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This book maps out a new paradigm of teacher education and, by
implication, professional education generally. The book opens with
two alternative theories of teacher education and training and
explains the concepts and assumptions on which they rest including
beliefs about the nature and role of education in society. It then
proposes a 'natural science' paradigm and its implications for
establishing a coherent view of teacher education. Subsequent
chapters indicate the professional implications of such a model.
John Elliott has been a leading researcher, writer and thinker
in education for thirty years, and has contributed over twenty
books and five hundred articles to the field. This book brings
together sixteen of his key writings, drawn together to show the
development of his most important ideas and theories and to
celebrate his career to date.
Starting with a specially written introduction, John Elliott
gives an overview of his career and contextualises his selection.
The chapters cover:
- rethinking educational research
- doing classroom action research
- pedagogy as form of action research
- the challenge of action research.
This book forms a single easy-access resource for researchers,
academics and students who want a introduction to educational
theory and an overview of John Elliott's key ideas.
John Elliott has been a leading researcher, writer and thinker
in education for thirty years, and has contributed over twenty
books and five hundred articles to the field. This book brings
together sixteen of his key writings, drawn together to show the
development of his most important ideas and theories and to
celebrate his career to date.
Starting with a specially written introduction, John Elliott
gives an overview of his career and contextualises his selection.
The chapters cover:
- rethinking educational research
- doing classroom action research
- pedagogy as form of action research
- the challenge of action research.
This book forms a single easy-access resource for researchers,
academics and students who want a introduction to educational
theory and an overview of John Elliott's key ideas.
Each of the essays in this volume, originally published in 1970,
touches upon a historical theme which Herbert Butterfield
illuminated. It covers a wide range of topics from music and
relgion in modern European history to the scientific revolution of
the 17th century.
Each of the essays in this volume, originally published in 1970,
touches upon a historical theme which Herbert Butterfield
illuminated. It covers a wide range of topics from music and
relgion in modern European history to the scientific revolution of
the 17th century.
This book maps out a new paradigm of teacher education an, by
implication, professional education generally. The book opens with
two alternative theories of teacher education and training and
explains the concepts and assumptions on which they rest including
beliefs about the nature and role of education in society. It then
proposes a natural science paradigm and its implications for
establishing a coherent view of teacher education. Subsequent
chapters indicate the professional implications of such a
model.
For Introductory Financial Accounting courses at the MBA level, and
for rigorous undergraduate courses. A unique blend of theory,
practice, and robust financial statement analysis. Introduction to
Financial Accounting describes the most widely accepted accounting
theory and practice with an emphasis on using and analyzing the
information in financial statements. This text also compares U.S.
GAAP to IFRS where relevant.
Lawrence Stenhouse was one of the most distinguished, original and
influential educationalists of his generation. His theories about
curriculum, curriculum development, pedagogy, teacher research, and
research as a basis for teaching remain compelling and fresh and
continue to be a counterpoint to instrumental and technocratic
thinking in education. In this book, renowned educationalists
describe Stenhouse's contribution to education, explore the
contemporary relevance of his thinking and bring his work and
legacy to the attention of a wide range of students, teachers,
teacher educators and others involved in education. Stenhouse saw
the primary aim of education as the development of individuality
through a creative and critical engagement with culture. He was an
early advocate of inclusive education and was committed to making
available to all pupils an education that was challenging and
empowering. For Stenhouse many of the problems of education stemmed
not so much from its content as from the terms and conditions under
which students were required to access it. Consequently he
pioneered an approach to curriculum reform that stressed the
quality of the educational process and the values that defined it,
as opposed to 'rational curriculum planning', which stressed the
pre-specification of measureable learning outcomes. Stenhouse
devised the curriculum reform movement's most ambitious strategy,
'the process model', and was its principal theorist. His idea of
'the teacher as researcher' lay at the heart of this strategy as
the means by which the values that define a worthwhile educational
process could be progressively realized by teachers in concrete
forms of action within their classrooms and schools. What marked
out Stenhouse's unique contribution to the field of curriculum was
his distinctive conceptualisation of the relationship between the
teacher (authority), the learner (autonomy) and the subject matter
(understanding). Founded on his epistemological scepticism and
forged in his encounters with expertly discerning teachers who
valued and nurtured the intellectual independence of students,
Stenhouse acquired an acute appreciation of the ways in which
teaching enhances or inhibits, develops or displaces the potential
for autonomous thinking of students. He changed the relationship
between curriculum theory, educational research and teachers;
placing teachers right at the heart of the curriculum development
process and the teacher as researcher at the heart of teacher
professionalism.
In addition to being the man who coined the term 'the Big Bang', world-renowned astronomer Sir Fred Hoyle also produced a fine body of science fiction. The Andromeda Anthology contains the acclaimed duology A for Andromeda and The Andromeda Breakthrough, co-written with John Elliot.
The close-knit group of scientists who work at the new radio telescope are shocked to receive a mysterious signal from the heart of the Andromeda galaxy. Working with mathematician Christine Jones, Dr John Fleming interprets the signal as the instructions to build a super-computer. When the computer begins to relay the information it receives from Andromeda, scientists find themselves possessing knowledge previously unknown to mankind, knowledge that could threaten the security of human life itself.
Is mankind alone in the universe? Will we ever encounter
intelligent life beyond Earth? These questions have been asked for
centuries. Recent advances in the fields of astrophysics, astronomy
and astrobiology make it more likely than ever before, that Earth
may not be the only inhabited planet, and that humanity may not the
only intelligent species in the universe. What would be the
consequences of contact with an extraterrestrial intelligence? This
question is at the heart of the emerging discipline of
exosociology. According to the authors, first contact with an
extraterrestrial intelligence poses enormous risks for humanity.
These risks come not only from extraterrestrials, but above all
from ourselves. We should be prepared. Michael Schetsche and
Andreas Anton's comprehensive introduction to exosociology was
first published in German in 2019. The book has been widely
acclaimed in Germany and internationally. It is now available in
English for the first time.
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