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The Prevent Duty in Education = Impact, Enactment and Implications
This open access book explores the enactment, impact and implications of the Prevent Duty across a range of educational contexts. In July 2015 the UK became the first country to place a specific legal requirement on those working in education to contribute to efforts to ‘prevent people from being drawn into terrorism’. Drawing on extensive research with staff, children and young people, the…
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- 9783030455590
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- X, 176 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Understanding China’s School Leadership : Interpreting the Terminology
This open access book outlines key terms of China’s school leadership in Chinese political and legal, financial, administrative, and cultural contexts. It reveals and interprets the real meaning of these practical terms based on existing laws, government documents, school policy texts as well as the latest empirical findings from school leaders and teachers’ surveys and interviews in China.…
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- 9789811507496
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- XXII, 278 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Learning Cultural Literacy through Creative Practices in Schools
The introductory chapter explains the core concepts of the book: Cultural literacy and creativity. Cultural literacy is defined as a social practice that is inherently dialogic and based on learning and gaining knowledge through emphatic, tolerant, and inclusive interaction. Creativity is seen as stimulating cultural literacy learning through openness and curiosity to test and develop some…
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- 9783030892364
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- XXI, 151
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Public opinion and the political economy of education policy around the world
Comparative analyses of public opinion on education policy in developed countries.Although research has suggested a variety of changes to education policy that have the potential to improve educational outcomes, politicians are often reluctant to implement such evidence-based reforms. Public opinion and pressure by interest groups would seem to have a greater role in shaping education policy th…
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- 9780262363488
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- 1 online resource.
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If Schools Didn't Exist: A Study in the Sociology of Schools
A classic in the philosophy of education, considering the fundamental purpose and function of schools, translated into English for the first time. This classic 1971 work on the fundamental purpose and function of schools belongs on the same shelf as other landmark works of the era, including Ivan Illich's Deschooling Society, Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed, and John Holt's How Chil…
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- 9780262358477
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Lockdown drills :connecting research and best practices for school administra…
"An examination of the role and impact of lockdown drills in America's schools, including consideration of arguments for and against these practices"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262370700
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School choice international :exploring public-private partnerships
This volume analyses and studies public-private partnerships in education and the varied forms they take in different parts of the world, for example it studies publicly-funded vouchers in Chile and Columbia and private schools in India.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262270113
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- 1 online resource (viii, 272 pages) :illustrations
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Sharing Our Knowledge : Best Practices for Supporting English Language Learne…
To complete the course ECUR 415.3: Current Issues in EAL, students are required to submit a final paper that reflects their growing knowledge about English as an Additional Language (EAL). EAL is the term used in Saskatchewan to describe students who speak languages other than English and require adequate levels of English to be successful with the school curriculum. Most students enrolled i…
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