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Education Systems and Inequalities : International comparisons
How do education systems shape educational inequalities and differences in educational outcomes? And how do advantages and disadvantages in educational attainment translate into privileges and shortcomings in labour market and general life chances? Education systems and inequalities compares different education systems and their impact on creating and sustaining social inequalities. The book co…
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- 9781447326106
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- 368 halaman
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- 370 HAD e
Meeting the Challenges to Measurement in an Era of Accountability
Under pressure and support from the federal government, states have increasingly turned to indicators based on student test scores to evaluate teachers and schools, as well as students themselves. The focus thus far has been on test scores in those subject areas where there is a sequence of consecutive tests, such as in mathematics or English/language arts with a focus on grades 4-8. Teachers i…
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- 9781135040154
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- 436 halaman
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- 370 MEE
Turning Points in the History of Mathematics
This book explores some of the major turning points in the history of mathematics, ranging from ancient Greece to the present, demonstrating the drama that has often been a part of its evolution. Studying these breakthroughs, transitions, and revolutions, their stumbling-blocks and their triumphs, can help illuminate the importance of the history of mathematics for its teaching, learning, and …
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- 978-1-4939-3264-1
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Knowledge for a Sustainable World
The search for answers to the issue of global sustainability has become increasingly urgent. In the context of higher education, many universities and academics are seeking new insights that can shift our dependence on ways of living that rely on the exploitation of so many and the degradation of so much of our planet. This is the vision that drives SANORD and many of the researchers and instit…
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- 9781928331049
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- 256 halaman
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- 370 HAL k
Controversies in Education Orthodoxy and Heresy in Policy and Practice
This book is the outcome of a colloquium series organized by The University of Sydney in which leading and emerging researchers were invited to name what they took to be the deep flaws at the heart of contemporary educational and policy and practice in Australia and globally? to voice their potentially?heretical? views on what most urgently needs to be done. The chapters in this collection are …
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- 9783319087597
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Kids and Credibility : An Empirical Examination of Youth, Digital Media Use, …
Findings from a survey of youthful Internet users that was designed to assess kids' beliefs about the credibility of online information. How well do children navigate the ocean of information that is available online? The enormous variety of Web-based resources represents both opportunities and challenges for Internet-savvy kids, offering extraordinary potential for learning and social connecti…
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- 9780262514750
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- 154 halaman
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- 302 FLA k
International Comparative Studies in Mathematics : Lessons for Improving Stud…
It argues that the main purpose of educational research is to improve student learning, and that international comparative studies are no exception.
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- 9783319424132
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- VII, 36 halaman
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- ICME-13 Topical Surveys
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- 510 CAI i
International Advances in Writing Research : Cultures, Places, Measures
The 30 chapters in this edited collection were selected from the more than 500 presentations at the Writing Research Across Borders II Conference in 2011. With representatives from more than 40 countries, this conference gave rise to the International Society for the Advancement of Writing Research. The chapters selected for this collection represent cutting edge research on writing from all…
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- 9781602353541
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- 001.42 BAZ i
Interdisciplining Digital Humanities : Boundary Work in an Emerging Field
Interdisciplining Digital Humanities sorts through definitions and patterns of practice over roughly sixty-five years of work, providing an overview for specialists and a general audience alike. It is the only book that tests the widespread claim that Digital Humanities is interdisciplinary. By examining the boundary work of constructing, expanding, and sustaining a new field, it depicts both t…
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- 9780472900138
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- 200 halaman
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- Digital Humanities
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- 370 KLE i
From Cognition to Being : Prolegomena for Teachers
In this book, McHenry challenges the still-regnant paradigm of knowledge acquisition as the end and means of schooling, supplanting it with an inquiry into what knowledge is. Tracing the development of the idea of knowledge from its roots in Descartes and Locke through the ontological turn in Wittgenstein, Heidegger, and Buber, he provides an alternative rationale and vocabulary for a practice …
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- 9780776604558
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- 189 halaman
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- Mentor Series
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- 370 MCH f
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