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Stories of Men and Teaching
This book investigates the dynamic relationship between masculinity, fiction and teaching answering one central question. How are male teachers influenced by fictional narratives in the construction of masculinities within education? It achieves this in three major steps: by describing a methodological system of narrative analysis that is able to account for the influence of a fictional text al…
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- 978-981-287-218-0
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- X, 76
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- 2211-193X
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Enhancing Professional Knowledge of Pre-Service Science Teacher Education by …
Self-study research is making an impact on the field of science education. University researchers employ these methods to improve their instruction, develop as instructors, and ultimately, impact their students’ learning. This volume provides an introduction to self-study research in science education, followed by manuscripts of self-studies undertaken by university faculty and those becoming…
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- 978-3-319-32447-0
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- XI, 467
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A Companion To Interdisciplinary Stem Project-Based Learning: For Educators b…
This text contains 25 Project-Based Learning (PBL) lessons written by a combination of undergraduate preservice teachers, inservice teachers, and graduate students. Everyone who wrote a chapter strives to improve STEM education to help others implement standards-based STEM instruction that takes learning in isolation to greater accountability through integrated and meaningful tasks that answer …
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- 978-94-6300-485-5
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- 370
Tools and Mathematics
This book is an exploration of tools and mathematics and issues in mathematics education related to tool use. The book has five parts. The first part reflects on doing a mathematical task with different tools, followed by a mathematician's account of tool use in his work. The second considers prehistory and history: tools in the development from ape to human; tools and mathematics in the ancien…
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- 978-3-319-02396-0
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- 41 b/w illustrations, 92 illustrations in colour
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Timor-Leste: Transforming Education Through Partnership in a Small Post-Confl…
This book argues that development aid in small post-conflict states, particularly in the educational field, benefits from a commitment to a shared vision, fostering co-operative relationships and working within local capacity, credibility, and attentiveness to immediate and longer-term development goals. It uses Timor-Leste as its case study of a faith-based partnership in the development of th…
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- 978-94-6209-884-8
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- XIV, 120
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Enhancing Fieldwork Learning Using Mobile Technologies
This book shows how tablets (and smartphones) using a variety of selected ‘apps’, can enhance fieldwork and other out-of-classroom activities. The authors review imaginative uses of tablets from their own project and as well as examples from other colleagues. To help readers keep abreast of new technology and innovative ways to use it, the book is supported by a web site and a social media …
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- 978-3-319-20967-8
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- 3 b/w illustrations, 24 illustrations in colour
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English for Academic Purposes in Neoliberal Universities: A Critical Grounded…
The critical grounded theory presented in this book offers valuable insights on the social processes and strategies used by Blended English for Academic Purposes Professionals (BLEAPs) at higher education institutions, as they struggle to negotiate the challenges arising from a new focus on recruiting international students and hunting for other resources for their universities. Drawing from in…
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- 978-3-319-10449-2
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- 10 b/w illustrations
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English as a Global Language in China Deconstructing the Ideological Discour…
This book offers insight into the spread and impact of English language education in China within China’s broader educational, social, economic and political changes. The author's critical perspective informs readers on the connections between language education and political ideologies in the context of globalizing China. The discussion of the implications concerning language education is of…
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- 978-3-319-10392-1
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- 5 b/w illustrations
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English Language Training in the Workplace Case Studies of Corporate Program…
Workplace English language training programs represent a corporate investment in language skills enhancement and human capital development. This book evaluates English language training programs in Chinese workplaces by examining a range of training effectiveness variables and identifying the factors that facilitate or hinder effective learning outcomes for workplace English training programs a…
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- 978-3-319-30157-0
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- 6 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
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English Language Teaching Today Linking Theory and Practice
English Language Teaching Today: Linking Theory and Practice provides an up-to-date account of current principles and practices for teaching English in the world today. The chapters, written by internationally recognized language teacher educators and TESOL specialists, introduce the reader to key language skill areas (i.e., listening, speaking, reading, writing, pronunciation, grammar and voca…
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- 978-3-319-38834-2
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- 2 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
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