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"Today's relentless economic, cultural, and technological changes threaten to make curricula in professional schools obsolete before students complete their programs. How can professional education adapt and keep pace with changing expectations? What should be the priorities for change in professional education as we move into the next century?" "Educating Professionals is a comprehensive examination of how to educate professionals for practice in...
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The Bases of Competence explains what skills and competencies students need to succeed in today's workplace and details how colleges and universities can strengthen the curriculum to cultivate these skills in their undergraduate students. The book addresses the continuing disparity between the skills developed in college and the essential skills needed in the dynamic workplace environment. By providing a common language from which to work. The Bases...
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We are living in a defining moment, when the world in which teachers do their work is changing profoundly. In his latest book, Hargreaves proposes that we have a one-time chance to reshape the future of teaching and schooling and that we should seize this historic opportunity. Hargreaves sets out what it means to teach in the new knowledge society - to prepare young people for a world of creativity and flexibility and to protect them against the threats...
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While thousands of students, teachers, and community partners are realizing the benefits of this experiential form of education, many others still have questions, particularly, "What exactly is service-learning?" and "How can I do it effectively?" This volume answers both questions, beginning with a brief overview and then presenting a series of chapters on getting started, promoting reflection, and otherwise making service-learning work effectively...
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Six articles address how to reconcile educational policies and practices that focus on common learning for all students with those designed to individualize education for the unique student. Emphasizing standards-based reform, the committee makes recommendations for making reforms consistent with current policies; explores implementation issues and legislative initiatives; describes the diverse population of students with disabilities and the variation...
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The assessment of young children's development and learning has recently taken on new importance. Private and government organizations are developing programs to enhance the school readiness of all young children, especially children from economically disadvantaged homes and communities and children with special needs. These programs are designed to enhance social, language, and academic skills through responsive early care and education. In addition,...
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"This revised and greatly expanded edition of their 1988 handbook ... offers teachers at all levels of experience detailed, how-to advice on classroom assessment - from what it is and how it works to how to plan, implement, and analyze assessment projects. The authors illustrate their approach through numerous case studies and examples that detail the real-life classroom experiences of teachers carrying out successful classroom assessment projects"--Back...
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Comprises ten papers. Analyses the effectiveness of various performance-based systems aiming to improve schools' academic achievement. Discusses, for example, a rewards and penalties system, as well as an administrative mechanism (voucher system) to give parents some freedom of choice in selecting schools for their children. Considers other factors leading to better educational results, particularly among disadvantaged pupils.
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