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Addressing barriers to learning - A South African perspective (Paperback, 4th ed): Emmerentia Landsberg, Deirdre Kruger,... Addressing barriers to learning - A South African perspective (Paperback, 4th ed)
Emmerentia Landsberg, Deirdre Kruger, Estelle Swart 1
R740 R682 Discovery Miles 6 820 Save R58 (8%) Ships in 7 - 10 working days

Everyone has the right to education. The main objective of any education system in a democratic society is to provide quality education for all learners, including those with physical, mental and socioeconomic challenges, so that they will be able to reach their full potential and contribute meaningfully to society throughout their lives. With the publication of the Education White Paper 6 in 2001, South Africa proclaimed its policy of inclusive education; however, this policy is not always clearly understood by educators. Addressing barriers to learning provides relevant and in-depth knowledge to prepare educators to teach all the learners in their class groups to the best of their ability. Addressing barriers to learning covers the complete continuum of barriers to learning as reflected in Education White Paper 6, including the most vulnerable of them: those who are economically and educationally disadvantaged; those with physical, sensory, intellectual, and/or learning impairment; those who are subjected to xenophobic behaviour and those displaying challenging behaviour who are at risk of exclusion. This latest edition also includes a new section on discrimination and sociocultural injustice towards LGBTQI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning and intersex) learners. Case studies offer practical examples and activities provide opportunities for hands-on experience with classroom practice and management, collaboration with all role players and mobilisation of community involvement, which is at the heart of true inclusion. Addressing barriers to learning is aimed at both prospective and current educators and other support professionals, including psychologists and therapists.

Geletterheid in die grondslagfase (Afrikaans, Paperback, 3rd ed): M. Bester, E Meyer, R. Evans, N. Phatudi Geletterheid in die grondslagfase (Afrikaans, Paperback, 3rd ed)
M. Bester, E Meyer, R. Evans, N. Phatudi; Edited by I. Joubert
R635 R587 Discovery Miles 5 870 Save R48 (8%) Ships in 7 - 10 working days
Christian Teachers in Public Schools - 13 Essentials for the Classroom (Paperback, New): Dalene Vickery Parker Christian Teachers in Public Schools - 13 Essentials for the Classroom (Paperback, New)
Dalene Vickery Parker
R327 Discovery Miles 3 270 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Entrepreneurship in Action - The Power of Student-Run Ventures (Paperback): Eric W. Liguori, Mark Tonelli Entrepreneurship in Action - The Power of Student-Run Ventures (Paperback)
Eric W. Liguori, Mark Tonelli
R785 Discovery Miles 7 850 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Student-run ventures, actual businesses that students enroll in as a course and run themselves, are changing the ways in which students learn by offering valuable hands-on experience. Many universities around the US have some form of student-run venture operating on campus, but how learning is reinforced and integrated into the classroom varies widely, as does the meaningfulness of the overall student experience. Most universities operate these ventures as one-offs, disconnected from formal academic instruction and as a side project that never gets full faculty or student attention. This book examines six exemplar student-run ventures in depth. These ventures span disciplines from all across campus (arts, humanities, technology) and have known track-records of success, not only from a revenue perspective, but also in terms of pedagogy and learning. Readers learn the inner workings of all six student-run venture courses first-hand from the faculty teaching the course and from students who have taken the course. For instructors looking to start a student-run venture on their campus this book is a must-have roadmap that is sure to help them sidestep obstacles and to accelerate success. The insights contained here show you how you can enhance student engagement and learning by incorporating elements of 21st century entrepreneurship education into the classroom.

Designing Authentic Performance Tasks and Projects - Tools for Meaningful Learning and Assessment (Paperback): Jay McTighe,... Designing Authentic Performance Tasks and Projects - Tools for Meaningful Learning and Assessment (Paperback)
Jay McTighe, Kristina J Doubet, Eric M Carbaugh
R896 R730 Discovery Miles 7 300 Save R166 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Aimed at the growing number of educators who are looking to move beyond covering the curriculum, Designing Authentic Performance Tasks and Projects provides a comprehensive guide to ensuring students' deeper learning-in which they can transfer their knowledge, skills, and understandings to the world beyond the classroom. Readers will learn how to: Create authentic tasks and projects to address both academic standards and 21st century skills. Apply task frames to design performance tasks that allow voice and choice for students. Design and use criterion-based evaluation tools and rubrics for assessment, including those for students to use in self-assessment and peer assessment. Incorporate performance-based instructional strategies needed to prepare students for authentic performance. Differentiate tasks and projects for all students, including those needing additional support or challenge. Effectively manage the logistics of a performance-based classroom. Use project management approaches to facilitate successful implementation of tasks and projects. Develop performance-based curriculum at the program, school, and district levels. Authors Jay McTighe, Kristina J. Doubet, and Eric M. Carbaugh provide examples and resources across all grade levels and subject areas. Teachers can use this practical guidance to transform their classrooms into vibrant centers of learning, where students are motivated and engaged and see relevance in the work they are doing.

Handbook of Public Funding of Research (Hardcover): Benedetto Lepori, Ben Jongbloed, Diana Hicks Handbook of Public Funding of Research (Hardcover)
Benedetto Lepori, Ben Jongbloed, Diana Hicks
R5,834 Discovery Miles 58 340 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Given the recent re-evaluation of research funding policy as an issue central to national governments and the EU, it is imperative that underlying rationales and channels for investment in research and development are examined. A pioneering analysis of the complexity, allocation and management of public funding of research, this Handbook explores the strategies whereby research can be successfully targeted and supported to resolve problems of broad public concern. Used effectively, the Handbook finds, research has the potential to support economic growth, create jobs, enhance social welfare, protect the environment and expand the frontiers of human knowledge. Taking a multi-level approach, chapters strategise ways to address various funding objectives through analysis of policy design, policy instruments, research organisations, and researchers, while remedying disparities resulting from the distribution of research funds. The Handbook's expansive scope, which covers variation in goals and instrument management over time and across countries, facilitates an approach that not only scrutinises existing paradigms of public research funding but also looks to the future. With authoritative analysis and theoretical frameworks by leading scholars, the Handbook employs an interdisciplinary approach that combines sociology of sciences, political sciences and economics. It will prove a useful resource for scholars and researchers in science policy studies, alongside policy analysts in ministries and research funding organisations seeking to better understand their working environment.

Class Warfare - Inside the Fight to Fix America's Schools (Paperback): Steven Brill Class Warfare - Inside the Fight to Fix America's Schools (Paperback)
Steven Brill
R545 R458 Discovery Miles 4 580 Save R87 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In a reporting tour de force, award-winning journalist Steven Brill takes an uncompromising look at the adults who are fighting over America's failure to educate its children--and points the way to reversing that failure.
Brill not only takes us inside their roller-coaster battles, he also concludes with a surprising prescription for what it will take from both sides to put the American dream back in America's schools.

School Leader's Guide to Tackling Attendance Challenges (Paperback): Jessica Sprick, Randy Sprick School Leader's Guide to Tackling Attendance Challenges (Paperback)
Jessica Sprick, Randy Sprick
R950 R772 Discovery Miles 7 720 Save R178 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

For students to be successful in school, they first have to be in school.""With that simple statement, Jessica Sprick and Randy Sprick launch a compelling case for prioritizing student attendance. This comprehensive guide provides school and district-level administrators and teams with the background information, strategies, and tools needed to implement a multitiered approach to improving attendance and preventing chronic absence. The authors use the results of their work in schools throughout the United States to dispel the myth that educators have little control over student attendance and provide success stories from elementary and secondary schools that have reversed longstanding patterns of absenteeism. Citing extensive research, Sprick and Sprick share details about the shocking prevalence of chronic absence in U.S. schools and its effects on students, teachers, families, and the school community. They explain how to replace punitive approaches to absenteeism with effective methods that begin with universal supports and continue through Tier 2 and Tier 3 interventions for students with more persistent problems. Specifically, they explain how to: Build an effective school team to address absenteeism. Create systems to collect accurate data and set priorities. Develop an attendance initiative that generates student enthusiasm as well as staff, parent, and community support. Design and implement strategies that are tailored to specific schoolwide concerns and demographics that reach all students. Equipped with the information and tools presented in this book, educators can ensure wise use of staff and other resources-and create a culture of attendance that is the foundation of successful schools. This book is a copublication of ASCD and Ancora Publishing.

The Principal Reboot - 8 Ways to Revitalize Your School Leadership (Paperback): Jen Schwanke The Principal Reboot - 8 Ways to Revitalize Your School Leadership (Paperback)
Jen Schwanke
R737 R598 Discovery Miles 5 980 Save R139 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Today's school principals face unprecedented challenges that can overwhelm even the most dedicated among them. What can they do when their initial enthusiasm for the job begins to deflate, when the demands of the job seem to outnumber the rewards? How can they regain the energy that propelled them early in their career? The Principal Reboot answers these questions with specific advice on how to reignite passion in addressing the many aspects of the principalship, including: Defining a school's values and mission through rebranding. Strengthening relationships with staff, students, and communit. Leading renewed efforts to improve instruction. Developing teacher leadership. Using data effectively and innovatively. Improving operational procedures and processes. Sharing the wisdom gained from colleagues and her own experience as a principal, author Jen Schwanke offers an engaging, accessible account of the ups and downs of the job, along with helpful, step-by-step suggestions for how to reinvigorate a flagging career and restore the joy that comes with making a school the best that it can be.

Curriculum 21 - Essential Education for a Changing World (Paperback): Heidi Hayes Jacobs Curriculum 21 - Essential Education for a Changing World (Paperback)
Heidi Hayes Jacobs
R740 R608 Discovery Miles 6 080 Save R132 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

What year are you preparing your students for? 1973? 1995? Can you honestly say that your school's curriculum and the program you use are preparing your students for 2015 or 2020? Are you even preparing them for today?"" With those provocative questions, author and educator Heidi Hayes Jacobs launches a powerful case for overhauling, updating, and injecting life into the K-12 curriculum. Sharing her expertise as a world-renowned curriculum designer and calling upon the collective wisdom of 10 education thought leaders, Jacobs provides insight and inspiration in the following key areas: Content and assessment: How to identify what to keep, what to cut, and what to create, and where portfolios and other new kinds of assessment fit into the picture. Program structures: How to improve our use of time and space and groupings of students and staff. Technology: How it's transforming teaching, and how to take advantage of students' natural facility with technology. Media literacy: The essential issues to address, and the best resources for helping students become informed users of multiple forms of media. Globalization: What steps to take to help students gain a global perspective. Sustainability: How to instill enduring values and beliefs that will lead to healthier local, national, and global communities. Habits of mind: The thinking habits that students, teachers, and administrators need to develop and practice to succeed in school, work, and life. The answers to these questions and many more make Curriculum 21 the ideal guide for transforming our schools into what they must become: learning organizations that match the times in which we live.

The 2018/19 KS2 Assessment Handbook - Containing all of the relevant 2018/19 KS2 Assessment Guidance from the DfE (Paperback):... The 2018/19 KS2 Assessment Handbook - Containing all of the relevant 2018/19 KS2 Assessment Guidance from the DfE (Paperback)
The Department for Education
R416 Discovery Miles 4 160 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
From Ivory Tower to Academic Commitment and Leadership - The Changing Public Mission of Universities (Hardcover): Amalya... From Ivory Tower to Academic Commitment and Leadership - The Changing Public Mission of Universities (Hardcover)
Amalya Oliver-Lumerman, Gili S. Drori
R2,513 Discovery Miles 25 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

How is the public mission of universities to change in the face of today's global challenges? How is the 21st Century university to balance its long-standing traditions and its commitment to teaching, research and commercialization with rapidly changing social needs and conditions worldwide? And how does the newly defined public role of the university reflect on changes to non-profit organizations in general? Amalya Oliver-Lumerman and Gili S. Drori offer a new model of academic commitment and leadership in response to questions about the new public role of the university. Combining historical and sociological analysis with examples and proposals for academic commitment and leadership, the book reconsiders the social impact of universities and, by extension, public organizations. It offers detailed examples for Academic Leadership and Responsibility (ACL) programs and related projects, contributing to higher education policy-making and discussions around university governance. In exploring the changing public mission of universities, the book also highlights models of social responsibility and leadership that are appropriate for universities, and discusses the translation of CSR to a non-profit public organization. This will be an invigorating read for higher education and organization studies scholars, as it engages with current debates about the future of university models and public sector organisational forms.

Learning in the Making - How to Plan, Execute, and Assess Powerful Makerspace Lessons (Paperback): Jackie Gerstein Learning in the Making - How to Plan, Execute, and Assess Powerful Makerspace Lessons (Paperback)
Jackie Gerstein
R658 R532 Discovery Miles 5 320 Save R126 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Making is a dynamic and hands-on learning experience that directly connects with long-established theories of how learning occurs. Although it hasn't been a focus of traditional education or had a prominent place in the classroom, teachers find it an accessible, exciting option for their students. The maker movement brings together diverse communities dedicated to creating things through hands-on projects. Makers represent a growing community of builders and creators-engineers, scientists, artists, DIYers, and hobbyists of all ages, interests, and skill levels-who engage in experimentation and cooperation. Transferring this innovative, collaborative, and creative mindset to the classroom is the goal of maker education. A makerspace isn't about the latest tools and equipment. Rather, it's about the learning experiences and opportunities provided to students. Maker education spaces can be as large as a school workshop with high-tech tools (e.g., 3D printers and laser cutters) or as small and low-tech as the corner of a classroom with bins of craft supplies. Ultimately, it's about the mindset-not the ""stuff.""In Learning in the Making, Jackie Gerstein helps you plan, execute, facilitate, and reflect on maker experiences so both you and your students understand how the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of maker education transfer to real-world settings. She also shows how to seamlessly integrate these activities into your curriculum with intention and a clearly defined purpose.

Management In Early Childhood Education - A South African Perspective (Paperback, 3rd ed): C. Meier, P. Marais Management In Early Childhood Education - A South African Perspective (Paperback, 3rd ed)
C. Meier, P. Marais
R635 R587 Discovery Miles 5 870 Save R48 (8%) Ships in 7 - 10 working days

Since 1994, there have been few attempts to address the theoretical and practical foundations of effective management in early childhood education (ECE) and the Foundation Phase in South African schools, yet the survival and success of ECE centres and schools depends on the ability of education managers to meet the needs of the children/learners, educators, parents and the community. Management in early childhood education provides a comprehensive overview of the management of ECE centres for children from birth to nine years old. This book is a resource and reference guide which includes amongst others Internet sources and templates such as inventories, financial planning, parents' newsletters and agendas of staff meetings. It focuses especially on the South African context by referring to appropriate examples and scenarios of real-life situations in this country as well as the newly introduced Curriculum Assessment Policy Statements (CAPS). It also offers practical applications for the many theoretical frameworks in South African schools. All the chapters in this third edition have been updated, and each one begins with learning outcomes and key terms. Management in early childhood education is aimed at student teachers, educators, administrators and child caregivers.

Introducing children's literature - A guide to the South African classroom (Paperback): Rinelle Evans, Ina Joubert,... Introducing children's literature - A guide to the South African classroom (Paperback)
Rinelle Evans, Ina Joubert, Corinne Meier
R505 R467 Discovery Miles 4 670 Save R38 (8%) Ships in 7 - 10 working days

Much has been written about children's literature as a genre; but very little material exists on how to use it in diverse South African classrooms where teachers prepare young learners in literacy skills. Introducing Children's Literature equips the prospective teacher with a strong theoretical introduction to the genre and details how children can be encouraged to become enthusiastic readers. This books also provides insight into the developmental stages of a child; the history of South African literature, with particular reference to the oral tradition; the role of the adult in establishing a reading culture; practicalities of introducing stories and literature to children in different phases from diverse contexts; the use of illustrations and technology to enhance other literacies; techniques of storytelling and selecting appropriate texts; the influence of the hidden curriculum in terms of moral development, stereotyping, sanitising and representation. The authors collectively have decades of experience in teacher education, teaching at the chalkface and raising their own children to enjoy reading. Many practical suggestions for using children's literature in the classroom makes this book a necessity for teachers, student teachers and parents.

Design Thinking in Play - An Action Guide for Educators (Paperback): Alyssa Gallagher, Kami Thordarson Design Thinking in Play - An Action Guide for Educators (Paperback)
Alyssa Gallagher, Kami Thordarson
R796 R649 Discovery Miles 6 490 Save R147 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Design thinking is a person-centered, problem-solving process that's a go-to for innovative businesses and gaining traction with school leaders interested in positive change. But understanding design thinking is one thing; actually putting it in play is something else. Authors Alyssa Gallagher and Kami Thordarson offer educators a practical guide for navigating design thinking's invigorating challenges and reaping its considerable rewards. They dig deep into the five-stage design thinking process, highlighting risk factors and recommending specific steps to keep you moving forward. The 25 downloadable and reproducible tools provide prompts and supports that will help you and your team: Identify change opportunities. Dig deeper into complex problems. Analyze topics to isolate specific challenges. Connect with and solve for user needs. Apply what you've learned about users to design challenges. Maximize brainstorming power. Create and employ solution prototypes. Pitch solutions and secure buy-in from stakeholders. Organize and analyze user feedback. Map out a solution's specific actions and resource requirements. Design Thinking in Play is a must-have for education leaders who are tired of waiting for someone else to solve their problems and ready to take action, have fun, and leverage collective insight to figure out what will really work for their school, their colleagues, and their students.

The Primary National Curriculum Flip Book (Paperback): Department for Education The Primary National Curriculum Flip Book (Paperback)
Department for Education
R572 Discovery Miles 5 720 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
How to Lead Academic Departments Successfully (Hardcover): Adam Lindgreen, Alan Irwin, Flemming Poulfelt, Thyra U. Thomsen How to Lead Academic Departments Successfully (Hardcover)
Adam Lindgreen, Alan Irwin, Flemming Poulfelt, Thyra U. Thomsen
R4,132 Discovery Miles 41 320 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

It is an old cliche that leading and managing academics is like herding cats. This book challenges this myth and presents a way to deal with the many challenges of academic leadership, from managing departments, research groups and teams to managing tensions between research and teaching. The book is a practical and stimulating guide to different pathways to successful academic leadership, both in personal and organizational terms.

Curriculum studies - Development, interpretation, plan and practice (Paperback, 3rd ed): Celia Booyse, Elize du Plessis Curriculum studies - Development, interpretation, plan and practice (Paperback, 3rd ed)
Celia Booyse, Elize du Plessis 1
R375 R347 Discovery Miles 3 470 Save R28 (7%) Ships in 7 - 10 working days

Educators are faced with more challenges today than ever before. Besides being interpreters and implementers of the curriculum, teachers need to understand curriculum design, curriculum approaches and models, legislation, and prescribed policies. They have to be able to analyse existing learning programmes and resource material in order to prepare instructional designs, with effective teaching, learning, and assessment in mind. Curriculum studies: Development, interpretation, plan and practice offers sound, detailed, and practical direction with reference to the CAPS, to help teachers to enhance teaching, learning, and assessment. This book narrows the gap between the curriculum plan, instructional design, and teaching practice. The views of Tyler, Stenhouse, Freire and others serve as a theoretical grounding for a deeper understanding of the teacher's role as interpreter of the curriculum. Reference is also made to the influence of contextual aspects, and practical guidance is provided in terms of curriculum innovation and teaching practice. The topics covered in this book include the following: The theoretical framing of curriculum design; Understanding the curriculum in context; Considering policy documents during curriculum interpretation and implementation; Practical guidance for putting curriculum plans into practice: from the intended to the enacted and the assessed Curriculum studies: Development, interpretation, plan and practice is aimed at teachers in the General Education and Training (GET) and Further Education and Training (FET) phases.

Turning High-Poverty Schools into High-Performing Schools (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition): William H Parrett, Kathleen M. Budge Turning High-Poverty Schools into High-Performing Schools (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
William H Parrett, Kathleen M. Budge
R801 R655 Discovery Miles 6 550 Save R146 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Schools across the United States and Canada are disrupting the adverse effects of poverty and supporting students in ways that enable them to succeed in school and in life. In this second edition, Parrett and Budge show you how your school can achieve similar results. Expanding on their original framework's still-critical concepts of actions and school culture, they incorporate new insights for addressing equity, trauma, and social-emotional learning. These fresh perspectives combine with lessons learned from 12 additional high-poverty, high-performing schools to form the updated and enhanced Framework for Collective Action. Emphasizing students' social, emotional, and academic learning as the hub for all action in high-performing, high-poverty schools, the authors describe how educators can work within the expanded Framework to address the needs of all students, but particularly those who live in poverty. Equipped with the Framework and a plethora of tools to build collective efficacy (self-assessments, high-leverage questions, action advice, and more), school and district leaders-as well as teachers, teacher leaders, instructional coaches, and other staff-can close persistent opportunity gaps and reverse longstanding patterns of low achievement.

Conferring in the Math Classroom - A Practical Guidebook to Using 5-Minute Conferences to Grow Confident Mathematicians... Conferring in the Math Classroom - A Practical Guidebook to Using 5-Minute Conferences to Grow Confident Mathematicians (Paperback)
Gina Picha
R929 Discovery Miles 9 290 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

All students enter our math classrooms with ideas worthy of discussion. Some of the most effective breakthroughs come from short, intentional talks between students and teacher, yet planning for these moments can seem daunting. In her innovative book, Conferring in the Math Classroom, Gina Picha focuses on simple and transformative ways teachers can use math conferences, short conversations between teachers and small groups of students at work, to guide instruction, assess understanding, and build strong math thinkers. Inside you'll learn how to: Facilitate math conferences to listen to students, encourage them to share their math thinking, and build on their strengths Ask exploratory questions to gain insight into their math reasoning and plan the next steps for instruction Provide differentiated instruction based on the individual and group needs Picha includes teacher questioning guides, If-Then charts organized by grade level and math topic, and note-taking templates to help you get started with math conferring right away. This practical and accessible approach can help students deepen their math understanding, build confidence in their math abilities, and connect learnings between math subjects.

Testing for Kindergarten - Simple Strategies to Help Your Child Ace the Tests For: Public School Placement, Private School... Testing for Kindergarten - Simple Strategies to Help Your Child Ace the Tests For: Public School Placement, Private School Admissions, Gifted Program Qualification, a Parent's Guide (Paperback, Original)
Karen Quinn
R476 R395 Discovery Miles 3 950 Save R81 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Karen Quinn has successfully taught hundreds of parents how to prepare their children for testing, and "Testing For Kindergarten" is her ultimate, comprehensive guide to having fun while teaching to the underlying abilities every test assesses.
Whether your child is going to a private kindergarten or a public school, he or she will most likely be tested--and placed in classrooms according to those results. But information about intelligence tests is closely guarded, and it can be difficult to understand what your kids need to know.
As an expert who has successfully taught hundreds of parents how to work with their own children, Karen Quinn has written the ultimate guide to preparing your child for kindergarten testing. The activities she suggests are "not "about "teaching to the test." They are about having fun while teaching to the underlying abilities every test assesses.
From the "right" way to have a conversation to natural ways to bring out your child's inner math geek, Quinn shares the techniques that every parent can do with their kids to give them the best chance to succeed in school and beyond. It's just good parenting--and better test scores are icing on the cake.

What If I'm Wrong? and Other Key Questions for Decisive School Leadership (Paperback): Simon Rodberg What If I'm Wrong? and Other Key Questions for Decisive School Leadership (Paperback)
Simon Rodberg
R676 R546 Discovery Miles 5 460 Save R130 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

It can be difficult to think clearly and deeply when a decision must be made, especially for principals and other administrators barraged with information, questions, and demands on their time. When even the smallest mistake can negatively affect students and staff, strong decision-making skills are crucial. By focusing on key questions, however, school leaders can find a path through the complex decisions they encounter every day. What If I'm Wrong? and Other Key Questions for Decisive School Leadership guides you past the pitfalls of split-second instinct, groupthink, prejudice, and the rush to judgment. Leadership coach and former principal Simon Rodberg pulls together true stories from his own experience, examples of a range of school issues, and the latest research in cognitive science into a five-question framework for school leaders to ask themselves when facing a decision: What am I missing? What's one small step? Where's the trade-off? Does it have to be this way? What if I'm wrong? By prompting you to reflect on your own thought processes and cognitive blind spots, Rodberg's approach helps you build good habits of strategic decision making. Learn to navigate both tough dilemmas and everyday challenges as a decisive school leader.

Entrepreneurship in Action - The Power of Student-Run Ventures (Hardcover): Eric W. Liguori, Mark Tonelli Entrepreneurship in Action - The Power of Student-Run Ventures (Hardcover)
Eric W. Liguori, Mark Tonelli
R2,487 Discovery Miles 24 870 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Student-run ventures, actual businesses that students enroll in as a course and run themselves, are changing the ways in which students learn by offering valuable hands-on experience. Many universities around the US have some form of student-run venture operating on campus, but how learning is reinforced and integrated into the classroom varies widely, as does the meaningfulness of the overall student experience. Most universities operate these ventures as one-offs, disconnected from formal academic instruction and as a side project that never gets full faculty or student attention. This book examines six exemplar student-run ventures in depth. These ventures span disciplines from all across campus (arts, humanities, technology) and have known track-records of success, not only from a revenue perspective, but also in terms of pedagogy and learning. Readers learn the inner workings of all six student-run venture courses first-hand from the faculty teaching the course and from students who have taken the course. For instructors looking to start a student-run venture on their campus this book is a must-have roadmap that is sure to help them sidestep obstacles and to accelerate success. The insights contained here show you how you can enhance student engagement and learning by incorporating elements of 21st century entrepreneurship education into the classroom.

My School Governance Handbook: Keeping it simple, a step by step guide and checklist for all school governors (Paperback): Al... My School Governance Handbook: Keeping it simple, a step by step guide and checklist for all school governors (Paperback)
Al Kingsley
R551 Discovery Miles 5 510 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

With nearly two decades of school governance experience across Infant, Primary, Secondary, All Through and Alternative Provision schools and academies, distilled into an easy-to-read format, My School Governance Handbook aims to make the complex world of school governance simple and accessible to all. This handbook will take you step by step through the basics of school governance, what the role entails and what you need to know. It explains how schools and multi academy trusts are structured, the key areas of school life you need to understand, relevant questions to ask and finally, includes a handy dictionary to help you navigate your way through all those pesky education acronyms. Including ideas and guidance from other experienced governors across the UK, 'My School Governance Handbook' is the perfect companion for any school governor or trustee.

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