Science education has to be improved in order to become more responsive to the needs of society confronted with a rapidly changing world. Bringing science teaching up to a higher level is a key factor in this endeavor … Click here for a free preview and full description
Research Informing the Practice of Museum Educator
Diverse Audiences, Challenging Topics, and Reflective Praxis
David Anderson (University of British Columbia, Canada), Alex de Cosson (University of British Columbia, Canada) and Lisa McIntosh (University of British Columbia, Canada) (Eds.)
Museums are institutions of both education and learning in service of society, that is, they are sites where educational experiences are designed and facilitated, and also places where visitors learn in broad and diverse ways … Click here for a free preview and full description
A Guide to Promoting a Positive Classroom Environment
Umesh Sharma (Monash University, Australia), John Roodenburg (Monash University, Australia) and Steve Rayner (Newman University, UK)
This book explores thinking about teaching and learning as an educative process. It is about creating a positive learning environment for all students and is different from most other books on such a topic. It is written by three … Click here for a free preview and full description
Leaders in Critical Pedagogy
Narratives for Understanding and Solidarity
Brad Porfilio (California State University, East Bay, USA) and Derek R. Ford (Syracuse University, New York, USA) (Eds.)
Critical pedagogy has variously inspired, mobilized, troubled, and frustrated teachers, activists, and educational scholars for several decades now. Since its inception the field has been animated by internal antagonism and … Click here for a free preview and full description
Governing Educational Spaces
Knowledge, Teaching, and Learning in Transition
Hans-Georg Kotthoff (University of Education Freiburg, Germany) and Eleftherios Klerides (University of Cyprus, Cyprus) (Eds.)
The governance of education in many countries and regions of the world is currently in transition, challenging histories, remaking subjectivities and shaping possible futures. This book provides an up to date analysis … Click here for a free preview and full description
Transformative Teacher Research
Theory and Practice for the C21st
Pamela Burnard (University of Cambridge, UK), Britt-Marie Apelgren (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) and Nese Cabaroglu (Cukurova University, Turkey) (Eds.)
The aim of this book is to bring teacher research to the centre of attention in educational research. Knowledge generated by researching teachers and teacher researchers – often in collaboration with university researchers … Click here for a free preview and full description
Revisiting Multiculturalism in Canada
Theories, Policies and Debates
Shibao Guo (University of Calgary, Canada) and Lloyd Wong (University of Calgary, Canada) (Eds.)
In 1971 Canada was the first nation in the world to establish an official multiculturalism policy with an objective to assist cultural groups to overcome barriers to integrate into Canadian society while maintaining their … Click here for a free preview and full description
Teaching and Learning in Saudi Arabia
Perspectives from Higher Education
Amani K. Hamdan (University of Damman, Saudi Arabia) (Ed.)
Saudi Arabia is witnessing unprecedented progress in the field of higher education. Even though the country opened its first university in 1957, so far there seems to be little English scholarly writing about Saudi education … Click here for a free preview and full description