21st century education : a reference handbook / / edited by Thomas L. Good

• Pubblicazione: Los Angeles, : SAGE Publications, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (2 volumes (983 pages)) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 370.973
• Soggetto topico: Education - Study and teaching - United States; Education - United States - Philosophy; Education - Research - United States
• Altri autori: GoodThomas L. <1943->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Preface; About the Editors; Part I: Teachers; 1 - The Work of Teachers; 2 - Teacher Leadership; 3 - Teachers Thinking About Their Practice; Part II: Other School Personnel; 4 - Principals; 5 - Superintendents; 6 - Counselors; 7 - School Psychologists; PART III: Learners; 8 - Development: PreK-2; 9 - Development: 3-5; 10 - Development: 6-8; 11 - Development: 9-12; Part IV: Motivation and Classroom Management; 12 - Cognitive Approaches to Motivation in Education; 13 - Perceived Control, Coping, and Engagement; 14 - Proactive Classroom Management ; 15 - Responsive Classroom Management16 - Zero Tolerance: A Reconsideration of Practice and Policy; Part V: Learning; 17 - Behavioral; 18 - Information Processing; 19 - Self-Regulated Learning; 20 - Piaget and Vygotsky: Theory and Practice in Early Education; 21 - Mastery Learning; 22 - Learning in Small Groups; 23 - Conceptual Learning; Part VI: Building Learning Environments; 24 - Designing Learning Environments; 25 - Systematic Instruction; 26 - Ten Steps to Complex Learning: A New Approach to Instruction and Instructional Design; 27 - Teacher Expectations; Part VII: Social Context ; 28 - History of Schooling29 - Urban Education; 30 - Economics and School-to-Work; 31 - Rural Education; 32 - Sociology of Education; 33 - Multicultural Education; Part VIII: Curriculum K-12; 34 - Language Arts: Reading and Literacy in the Early Years; 35 - Language Arts: Reading and Literacy in Adolescence and Young Adulthood; 36 - Writing; 37 - Three Pillars of a Sound Mathematics Education: Curriculum, Teaching, and Assessment; 38 - Science; 39 - Social Studies; 40 - Arts; 41 - Wellness: Health, Nutrition, and Physical Education; 42 - Early Childhood Education: Curriculum and Programs ; 43 - Early Childhood Education: The Developmentally Appropriate Practice Debate44 - Special Education; 45 - Textbook Reform; Part IX: Assessment; 46 - Standardized Tests; 47 - Traditional Teacher Tests; 48 - Portfolio Assessment; 49 - Curriculum-Based Assessment; 50 - Performance Assessment; Part X: Teacher Preparation and Current Issues in Teaching; 51 - Supply, Demand, Recruitment, and Retention; 52 - Teacher Quality Definition Debates: What Is an Effective Teacher?; 53 - Diversifying the Teaching Force ; 54 - The Current Status and Possible Future for "Traditional" College and University-Based Teacher Education Programs in the United States55 - Alternative Teacher Preparation Programs; 56 - Culturally Responsive Teaching; 57 - Rethinking Teacher Education in the 21st Century: Putting Teaching Front and Center; 58 - Teacher Pay and 21st-Century School Reform; 59 - Teacher Unions; Part XI: Students; 60 - Students as Social Beings; 61 - English Language Learners; 62 - Immigrant Students; 63 - Diversity and Curricular Distinctions; 64 - Inclusion; 65 - At-Risk Learners; 66 - Gifted Students ; 67 - Students as Peers/Friends
• Sommario/riassunto: With 100 entries, this handbook highlights the most important topics, issues, questions and debates any student obtaining a degree in the field of education ought to have mastered. The book aims to offer more detail than encyclopedic entries but with less jargon or detail than a journal article or research handbook chapter.
• Altri titoli varianti: Twenty first century education
• Titolo autorizzato: 21st century education
• ISBN: 9781412964012; 1412964016; 9781452265995; 1452265992; 9781849725293; 1849725292
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911008462303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Reference series.