Growing evidence suggests that self-determination is a significant factor in improving educational and transition outcomes in students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. This book reviews the methods for teaching components of self-determination.
Growing evidence suggests that self-determination is a significant factor in improving educational and transition outcomes in students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. This book reviews the methods for teaching components of self-determination.
Critical Theory, Neo-Pragmatism, and Rhetorical Inquiry
This book redefines our understanding of theory, criticism and pedagogy with the vocabulary of neo-pragmatism. When human knowledge becomes historicized and socialized, the distinctions between our public, academic and instructional personae fade. In place of such traditional personae, a new identity is encouraged for scholars in the field of ......
This book provides educational leaders with practical, hands-on strategies for improving meetings. Chapters address the key effects of productive meetings, types of meetings and how to avoid conflicts and problems.
Etched into America's consciousness is the United Negro College Fund's phrase 'A mind is a terrible thing to waste.' This book tells the multifaceted story of the organization's efforts on behalf of black colleges against the backdrop of the cold war and the civil rights movement.Founded during the post--World War II period as a successor to white ......
In the era of No Child Left Behind, what literacy research is still needed? How should it be conducted? And what role does research play in determining the kinds of literacy experiences that actually take place in classrooms? This book addresses these vital and hotly debated questions.
Gives school professionals the tools to put students in charge of their own learning. This book addresses the psychological factors that influence academic success and lifelong learning. It includes dozens of reproducible handouts and forms.
Turning the question of 'what works' in education on its head, Difference, Diversity, and Distinctiveness in Education and Learning, a volume of Review of Research in Education, digs into recent salient research that examines learning contexts within critical literacy, scientific literacy, and teacher education. Highlighting the importance of leveraging current research to explore ways in which education institutions (both Ku12 and higher education) can structure positive learning environments for diverse students, this volume addresses elements in research that explore how diverse students learn in different and distinctive environments.Research topics include: Connection between social justice and subject-matter instruction Science education through growing pressure of the 'No Child Left Behind Act'General trends and shifts that have taken place in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LBGT) youth in education researchResearch and perspectives related to Asian Americans in educationIssues of inclusion and exclusion within the context of sub-Saharan AfricaSchooling experience for students of color in the United StatesExploration of the term 'social justice' and its controversies in recent education policy circles
An Educator's Guide to Practitioner Action Research
Expertly guiding educators through the action research process, alleviating potential concerns and questions, this book is full of new and updated examples that help to make the process concrete. New features to the Second Edition include: a chapter on crafting the research question and the research design; political and ethical considerations; new examples of action research studies that reflect the current educational environment.
