A review of research on “not-school” learning that investigates what is distinctive in the quality of learning in these settings. Schools do not define education, and they are not the only institutions in which learning takes place. After-school programs, music lessons, Scouts, summer camps, on-the-job training, and home activities all offer out-of-school educational experiences. In Learnin…
"The Republic of Plato" is one of the classic gateway texts into the study and practice of philosophy, and it is just the sort of book that has been able to arrest and redirect lives. How it has been able to do this, and whether or not it will be able to do this in your own case, is something you can only discover for yourself. The present guidebook aims to help a person get fairly deep, fairly…
Der Open-Access-Band adressiert die Herausforderungen und Chancen der Digitalisierung für Studierende und Lehrende sowie für Support-Strukturen und Leitungen von Hochschulen in Deutschland. Thematische Schwerpunkte bilden die Entwicklung und Umsetzung von Hochschulstrategien im Kontext von regionalen, nationalen und internationalen Netzwerken sowie die Förderung von Schlüsselkompetenzen dur…
Im Mittelpunkt dieses Bandes steht die Frage, wie Fachunterricht sich verändern kann und muss, um aktuellen Herausforderungen für das Bildungswesen, zu denen unter anderen die zunehmende Diversität individueller Lernausgangslangen sowie Inklusion zählen, gerecht zu werden. Am Beispiel der Fächer Englisch, Französisch, Spanisch, Mathematik, Kunst und Musik wird die Konzeption und Implement…
This book makes a major contribution to the scholarship on internationalization in higher education by focusing on the perceptions and experiences of the academic profession in a comparative perspective. Drawing from data collected by the Academic Professions in the Knowledge-based Society (APIKS) project, the contributors to this volume are uniquely positioned to explore the impact and implica…
As we enter the 21st century, there is an urgent need for new approaches to mathematics education emphasizing its relevance in young learners’ futures. Modeling Students’ Mathematical Modeling Competencies explores the vital trend toward using real-world problems as a basis for teaching mathematics skills, competencies, and applications. Blending theoretical constructs and practical conside…
In this volume cultural, social and cognitive influences on the research and teaching of mathematical modelling are explored from a variety of theoretical and practical perspectives. The authors of the current volume are all members of the International Community of Teachers of Mathematical Modelling and Applications, the peak research body in this field. A distinctive feature of this volume is…
In Antiracist Writing Assessment Ecologies, Asao B. Inoue theorizes classroom writing assessment as a complex system that is "more than" its interconnected elements. To explain how and why antiracist work in the writing classroom is vital to literacy learning, Inoue incorporates ideas about the white racial habits that informs dominant discourses in the academy and other contexts. Inoue helps t…
This book celebrates the scholarly achievements of Prof. David A. Watkins, who has pioneered research on the psychology of Asian learners, and helps readers grasp the cognitive, motivational, developmental, and socio-cultural aspects of Asian learners learning experiences. A wide range of empirical and review papers, which examine the characteristics of these experiences as they are shaped by b…
This book comprises the Proceedings of the 12th International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME-12), which was held at COEX in Seoul, Korea, from July 8th to 15th, 2012. ICME-12 brought together 3500 experts from 92 countries, working to understand all of the intellectual and attitudinal challenges in the subject of mathematics education as a multidisciplinary research and practice. This…