This 544-page book has 22 chapters prepared by experienced and renowned scholars and researchers from different parts of the world. Grouped into three sections- "Information Technology, Science and Mathematics", "Social Sciences and General Studies", and "Languages" - the chapters represent an important collection of international endeavours committed to facilitate the much needed paradigm shift in subject curriculum and pedagogy and reinforce the quest for a new knowledge base that can support the search for new conceptions, models, perspectives, innovations, and practices for teaching effectiveness and teacher development in different parts of the world. The target audiences are teacher educators, educators, graduate students, researchers, policy makers and those interested to reform education and teacher education in the new century.
Subject teaching and teacher education in the new century: research and innovation
This book focuses on current trends, potential challenges and further developments of teacher education and professional development from a theoretical, empirical and practical point of view.
Written to commemorate the National Congress on Teacher Education in the United States, this book describes the Congress' deliberations on questions of policy, practice and research regarding teacher preparation.
This book addresses the issue of teacher identity from the point of view of these questions and it considers how regulative government impacts on this construction of trainee and new teacher identities. In this part, some theoretical ...
Wilson, M.D. (1985) History for Pupils with Learning Difficulties. London: Hodder and Stoughton. Wilson, S.M. (1990) Mastodons, maps and Michigan: exploring uncharted territory while teaching elementary social studies.
What factors must you take into account when planning for teaching? ... What beliefs do you now hold regarding planning for teaching? ... To what extent do you believe you will be able to align your core beliefs with your actions?
The book is key reading for teacher educators, policy makers and researchers with an interest in teachers’ professional development and practice.
COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE/LEARNING COMMUNITIES Community is a term widely used in the online world. ... In collaborative online projects it could be inferred that higher levels of collaboration could be compared in terms of use of ...
Three essays put forth recommendations for improving various aspects of American education. The first essay, "Teacher Preparation," focuses on the impact of several social, global, and technological trends on American...
Surinder K. Ghai, Chairman, Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, India This book provides a refreshing insight into the current status and future direction of science education.