Schools and pre-schools Books

Book SynopsisCoronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), which is also known as SARS-CoV-2, has had a great impact in early childhood education programs. Since the effect of this epidemic was new, and little research had been conducted, this volume is devoted to understanding mutual and contemporary themes in the impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in early childhood education. Early childhood education (ECE) centers encountered unprecedented challenges due to the COVID-19 crisis. Comprehensive reviews of the literature, descriptions of programs or situations, and research studies provided accounts of current situations in early childhood education including programs and individuals who were working with young children whose ages ranged from birth to eight years of age. The chapters in this special volume discuss how early childhood education faced unprecedented challenges due to the COVID-19 crisis and demonstrate the breadth and theoretical effectiveness of this domain. This volume provides a brief introduction that acknowledges the valuable contributions of these chapters to the impact of this pandemic in early childhood education and offers a valuable tool to practitioners and researchers who are conducting studies on the impact of COVID-19.At the beginning of the year 2020, after a December 2019 outburst in China, the World Health Organization acknowledged SARS-CoV-2 as a different kind of coronavirus. It immediately multiplied around the world, mostly through person-to-person contact. Infections ranged from mild to deadly. COVID-19 can cause a respiratory tract infection such as ones sinuses, nose, and throat or lower respiratory tract such as ones windpipe and lungs (World Health Organization, 2020a). On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) affirmed that COVID-19 had become a public health emergency causing an international problem. By March 12, 2020, everybody was aware of this pandemic. It also created an understanding about this first-time consciousness in research about this disease, which generated an immense publication production. It also became the basis for this special volume.

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Book SynopsisCoronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), which is also known as SARS-CoV-2, has had a great impact in early childhood education programs. Since the effect of this epidemic was new, and little research had been conducted, this volume is devoted to understanding mutual and contemporary themes in the impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in early childhood education. Early childhood education (ECE) centers encountered unprecedented challenges due to the COVID-19 crisis. Comprehensive reviews of the literature, descriptions of programs or situations, and research studies provided accounts of current situations in early childhood education including programs and individuals who were working with young children whose ages ranged from birth to eight years of age. The chapters in this special volume discuss how early childhood education faced unprecedented challenges due to the COVID-19 crisis and demonstrate the breadth and theoretical effectiveness of this domain. This volume provides a brief introduction that acknowledges the valuable contributions of these chapters to the impact of this pandemic in early childhood education and offers a valuable tool to practitioners and researchers who are conducting studies on the impact of COVID-19.At the beginning of the year 2020, after a December 2019 outburst in China, the World Health Organization acknowledged SARS-CoV-2 as a different kind of coronavirus. It immediately multiplied around the world, mostly through person-to-person contact. Infections ranged from mild to deadly. COVID-19 can cause a respiratory tract infection such as ones sinuses, nose, and throat or lower respiratory tract such as ones windpipe and lungs (World Health Organization, 2020a). On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) affirmed that COVID-19 had become a public health emergency causing an international problem. By March 12, 2020, everybody was aware of this pandemic. It also created an understanding about this first-time consciousness in research about this disease, which generated an immense publication production. It also became the basis for this special volume.

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Book SynopsisUrban violence, poverty, and racial injustice are ongoing sources of traumatic stress that affect the physical, emotional and cognitive development and well-being of millions of children each year. Growing attention is therefore directed toward the study of child trauma and incorporation of trauma-sensitive practices within schools. Currently such practices focus on social and emotional learning for all children, with some in-school therapeutic approaches, and outside referrals for serious trauma. There is inadequate attention to racial injustice as an adverse childhood experience (ACE) confronting Black males among other youth of color. Although there are guidelines for trauma-sensitive approaches, few are culturally responsive. And it is now critical that educators consider the traumatic impacts of a dual pandemic (covid-19 and racism) on children and their education. This timely book thus serves to inform and inspire transformative healing and empowerment among traumatized children and youth in pandemic/post-pandemic school and after-school settings. The reader will learn about trauma through actual experiences. Researchers and practitioners present approaches to healing that can be adapted to local situations and settings. The book consists of four parts: Youth Voices on Traumatic Experience; Trauma-focused Research; Culturally Responsive and Trauma Sensitive Practices; and Where do we go from Here? Suggestions for Next Steps. Each part contains a set of themed chapters and closes with a youth authored poetic expression. The book is especially designed for those working in urban education. However, anyone whose work is related to traumatized children and youth will find the book informative, especially in a post-pandemic educational environment.Table of ContentsForeword, Cirecie West-Olatunji.Preface: On Trauma and Resilience: An Autoethnographic Reflection, Laurie Garo. PART I: YOUTH VOICES ON URBAN TRAUMA. The Urban Youth Voice: A Letter to My Teachers, Sydney Williams. From the Victim of Abuse: Breaking Our Trust vs. Breaking Our Silence, Sydney Williams. From the Voice of the Rape Victim: The Lost Child vs. the Lost Cause, Sydney Williams. Poetic Expression: Mask, Elizabeth Rainey. PART II: TRAUMA-FOCUSED RESEARCH. The Trauma Informed Classroom: What Every Educator Should Know, Paula Barbel. Expressive Arts as a Response to Adverse Childhood Experiences in Urban Communities, Sejal Parikh Foxx and Kristie Opiola. Stress, Resilience, and Empowerment: A Trauma-Informed Peer Mentoring Model for Youth of Color, Maryse Richards, Catherine Rice Dusing, Kevin M. Miller, Ogechi Onyeka, Amzie Moore, Jenny Phan, Dakari Quimby, and Katherine Tyson-McCrea. The Trauma-Sensitive Urban Educator Model: An Interdisciplinary Framework for Preservice Urban Educators, Jasmine Graham, Eric Kyere, and Tambra O. Jackson. Poetic Expression: Protest, Elizabeth Rainey. PART III: CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE AND TRAUMA SENSITIVE PRACTICES. Not the Brady Bunch: Three School-Based Strategies to Facilitate Post Traumatic Growth among Urban Families, LaTonya M. Summers. We Wear the Mask: Unmasking Racial Trauma through use of Spoken Word Poetry as a Therapeutic Tool, Tiffany Hollis. Mercy Me: Recognizing and Responding to Student Trauma Using Culturally Responsive Trauma-Informed Pedagogy, Bettie Ray Butler and Shanique Lee. Poetic Expression: God Colored on Me, Minea (Nea) Driver. PART IV: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? SUGGESTIONS FOR NEXT STEPS. Rethinking Youth Trauma in Preparation for a Post-Pandemic Learning Environment: The Afterword, Bettie Ray Butler and Laurie Garo. Poetic Expression: Free, Prophet Tucker. About the Authors.

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Book SynopsisUrban violence, poverty, and racial injustice are ongoing sources of traumatic stress that affect the physical, emotional and cognitive development and well-being of millions of children each year. Growing attention is therefore directed toward the study of child trauma and incorporation of trauma-sensitive practices within schools. Currently such practices focus on social and emotional learning for all children, with some in-school therapeutic approaches, and outside referrals for serious trauma. There is inadequate attention to racial injustice as an adverse childhood experience (ACE) confronting Black males among other youth of color. Although there are guidelines for trauma-sensitive approaches, few are culturally responsive. And it is now critical that educators consider the traumatic impacts of a dual pandemic (covid-19 and racism) on children and their education. This timely book thus serves to inform and inspire transformative healing and empowerment among traumatized children and youth in pandemic/post-pandemic school and after-school settings. The reader will learn about trauma through actual experiences. Researchers and practitioners present approaches to healing that can be adapted to local situations and settings. The book consists of four parts: Youth Voices on Traumatic Experience; Trauma-focused Research; Culturally Responsive and Trauma Sensitive Practices; and Where do we go from Here? Suggestions for Next Steps. Each part contains a set of themed chapters and closes with a youth authored poetic expression. The book is especially designed for those working in urban education. However, anyone whose work is related to traumatized children and youth will find the book informative, especially in a post-pandemic educational environment.Table of ContentsForeword, Cirecie West-Olatunji.Preface: On Trauma and Resilience: An Autoethnographic Reflection, Laurie Garo. PART I: YOUTH VOICES ON URBAN TRAUMA. The Urban Youth Voice: A Letter to My Teachers, Sydney Williams. From the Victim of Abuse: Breaking Our Trust vs. Breaking Our Silence, Sydney Williams. From the Voice of the Rape Victim: The Lost Child vs. the Lost Cause, Sydney Williams. Poetic Expression: Mask, Elizabeth Rainey. PART II: TRAUMA-FOCUSED RESEARCH. The Trauma Informed Classroom: What Every Educator Should Know, Paula Barbel. Expressive Arts as a Response to Adverse Childhood Experiences in Urban Communities, Sejal Parikh Foxx and Kristie Opiola. Stress, Resilience, and Empowerment: A Trauma-Informed Peer Mentoring Model for Youth of Color, Maryse Richards, Catherine Rice Dusing, Kevin M. Miller, Ogechi Onyeka, Amzie Moore, Jenny Phan, Dakari Quimby, and Katherine Tyson-McCrea. The Trauma-Sensitive Urban Educator Model: An Interdisciplinary Framework for Preservice Urban Educators, Jasmine Graham, Eric Kyere, and Tambra O. Jackson. Poetic Expression: Protest, Elizabeth Rainey. PART III: CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE AND TRAUMA SENSITIVE PRACTICES. Not the Brady Bunch: Three School-Based Strategies to Facilitate Post Traumatic Growth among Urban Families, LaTonya M. Summers. We Wear the Mask: Unmasking Racial Trauma through use of Spoken Word Poetry as a Therapeutic Tool, Tiffany Hollis. Mercy Me: Recognizing and Responding to Student Trauma Using Culturally Responsive Trauma-Informed Pedagogy, Bettie Ray Butler and Shanique Lee. Poetic Expression: God Colored on Me, Minea (Nea) Driver. PART IV: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? SUGGESTIONS FOR NEXT STEPS. Rethinking Youth Trauma in Preparation for a Post-Pandemic Learning Environment: The Afterword, Bettie Ray Butler and Laurie Garo. Poetic Expression: Free, Prophet Tucker. About the Authors.

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Book SynopsisCatalyzing Change in Middle School Mathematics is part of the Catalyzing Change Series, a collection of three books intended to initiate the critical conversations on policies, practices, and issues that impact mathematics education. In 2018, the first book in the series, Catalyzing Change in High School Mathematics: Initiating Critical Conversations, was published. The work initiated by that book suggested a need to broaden the critical conversations to include early childhood, elementary, and middle school mathematics. For example, the recommendation for a common shared pathway in high school mathematics must take into consideration what must happen in early childhood, elementary, and middle school mathematics for a common shared pathway to become a reality in high school mathematics.Catalyzing Change in Middle School Mathematics: Initiating Critical Conversations recognizes that the needs of young adolescents are different from elementary and high school–age students and that policies, practices, and issues must consider the unique needs of this student group. Students undergo significant developmental changes from elementary school to middle school. These changes contribute to how they see and understand the world as well as how they see and understand their place in the world. Critical conversations that middle school teachers need to initiate should center on the following serious challenges: Broadening the purpose of school mathematics’ focus to include the development of positive mathematical identities so that students can make purposeful decisions about their future endeavors Dismantling structural obstacles that stand in the way of mathematics working for each and every student Implementing equitable instructional practices to cultivate students’ positive mathematical identities and strong sense of agency Organizing middle school mathematics along a common shared pathway grounded in the use of mathematical practices and processes to coherently develop deep mathematical understanding Read Catalyzing Change in Middle School Mathematics and find out why the status quo is unacceptable, what actions you can take to change it, and how to make a difference! Be a part of the bright future of mathematics teaching and learning. Trade ReviewFollowing NCTM’s call to take action with effective classroom mathematics teaching practices, Catalyzing Change in Middle School Mathematics compels all stakeholders to examine the structural inequities in the teaching and learning of middle school mathematics. By dismantling tracking, broadening the purpose of mathematics, and implementing equitable instruction, we open bright futures for all students." - Michael D. Steele, President, Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, Professor of Mathematics Education, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

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Book SynopsisThe stories in this book represent the efforts along the continuum of change including work that is just starting, to initiatives in progress, to examples of advanced implementation. Each story shares an approach addressing one or more of the four key recommendations from Catalyzing Change: Broaden the purposes of learning mathematics Create equitable structures in mathematics Implement equitable instruction Develop deep mathematical understanding These stories share efforts at the district and state levels as well as within schools and highlight the challenges and successes of implementing equitable teaching practices in classrooms everywhere.

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Book SynopsisLeadership and School Quality is the twelfth in a series on research and theory dedicated to advancing our understanding of schools through empirical study and theoretical analysis. Hence, the chapters include analyses that investigate relationships between school organizations and leadership behaviours that have an impact on teacher and school effectiveness.

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Book SynopsisLeadership and School Quality is the twelfth in a series on research and theory dedicated to advancing our understanding of schools through empirical study and theoretical analysis. Hence, the chapters include analyses that investigate relationships between school organizations and leadership behaviours that have an impact on teacher and school effectiveness.

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Book SynopsisThere is a great deal of misunderstanding about how schools in America function and what goes on in the typical classroom. Parents, even relatively young parents, perceive that public schools are just like when they attended. This faulty perception is held by a large portion of the general public. In addition a number of aspects of schooling have come under close scrutiny by critics of the public schools, resulting in a heated debate throughout the nation. It is the purpose of this book to provide parents and others who are interested in the operation of public schools an alternative way of looking at publically supported education and the issues surrounding better educational practice.The framework for this volume is the published articles of the author over the past 20 years in his weekly newspaper column, A Different Perspective. While no attempt is made to be comprehensive, the 13 chapters cover a broad range of issues facing the schools. The reader is treated to a fascinating look at the viewpoint of an experienced observer of these public institutions. The author has changed his perspective over the two decades on only a few issues. The book was written with the average reader in mind. It does not contain a large amount of educational jargon, although the issues areapproached with enough depth to be useful to the professional educator. Throughout the entire volume the author maintains strong support for public schools.

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Book SynopsisThere is a great deal of misunderstanding about how schools in America function and what goes on in the typical classroom. Parents, even relatively young parents, perceive that public schools are just like when they attended. This faulty perception is held by a large portion of the general public. In addition a number of aspects of schooling have come under close scrutiny by critics of the public schools, resulting in a heated debate throughout the nation. It is the purpose of this book to provide parents and others who are interested in the operation of public schools an alternative way of looking at publically supported education and the issues surrounding better educational practice.The framework for this volume is the published articles of the author over the past 20 years in his weekly newspaper column, A Different Perspective. While no attempt is made to be comprehensive, the 13 chapters cover a broad range of issues facing the schools. The reader is treated to a fascinating look at the viewpoint of an experienced observer of these public institutions. The author has changed his perspective over the two decades on only a few issues. The book was written with the average reader in mind. It does not contain a large amount of educational jargon, although the issues areapproached with enough depth to be useful to the professional educator. Throughout the entire volume the author maintains strong support for public schools.

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Book SynopsisRestorative Practice Meets Social Justice: Un-silencing the Voices of “At-Promise” Student Populations is a collection of pragmatic urban school experiences that focus on restorative approaches situated in the context of social justice. By adopting this approach, researchers and practitioners can connect and extend long-established lines of conceptual and empirical inquiry aimed at improving school practices and thereby gain insights that may otherwise be overlooked or assumed. This holds great promise for generating, refining, and testing theories of restorative practices in educational leadership and will help strengthen already vibrant lines of inquiry on social justice. The authors posit that a broader conceptualization of social and restorative justice adds to extant discourse about students who not only experience various types of daily oppression in US schools but also regularly live on the fringes of society. Chapters are written by a combination of researchers and practicing school leaders who believe in the power of healing and restoring relationships within school communities as opposed to traditional punitive structures. The dynamic approaches discussed throughout the book urge school leaders, teachers, school community members, and those who prepare administrators to look within and build bridges between themselves and the communities in which they serve.

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Book SynopsisRestorative Practice Meets Social Justice: Un-silencing the Voices of “At-Promise” Student Populations is a collection of pragmatic urban school experiences that focus on restorative approaches situated in the context of social justice. By adopting this approach, researchers and practitioners can connect and extend long-established lines of conceptual and empirical inquiry aimed at improving school practices and thereby gain insights that may otherwise be overlooked or assumed. This holds great promise for generating, refining, and testing theories of restorative practices in educational leadership and will help strengthen already vibrant lines of inquiry on social justice. The authors posit that a broader conceptualization of social and restorative justice adds to extant discourse about students who not only experience various types of daily oppression in US schools but also regularly live on the fringes of society. Chapters are written by a combination of researchers and practicing school leaders who believe in the power of healing and restoring relationships within school communities as opposed to traditional punitive structures. The dynamic approaches discussed throughout the book urge school leaders, teachers, school community members, and those who prepare administrators to look within and build bridges between themselves and the communities in which they serve.

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Book SynopsisThis book intends to be both a quick-start guide and a practical resource that would relate the essential skills and knowledge (setting up their classroom, behavior management tips, etc.) that a new special educator needs as they progress throughout the novice years.

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Book SynopsisFor more than a decade, the widely used Pyramid Model for Promoting Social Emotional Competence in Infants and Young Children has been helping early educators use research‐based practices to boost social‐emotional development. Now there’s a practical guide that makes it easier than ever to implement this highly effective framework in preschool classrooms.Created by the Pyramid Model developers and experts with extensive training experience, this is the first book to provide a comprehensive, step‐by‐step overview of the Pyramid Model for children ages 2–5. Early childhood educators will get a complete overview of the framework, plus in‐depth guidance, evidence‐based strategies, and helpful checklists for implementing all tiers of the Pyramid Model: universal, targeted, and individualized.Ideal for use in teacher trainings, preservice methods courses, and individual professional development, Unpacking the Pyramid Model will give current and future educators the foundational skills they need to promote positive behavior and build all young children’s social‐emotional competence.Learn how to use the Pyramid Model to: Construct a positive classroom environment that supports access and engagement for all students Develop predictable schedules and routines that maximize participation and learning Clearly define and teach behavior expectations and rules Deliver intentional, explicit instruction in social‐emotional competence Support smooth and streamlined transitions that prevent challenging behavior Create a culture of friendship and actively teach children friendship skills Teach children about emotions and help them develop a “feeling vocabulary” Give children the skills they need to solve interpersonal problems appropriately Provide individualized support for children with persistent challenging behavior Trade ReviewUnpacking the Pyramid Model is a clear and comprehensive roadmap for implementing the Pyramid Model. Hemmeter, Ostrosky, and Fox and an all-star cast have distilled a wide array of research-based Pyramid practices into a guide that will be helpful for brand-new teachers and veteran early educators alike. Every teacher of young children should have this book and learn from the experts."—Judith Carta, Ph.D., Senior Scientist and Professor, Juniper Gardens Children’s Project, University of Kansas"We’ve been waiting for this book and now it’s here! Unpacking the Pyramid Model is an invaluable resource for anyone in the field of early care and education. It’s evidence-based. It’s feasible. And the authors have struck an inspirational tone. Students and practicing teachers will want to try out these strategies in their own classrooms. I’m excited to recommend this book."—Susan Sandall, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, University of WashingtonTable of Contents About the Downloads About the Editors About the Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction 1   Overview of the Pyramid Model —Lise Fox, Mary Louise Hemmeter, Michaelene M. Ostrosky, & Robert M. Corso 2   Creating Connections with Children —Kathleen Artman-Meeker, Amy Hunter, & Tweety Yates 3   Promoting Positive Child Outcomes through Family Partnerships —Jaclyn D. Joseph, Meghan von der Embse, & Alana G. Schnitz 4   Recognizing the Value of Positive Relationships with Colleagues —Kiersten A. Kinder, Amanda C. Quesenberry, & Gregory A. Cheatham 5   Classroom Environments —Jessica K. Hardy, Rosa Milagros Santos, & Sharon L. Doubet 6   Schedules and Routines —Edward Bovey, Ellie Bold, Abby Hodges, & Phillip Strain 7   Designing and Implementing Transitions in Early Childhood Classrooms —Jessica K. Hardy, Mary Louise Hemmeter, Lise Fox, & Michaelene M. Ostrosky 8   Designing the Physical, Social, and Temporal Environments to Teach Expectations and Rules —Denise Perez Binder, Rochelle Lentini, & Elizabeth A. Steed 9   Promoting Children’s Engagement —Ronald Roybal, Edward Bovey, Ellie Bold, Abby Hodges, & Phillip Strain 10   Effective Teaching Strategies for Facilitating Social Emotional Competence for all Children —Erin E. Barton, Angel Fettig, Elizabeth Pokorski, & Shawna Harbin 11   Using Positive Descriptive Feedback to Improve Children’s Behavior —Maureen A. Conroy & Kevin S. Sutherland 12   Creating a Culture of Friendship: Friendship Skills and Strategies for Teaching Them —Lori E. Meyer, Molly E. Milam, & Michaelene M. Ostrosky 13   Teaching Children to Problem Solve —Adrienne Golden, Abby L. Taylor, Jarrah Korba, & Mary Louise Hemmeter 14   Supporting Emotional Literacy —Gail E. Joseph, Tweety Yates, & Michaelene M. Ostrosky 15   Problem Solving Challenging Behavior —Kathleen Artman-Meeker, Erin E. Barton, Phillip Strain, & Mary Louise Hemmeter 16   Implementing Individualized Behavior Support for Children with Persistent Challenging Behavior —Lise Fox, Glen Dunlap, & Jolenea Ferro 17   Implementing Pyramid Model Practices to Make a Difference for Children —Patricia Snyder, Crystal Bishop, Darbianne Shannon, & Tara McLaughlin

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Book SynopsisEnrollment in virtual and blended schools is on the rise—introducing new challenges with student engagement, social–emotional wellness, and behavior management. Help is here with this laminated quick–guide, one of four concise Teacher Survival Guides on Engagement of Students in Virtual Instruction. Brimming with practical, research–based tips and strategies, this guide unlocks one of the keys to success in online learning environments: active engagement of all students. Teachers will discover how to engage students in virtual instruction by offering a wider variety of Opportunities to Respond (OTRs), a strategy that's been associated with improved academic achievement, student empowerment, and less undesired behavior. Tim Knoster and Danielle Empson introduce the benefits of providing multiple OTRs, the different types and modes for student responses, and how to monitor student engagement virtually.GET THE COMPLETE SERIES: The four Teacher Survival Guides on Engagement of Students in Virtual Instruction are filled with the ready–to–use guidance K–12 teachers need to boost engagement, student wellbeing, and positive behavior in virtual settings. Packed with bite–sized nuggets of insight—including keys to engagement, teaching tips, proven strategies, and FAQs—these laminated, six–panel guides will help any teacher take immediate action to support their students academic, social–emotional, and behavioral success. Learn more about the other quick-guides in the series:Building Relationships With Students and Caregivers to Enhance Learning Through Virtual InstructionEngaging Students in Virtual Instruction Through Opportunities to RespondAddressing Undesired Student Behavior During Virtual Instruction

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Book SynopsisThe physical environment of a classroom has a powerful impact on learning and well-being—especially for students who have experienced trauma. Part of an essential new series of laminated quick guides for educators, this is your concise, practical introduction to creating a safe and supportive physical environment using a trauma-informed lens.Authors Jen Alexander and Anna Paravano, experienced educators, and experts on trauma-sensitive schools, guide you through this critical topic in a friendly, warm, and personal style. Together, they’ll show you how to create a physical classroom environment that strengthens felt safety and security for everyone, decreases behavior problems, diminishes the load on the body’s stress response systems, and focuses attention—improving readiness for both teaching and learning. You’ll learn how to develop a trauma-sensitive environment by: Setting up classroom spaces that are inviting, predictable yet flexible, and encourage choice and developmentally appropriate agency Establishing safe places that each student (and staff member) can call their own Using color as a tool to foster regulation and readiness for learning Defining focal points that engage students without overwhelming them Incorporating touchstones that help everyone feel anchored and be connected PRACTICAL DOWNLOADS INCLUDED! 8 downloads expand on the tips in this quick guide and help you take action. With these interactive printables, you’ll answer guided questions about setup in your school space, outline a solid plan for improving your learning environment, record specific ideas about your furniture and lighting, and more!About the Series: Quick Guides for Building Trauma-Sensitive SchoolsPractical, friendly, and immediately useful, this series of laminated quick guides addresses the essentials of building trauma-sensitive schools—safety, connection, regulation, and learning. Jen Alexander has collaborated with experts around the globe to bring educators tips, strategies, and activities they can apply right away in their classroom and school. Each guide in the series also includes downloadable lesson plans and exercises that educators can use to take action. Equally useful for experienced trauma-sensitive educators or those just getting started, these quick guides will help school staff create environments that support every person’s well-being and learning.

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Book SynopsisIn Where Teachers Thrive, Susan Moore Johnson outlines a powerful argument about the importance of the school as an organization in nurturing high‐quality teaching. Based on case studies conducted in fourteen high-poverty, urban schools, the book examines why some schools failed to make progress, while others achieved remarkable results. It explores the challenges that administrators and teachers faced and describes what worked, what didn't work, and why. Johnson draws on vivid portraits of schools to highlight an array of school‐based systems and practices that support teachers' professional growth and effectiveness. These include a rich and interactive hiring process; team‐based curriculum planning and assessment; and informative feedback and ongoing professional learning. Critical to all of these is the role of the principal as an essential agent in a school's success. Although these elements may vary from school to school, Johnson argues that together these systems provide a comprehensive, mutually reinforcing set of well-orchestrated strategies that can help schools deliver results that exceed the sum of teachers' individual efforts. Since 2000, policy makers and education officials have diligently sought to improve schools by improving the quality of individual teachers. However, even if those teachers are skilled and committed, the schools where they work are all too often disjointed, dysfunctional organizations that serve no one well. Where Teachers Thrive explains clearly how educators within a school can join together to adopt systems of practice that ensure growth and success by all teachers and their students.

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Book SynopsisJonathan Cohen and Dorothy L. Espelage, two leading authorities in the fields of school climate and prevention science, have gathered experts from around the globe to highlight policy and practice recommendations for supporting children and adolescents to feel and be safe in school. Featuring analysis and commentaries from experts in public health, psychology, and school improvement, Feeling Safe in School addresses social, emotional, and intellectual aspects of safety as well as physical safety. The experts offer candid and unique insights into the way eleven different countries view and define what it means to feel safe in school, the types of goals and strategies that are being used to promote safety, and whether and how measures are being used to gauge progress. Interest in supporting the physical as well as the social and emotional safety of students as a prerequisite for learning and healthy development is now a global phenomenon. Feeling Safe in School adds to the understanding of the possibilities for increasing student safety by examining the experiences of other countries that are tackling this issue.

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Book SynopsisA revolutionary framework for preservice teacher learning centered on justice-focused coaching that encourages culturally responsive practice and disrupts systems of oppression.In Coaching in Communities, researcher Melissa Mosley Wetzel, along with her coauthors, distills the lessons of an eight-year study into a transformative educator training model, Coaching with CARE (an acronym for critical and content-focused, appreciative, reflective, and experiential). She demonstrates how effective, contextual teacher training can be a cornerstone of educational justice, which occurs when all learners are supported to be successful in school and when schools expand notions of success to include diverse ways of life and learning.Wetzel shows how this new framework, which draws from behavioral, cognitive, humanistic, and critical models of coaching, can be used in professional and informal learning contexts, and in dialogue with families and communities, to upend the status quo, break down the expert-novice distinction, and cultivate just forms of practice. As Wetzel notes, the work of justice is collaborative, sustained engagement in resistance to marginalization, racism, and other inequities.Coaching in Communities presents a set of tools, including shared inquiry and coaching cycles of observation, reflection, and debriefing, and demonstrates how they work in real-life settings. With these tools, teacher education programs as well as districts, schools, and other organizations can train for change, which is one essential step in school transformation.Trade Review“This is a wonderfully accessible book filled with practical advice for educators and educational coaches. The ‘Coaching with CARE’ approach provides readers with the tools to disrupt traditional roles of experts and novices and center issues of justice while connecting with the community. With a focus on empathy and inquiry, readers will develop critical competencies to fruitfully engage in coaching relationships.”—Elizabeth Soslau, professor of education, University of Delaware, and author of The Comprehensive Guide to Working with Student Teachers“In this groundbreaking book, the authors offer a powerful new approach to coaching teachers that is collaborative, inquiry-driven, and rooted in social justice. Drawing on the strengths of teachers and centering hope and possibility, they advocate for teacher agency in working toward transformative pedagogies that meet the needs of all students. This book is essential reading for anyone seeking to create more equitable and inclusive learning environments.”—Detra Price-Dennis, professor of teaching and learning and director of digital education and innovation in teaching and learning, The Ohio State University

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Book SynopsisA practical guide to cultivating expansive understandings of climate change and environmental regeneration in K–12 students through classroom instructional practices and curricula.Teaching Climate Change lays out a comprehensive, NGSS-aligned approach to climate change education that builds in-depth knowledge of the subject, empowers students, and promotes a social justice mindset. In this fortifying and inspiring work, Mark Windschitl guides classroom teachers and educational leaders through an ambitious multilevel, multidisciplinary framing of climate change education as an integral element of school curricula. Exuding hope for the future, Windschitl emphasizes the big picture of research-informed teaching about climate change. He presents real-life classroom examples that illustrate not only key STEM concepts such as carbon cycles and the greenhouse effect, biodiversity, and sustainability, but also broader issues, including the countering of misinformation, decarbonizing solutions, the centering of human stories, and the advancement of equity and environmental justice. Windschitl offers keen advice for using methods such as storytelling, project-based learning, and models of inquiry backed by authoritative evidence as core strategies in science teaching and learning. He also addresses the social-emotional toll that discussion of the climate crisis may exact on both students and teachers. This timely book equips teachers to approach climate education with the urgency and empathy that the topic requires and shows how the classroom can inspire students to activism.Trade Review“This timely book bridges educational research and practice, which results in an essential guide to teaching climate change in classrooms. New and experienced climate change teachers will benefit from the comprehensive rationale for teaching climate change and extensive classroom examples that embrace sensemaking.” —Julie A. Luft, Distinguished Research Professor and Athletic Association Professor of Mathematics and Science Education, University of Georgia“Offering a comprehensive vision for climate change education, Mark Windschitl’s Teaching Climate Change is informative, inspirational, and indispensable for any teacher seeking to empower today’s students to cope with the challenges of tomorrow’s warming world.” —Glenn Branch, deputy director, National Center for Science Education“This book offers a coherent approach to teaching climate change and is centered around the best of current scientific inquiry. It gives student voice, learner ideas, and social justice privileged positions, and recognizes the emotional toll that such a far-reaching challenge facing humanity places on professional educators. I highly recommend it!” —Stamatis Vokos, professor of physics and codirector of the STEM Teacher and Researcher Program, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo“Moving beyond core understandings of climate change at the global level, this book reframes the imperative of climate change education for all students in terms of a vision that centers young people as the solution by building upon their existing sensemaking strengths, capacity for resilience, and imagination for sustainability for their community and beyond. This timely book offers new and experienced educators alike a practical way to strengthen their capacity for climate change teaching and learning by outlining concrete examples for re-envisioning instructional tools to sustain students’ intellectual work and critical perspective around the scientific complexities and social injustices of climate change while also fostering hope and inspiring collective action in the face of the climate crisis.” —Maria Simani, executive director, California Science Project

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Book SynopsisThe musical, social and political history of the renowned St Thomas School and Church In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the cantors of the St. Thomas School and Church in Leipzig could be counted among the most significant German composers of their times. But what attracted these artists - from Seth Calvisius to J.S. Bach to Johann Adam Hiller - to the music school and choir and inspired them to explore new repertoire of the highest standing? And how did the cantors influence the musical profile of the school - a profile that often became a bone of contention between school and city hall? The success of the St. Thomas School was not a foregone conclusion; its history is replete with challenges and setbacks as well as triumphs. The school was caughtbetween the conflicting interests of enthusiastic mayors and townspeople, who wanted to showcase the city's musical culture, and opposing parties, including jealous rectors and elitist sponsors, who argued for the traditional subordination of the cantorate to the school system. Drawing on many new, recently discovered sources, Michael Maul explores the phenomenon of the St Thomas School. He shows how cantors, local luminaries and municipal politicians overcame the School's detractors to make it a remarkable success, with a world-famous choir. Illuminating the social and political history of the cantorate and the musical life of an important German city, the book will be ofinterest to scholars of Baroque music and J.S. Bach, cultural historians, choral directors, and musicologists and performers studying historical performance practice. MICHAEL MAUL is Senior Scholar at the Bach-Archiv Leipzig and lecturer in musicology at the universities of Leipzig/Halle. He is also the artistic director of the annual Leipzig Bach Festival.Trade ReviewAn absorbing account of the development of a remarkable musical institution as well as a further insight into the environment in which Bach spent the last quarter-century of his life and during which he produced, in increasingly straitened circumstances, some of the world's greatest music. * THE CONSORT *This book should interest every serious student of Bach. Michael Maul, one of the most systematic and productive . . . of living Bach scholars, has produced a volume that fills in many gaps but also offers fascinating new information about St. Thomas School in Leipzig over the centuries. The German edition of the book appeared in 2012, but now English readers have the benefit of Richard Howe's fluent translation. -- Raymond Erickson * EARLY MUSIC AMERICA *[The] long-awaited English translation...the scope of the content is vast.Maul's eye for humour injects life...excellent. * SWEDISH JOURNAL OF MUSIC RESEARCH *[A] thorough, extensive, and meticulous examination . . . . Readers seeking an in-depth and detailed study of a remarkable institution will not be disappointed. * AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE *This is a book that was just aching to be written. Originally in German, at last we have the long-awaited English edition of it that sheds considerable light on a great institution which, by its existence, had been a catalyst for and source of musical creativity that had acquired a significant standing throughout Germany long before Bach arrived on the scene in 1723. * LONDON BACH SOCIETY *Engaging...Maul's study offers an outstanding musical, social and political history of this intriguing site of German music-making. * BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE *The English-speaking world should welcome the translation of this work . . . . It is no small accomplishment of Richard Howe not only to translate Maul's text but also to turn all the quotations from early modern documents into readable English. . . . [T]his study broadens our understanding of Bach's life by placing him within the long history of an institution that was already noteworthy before he arrived. With this volume and Maul's ongoing archival research, he is making major contributions to Bach scholarship. -- Joyce Irwin * BACH Journal *Table of ContentsIntroduction From Monastery to Municipal Music School 1212-1593 How the St. Thomas School Became a Music School 1594-1640 'Famous Throughout the Whole World of Music' 1640-1701 'Odd authorities with Little Interest in Music': the St. Thomas School in Crisis 1701-1730 School for Scholars or 'Conservatory of Music'? An ongoing conflict 1730-1804 Appendices Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the partnership between Finnish universities and the university-affiliated teacher training schools known as 'normal schools'. It examines the benefits of school-based learning combined with Master’s-level teacher education, uncovering the advantages of this unique school-university partnership. This book also explores the possibility of Finnish teacher education, and more specifically, the normaalikoulu, and its potential as an international export product. Although policy borrowing theory has long warned about the difficulties in successful transfer, interest in Finnish teacher education continues to rise. Therefore, this book investigates, in depth, the historical, cultural, and current context of Finnish teacher education and the normal schools, and the potential to move this policy abroad.Table of Contents1. Setting the Stage: Finland’s Teachers and the Programme for International Student Assessment.2. In the Spotlight: Finnish Teacher Education and the Normaalikoulu.3. Effective Preparation? Finnish Teacher Educators and Student Teachers Critically Examine the Normaalikoulu.4. The Nexus of Theory, Policy, and Practice? A Critical Examination of the Normaalikoulu by Education Professors and Principals.5. Conclusion: The Possibilities and Pitfalls of Normaalikoulu Export.

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Book SynopsisThis edited volume analyzes a little-known but important juncture in the history of racial integration and public education during the Obama administration through the advent of the Trump administration, which also marks a significant transition of US racial politics and race relations from its foundations in civil rights movements of the 1950s/60s. Focusing on the City of Detroit, which via the historic Supreme Court case, Milliken v. Bradley, stands as the central site of analysis for these broader national dynamics of race, education, and integration—what we term as a “new political economy of integration”—this volume offers a multidisciplinary perspective on the critical role integration must play in the project of America becoming a multiracial democracy as US populations continue to grow more diverse and will soon transform the nation into a multiracial majority for the first time in its history. Table of Contents1.Introduction and Theoretical Overview2.Embracing “Choice” Policies, Embracing Segregation?3. A Tale of Two Cities: Paradoxes and Promises of School Integration4. Charter School Segregation in Detroit5. Lessons and Questions on Diversity from Detroit: Detroit as Microcosm6. Making Diversity a Source of Prosperity: Intentional Integration and the Reimagining of Fair Housing7. Reporter's Notebook: Race Reporting in the Trump Era8. On Integrating Public Schools Under Obama and Trump9. The Constitution and Racial Integration in the Public Schools: A Retrospective10. Back to the Future: Revising Old Critiques to Find a Culturally Sustaining Form of School Integration

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Book SynopsisThis book presents changes in UK and global educational governance in the context of a radical shift in the operating logics of politics and its interaction with education. Beginning from the colonial origins of political interest in education, the author traces a fundamental shift in the patterns of governance of schools in England in the opening decades of the 21st century. Operating through the logics of public choice economics involving both real markets and quasi-markets, policy reforms have increasingly framed school values, and the value of schooling, in line with a politically determined and nostalgic discourse of ‘British values’. This stands in contrast to a previous focus on ‘community cohesion’ which foregrounded school partnership with the parent community and wider society. Tracing the processes and mid-level actors mediating between government and school leaders, the author identifies processes of recontextualisation through which policy can be reinscribed and resisted.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Individual Liberty, Mutual Respect and Tolerance.- Chapter 2. Post-Historical Institutionalism.- Chapter 3. Leadership and Community.- Chapter 4. Schools, Leadership and the Law.- Chapter 5. School Leadership and the Market.- Chapter 6. Leadership and the Political State.- Chapter 7. Conclusions.- Chapter 8. Epilogue—From the Political to the Undifferentiated./

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Book SynopsisThis open access book is the first account of the whole diversity of teacher education in the Nordic region: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, the Åland Islands and Sápmi (where the Sámi people live). Today, large parts of the world are looking to the Nordic model of social organization, and interest in the Nordic comprehensive school system and teacher education arrangements is no exception. A good education is a key to prosperity and well-being. And the quality of students’ education is undoubtedly linked to the quality of their teachers’ education. While teacher education in the Nordic region is globally admired, it also faces new challenges. The leading scholars writing in this volume discuss the challenges and opportunities that professional environments are facing. By providing solid portraits of each area as well as analyses across the region, this book will be a great resource to students, academics in teacher education and schooling as well as social scientists and policy-makers inside and outside the Nordic region.This is an open access book.Table of ContentsList of figures.- List of tables.- About the authors.- Why should people outside the Nordic region be interested in teacher education in the Nordic region?; Eyvind Elstad.- Part I: The evolution of teacher education in the North.- Chapter 1 An overture: A historical overview of political and cultural precursors of the Nordic school system and its variety of teacher education programmes; Eyvind Elstad.- Chapter 2 The evolution of the extended comprehensive school model and the modern profession-oriented teacher education after World War II; Eyvind Elstad.- Part II: Teacher education in Nordic countries and autonomous areas.- Chapter 3 The education of teachers in Sweden: An endeavour struggling with academic demands and professional relevance; Björn Åstrand.- Chapter 4 Tension patterns in Finnish teacher education – recruitment, reform and relevance; Sven-Erik Hansén, Jari Lavonen, Jan Sjöberg, Jessica Aspfors, Tom Wikman & Inger Eriksson.- Chapter 5 Teacher education in Norway; Kaare Skagen & Eyvind Elstad.- Chapter 6 Teacher education in Denmark; Lis Madsen & Elsebeth Jensen.- Chapter 7 Five-year teacher education for compulsory school in Iceland: Retreat from research-based to practice-oriented?; Baldur Sigurðsson, Amalía Björnsdóttir & Thurídur Jóna Jóhannsdóttir.- Chapter 8 Teacher education in the Faroe Islands; Hans Harryson.- Chapter 9 Teacher education in Greenland; Lars Demant-Poort & Eyvind Elstad.- Chapter 10 The long road to Sámi teacher education; Eyvind Elstad.- Part III: Crossnational and comparative studies of teacher education.- Chapter 11 Nordic student teachers’ evaluation of educational theory, subject didactics, practice training, time-on-task and turnover intentions; Eyvind Elstad, Knut-Andreas Abben Christophersen & Are Turmo.- Chapter 12 Bringing a global teacher education model to Scandinavia: Examining Teach First in Norway; Katrine Nesje.- Chapter 13 Teacher education: How transnational and national policymaking intersects and remakes Nordic collaboration; John Benedicto Krejsler.- Chapter 14 Teacher education of the future: Trends and possible scenarios in the Nordic context; Eyvind Elstad.

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Book SynopsisPublic Education in Turbulent Times communicates a bold vision for the future of education, addressing the evolving purpose of American public education and the structural innovations schools are using to meet the needs of a rapidly transforming world. Highlighting key challenges that emerged during the immense economic and social disruptions of recent years, the book leverages case studies of four unique school districts where school communities overcame concerns high in the public consciousness – trauma, danger, economic inequality, and racial injustice. These obstacles have hampered efforts to reclaim lost learning opportunities that could define the educational experiences of a generation of students. If educators revert to business as usual, they risk dismissing essential lessons from resilient schools that thrived in the chaos of a global pandemic and its fallout. This book provides rich insights to refocus readers’ attention on achieving a more equitable and safe education system for the future.Table of ContentsPart I Looking Back to Look Ahead1. Introduction2. Giving Voice to the ChallengesPart II Stories of Education in Trying Times3. Education in a Time of Trauma: A Story of Resilience4. Education in a Time of Danger: A Story of Choice5. Education in a Time of Need: A Story of Community6. Education in a Time of Change: A Story of JusticePart III On Reimagining Education7. The Circle Model8. Reimagine Where Schools Fit: Purpose and Context9. Reimagine How Schools Work: Structures and Personnel10. Conclusion: Innovation and Inclusion

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Book SynopsisIm Mittelpunkt dieser Studie stehen Gesprächsanalysen natürlicher sprachlicher Interaktionen zwischen Lehrpersonen, Grundschülern und Grundschülerinnen sowie deren Sorgeberechtigten – sogenannte „Lernentwicklungsgespräche“. Die Autorin entwirft ein interaktionistisches Verständnis von Partizipation. Mit dieser Perspektive gelingt es, soziale Ordnungen in Lernentwicklungsgesprächen in Bezug auf die Partizipation der Teilnehmenden zu rekonstruieren. Ihre Bedeutung erhält die Studie u. a. im Kontext des (grund)schulpädagogischen Diskurses um die Individualisierung von Unterricht. Mit einer Positionierung der Schüler und Schülerinnen als eigenverantwortlich, selbstständig Lernende hängt die Zuweisung von Verantwortung für die eigene Lernentwicklung zusammen. In Lernentwicklungsgesprächen drückt sich dies u. a. in der Aufforderung an die Schüler und Schülerinnen aus, sich selbst einzuschätzen sowie Lernvereinbarungen zu treffen.Table of ContentsSchulische Lernentwicklungsgespräche.- Individualisierung und Schülerselbsteinschätzung.- Partizipation in der Schule.- Gesprächsanalytische Verfahren.- Partizipation aus interaktionistischer Perspektive.- Sequenzielle Rekonstruktionen von Lernentwicklungsgesprächen.

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Book Synopsis Übermäßiges, ununterbrochenes Sitzen und wenig körperliche Aktivität sind Risikofaktoren für zahlreiche Zivilisationskrankheiten. Bereits im Kindesalter wirkt sich das sedentäre Verhalten negativ auf die Gesundheit aus und bedingt nachweislich Adipositas. Den Großteil der täglichen hohen Sitzzeiten verbringen Kinder in der Schule. Nationale Interventionsstrategien versuchen derweil den Schulalltag bewegungsfreundlicher zu gestalten, stoßen jedoch in der Praxis häufig an ihre Grenzen. Grund hierfür ist häufig die fehlende Zeit, um Bewegung in Lernphasen des Unterrichts zu integrieren. Die vorliegende Arbeit erweitert den Blick zur Gestaltung des bewegungsfreundlichen Unterrichts um zentrale Ergebnisse internationaler Forschung. Die gewonnenen Erkenntnisse werden für die Entwicklung praxisnaher, lernzeitwahrenden (Nutzung aktivierender Sitzgelegenheiten) und lernzeitschonenden (bewegungsförderliche Methoden) Interventionen zur Sitzzeitenreduzierung im Unterricht herangezogen. Neben der ausführlichen Evaluation der beiden Interventionsstrategien mittels moderater Technik (u.a. activPAL® Sensoren) werden ausblickend wertvolle Tipps für den praktischen Einsatz formuliert.Table of ContentsBegriffe, Belege, Belastung.- Bewegte Schule als nationale Konzeptionen zur Bewegungsintegration.- Forschungsergebnisse ausgewählter Maßnahmen zur Sitzzeitenreduzierung und Bewegungsförderung im Unterricht.- Zwischenfazit und Forschungsfragen.- Methodologische Verfahren.- Ergebnisse.- Methodenkritik.- Diskussion und Interpretation der empirischen Ergebnisse.- Fazit.- Ausblick.

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Book SynopsisDavid Jahr untersucht in dieser Studie die Schulklasse als Kollektiv. Auf Basis von Unterrichtsvideografien rekonstruiert der Autor die Prozessstrukturen von vier Klassen, die gemeinsam eine politische Unterrichtsmethode (Dorfgründungssimulation) durchführen und dabei eine politische Struktur hervorbringen. Im Kern schließen die Schulklassen hierfür an ihre bisher konstituierte informelle Hierarchie an. Der zentrale Befund, dass sich die Politik der Schulklasse typisiert als Integration, Distinktion oder Destruktion differenzieren lässt, wird abschließend vor dem Hintergrund politikdidaktischer Wissensbestände eingeordnet. Table of ContentsEinleitung.- Politikdidaktische und schulpädagogische Grundlagen.- Meta-Theorie: Praxeologische Wissenssoziologie.- Zwischenfazit und Ausdifferenzierung der Fragestellung.- Forschungsdesign: Politische Handlungspraxis im Unterricht mehrdimensional rekonstruieren.- Die Dorfgründung und ihr unterrichtlicher Handlungsauftrag.- Ergebnisse: Vier Schulklassen im sozialen Experiment.- Anschluss: Die Schulklasse als Sozialisationsinstanz und ihre Politik als Herausforderungen fachdidaktischen Handelns.- Fazit.

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Book SynopsisWie sprechen Kinder, die kurz vor der Einschulung stehen, über ihr Lernen im Kindergarten, insbesondere in der Lernwerkstatt? Und welche Vorstellungen haben sie vom Lernen in der Schule? Diese Fragen stehen im Zentrum der vorliegenden Studie. Über detaillierte fallspezifische Rekonstruktionen wird expliziert, wie unterschiedlich Kinder das räumlich-materielle Arrangement einer Lernwerkstatt im Kindergarten für eigene individuelle Lernpraktiken nutzen und welche Orientierungen dabei für sie handlungsleitend sind. Anhand der von der Autorin analysierten Interviews mit Kindergartenkindern wird zudem gezeigt, welche Vorstellungen und Bilder diese von Schule respektive schulischem Lernen aufrufen und welche Entwicklungsaufgaben, die sich den Kindern im Übergang zur Grundschule stellen, sichtbar werden. Die Ergebnisse der Studie weisen auf die Bedeutung der professionellen Begleitung des Übergangs vom Kindergarten in die Grundschule hin und sind so auch für Pädagog*innen beider Institutionen von Interesse.Table of ContentsEinleitung.- Institutionelle Lern- und Bildungsprozesse im Übergang vom Kindergarten in die Grundschule.- Die Lernwerkstatt als Ort des Lernens im Übergang vom Kindergarten zur Grundschule.- Zum Forschungsdesign der vorliegenden Studie.- Rekonstruktion der Fälle.- Fallübergreifende Analyse.- Zusammenfassung und Ausblick.- Literaturverzeichnis.

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Book SynopsisMit der Verwirklichung familialer Entschulung vollzieht die sogenannte ,Freilernerbewegung‘ eine Tabuüberschreitung, die angesichts des kulturhistorisch geltenden Beschulungsnormativs unter enormem Begründungsdruck steht. Daran anknüpfend fragt die rekonstruktive Studie, welche strukturellen Gesetzmäßigkeiten den Krisenszenarien und sinnstiftenden Idealentwürfen von Eltern bei der sinnstiftenden Begründung zur familialen Entschulungspraxis zugrunde liegen. In diesem Zuge werden mit dem Verteidigen, Charismatisieren und Entkommen drei Strukturtypen der Begründung familialer Entschulungspraxis erschlossen. Damit leistet die Studie nicht nur einen empirisch fundierten Beitrag zu einer Neuthematisierung schulalternativer Bildungspraktiken, sondern stößt auch selbst in eine Tabuzone von Schulpädagogik und -forschung vor, weil sie die Schule zwar als historisch konsolidierte, aber nicht als alternativlose Organisation für Lern- und Bildungsprozesse von Kindern und Jugendlichen thematisiert.Table of ContentsHinführung.- Gegenstandskonzeption: Entschulung als Tabuüberschreitung.- Fragestellung, Untersuchungsdesign und forschungsmoralische Reflexionen.- Fallstudien zur Begründung familialer Entschulungspraxis.- Bilanzierung der Strukturvarianten zur Begründung familialer Entschulungspraxis.- Abstraktion und weiterführende Reflexion.- Literaturverzeichnis.

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Book SynopsisDas Buch thematisiert die Ausprägung spezifischer Vorläuferfähigkeiten (rezeptive und produktive gesprochen-sprachliche Fähigkeiten sowie Kompetenzen im Bereich der phonologischen Informationsverarbeitung (phonologische Bewusstheit, Benennungsgeschwindigkeit)) und deren Einfluss auf den Schriftspracherwerb im Deutschen im Kontext des monolingualen und bilingualen Erstspracherwerbs sowie des Zweitspracherwerbs. Die empirische Longitudinalstudie zweier Kohorten im ersten Grundschuljahr berücksichtigt neben der sprachlichen Diversität der Kinder auch die besondere Beschulungssituation im Rahmen der COVID-19-Pandemie.Table of Contents Einleitung.- Spracherwerb.- Bereichsspezifische Vorläuferfähigkeiten des Schriftspracherwerbs.- Schriftspracherwerb.- Empirische Untersuchung.- Zusammenfassung, Interpretation und Diskussion der Ergebnisse.- Fazit.

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Book SynopsisDer Band analysiert und reflektiert die Komplexität der Steuerung inklusiver Bestrebungen im schulischen Kontext. In den Beiträgen wird aus verschiedenen Akteursperspektiven der Frage nachgegangen, wie die UN-BRK auf den unterschiedlichen Ebenen des Schulsystems umgesetzt wird und ob Inklusion grundsätzlich gesteuert werden kann. Dafür kommen Wissenschaftler*innen, Bildungspolitiker*innen, Personen aus der Bildungsverwaltung, Schulpraktiker*innen und Eltern zu Wort.Table of ContentsBlicke in die Makro-Ebene: Inklusion aus governancetheoretischer Perspektive.- Inklusive Bildung als Beispiel und Prüffall politischer Steuerung.- Beteiligung unterschiedlicher Akteure bei Aushandlungsprozessen von Steuerungsprozessen.- Inklusion als Steuerungsimpuls.- Inklusion als Mehrebenenkonstellation.- (Internationale) Large Scale Studien und Steuerungsprozesse im (inklusiven) Bildungssystem.- Zwischen Capacity Building und Monitoring – ein systematisches Review zur Beteiligung zwischen- und nichtstaatlicher Akteure an inklusiver Bildung.- Kann man Inklusion steuern? Reflexionen eines ehemaligen Kultusministers.- Blicke in die Intermediäre Ebene: Rekontextualisierung der inklusiven Norm auf den intermediären Ebenen des Schulsystems. Eine Analyse anhand von zwei Schulentwicklungsprojekten.- Governancekonzepte, Akteurskonstellationen und Verfügungsrechte im Rahmen der inklusiven Bildungsreform (Südtirol/ Italien und Baden-Württemberg/ Deutschland).- Blicke in die Meso-Ebene: Governance Prozesse in der inklusionsorientierten Lehrerfort- und Weiterbildung.- Inklusion in der Einzelschule steuern?- Steuerung auf der Ebene der Einzelschule durch Qualifizierung der Lehrkräfte.

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Book SynopsisDas Buch zeigt den Status quo im Bereich der schulischen Personalentwicklung an Gymnasien und Gemeinschaftsschulen mit Oberstufe durch Schulleitungsmitglieder auf. Neben theoretischen Grundlagen, die sich mit der Personalentwicklung im Kontext, mit Aufgaben und Zielen, Instrumenten, Maßnahmen, Strategien, Führung, Kompetenzprofilen, Prozessen sowie dem Ressourcenmanagement und Forschungsstand beschäftigen, wird die empirische Studie bezüglich Explikationen, Vorüberlegungen sowie Überlegungen zum Fragebogen ausgeführt. Der Status quo für Personalentwicklung wird für Schleswig-Holstein herausgestellt und Einschränkungen werden mit Handlungsschwerpunkten, die ein ganzheitliches Selbstverständnis fordern – mit einer kooperativen Führung und der Schulleitung als Team, dargelegt. Neben diesen sind Beratungsgespräche der Schulleitung, schulinterne Weiterbildung und offene Gesprächsangebote bei der Verknüpfung der theoretischen und praktischen Aspekte unter Berücksichtigung des Gesundheitsmanagements zu präferieren, um die Verzahnung von schulischen, individuellen und gesellschaftlichen Zielen zu ermöglichen sowie fehlende Kenntnisse im Bereich der Personalentwicklung zu kompensieren. Wie das schulisch umgesetzt ist, erfahren Sie in diesem Buch.Table of ContentsPersonalentwicklung im aktuellen Kontext.- Schulische Personalentwicklung.- Führungskräfteentwicklung – Maßnahmen und Strategien der Personalentwicklung.- Führung, Führungsstil und Führungspotenzial von Schulleitungen.- Kompetenzprofil Schulleitung.- Schulische Personalentwicklung im Prozess und im Team.- Personalentwicklung und Ressourcenmanagement.- Forschungsstand zur Personalentwicklung.- Fragestellung und methodisches Vorgehen.- Forschungsfragen und Hypothesen – Ergebnisse.- Strategien und Maßnahmen, Handlungsempfehlungen sowie Schlussfolgerungen.

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Book SynopsisDie Studie untersucht, wie neu zugewanderte Schüler*innen an einer Hamburger Sekundarschule integrativ, d.h. sowohl in Regelklassen als auch einer Vorbereitungsklasse, beschult werden. Anhand von ethnographischen Daten wird durch Auswertungsmethoden der Reflexiven Grounded Theory aufgezeigt, wie es zu Prozessen der Inklusion und Exklusion durch sprachliche Bildung kommt. Herausforderungen zeigen sich in strukturell-organisationalen Hürden, während sich Chancen durch das inklusive Selbstverständnis der Schule ergeben, die ihren Unterricht an eine diverse Schüler*innenschaft angepasst hat. So hängt die Möglichkeit der Teilhabe am Regelunterricht letztlich vor allem von Faktoren ab, die alle Schüler*innen gleichermaßen und nicht nur neu zugewanderte betreffen.Table of ContentsZum kontext der Forschung.- Theoretischer und methodischer Rahmen.- Ethnographische Collagen und Ergebnisdarstellung.

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Book SynopsisDer Band versammelt aktuelle empirische Beobachtungen sowie theoretische und methodologische Überlegungen zur Erforschung von Schule und Unterricht aus der Perspektive ethnographischer Bildungsforschung. Der gemeinsame Fokus der Beiträge liegt auf schulischen Praktiken, wie sie im Alltag konstituiert, vollzogen und modifiziert werden. Zudem werden Fragen ethnographischer Beobachtung und analytischer Beschreibung dieser Praktiken bearbeitet. Die ethnographische Perspektive ermöglicht einen dezidiert empirischen Blick auf Schule und Unterricht. Zudem sensibilisiert sie für die Heterogenität der schulischen Phänomene in unterschiedlichen schulischen Settings. Der Band verfolgt das Ziel, dieser Vielfalt der unterrichtlichen und nichtunterrichtlichen Phänomene Rechnung zu tragen.Table of Contents1. Ethnographie von Schule und Unterricht als Forschungsprogramm – eine Einleitung.- Teil I - Die soziale Ordnung des Unterrichts reloaded.- 2. Praktiken des Helfens im individualisierten jahrgangsgemischten Unterricht.- 3. Zur Emotionalisierung erzieherischer Interaktion. Schulische Disziplinierung in Kindheit und Jugend.- Teil II - Zwischen Unterrichtsordnung und fachlichem Lernen.- 4. „Warum hast du alles so brutal gemacht?“ Zum Verhältnis von sozialer Ordnung und fachlichen Aspekten von Unterricht am Beispiel der Textlupe.- 5. „Wir wollen uns die Fehler angucken.“ Von der funktionalen Entfachlichung von schulischen Fehlern im Unterricht.- 6. Multiple Formen der Schüler:innen-Schüler:innen-Interaktion. Diverse Perspektiven auf den Umgang und die Nutzung von Impulsen im Unterricht.- Teil III - Der Schülerjob jenseits des Unterrichts.- 7. Der Schülerjob ‚to go‘. Ein Beitrag zur Ethnographie von Schüler:innen im familialen Feld.- 8. Praktiken der Subjektivierung als Schüler:in vor der Einschulung.- Teil IV - Szenarien der Schulwahl und des Schulübergangs.- 9. Eigenlogiken der Responsibilisierung. Zum Wuchern des Diskurses um Elternverantwortung in der Praxis der Grundschulwahl.- 10. „Wir suchen für Euch nach Fehlern.“ Zur Bedeutung juristischer Interventionen im Kontext der Grundschulwahl.- 11. Die Hervorbringung der Differenz zwischen Reformgrundschule und weiterführender Regelschule. Eine ethnographische Erkundung zur Konstitution des Übergangs an Reformgrundschulen.- Teil V - Praktiken des Forschens.- 12. Beobachten im Lehramtsstudium. Überlegungen zur pädagogischen Professionalisierung am Beispiel einer Grundschulethnographie.- 13. Jugendkultur in der Unterrichtssituation rekonstruieren oder methodologische Reflexionen fundamentaler Problemstellungen rekonstruktiver Unterrichtsforschung.- 14. Online-Ethnographie im Online-Unterricht. Eine Analyse zu den Bedingungen teilnehmender Beobachtung.- Teil VI - Geschichte(n) ethnographischen Forschens.- 15. Zu den Anfängen und der Entwicklung einer Bielefelder Ethnographie.- 16. Das hallesche „Zentrum für Schul- und Bildungsforschung“ – ein Forschungsort im Fokus.

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Book SynopsisZwar ist die Relevanz von Pluralismusorientierungen von Schüler/-innen in der politikdidaktischen Diskussion unstrittig, doch zeigten sich deren Operationalisierungsansätze bisher undifferenziert und unspezifisch. Mit der vorliegenden PlurOS-Studie ist es gelungen, ein empirisches Erhebungsinstrument vorzulegen, mit dem die Pluralismusorientierungen erhoben werden können. Zentral ist dabei die Differenzierung der Ebenen des sozialen Nahraums und des politischen Systems. Beide Einstellungsebenen konnten als separate Konstrukte modelliert und ihre empirische Unterscheidbarkeit bestätigt werden. Insgesamt ergibt sich eine Facettenstruktur, die unterschiedliche Facetten des Pluralismus als Einstellungsobjekte fokussiert. Dabei werden die Wert-, die Struktur- und die Performanzebene der pluralistischen Demokratie berücksichtigt. Mit dem vorliegenden Erhebungsinstrument konnten zudem empirische Zusammenhänge von Pluralismusorientierungen und soziodemographischen Hintergrundvariablen der Schüler/-innen untersucht werden.Table of ContentsEinleitung.- Theoretischer Hintergrund und Forschungsstand.- Empirische Studie (PlurOS-Studie).- Literaturverzeichnis.

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Book SynopsisErziehungswissenschaftlicher Forschungsstand.- Globalisierung im lokalen Kontext.- Internationalisierung öffentlicher Bildung und Privatschulen auf der Marco-Ebene.- Internationalisierung der Privatschulen: Differenzierung zur öffentlichen Bildungsorganisation.- Internationalisierung der Privatschulen: Identifikation mit der öffentlichen Bildungsorganisation.- Systematische Rekonstruktion: Vergleich.- Internationaliserung der Privatschulen und lokale Bildungsorganisation.- Globalisierung und lokale Bildungsorganisation.

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Book SynopsisStudents and teachers of education in the Caribbean have long relied on ethnographic research from North America to enrich their understanding of life in schools and classrooms. Based on actual experiences from the perspectives of both students and teachers, this collection of ethnographic research articles provides the first up-close view of Jamaican schools and classrooms. Hyacinth Evans and her research team used careful, well-executed interviews and participant observation methods. The result is an insightful view of the ways society's tensions are played out in educational settings, the ways personalities are shaped and identities formed in face-to-face interactions, and the ways circumstances and experiences in the Jamaican setting affect teaching and learning. The articles examine - Student-teacher interaction - Teacher authority - how it is maintained, nurtured, or eroded - The social construction of student interest and attention versus disruptiveness and apathy - Consequences of streaming children in perceived ability groups - Standard Jamaican English (SJE) methods and their effectiveness in teaching Creole-speaking students - Teaching and learning in schools where materials and resources are limited - Career decisions for teachers This book is an essential addition to the body of education texts used throughout the Caribbean, geared for undergraduate and postgraduate students, classroom teachers, and anyone interested in schools and education.

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Book SynopsisThis work explores the historical, conceptual, theoretical and practical dimensions of school-based assessment (SBA) in a public examination. In part 1, Griffith offers the history and context for the exploration of the issues of SBA in a public examination and reviews the history and concept of public examinations and the evolution and mandate of the Caribbean Examinations Council as a public examinations board serving member countries of the region. In part 2, he provides the foundations for a discourse of the concept, theory and practice of SBA in the context of the public examinations of the Caribbean Examinations Council and explores key issues in SBA in a public examination.In part 3, he examines a number of new directions and practices related to SBA in a public examination, for example, the use of an alternative (external) paper to assess the same competencies developed and assessed in the SBA undertaken in schools, the implementation and assessment of group work in SBA, the use of a single project for the SBA of a cluster of subjects, and ways in which the benefits of SBA in a public examination may guide practice at all levels of the education system to improve student learning and assessment.

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