Teachers & Teacher Education Paperbacks

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11. Learning in School-University Partnership

    Sociocultural Perspectives

    By Amy B.M. Tsui, Gwyn Edwards, Fran Lopez-Real, Tammy Kwan, Doris Law, Philip Stimpson, Rosina Tang, Albert Wong

    This volume looks at school-university partnerships from sociocultural perspectives of learning that view participation in social practice as fundamental to the process of learning. Its two major themes – school-university partnership and sociocultural and social theories of learning – have both...

    Published March 1st 2012 by Routledge
12. What’s So Important About Music Education?

    By J. Scott Goble

    Series: Routledge Research in Education

    What’s So Important About Music Education? presents a new philosophy of music education for the United States, rooted in history and current perspectives from ethnomusicology. J. Scott Goble explores the societal effects of the nation's foundations in democracy and capitalism, the constitutional...

    Published January 3rd 2012 by Routledge
13. Professionalism in Early Childhood Education and Care

    International Perspectives

    Edited by Carmen Dalli, Mathias Urban

    The professionalism of the early childhood sector has gained prominence on the policy agendas of many countries. National pedagogical frameworks or curricula and an upsurge of pathways to gaining or upgrading qualifications has led to a pervasive terminology of professionalism. Yet, despite the...

    Published December 31st 2011 by Routledge
14. Improving Teacher Education through Action Research

    Edited by Ming-Fai Hui, David L. Grossman

    Series: Routledge Research in Education

    There has been a dearth of studies on teacher educators using action research to improve their own practice. This book is the first systematic study of a group of teachers examining and enhancing their own practice through the inquiry process of action research. This book presents a broad overview...

    Published November 13th 2011 by Routledge
15. Language Teaching

    Integrational Linguistic Approaches

    Edited by Michael Toolan

    Series: Routledge Advances in Communication and Linguistic Theory

    This book demonstrates the relevance of an integrational linguistic perspective to a practical, real-world need, namely the learning of languages. Integrational linguistics’ shunning of both realist and structuralist theories of language, its commitment to an unwavering attention to the perspective...

    Published August 15th 2011 by Routledge
16. Policy and Politics in Teacher Education

    International perspectives

    Edited by John Furlong, Marilyn Cochran-Smith, Marie Brennan

    During the last 20 years, governments around the world have paid increasing attention to the recruitment, preparation, and retention of teachers. Teacher supply and teacher quality have become significant policy issues, taken up by policy-makers at the highest levels. This is because teachers are...

    Published July 27th 2011 by Routledge