Ben-Peretz / Brown / Moon Routledge International Companion to Education

Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-1-134-81581-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 1024 Seiten

The Routledge International Companion to Education addresses the key issues underpinning the rethinking and restructuring of education at the beginning of the new millennium. The volume contains over fifty major contributions exploring a wide range of issues, including:

* philosophy of education
* the economics and resourcing of education
* testing and assessment: current issues and future prospects
* standards
* multiculturalism
* anti-racism
* computers in classrooms
* mother tongue education
* civics and moral education.
Each chapter gives a contemporary account of developments in the field, and looks to the future and the directions that new activity and inquiry are likely to take. All the chapters are written from an international perspective.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ben-Peretz, Miriam

Brown, Sally

Moon, Bob

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

PART I: FOUNDATIONS

1. Philosophy of education Nicholas C. Burbules

2. Exploring theory and practice in moral education David Carr

3. Theories of cognitive development and learning and their implications for curriculum development and teaching Sidney Strauss

4. Cognition and teaching Richard White

5. Learning Charles Desforges

6. Teaching: has classroom teaching served its day? Donald McIntyre

7. How is language used as a medium for classroom education? Neil Mercer

8. The economics and resourcing of education Mun C. Tsang

9. Are we post-modern yet? Historical and theoretical explorations in comparative education Esther E. Gottlieb

PART II: PROCESSES

10. The conduct and appraisal of educational research Robert Floden

11. Educational policy-making and analysis: diverse viewpoints Rosemary Deem and Kevin Brehony

12. Curriculum: the case for a focus on learning Robert McCormick and Patricia Murphy

13. Understanding European didactics Bjørg Gundem

14. From testing to assessment: current issues and future prospects Harry Torrance

15. Administration and management in education: theory and practice Tony Bush

16. Fundamental shifts in schooling: implications for principal leadership Charles Hausman and Joseph Murphy

17. School governance: education excellence as a shared aspiration Jon Nixon

18. School effectiveness and improvement: past, present and future David Reynolds

19. Community education through the twentieth century Colin Fletcher

PART III: SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES

20. Standards: what are they, what do they do, and where do they live? Dylan Wiliam

21. Learning support for pupils in mainstream schools: policy context and practical implications Sheila Riddell

22. Home learning and school learning in the 21st century Alastair Macbeth

23. Peace education: a review and projection Betty A. Reardon

24. Feminism and education Madeleine Grumet and Kate McCoy

25. Dappled and irrepressible: the kaleidoscope of multiculturalism in education Devorah Kalekin-Fishman

26. Multiculturalism: one view from the United States Susan Melnick

27. Anti-racism: from policy to praxis David Gillborn

28. Environmental education: a time for re-visioning Christopher Oulton and William Scott

29. Environmental education in changing times Ian Robottom

30. The new environment of media education Oliver Boyd-Barrett

31. Health education and the health-promoting school: addressing the drugs issue Keith Tones and Jackie Green

32. Computers in classrooms: learners and teachers in new roles Anna Chronaki

PART IV: SECTORS

33. Early childhood education throughout the world Patricia P. Olmsted

34. Primary education Jill Bourne

35. Secondary school: a tense stasis in function and form (USA) Anna Ershler Richert, Kristin Donaldson Geiser and David M. Donahue

36. New perspectives on the evolution of secondary school education in the UK Roy Lowe

37. Learning along the way: the evolution of adult and continuing education Steven Weiland

38. Adult education: social movements or public service? Tom Steele

39. Understanding education and work: themes and issues Murray Saunders

40. Higher education in a context of change Tony Becher

41. Technology in higher education: altering the goalposts Robin Mason

42. Teacher education: from initial preparation to continuing professional development Sharon Feiman-Nemser and Patricia J. Norman

43. The open learning environment: a new paradigm for international developments in teacher education Bob Moon

PART V: SUBJECTS

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Über Autor(innen)

Bob Moon is Professor of Education at the School of Education at the Open University in Milton Keynes. He is also the Director of the Centre of Research and Development in Teacher Education.