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Book SynopsisA visionary blueprint for educational reform that envisions school systems as opportunity engines, preparing young citizens for future workplace success, civic engagement, and fulfilling lives.Educating for Purposeful Life documents positive change within the Anaheim Union High School District, whose overarching mission is to prepare high school graduates who possess a clear sense of purpose and the capacity to achieve their goals. Superintendent Michael Matsuda and education consultant David Brazer lay out the district's innovative approaches to organizing, leading, teaching, and learning. They demonstrate how education policy, organization theory, and external partnerships work together within this grades 7–12 district to scaffold student success, resulting in greater high school graduation rates and four-year college matriculation and persistence rates. A rousing account of effective school reform, this work illuminates the district's Career Preparedness Systems Framework, which integrates affective and cognitive development opportunities, trade and professional development programs, and community engagement efforts. Matsuda and Brazer show how this framework, combined with a strengths-based approach that recognizes and affirms students' individual life experiences, helps meet the educational needs of all students, including those from traditionally underserved populations. Presenting secondary education as a means to support democracy, address employability gaps, and elevate student voice and purpose, this thought-provoking work provides ample ideas for how other districts might engage in educating for purposeful life.Trade Review“Educating for Purposeful Life offers readers an overview of select evidence-based practices and principles that enable school stakeholders to engage in authentic systemic change that has the potential to transform communities. With a particular emphasis on student voice, the pathways of students and their development is not only acknowledged, but also valued and central to shifting the learning environment, climate, experience, and outcomes for students within various school contexts. This book is timely for scholars and practitioners committed to preparing youth for the next stage of their academic trajectories, fostering community and engagement, and supporting students’ personal fulfillment while also accelerating generational mobility.” —Frances Contreras, dean and professor, School of Education, University of California, Irvine“When it comes to changing schools, too few books for educators skillfully combine the conceptual with the practical. In Educating for Purposeful Life, Brazer and Matsuda do exactly that. An in-depth near decade-long study of the urban Anaheim (CA) district, describes and analyzes the systemic changes that altered the district’s path. School board members, superintendents, and principals who read this book will gain useful theoretical and practical knowledge to guide change in their schools.” —Larry Cuban, professor emeritus of education, Stanford University“Not only does this book tell the story of the necessary changes that schools must undergo for our students' experiences to improve, but Brazer and Matsuda also provide the details necessary for readers to fulfill their obligation for making change in their owns systems. What's important for me, as a reader, is that the core concepts—systems thinking, human relations, organizational learning, and instructional leadership—are all grounded in solid research and best practices for educational leaders.” —T. J. Vari, assistant superintendent, Appoquinimink School District, and coauthor of Retention for a Change: Motivate, Inspire, and Energize Your School Culture

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Book SynopsisA handbook that helps educational leaders hone the social and emotional skills essential to promoting positive school culture and navigating their complex jobs. In this profoundly useful work, Janet Patti and Robin Stern make the case for social-emotional learning (SEL) as part of a critical skill set for K–12 school leaders, and they offer coaching on how to integrate emotional intelligence into leadership practices. Patti and Stern draw on recent research from psychology and education, as well as their combined 40 years of experience in the fields of SEL and leadership training, to highlight the many benefits of SEL-focused professional development for superintendents, principals, and aspiring school leaders. They also give readers the tools to develop their own SEL skills.Emotional Intelligence for School Leaders outlines key SEL skills, from mindfulness and self-management to relationship building and conflict resolution, and details how each can be applied in a leadership context. Case studies of a variety of successful educational leaders who employ positive psychology in their work illustrate the strategies they used to cultivate and apply their own SEL skills. This encouraging book underscores how teams that lead with self-awareness and empathy can promote well-being, foster resilience, and prevent burnout among educators and ultimately increase equity in the education system.Trade Review“Having been in the leadership research and development field for over fifty years, I am seldom awed. This book is a ‘wow’ experience. I felt like Charlie finding the Golden Ticket to enter Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory! I wish the faculty and administration at my university would read this book!”—Richard Boyatzis, Distinguished University Professor, Case Western Reserve University and coauthor of the international bestseller Primal Leadership and Helping People Change “For over twenty years, Janet Patti and Robin Stern have studied the emotional intelligence of school leaders. They have also developed state-of-the-art programs for helping leaders increase their EI, and they have mounted rigorous evaluation studies to determine those programs’ effectiveness. I’m delighted that they have now compiled all of this valuable information into this book. It is truly a gift to all of us.”—Cary Cherniss, emeritus professor of applied psychology, Rutgers University and cofounder of the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence“Emotional Intelligence for School Leaders is a comprehensive guide to an indispensable and often overlooked element in leadership development. Understanding the historical, current, and purposeful context of EI and how it influences and impacts every aspect of a school leader’s role and ultimate success is key to highly effective leadership.”—Dawn Brooks DeCosta, deputy superintendent, Harlem Community School District 5

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Book SynopsisDesigned for all those involved in education within the practice-based setting, this book encourages the reader to become involved in their own personal development as a practice-based educator through reflection on their own practice. The reader is encouraged to generate and organise evidence of their own Continuing Professional Development (CPD) through practice-based learning and teaching activities. The text is user-friendly and includes sections on the context of practice-based education, the role of the practice-based educator, facilitating learning in a practice-based setting, and assessing and evaluating practice-based learning. The authors are all educators of experience who have for many years been involved in practice-based education Fully updated to cover current trends such as the move to community-based practice and inter-professional practice Practical features include activities, reflective assignments and literature references Trade Review"I would highly recommend this book to anyone involved in educating students…" (Occupational Health, November 2006) "… this book will provide practical help and a range of skills essential to practice learning." (Accident and Emergency Nursing Journal, July 2007)Table of ContentsContributors. Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgments. 1. About This Book and How to Use It. Introduction. Who will find this book useful. What does the book aim to do?. Learning outcomes. What is reflection and what does it offer the practice-based educator?. How is reflective thinking organised?. How can reflection help to make sense of experience?. How does the book use reflection to help develop your role?. How can the book help to provide evidence for CPD?. Summary. References and further reading. 2. Practice-Based Learning and Healthcare Quality. Introduction. Learning outcomes. What is practice-based learning?. Practice-based educators. The scope of the practice-based educator's role. Current issues influencing practice-based education. Accreditation of practice-based educators. Summary. References and further reading. 3. Multiple Roles of the Practice-Based Educator. Introduction. Learning outcomes. What is the role of the practice-based educator?. The practice-based educator as a facilitator of learning. The practice-based educator as an assessor. The practice-based educator as an evaluator. Rewards for the practice-based educator. The learner's perspective. The importance of self-awareness. Summary. References and further reading. 4. Practice-Based Learning Environment: Social Context and Relationships. Introduction. Learning outcomes. The learning environment. Physical influences on the learning environment. Psychosocial influences on the learning environment. Cultural influence on the learning environment. Summary. References and further reading. 5. Learning Theories. Introduction. Learning outcomes. Why bother with learning theories?. Adults as learners. Stages of learner development. Adult learning and other approaches to learning theory. Types of learning. Control of the learning process. Learning styles. Transfer of learning. Levels of processing. Learning intention. Summary. References and further reading. 6. Facilitating Learning in the Practice Setting. Introduction. Learning outcomes. What do we mean by facilitation?. What do we want to facilitate?. Principles for effective facilitation of effective learning. Stages of practice-based learning and facilitation. THE FACILITATION TOOLKIT. Section One: Structuring learning. Negotiating learning agreements. Diagnosing readiness to learn. Using demonstration to facilitate learning. Providing opportunities for structured observation. Questioning and discussion. Giving feedback. Section Two: Fostering collaboration. Peer assisted learning. Inter-professional learning and peer development. Problem-based learning. Section Three: Promoting empowerment. Challenge and support. Cognitive dissonance. Learning relationships. Portfolio development. Section Four: Troubleshooting. Learner alienation in the practice-based learning environment. Match and mismatch between learner development and educator approach. Fear and failure. Enhancing communication and dialogue. The blocked learning cycle. Summary. References and further reading. 7. Assessing Practice-Based Learning Introduction. Learning outcomes. What is assessment. Why do we assess?. When do we assess?. Who is involved in assessment. How do we assess?. Summary. References. 8. Evaluating the Practice-Based Learning Experience. Introduction. Learning outcomes. What is evaluation and how does it differ from assessment?. What does evaluation involve?. Evaluation and reflection. The overlapping cycle of reflection. Developing an evaluation strategy. Why do we want to evaluate?. What aspects of the learning experience do we want to evaluate?. Choosing a methodology. When does evaluation occur?. Who is involved in evaluation?. How will evaluation information be disseminated and used?. Summary. References and further reading. 9. Putting It All Together: Developing a Practice-Based Learning Curriculum. Introduction. Learning outcomes. Developing a practice-based curriculum. Influences and constraints on the learning experience. Planning the learning process. Designing learning experiences and opportunities. Managing the learning process. Assessing learning outcomes. Evaluating the overall learning experience. Reflecting on the learning process and planning change. Summary. Further reading. Appendix 1: Practice Placement assessment Form. Appendix 2: Practice Placement Evaluation Form. Glossary. Index.

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Book SynopsisTeaching Health Professionals Online: Frameworks and Strategies is a must-read for professionals in the health care field who strive to deliver excellence in their online classes. Intended for a wide range of professionals, including nurses, social workers, occupational and radiation therapists, chiropractors, dietitians, and dental hygienists, this compendium of teaching strategies will inspire both new and experienced instructors in the health professions. In addition to outlining creative, challenging activities with step-by-step directions and explanations of why they work, each chapter in the text situates practice within the context of contemporary educational theories such as instructional immediacy, invitational theory, constructivism, connectivism, transformative learning, and quantum learning theory. Melrose, Park, and Perry also address other issues familiar to those who have taught online courses. How can a distance instructor build teacher-student relationships? How does one transform the assumptions often held by students in the health fields from the confines of the virtual classroom? Most importantly, how can the instructor support his or her students in their future pursuits of knowledge and their development as competent professionals? By considering these and other concerns, this handbook aims to help instructors increase student success and satisfaction, which, the authors hope, will ultimately produce the best possible patient care.

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Book SynopsisA collection of evidence-based insights and intersectional teaching strategies to inspire transformative student learning and interrupt stereotypes about what a professor looks like.Picture a Professor is a collection of evidence-based insights and intersectional teaching strategies crafted by and for college instructors. It aims to inspire transformative student learning while challenging stereotypes about what a professor looks like.Representing a variety of scholarly disciplines, the volume’s contributing authors offer practical advice for effectively navigating student preconceptions about embodied identity and academic expertise. Each contributor recognizes the pervasiveness of racialized, gendered, and other biases about professors and recommends specific ways to respond to and interrupt such preconceptions—helping students, teachers, and others reenvision what we think of when we picture a professor.Educators at every stage of their career will find affirming acknowledgment of the ways systemic inequities affect college teaching conditions, as well as actionable advice about facilitating student learning with innovative course design, classroom activities, assessment techniques, and more.Trade Review“Raising awareness of challenges diverse instructors can face when teaching in higher ed classrooms and sharing empowering and tested solutions are both much needed. Picture a Professor does both and more. Grounded in the experiences of scholars teaching in the classroom, the book is a valuable resource for instructors, administrators, those responsible for promotion and tenure decisions, and educational developers partnering with a diverse faculty. Much praise to Jessamyn Neuhaus and chapter authors for addressing the often undiscussed truth that not all instructors who teach are afforded the same privileges.”- Tracie Marcella Addy, coauthor of What Inclusive Instructors Do: Principles and Practices for Excellence in College Teaching“In this collection, the authors weave scholarship, personal narratives, and practical teaching ideas into an intersectional call to action that, when reflectively implemented, will positively transform our college classrooms for years to come.”Travis Thurston, coeditor of Resilient Pedagogy: Practical Teaching Strategies to Overcome Distance, Disruption, and DistractionTable of Contents Introduction: Embodied Identity, Empowering Pedagogy, and Transformative Learning Jessamyn Neuhaus Part One The First Day: Strategies for Starting Strong 1. How Blind Professors Win the First Day: Setting Ourselves Up for Success Sheri Wells-Jensen, Emily K. Michael, and Mona Minkara 2. Critical Reflexivity as a Tool for Students Learning to Recognize Biases: A First Day of Class Conversation on What a Professor Looks Like Jesica Siham FernÁndez 3. Commonalities and Research: A One-Two Punch to Combat STEM Fears and Biases on the First Day of Class Kelly E. Theisen 4. Where’s the Professor? First-Day Active Learning for Navigating Students’ Perceptions of Young Professors Reba Wissner Part Two Making Connections: Strategies for Building Trust and Rapport with Students 5. Using Experiential Learning to Humanize Course Content and Connect with Students Breanna Boppre 6. Collaborative Rubric Creation as a Queer, Transgender Professor’s Tactic for Building Trust in the Classroom Fen Kennedy 7. Reflect to Deflect: Using Metacognitive Activities to Address Student Perceptions of Instructor Competence and Caring Melissa Eblen-Zayas 8. From Absentminded Professor to Epistemic Collaborator: Reframing Academic Expertise through Vulnerability and Metacognition Rebecca Scott 9. Black Man in a Strange Land: Using Principles of Psychology and Behavior Science to Thrive in the Classroom Erik Simmons Part Three Anti-Racist Pedagogies: Strategies for Increasing Equity 10. Beyond Making Statements: The Reflective Practice of Becoming an Anti-Racist Educator M. Gabriela Torres 11. Rippling the Patterns of Power: Enacting Anti-Racist Pedagogy with Students as Co-teachers Chanelle Wilson and Alison Cook-Sather 12. Beyond “Good Writing”: Enacting Anti-Racist Policies in Academic Writing Jacinta Yanders and Ashley JoEtta Part Four Teaching with Our Whole Selves: Strategies for Instructional Authenticity and Pedagogical/Professional Success 13. The Superpowers of Visual Ambiguity: Transfiguring My Experience of Colorism and Multiheritage Identity for Educational Good Donna Mejia 14. Sharing Our Stories to Build Community, Highlight Bias, and Address Challenges to Authority Sarah Mayes-Tang 15. Teaching Up: Bringing My Blackness into the Classroom Celeste Atkins 16. Empowered Strategies for Women Faculty of Color Navigating Teaching Inequities in Higher Ed Chavella T. Pittman Index

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Book SynopsisAs nationwide calls for educational rigor and accountability continue across the U.S., many states have made the edTPA®, a teacher performance assessment, a requirement for teacher certification. The edTPA® is a subject-specific performance assessment that requires aspiring teachers to plan, implement, assess, and reflect upon a learning segment, while demonstrating pedagogical skills related to their disciplines. While it is designed to promote teaching excellence, the edTPA® can drive already-stressed teacher candidates to their breaking point, as it places them in an unfamiliar classroom and asks them to quickly display their knowledge and savvy. This book is here to help teacher candidates not only survive the challenge of the edTPA®, but also thrive. It maps out precisely what steps aspiring secondary education teachers should take to ensure successful completion of the edTPA®. Demystifying the language used in the assessment, it uniquely connects edTPA® requirements with what teacher candidates learn within their teacher preparation programs, showing them how the assessment relates to what they are already doing in their classrooms. The strategies in this book draw on both academic research and practical experience to guide student teachers as they plan for their edTPA® portfolios and for their teaching careers beyond.Trade Review"A keen deconstruction of the learning segment alongside guidance that connects theory, preparation, and practice. Preservice teachers and programs will find this text integral in preparing for the performance assessment."— Michelle Anderson, associate professor of education, Aquinas College "As a pre-service teacher educator and edTPA coordinator I was very appreciative of the authors purposeful progression of their outlined chapters. The content of this book places emphasis on educative needs of teacher preparation, with a strong introduction to the intrinsic motivation that all educators need but new and developed. The authors' scholarly use of connected materials allows pre-service teachers to make real-life connections to empower content comprehension for the novice teacher. The skills and content addressed in this book can be used to support the edTPA process, but more importantly they are good teaching practices that should be learned and used by all educators."— Christine L. Widdall, associate professor of childhood/early childhood education at SUNY-CortlandTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Beyond Compliance 2. Planning for Instruction 3. Planning for Assessment 4. Planning to Support Students 5. Understanding and Using Academic Language 6. Fostering a Challenging Learning Environment 7. Using Assessment Data 8. New Frontiers in Teacher Performance Assessments Appendix A: Lesson Plan Template Appendix B: Learning Segment Template Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisAs nationwide calls for educational rigor and accountability continue across the U.S., many states have made the edTPA®, a teacher performance assessment, a requirement for teacher certification. The edTPA® is a subject-specific performance assessment that requires aspiring teachers to plan, implement, assess, and reflect upon a learning segment, while demonstrating pedagogical skills related to their disciplines. While it is designed to promote teaching excellence, the edTPA® can drive already-stressed teacher candidates to their breaking point, as it places them in an unfamiliar classroom and asks them to quickly display their knowledge and savvy. This book is here to help teacher candidates not only survive the challenge of the edTPA®, but also thrive. It maps out precisely what steps aspiring secondary education teachers should take to ensure successful completion of the edTPA®. Demystifying the language used in the assessment, it uniquely connects edTPA® requirements with what teacher candidates learn within their teacher preparation programs, showing them how the assessment relates to what they are already doing in their classrooms. The strategies in this book draw on both academic research and practical experience to guide student teachers as they plan for their edTPA® portfolios and for their teaching careers beyond.Trade Review"A keen deconstruction of the learning segment alongside guidance that connects theory, preparation, and practice. Preservice teachers and programs will find this text integral in preparing for the performance assessment."— Michelle Anderson, associate professor of education, Aquinas College "As a pre-service teacher educator and edTPA coordinator I was very appreciative of the authors purposeful progression of their outlined chapters. The content of this book places emphasis on educative needs of teacher preparation, with a strong introduction to the intrinsic motivation that all educators need but new and developed. The authors' scholarly use of connected materials allows pre-service teachers to make real-life connections to empower content comprehension for the novice teacher. The skills and content addressed in this book can be used to support the edTPA process, but more importantly they are good teaching practices that should be learned and used by all educators."— Christine L. Widdall, associate professor of childhood/early childhood education at SUNY-CortlandTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Beyond Compliance 2. Planning for Instruction 3. Planning for Assessment 4. Planning to Support Students 5. Understanding and Using Academic Language 6. Fostering a Challenging Learning Environment 7. Using Assessment Data 8. New Frontiers in Teacher Performance Assessments Appendix A: Lesson Plan Template Appendix B: Learning Segment Template Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisIn no other professional field do senior leaders habitually return to the rank-and-file workforce in the twilight of their careers. Corporate CEOs rarely conclude their working lives by resuming the duties of a mid-level account executive; on the verge of retirement, four-star generals do not return to the infantry. But in academia former senior leaders often conclude their careers by reprising the roles and responsibilities of a professor. Until now, leaders and institutions have been left to navigate these transitions on their own—often learning hard lessons that might have been avoided. Stepping Away moves beyond the well-worn clichés of “stepping down” to examine how senior leadership role changes impact individuals and the institutions they serve. Drawn from empirical research involving more than fifty college presidents, provosts, and deans, this book delivers fresh understanding of the challenges and opportunities leaders face as they assume a new place in the social architecture of their campus. Bridging the gap between theory and practice, Stepping Away translates research into practical strategies that leaders can use to make this change successfully, providing guidance about when to speak up and when to remain quiet, how to develop new relationships, where to office, whether to apply for new jobs, and how to use their knowledge and skills to add value to their campus communities, on-campus and off.Table of ContentsList of “Collected Wisdom” Foreword by Leo M. Lambert 1 Stepping Away 2 Studying Administrative Transitions in the Modern American University 3 First Steps: Look as You Leap 4 The Messy Middle: Making a Transition Is Making Choices 5 “Working for Myself”: Life after Administration 6 Reimagining Leaders, Reimagining Leadership Acknowledgments Appendix: Interview Protocols Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFrom 1966 to 1970, historian Martin Duberman transformed his undergraduate Princeton seminar on American radicalism. This book looks closely at the seminar, drawing on interviews with former students and colleagues, conversations with Duberman, and abundant archival material in the Princeton archives and the Duberman Papers. The array of evidence makes the book a primer on how historians gather and interpret evidence while at the same time shining light on the tumultuous late 1960s in American higher education. This book will become a tool for teaching, inspiring educators to rethink the ways in which history is taught and teaching students how to reason historically through sources.Table of ContentsChapter 1. IntroductionSection I. Duberman in the late 1960sChapter 2. “An Experiment in Education” (1969)Chapter 3. “On Misunderstanding Student Rebels” (1968)Section II. Other VoicesChapter 4. “50 Years Later—History 308 Revisited”Chapter 5. Martin and Peter Discuss the Fall, 1969 seminarChapter 6. Princeton Undergraduates Defend and Criticize InnovationChapter 7. On the Edge of the Platform: Tinkering with the 1971 Lecture ClassChapter 8. The Search for Allies: Bill Caspary, Martin Duberman, and John HoltChapter 9. “Let in the Light” Section III. After PrincetonChapter 10. Self and community: Black Mountain (1972)Chapter 11. Honesty, Power, and Desire in “Last Class” (1973)

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Book SynopsisThis open access book brings together national experts from across the Dinaric region to rigorously review IEA’s Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2019 grade four data to develop a multidimensional and culturally sensitive perspective on their TIMSS 2019 primary-level results. The Dinaric region, named after the Dinaric Alps, is located in South-eastern Europe, and stretches through Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo[1], Albania, and North Macedonia. IEA’s TIMSS has been an invaluable resource for monitoring international trends in mathematics and science achievement at grades four and eight since 1995. The TIMSS 2019 administration of the test to grade four students, provided a unique opportunity for analysis within shared regional settings and enabled the construction of this first report based on international study results from the region, prepared by the National Research Coordinators in collaboration with IEA. [1] This designation is without prejudice to positions on status and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence. Table of ContentsForeword I.- Foreword II.- 1 Introduction to Dinaric Perspectives on TIMSS 2019: Paulína Koršňáková, Sabine Meinck, and Barbara Japelj Pavešić.- 2 Context and Implementation of TIMSS 2019 at Grade Four in the Dinaric Region: Paulína Koršňáková and Sandra Dohr.- 3 Opportunity to Learn Mathematics and Science: Agim Alia, Barbara Japelj Pavešić, and Mojca Rožman.- 4 Students’ Interests, Motivation, and Self-beliefs: Barbara Japelj Pavešić, Marina Radović, and Falk Brese.- 5 Early Literacy and Numeracy Competencies: Predictors of Mathematics Achievement in the Dinaric Region: Ženeta Džumhur, Nada Ševa, and Mojca Rožman.- 6 The Role of Learning Resources, School Environment, and Climate in Transforming Schools from Buildings to Learning Communities Ines Elezović, Beti Lameva, and Falk Brese.- 7 Teachers, Teaching and Student Achievement: Ivana Đerić, Ines Elezović, and Falk Brese.- 8 Characteristics of Principals and Schools in the Dinaric Region: Beti Lameva, Ženeta Džumhur, and Mojca Rožman.- 9 Characteristics of High- and Low-performing Students: Rezana Vrapi, Agim Alia, and Falk Brese.- 10 Scaffolding the Learning in Rural and Urban Schools: Similarities and Differences : Smiljana Jošić, Barbara Japelj Pavešić, Nikoleta Gutvajn, and Mojca Rožman.- Acknowledgments.

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Book SynopsisThis open access book brings together national experts from across the Dinaric region to rigorously review IEA’s Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2019 grade four data to develop a multidimensional and culturally sensitive perspective on their TIMSS 2019 primary-level results. The Dinaric region, named after the Dinaric Alps, is located in South-eastern Europe, and stretches through Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo[1], Albania, and North Macedonia. IEA’s TIMSS has been an invaluable resource for monitoring international trends in mathematics and science achievement at grades four and eight since 1995. The TIMSS 2019 administration of the test to grade four students, provided a unique opportunity for analysis within shared regional settings and enabled the construction of this first report based on international study results from the region, prepared by the National Research Coordinators in collaboration with IEA. [1] This designation is without prejudice to positions on status and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence. Table of ContentsForeword I.- Foreword II.- 1 Introduction to Dinaric Perspectives on TIMSS 2019: Paulína Koršňáková, Sabine Meinck, and Barbara Japelj Pavešić.- 2 Context and Implementation of TIMSS 2019 at Grade Four in the Dinaric Region: Paulína Koršňáková and Sandra Dohr.- 3 Opportunity to Learn Mathematics and Science: Agim Alia, Barbara Japelj Pavešić, and Mojca Rožman.- 4 Students’ Interests, Motivation, and Self-beliefs: Barbara Japelj Pavešić, Marina Radović, and Falk Brese.- 5 Early Literacy and Numeracy Competencies: Predictors of Mathematics Achievement in the Dinaric Region: Ženeta Džumhur, Nada Ševa, and Mojca Rožman.- 6 The Role of Learning Resources, School Environment, and Climate in Transforming Schools from Buildings to Learning Communities Ines Elezović, Beti Lameva, and Falk Brese.- 7 Teachers, Teaching and Student Achievement: Ivana Đerić, Ines Elezović, and Falk Brese.- 8 Characteristics of Principals and Schools in the Dinaric Region: Beti Lameva, Ženeta Džumhur, and Mojca Rožman.- 9 Characteristics of High- and Low-performing Students: Rezana Vrapi, Agim Alia, and Falk Brese.- 10 Scaffolding the Learning in Rural and Urban Schools: Similarities and Differences : Smiljana Jošić, Barbara Japelj Pavešić, Nikoleta Gutvajn, and Mojca Rožman.- Acknowledgments.

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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 SynopsisMultilingual learners (MLs) students spend most of their school time with their teachers, who often feel professionally unprepared to meet their linguistically diverse students' needs. As such, preparing teachers for increasing numbers of multilingual learners (MLs) has become a critical factor in promoting equity and success for all students in our global society. This book explores and highlights the reflective narratives of teacher educators, in-service, and preservice teachers. It shows how these narratives are grounded in their personal lives, professional training, and daily teaching, and how they can unfold the complexities in their various experiences and the rich implications for MLs teaching and teacher preparation. The book presents papers that utilize teachers' reflective narratives to prepare and train teachers who are or will be working with MLs. It discusses the challenges and implications of teaching groups of MLs made up of diverse learners, including immigrants, refugees, and learners with disabilities. 'This book seeks to change the narrative of some of our most vulnerable student populations by giving voice to the experiences, challenges, success, and best practices encountered in the international education landscape. The power contained within each chapter is the systematic and intentional reflections that bring the marginalized stories to the center of the discussion. Anyone seeking an understanding of how reflective narrative can build equity and social justice for multilingual learners will appreciate the breadth of experience described. This understanding is critical for culturally and linguistically diverse teaching and learning.' Jordan González, Ph.D., St. John's University, NYTable of ContentsIntroduction Huili Hong, Towson University Patricia Rice Doran, Towson University Chapter 1 Tales of Diversity within Diversity: Urban Educators’ Narratives of Working Immigrant and Refugee Students and Families in Unsettling Times Guofang Li, University of British Columbia Chapter 2 Preparing Teachers for Young and Adolescent Multilingual Learners: The Use of Reflective Narratives Huili Hong, Towson University Karin Keith, East Tennessee State University Renee Moran, East Tennessee State University Chapter 3 Reflective Narratives on Problem-Solving Strategies to Address English Language Learner Needs in a Teaching Abroad Context Vanessa Manalo, Massey University Albany Campus Chapter 4 Tales of Diversity within Diversity: Urban Educators’ Narratives of Working Immigrant and Refugee Students and Families in Unsettling Times Gregory Knollman, Towson University Kandace M. Hoppin, Towson University Patricia Rice Doran, Towson University Chapter 5 Internationalizing Literacy Coursework: Igniting Preservice Teachers’ Inquiry about Self, Diverse Learners and the World Natalia Ward, East Tennessee State University Karin Keith, East Tennessee State University Renee Moran, East Tennessee State University Shulin Yang, East Tennessee State University Chapter 6 A Retrospective View of the Developmental Trajectory of English as a Discipline in China Ning Yizhong, Shenzhen University Chapter 7 Reflections from the Margins: Learning and Teaching Among Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Learners Stephen Mogge, Towson University Conclusion Patricia Rice Doran, Towson University Huili Hong, Towson University

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the application of Soft Systems Methodology in educational research as a qualitative research tool to generate theory, and identifies the mechanisms that engender the behaviours and discourse of social groups. Grounded within the literature from philosophy and science, the approach is predicated on the ontology and epistemology of critical realism. The authors consider the tenets of systems thinking, recognizing that emergent features appear at higher levels of complexity within a hierarchy and that unintended consequences can occur when making decisions in complex situations with interacting components. The central element of the book is the formulation of a research strategy entitled ‘Worldview, Metaphor and Power of Social Objects’ (Womposo) and its application to a research study of the practicum experience of teachers in training. Integral to the methodology is the creation of rich pictures and diagrams. Additionally, images representing different stakeholders’ views of the whole system are presented in revealing illustrations, allowing the reader to grasp each holistic metaphor. It is suitable for postgraduate students and researchers in education and other social science programmesTable of ContentsPart I: Systems Thinking, Soft Systems Methodology and Critical Realism.- Chapter 1. Systems Thinking and Soft Systems Methodology.- Chapter 2. Critical Realism as an Underpinning Philosophy.- Chapter 3. Critical Realism in the Social Sciences.- Chapter 4. The Stepping-Stones Model and the Worldview, Metaphor and Power of Social Objects (Womposo) Strategy.- Part II: Practicum Study: Context.- Chapter 5. The Three Jurisdictions: England, New South Wales and Ontario.- Chapter 6. The Literature on Policy Borrowing, Learning, Professional Identity and the Practicum.- Chapter 7. Research Stages of the Practicum Study.- Part III: Practicum Study: Data Collection and Interpretation.- Chapter 8. The Perspectives of Pre-service Teachers.- Chapter 9. Faculty Advisors’ Perspectives on Becoming a Teacher.- Chapter 10. Mentors’ Expectations and Perspectives.- Chapter 11. Findings from the Practicum Study.- Part IV: Appraising the Womposo Research Strategy.- Chapter 12. Evaluating the Practicum Study and the Womposo Research Strategy.

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on mentoring in English language education internationally, as it applies to students, language teachers, practitioner researchers and research mentors themselves. It aims to provide an in-depth understanding of current mentoring practices in diverse contexts worldwide, drawing on case studies from Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Peru, and the USA; China, India, Japan, Nepal, and Vietnam; Australia; parts of Africa; Oman and the UAE; North Macedonia, Turkey and the UK. Areas of focus include peer mentoring, mentor courses, cross-cultural issues, and modalities such as face-to-face or online mentoring, and the chapters also highlight the value of different methodological tools for exploring mentoring situations, including cultural-historical activity theory and conversation analysis. The book’s conclusion highlights the potential of mentoring to widen access to learning and therefore address issues that relate to social injustice and inequality, particularly in, but not limited to, under-resourced contexts. This volume will be of particular interest to teacher educators, pre-service and in-service language teachers, and students and scholars of applied linguistics and English language teaching. Trade Review“International Perspectives on Mentoring in English Language Education is a groundbreaking compilation of research studies reflecting the depth and breadth of recent developments … . splendidly reflects the richness of mentoring experiences gained in strikingly different contexts in recent decades. Although my own experience as an emerging teacher-research mentor influenced which chapters resonated with me the most, all of them are suffused with a philosophy of mentoring that focuses on humanistic, reflective and collaborative approaches. Highly recommended.” (Erzsébet Ágnes Békés, Argentinian Journal of Applied Linguistics, Vol. 10 (2), November, 2022)Table of Contents1. Current developments in mentoring in English language education (Mark Wyatt and Kenan Dikilitaş).- 2. Peer-tutors as writing centre peer-mentors at the American University of Sharjah (Maria Eleftheriou, Zahraa Al-Dawood, Konstantina Spyropoulou, and Roger Nunn).- 3. Mentoring doctoral students: Challenging the loneliness of the long-distance novice researcher (Anne Burns).- 4. Mentoring through modeling and socialization: Insights from China and Nepal (Peter I. De Costa, Laxmi Prasad Ojha and Luqing Zang).- 5. Contradictions in a TESOL mentoring program in Vietnam: Implications for practice (Hoa Thi Mai Nguyen and Thi Lan Anh Tran).- 6. Systematic Informed Reflective Practice: Facilitating knowledge and agency co-construction through mentoring (Elena Ončevska Ager).- 7. Learning to mentor junior high school teachers in Japan (James Hall and Fiona Copland).- 8. Reflections on mentoring in-service English language teachers in Oman drawing on Malderez and Bodóczky’s ‘Mentor Courses’ (Mark Wyatt).- 9. Mentoring at scale in India: The English Language Initiative for Secondary Schools (Simon Borg).- 10. Is it cultural or personal?: Exploring interwoven factors influencing mentoring conversations (Melissa K. Smith and Marilyn Lewis).- 11. Transformative mentoring in a pre-school bilingual context in Turkey (Kenan Dikilitaş and Simon Edward Mumford).- 12. Collaboration, collegiality, co-production: Mentoring exploratory practitioners in international contexts (Judith Hanks, Inés K. Miller, and Maria I. A. Cunha).- 13. Empowering teachers through mentoring within Language Teacher Associations: examples from Africa (Kuchah Kuchah and Amira Salama).- 14. Mentoring teacher-research – from situated practice to ‘global’ guidance (Richard Smith).- 15. Mentoring teacher-research online (Claudia Bustos-Moraga and Steve Mann).- 16. Mentoring presence for supporting international teacher-researchers (Kenan Dikilitaş, Aslı Lidice Göktürk Sağlam, Mariana Serra and Ruben Daniel Mazzei).- 17. Mentoring in English language education: Using current transnational practices to inform the future (Mark Wyatt and Kenan Dikilitaş).

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Book SynopsisThis book investigates how educators and researchers in the sciences, social sciences, and the arts, connect concepts of sustainability to work in their fields of study and in the classrooms where they teach the next generation. Sustainability, with a focus on justice, authenticity and inclusivity, can be integrated into many different courses or disciplines even if it is beyond their historical focus. The narratives describe sustainability education in the classroom, the laboratory, and the field (broadly defined) and how the authors navigate the complexities of particular sustainability issues, such as climate change, water quality, soil health, biodiversity, resource use, and education in authentic ways that convey their complexity, the sociopolitical context, and their hopes for the future. The chapters explore how faculty engage students in learning about sustainability and the ways in which working at the edge of what we know about sustainability can be a significant source of engagement, motivation, and challenge. The authors discuss how they create learning experiences that foster democratic practices in which students are not just following protocols, but have a stake in creative decision-making, collecting and analysing data, and posing authentic questions. They also describe what happens when students are not just passively receiving information, but actively analysing, debating, dialoguing, arguing from evidence, and constructing nuanced understandings of complex socioscientific sustainability issues. The narratives include undergraduate student perspectives on what it means to engage in sustainability research and learning, how students navigate the complexities and contradictions inherent in sustainability issues, what makes for authentic, empowering learning experiences, and how students are encouraged to persevere in the field.This is an open access book.Table of ContentsIntroductionPart I: Framing and reframing sustainabilityChapter 1: Sustainability, research, and the undergraduate science curriculumMaria S. Rivera Maulucci, Barnard College, Education Chapter 2: Ecology’s White nationalism problemRalph Ghoche, Barnard College, Architecture; Unyimeabasi Udoh, School of the Art Institute of Chicago Part II: Environmental justice and the undergraduate science curriculumChapter 3: Teaching chemistry in context: Environmental lead exposure – quantification and interpretation. Rachel Narehood Austin1, Ann McDermott2, Katrina Korfmacher3, Laura Arbelaez1, Jamie Bousleiman1, Arminda Downey-Mavromatis1, Rahma Elsiesy1, Sohee Ki1, Meena Rao1, Shoshana Williams1 (1: Department of Chemistry, Barnard College; 2: Department of Chemistry, Columbia University; 3: Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center) Chapter 4: What does cell biology have to do with saving pollinators?Jonathan Snow, Barnard College, Biology Chapter 5: Finding the most important places on Earth for birdsTerryanne Maenza-Gmelch, Barnard College, Environmental Science Chapter 6: Brownfield action: A web-based active learning simulationPeter Bower, Barnard College, Environmental Science; Sedelia Rodriguez, Barnard College, Environmental Science Part III: Undergraduate students, sustainability, and health in the urban environmentChapter 7: What We Make and What We Use: Environmental Impacts of Reuse in Design and ProductionSandra Goldmark, Barnard College, Theater Chapter 8: It turned into a BioBlitz: urban data collection for understanding and connectionKelly O’Donnell, Macaulay Honors College, CUNY; Lisa Brundage, Macaulay Honors College, CUNY Chapter 9: Going up: Incorporating the local ecology of New York City green infrastructure into biology laboratory coursesMatthew Rhodes; Krista McGuire, Chapter 10: The everyday action project: Teaching hygiene through artEmma Ruskin, Barnard College; Tal Danino, Columbia University Part IV: Climate change, politics, students, and the undergraduate curriculumChapter 11: Perspectives on teaching climate change: Two decades of evolving approachesStephanie Pfirman, Barnard College, Environmental Science; Gisela Winckler, Columbia University, Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory Chapter 12: Moved to teach beyond political and geographic polarizationDeborah Becher, Barnard College, Sociology Chapter 13: Volcanoes, climate change, and societySedelia Rodriguez, Barnard College Chapter 14: Teaching about climate change from an astronomical perspectiveLaura Kay, Barnard College, Physics and Astronomy Chapter 15: Barnard’s fossil fuel divestment decision: Aligning endowments with institutional valuesRobert Goldberg, Barnard College, Chief Operating Officer; Stephanie Pfirman, Barnard College, Environmental Science; Rajiv Sethi,, Barnard College, Economics; Sandra Goldmark, Barnard College, Theatre Part V: Ecojustice pedagogies and enhancing college accessChapter 16: The UNPAK project: fostering friendships in scienceHilary Callahan, Barnard College, Biology; Michael Wolyniak, Hampden-Sydney College, Biology Chapter 17: Inclusive Pedagogy: Marching from Classroom to CommunityJoshua Drew, Columbia University, Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology; Jonathan Richardson Providence College, Biology; Laura Williams, Providence College, Biology Chapter 18: Collaboration, communication, and creativity: Practicing scientific values and skills in Environmental Science classroomsMary Heskel, Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory Chapter 19: Lamont-Doherty Secondary School Field Research ProgramRobert Newton, Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory; Susan Vincent, Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Chapter 20: The Intercollegiate Partnership: Fostering Future Scientists and Responsible Citizenship through Experiential and Collaborative Learning in SciencePaul E. Hertz, Barnard College; Kyoko M. Toyama, LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York

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Book SynopsisThis book presents some of the leading technical, professional, and political challenges associated with the development and implementation of teacher evaluation systems, along with characterizing some of these systems in different countries around the world. The book promotes a broader comprehension of the complexities associated with this kind of initiatives, which have gained relevance in the last two decades, especially in the context of policies aimed at improving the quality of education. The first section of the book includes conceptual chapters that will detail some of the central debates around teacher evaluation, such as a) performance evaluation versus teaching effectiveness; b) tensions between formative and summative uses of evaluation; c) relationship between evaluation and teacher professionalization; and d) political tensions around teacher evaluation. In the second section, the book addresses specific examples of national or state-wide initiatives in the field of teacher evaluation. For this section, the authors have invited contributions that reflect experiences in North America, Asia, Europe, Oceania, and Latin America. In each chapter, a teacher evaluation system is presented, including their main results and validity evidence, as well as the main challenges associated with its design and implementation. This wide-ranging presentation of teacher evaluation systems around the world is a valuable reference to understand the diverse challenges for the implementation of teacher evaluation programs. The presence of conceptual chapters with others that illustrate how teacher evaluation has been implemented in different contexts gives the reader a comprehensive view of the complex nature of teacher evaluation, considering their technical and political underpinnings. It is a valuable source for anyone interested in the design, improvement, and implementation of teacher evaluation systems.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- Part I. Topics of conceptual chapters.- chapter 2. Tensions between formative and summative uses of evaluation.- Chapter 3. Performance evaluation versus teaching effectiveness.- Chapter 4. Relationship between evaluation and teacher professionalization.-Part II. National and state-wide initiatives of teacher evaluation.- Chapter 5. Political tensions around teacher evaluation.- Chapter 6. Peru.- Chapter 7. Chile.- Chapter 8. Mexico.- Chapter 9. Tenessee, US.- Chapter 10. District of Columbia, US.- Chapter 11. South Korea.- Chapter 12. New Zealand.- Chapter 13. Singapore.- Chapter 14. China.- Chapter 15. Portugal.- Chapter 16. State of Baden-Württemberg and Free State of Bavaria, Germany.- Chapter 17. Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThis open access book discusses the functionality of the use of the language of photography in teachers' initial and ongoing training. It analyzes the nature of photography as a representation system, facilitating inquiry and reflection on its practice for teachers and evocating on theories and beliefs that may guide their work in classrooms. Photography is used to represent symbolically and affectively possible contradictions in teaching activities or the inconsistencies between planned teaching tasks and the educational purposes pursued. Resolving these conflicts is one of the ways to promote professional development. This book also describes photo-elicitation and photographic storytelling as work procedures. By analyzing the contributions of these techniques, the development of teachers is improved.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Photography in the media literacy of teachers: What impression do we give?.- Chapter 2. Photography in the media literacy of teachers: What impression do we give?.- Chapter 3. Photography as a system for representing the teacher’s theories and beliefs.- Chapter 4. Photography in the formative dimension of the practicum.- Chapter 5. Photovoice and photo-elicitation: similarities, differences, incorporation and role in in-service teacher training.- Chapter 6. Structures of the photo-elicitation process and emergence of contradictions in training teachers.- Chapter 7. The use of photo-elicitation situations in the practicum.- Chapter 8. Photo-elicitation in virtual environments as a tool for teachers’ inservice training.- Chapter 9. A brief story about stories.- Chapter 10. Multimodal photo-narration in initial teacher training.- Chapter 11. Modes of photo-narration by teachers and their effect on inquiry into teaching practice.- Chapter 12. The artist’s book as a form of autoethnography for the teaching profession.- Chapter 13. Training Sahrawi teachers using photo-narration in school.

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a rich account of how quality improvement agendas, informed by neoliberalism, create contradictory and complex contexts in which teachers produce different types of practices for specific purposes. Drawing on Michel Foucault’s analytical tools, archaeology and genealogy, this book weaves together findings from classroom observations, field notes and interviews to explore the dichotomies between practices focussing on day-to-day pedagogies and practices concerned with performance management and accountability initiatives. By attending to a Foucauldian conception of power and counter conduct, it explores new means of defining quality in teaching spaces. After considering existing quality assurance judgements, the book illuminates the significance of moving slightly away from an institutionalised enterprise culture and loosing relations with reductionist approaches as a starting point. While doing so, it reworks the idea of quality by presenting other ways of looking at the complex character of pedagogical real(s) with new insights into an emergentist and process-oriented conception of teaching practices. The book argues that we need to unlearn our existing knowledge of quality that overlooks contextual constraints and opportunities enmeshed in teaching practices. It questions the assumptions that the existing methods of observation are capable of quantifying the quality of education in a classroom or in a college in toto. By introducing the idea of documentisation, the book breaks new theoretical ground to show that this so-called system of robust accountabilities is not as self-evident as we believe and why we must rethink quality by unthinking our current common sense. Written for researchers in educational studies, practising teachers and policy makers, this book combines profound insights from theory and contemporary teaching practices with clear guidelines as to how educational policy making should be approached.Table of Contents1.- Introduction 2.- Neoliberalisation of education, observation practices and complexity theory 3.- Foucault and Complexity theory: using transversal directions for analysis 4.- Discursive practices in FE: analytic framework 5.- The world of Northland College6.- Sustaining the neoliberal ideology: modes of regulation, control and evaluation in FE inspection policy 7.- Neoliberalism in the interpretation of teaching practices 8.- Complexity of teaching practices and transversality of hierarchies 9.- Quality dispositif: Documentisation and multiplicities of power relations10.- Recapitulation, implications and recommendations.

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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 SynopsisThis book continues the ongoing debate about the need for alternative, interdisciplinary and heterodox approaches to teaching economics at university. It deals with challenges currently faced by economists, pursues an interdisciplinary approach to enhance collaboration with academics from disciplines other than economics, and analyses several questions and issues related to the 2007-08 financial crisis and the current Covid-19 emergency. The Covid pandemic has shown the flaws of the current neoliberal model and the inability of mainstream economic theory to address the problems created by the pandemic. The book engages with an academic audience interested in incorporating a wider range of economic approaches in their research and teaching, and with undergraduate and postgraduate economics students who are trying to understand the limitations of their current economics syllabi. The novelty of the book is the active involvement of undergraduate and postgraduate students who contribute to this volume with three chapters. The book will be of interest to a wide range of researchers, students and teachers interested in interdisciplinary and heterodox economics.Table of Contents1. Introduction: the financial crisis, the Covid pandemic and the future of economics. By Abdullah Yusuf, Carlo Morelli and Omar Feraboli, University of Dundee.- 2. COVID-19 and the Future of Higher Education. By Abdullah Yusuf, University of Dundee, Mehdi Chowdhury, Bournemouth University, and Ian Roache, University of Dundee.- 3. Assessing the education needs of the Rohingya refugees and the impacts of COVID-19. By Roberta Dumitriu, University of Dundee.- 4. COVID-19 and economic development in sub-Saharan Africa: has the pandemic taught us anything we didn't already know?. By Kevin Deane, Julia Chukwuma and Lorena Lombardozzi, Open University.- 5. Covid 19: A comparison of equality-promoting policy-responses related to education across Europe. By Daniela Tavasci and Luigi Ventimiglia, Queen Mary University of London.- 6. What is opportunity cost?. By Martin Jones, University of Dundee.- 7. Labour Rights, Full Employment, and a Dynamic Market Economy. By Morris Altman, University of Dundee.- 8. An Analysis on the State of Economics Education in Scottish Universities. By Louis Bryson, University of Dundee.- 9. Experiences and Reflections on being taught undergraduate economics. By Emma Madill, Stoyanka Stoimenova, Louis Bryson, University of Dundee.- 10. Post-Crash Economics: What are the implications of the 2007 crisis for the teaching of economics?. By Omar Feraboli, University of Dundee.

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Book SynopsisDie jetzt modularisierte Struktur des erziehungswissenschaftlichen Studiums gibt neue Anforderungskriterien vor, denen mit diesem Lehrbuch zum Thema Sozialisation in der und durch die Schule entsprochen wird. Eine konzentrierte Themenwahl - Was ist wichtig? - und die grundlegende Einführung zentraler Begriffe - Was ist richtig? - ergeben ein erziehungswissenschaftliches Basiswissen Sozialisation durch die Instanz und Institution 'Schule'.Table of ContentsWas ist Sozialisation?- Was ist schulische Sozialisation.- Ansätze schulischer Sozialisation.- Schule und soziale Ungleichheit – Unterschiede machen.- Schulkultur, Milieu und Individuation.- Perspektiven für Schule und Lehrerhandeln.

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Book SynopsisWarum haben ca. 5% der Grundschulkinder trotz normaler Begabung und ausreichendem Schulunterricht erhebliche Schwierigkeiten beim Erlernen des Lesens und Schreibens? Wodurch ist eine solche Lese- Rechtschreibstörung gekennzeichnet, wie wirkt sie sich im Schulalltag und im späteren Leben aus? Wie kann man die Lese-Rechtschreibstörung möglichst früh diagnostizieren und wie kann man die betroffenen Kinder optimal fördern? Dies sind zentrale Fragen, die in diesem Buch auf der Basis des aktuellen Standes der internationalen Forschung behandelt werden.Zuerst wird die unbeeinträchtigte Entwicklung der Schriftsprache dargestellt. Dies ist eine wichtige Grundlage für das Verständnis der Lese-Rechtschreibstörung. Dann folgt das Erscheinungsbild der Lese-Rechtschreibstörung mit klinischer Klassifikation und die Analyse von möglichen Ursachen der Lese- Rechtschreibstörung. Dies bildet das Fundament für die Auseinandersetzung mit den dann folgenden praxis-und anwendungsbezogenen Fragen zur Diagnostik und Förderung, wie z.B.: Kann man ein Risiko für Lese-Rechtschreibschwierigkeiten bereits im Vorschulalter feststellen? Welche Verfahren werden für die Diagnostik der Lese-Rechtschreibstörung eingesetzt? Kann man der Entstehung von Lese-Rechtschreibschwierigkeiten vorbeugen? Welche Ansätze zur Intervention gibt es und welche sind besonders vielversprechend?Die ZielgruppenStudierende der Fachrichtungen (Schul-)Psychologie, Logopädie und Patholinguistik sowie Lehramtsstudenten und alle, die sich beruflich mit der Thematik auseinandersetzen, insbesondere Lehrer, Schulpsychologen, Psychologen, Lerntherapeuten, Erzieher, Psychotherapeuten, Kinder- und Jugendpsychiater sowie der interessierte Laie. Trade Review“... ist eine kompakte Einführung in die komplexe Thematik der Lese-rechtschreibstörung. Es liefert Informationen zu theoretischen Grundlagen, Störungsdefinition, Diagnostik und Förderprogrammen. ... Diese liefern einen guten Überblick über die die wichtigsten Konzepte und den Stand der empirischen Überprüfung. ... Der Text eignet sich primär für Studierende und andere Leser, die sich einen Überblick über die Materie verschaffen wollen, kann aber auch Praktikern brauchbare und aktuelle Sachinformationen liefern. ... präziser darstellung und guter Informationsdichte ...” (Dieter Irblich, in: Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie, Jg. 64, Heft 3, 2015) "... gibt einen sehr guten und strukturierten Überblick über die sogenannte Lese-Rechtschreibstörung. ... Es ist ein sehr flüssig geschriebenes, gut durchstrukturiertes Buch ... Das Buch bietet aber nicht nur Ärzten, Psychologen, Psychotherapeuten, Erziehern, Lehrern etc. eine gute Informationsgrundlage, sondern ist durchaus auch für interessierte Eltern, die tiefer in diese Thematik einsteigen möchten, aber auch für jene, die Grundlagenwissen erwerben möchten, eine tolle Lektüre! ..." (in: Buchnotiz- & Zeitgeistblog, buchnotizen.wordpress.com, 10. Januar 2015)Table of Contents1. Einleitung.- 1.1 Lese-Rechtschreibstörung als umschriebene Entwicklungsstörung.- 1.2 Streit über diagnostische Kriterien.- 1.3 Lese-Rechtschreibstörung als schulische Herausforderung.- 1.4 Forschung zu Ursachen der Lese-Rechtschreibstörung.- 1.5 Zusammenfassung.- 2. Entwicklung des Lesens und Schreibens.- 2.1 Kognitive Grundlagen des Schriftspracherwerbs.- 2.2 Phasenmodell der Lese-Rechtschreibentwicklung nach Frith (1985, 1986).- 2.3 Lesen und Schreiben nach Abschluss der Schriftsprachentwicklung.- 2.4 Lesesysteme im Gehirn und ihre Entwicklung.- 2.5 Zusammenfassung.- 3. Klassifikation und Erscheinungsbild der Lese-Rechtschreibstörung.- 3.1 Klinische Klassifikationssysteme. 3.2 Klassifikation der Lese-Rechtschreibstörung nach ICD.- 3.3 Kapitelebene F: Lese-Rechtschreibstörung als psychische Störung.- 3.4 Gruppenebene F8: Lese-Rechtschreibstörung als Entwicklungsstörung.- 3.5 Ebene der Einzelkategorie F81: Lese-Rechtschreibstörung als umschriebene Entwicklungsstörung schulischer Fertigkeiten (F81).- 3.6 Ebene der Subkategorie F81.0: Lese- und Rechtschreibstörung.- 3.7 Prävalend der Lese-Rechtschreibstörung.- 3.8 Zusammenfassung.- 4. Ursachen der Lese-Rechtschreibstörung.- 4.1 Genetik der Lese-Rechstschreibstörung.- 4.2 Neurobiologie der Lese-Rechtschreibstörung.- 4.3 Kognitive Ursachen der Lese-Rechtschreibstörung.- 4.4 Zusammenfassung.- 5. Diagnostik kognitiver Grundlagen des Lesens und Schreibens sowie der Lese-Rechtschreibstörung.- 5.1 Diagnostik der kognitiven Grundlagen des Schriftspracherwerbs.- 5.2 Welche Schritte gehören zur Diagnostik der Lese-Rechtschreibstörung?.- 5.3 Warum ist es wichtig, aktuelle Testverfahren anzuwenden?.- 5.4 Verfahren zur Erfassung von Leseleistungen.- 5.5 Verfahren zur Erfassung von Rechtschreibleistungen.- 5.6 Intelligenztests.- 5.7 Zusammenfassung.- 6. Prävention von Lese- und Rechtschreibschwierigkeiten und Intervention bei Lese-Rechtschreibstörung.- 6.1 Evaluation der Wirksamkeit von Förderprogrammen.- 6.2 Prävention von Lese-Rechtschreibstörung. 6.3 Intervention bei Lese-Rechtschreibstörung.- 6.4 Welcher Förderansatz ist besonders vielversprechend?.- 6.5 Zusammenfassung

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Book SynopsisIn der Schulwirklichkeit der inzwischen allein in Deutschland über 200 Waldorfschulen finden sich unterschiedlichste Tätigkeitsfelder, Ausbildungsgänge und Qualifikationsprofile. An Waldorfschulen unterrichten Klassenlehrer ihre Klasse vom ersten bis zum achten Schuljahr. Fachlehrer, z.T. mit Staatsexamen, unterrichten Fremdsprachen oder Musik. Durch die starke Betonung des musisch-künstlerischen Bereichs gibt es an Waldorfschulen Lehrer, die es an staatlichen Regelschulen kaum oder gar nicht gibt. Wie sieht die schulische Alltagswirklichkeit für die unterschiedlichen Waldorflehrer heute aus? Im diesen Band erläutern namhafte Kenner der Waldorfbewegung - Praktiker und Forscher, Berater und Ausbilder - Selbstverständnis und Alltagsprobleme, Traditionen und Entwicklungsperspektiven.​Table of ContentsWaldorflehrer/innen zwischen gestern und morgen.- Ausprägungen des Berufsbildes.- Waldorflehrerausbildung 2.0.- Internationale Perspektiven.- Waldorflehrer/innen im Spiegel der Forschung.Mit Beiträgen von Heiner Barz, Regine Breusing, Silke Engesser, Thomas Erle, Ulrike Luise Keller, Holger Kern, Jochen Krautz, Richard Landl, Sylva Liebenwein, Peter Loebell, Zan Redzic, Gisela Riegler, Vladimir Sagvosdkin, Albert Schmelzer, Klaus Schröder, Wilfried Sommer, Solveig Steinmann-Lindner, Christoph Wiechert, M. Michael Zech.

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Book Synopsis​Die Fähigkeit, verschiedene Darstellungsformen zu nutzen und zwischen ihnen zu wechseln, ist in den Bildungsstandards und Lehrplänen der Grundschule fest verankert. Katharina Kuhnke untersucht mithilfe von 15 Einzelfallstudien den Prozess des Darstellungswechsels, indem sie das Vorgehen von Kindern beim Wechsel zwischen verschiedenen multiplikativen Darstellungen betrachtet. Sie analysiert diesen Prozess aus epistemologischer Perspektive, rekonstruiert ihn als komplexes Gefüge und arbeitet verschiedene Kriterien heraus, auf die Kinder beim dieser Tätigkeit fokussieren.​Table of Contents​Darstellungswechsel als Übersetzungsprozess.- Darstellungswechsel als Lernprozess.- Vorgehensweisen.- Epistemologisches Dreieck.- Fokussierungen.- Variation​.

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Book SynopsisIn diesem Buch wird von einem grundlegenden „Sinnverlangen“ ausgegangen, das nicht nur die Wechselfälle des Lebens durchzieht, sondern auch in der Auseinandersetzung mit den verschiedensten (Lern-) Gegenständen zum Ausdruck kommen kann. Dieses Sinnbedürfnis kann sich dabei sowohl im Dialog mit Menschen als auch im Dialog mit Gegenständen realisieren. Ob und vor allem wie besagtes Sinnverlangen im Fachunterricht eine Chance haben kann, wird aus Sicht verschiedener Fächer bzw. Fachdidaktiken diskutiert: Deutsch, Philosophie, Kunst, Biologie, Chemie, Religion, Sachunterricht, Englisch, Geographie und Sport. Ergänzt werden diese fachbezogenen Positionen zu den Möglichkeiten der Sinnkonstituierung durch Positionen der Allgemeinen Didaktik und einleitenden Ausführungen zum Sinnbegriff.Die in diesem Buch eingeforderte Sinnorientierung auch für schulische Lernprozesse geht davon aus, dass eine am Sinn und am Subjekt orientierte Didaktik sowohl das Verstehen fachlicher Gegenstände befördern als auch emanzipatorische Bildungsprozesse im Blick behalten kann. Dieser didaktischpädagogische Ansatz zielt damit gleichermaßen auf sinnvolle, verständnisintensive wie auf persönlichkeitsbildende Lernprozesse. Es geht dabei um ein Lernen, bei dem die Lernenden Sinn konstituieren können und „dürfen“ und zugleich um eine Lernatmosphäre im Sinne einer wechselseitigen Anerkennung Lernender und Lehrender als Partner in einem Dialog.Trade Review"... theoretischen Tiefe, die durch zahlreiche praktische Beispiele illustriert wird, ist dieser Band für alle, die im Unterricht tatsächlich mit ihren SchülerInnen sprechen (wollen), empfehlenswert." (Nicola Mitterer, in: ide Informationen zur Deutschdidaktik, Jg. 39, Heft 3, 2015, S. 123 f.)Table of ContentsSinn im Fachunterricht?- Facetten des Sinbegriffs.- Philosophieren mit Kindern: Sinnkonstitution im Gespräch.- Phantasie und Erfahrung: Zur Bedeutung des Gesprächs beim Ansatz der Alltagsphantasien.- Dialog und Sinnkonstitution im Religionsunterricht.- Sinnkonstruktion zwischen Gegenstandsorientierung und Subjektorientierung.- Methaphorische Fragestellungen im Literaturunterricht.- Verstehen im naturwissenschaftlichen Unterricht.

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Book SynopsisUnternehmen und ihre Mitarbeiter schauen heute hoffnungsvoll auf Schlüsselkompetenzen. Die Fähigkeit, sich weiterzuentwickeln, ist ausschlaggebend für den Erfolg ganzer Volkswirtschaften geworden. Was können Personalentwickler und Bildungsverantwortliche in der Aus-, Fort- und Weiterbildung dafür tun? Personale Kontrolle ist die Schlüsselkompetenz, die den Zugang schafft. Handlungsnah, ökonomisch und doch auf alle Lebensbereiche übertragbar, hilft Personale Kontrolle nicht nur beim Erreichen von Unternehmens- und Karrierezielen. Sie reguliert das selbständige Lernen im Alltag, beim Blended Learning und auch in Krisenzeiten. Empirische Studien zeigen außerdem: Wer personale Kontrolle gezielt fördert, der eröffnet den Weg in eine Erfolgsspirale des Lernens.Table of ContentsPsychologische Ansätze zu beruflicher Bildung und Entwicklung.- Personale Kontrolle als Schlüsselkompetenz.- Untersuchung zu Kontrollverhalten in beruflichen Bildungsmaßnahmen.- Kontrollverhalten aus-, fort- und weiterbilden.

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Book SynopsisDer vorliegende Titel untersucht die Bedeutsamkeit der Fallarbeit für das Verstehen pädagogischen Handelns und pädagogischer Institutionen. Neben dezidiert schulpädagogischen werden auch allgemein erziehungswissenschaftliche, sozialpädagogische und erwachsenenbildnerische Perspektiven in den Blick genommen. Gemeinsames Merkmal der Beiträge ist die sich durchziehende Frage, wie und inwiefern der Fall Grundprobleme pädagogischen Handelns losgelöst von alltäglichen Handlungszwängen, Routinen und Ablaufmustern sichtbar machen kann. Die Einzelbeiträge widmen sich dabei unterschiedlichen Zugängen und Bedeutungskonzeptionen von Fallarbeit in der universitären und nachuniversitären Praxis.Trade Review“... das Buch jedoch nicht nur durch seine theoretischen Anteile, sondern auch durch aussagekräftige Praxisbeispiele in die richtige Richtung weist, wie der Spagat zwischen wissenschaftlicher Disziplin und pädagogischer Profession bzw. wissenschaftlichem Anspruch und instrumenteller Nutzung geleistet werden kann.” (Eva Steinherr, in: EWR - Erziehungswissenschaftliche Revue, Jg. 17, Heft 4, Juli 2018)Table of ContentsTheorie und Reflexion erziehungswissenschaftlicher Fallarbeit.- Kasuistik in der Schulpädagogik.- Kasuistik und Fachdidaktik.- Kasuistik in Erwachsenenbildung und Sozialpädagogik.

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Book SynopsisEntdecken Sie die höhere Mathematik für sich: Was sind die komplexen Zahlen, wie steht es mit der Unendlichkeit, ist 0,999…=1 und was steckt hinter der berühmten Eulerschen Formel? Mit diesem kompakten Lehrbuch der Analysis werden Sie dies und vieles mehr verstehen und sich dabei die Grundlagen für das Studium der Mathematik und der Naturwissenschaften aneignen. Das Buch ist aus dem beliebten, in Zusammenarbeit mit Studierenden entstandenen Skript des Autors entstanden und unterstützt Sie besonders beim Übergang von der Schule ins Studium. Mathematische Präzision gepaart mit anschaulichen Erklärungen und motivierenden Beispielen - das wird dieses Buch zu Ihrem ständigen Begleiter machen.Trade Review“The textbook under review is aimed at providing an introduction into basic mathematical principles. It addresses to undergraduate students of mathematics, physics, engineering science or informatics. … the book under review is strongly recommended as an introduction to basic mathematical principles with a huge set of supportive exercises in each chapter.” (Iris Burkholder, zbMATH 1308.26003, 2015)Table of ContentsAuftakt: Wurzel aus 2.- Reelle, rationale und ganze Zahlen.- Logik, Mengen, Abbildungen.- Kombinatorik.- Die Vollständigkeit der reellen Zahlen.- Komplexe Zahlen.- Konvergenz von Folgen.- Unendliche Reihen.- Potenzreihen.- Exponentialfunktion, Logarithmus und allgemeine Potenz.- Stetigkeit.- Differentialrechnung.- Komplexe Zahlen: Folgen und Reihen, Funktionen.- Die trigonometrischen Funktionen.- Integration.- Mehr als 140 Übungsaufgaben mit Hinweisen und Lösungen.

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Book SynopsisDer Forschungsschwerpunkt „Entwicklung von Professionalität des pädagogischen Personals in Bildungseinrichtungen“, gefördert durch das Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), wird in diesem Band in Einzelbeiträgen vorgestellt. Die Beiträge enthalten empirische Erkenntnisse, die im Forschungsschwerpunkt erarbeitet wurden, sowie Einordnungen in den Gesamtkontext der Lehrerprofessionalisierung. In interdisziplinärer Weise integriert der Überblick Erziehungswissenschaft, Psychologie, Wirtschaftsdidaktik, Soziologie und Fachdidaktiken. Table of ContentsErfassung, Modellierung und Verlauf von Kompetenzen in der Ausbildung pädagogischen Personals.- Lehrerfortbildungen erfolgreich gestalten.- Interventionsstudien, insbesondere zu Lernstrategien und Selbstregulationsstrategien von Schülerinnen und Schülern.- Lehrerkompetenzen und Auswirkungen auf den Unterricht (Videoanalysen).

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Book SynopsisSchule und Peerkultur unterliegen einem Spannungsverhältnis, was bislang sowohl theoretisch als auch empirisch nur wenig berücksichtigt wurde. An dieser Lücke setzt diese Studie an, die die Sichtweisen von Jugendlichen zwischen zwölf und achtzehn Jahren auf den pädagogischen Arbeitsansatz Positive Peerkultur im schulischen Kontext rekonstruiert. Sein Anliegen ist es, in pädagogisch initiierten Gesprächskreisen Jugendliche in einen Kommunikationszusammenhang treten zu lassen, in dem sie für sie lebensrelevante Themen und Anliegen besprechen können. Neben neuen empirischen Einblicken in den Zusammenhang von Peerbeziehungen und pädagogischen Programmatiken, wird die methodische Umsetzung und Realität Positiver Peerkultur im schulischen Kontext dargestellt.Table of ContentsPeerkultur: Theoretische Grundannahmen, Gegenstandsbestimmung und Forschungsstand.- Empirische Analyse zum Arbeitsansatz Positive Peerkultur.- Diskussion und Ausblick.

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Book SynopsisNach neurowissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen wird unser Motivationssystem maßgeblich durch die Qualität sozialer Beziehungen beeinflusst. Dabei sind fünf Aspekte für den Aufbau von Beziehungskompetenz entscheidend. Deren motivationsstiftende Wirkung und Überlegenheit gegenüber klimarelevanten Faktoren weist die Autorin für die Primarstufe empirisch nach. Ein Messinstrument sowie eine Förderkonzeption für die Aus- und Weiterbildung von Lehrenden geben Anregungen für eine praktische Umsetzung.Table of ContentsBeziehungskompetenz in Schule und Unterricht.- Unterrichtsklima als Determinante des Lernerfolgs.- Messinstrument zur Erfassung der Beziehungskompetenz von Lehrenden.- Materialsammlung zur Konzipierung eines schulpädagogischen Seminars.

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Book SynopsisChristine Oesterreich weist in ihrer empirischen Untersuchung basierend auf quantitativen Daten der SPRINT-Studie nach, dass die erlebte berufliche Beanspruchung von Sportlehrkräften ebenso unbefriedigend ausfällt wie bei Lehrkräften anderer Fächer. Im Hinblick auf die unterrichtliche Relevanz der erlebten Beanspruchung werden Sportlehrkräfte verschiedener Beanspruchungsmuster hinsichtlich ihres Unterrichts verglichen. Dabei zeigt sich, dass sich das Beanspruchungserleben aus Sicht der Sportlehrkräfte mindernd auf die Qualität ihres Unterrichts auswirkt, während dies aus Sicht der unterrichteten Schüler/innen nicht eindeutig zu belegen ist.Trade Review“... eine wertvolle Quelle für Lehrerbildnerinnen und Lehrerbildner an Hochschulen und Studienseminaren und eröffnet zahlreiche Anregungen für nachfolgende Forschungen. ... bieten für Schulbehörden und Schulleitungen sowie Lehrkräfte zahlreiche Anregungen für die Schul- und Unterrichtsentwicklung. ... wertvolle Impulse für die Personengruppen, die sich beruflich mit Schulentwicklungsprozessen beschäftigen.” (Birgit Nieskens, in: Erziehungswissenschaftliche Revue – EWR, Jg. 15, Heft 3, Mai-Juni 2016)Table of Contents​Berufliche Beanspruchung.- Beanspruchung von (Sport-)Lehrkräften - Stress, Burnout, Arbeitszufriedenheit, Arbeitsbezogenes Verhaltens- und Erlebensmuster (AVEM).- Empirische Studie.- Beanspruchungsmuster von Sportlehrkräften.- Unterrichtliche Relevanz des Beanspruchungserlebens.

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Book SynopsisAnhand von einzelnen Beiträgen verdeutlicht dieses Werk exemplarisch, was der Körper für die Soziale Arbeit ist: Ausgangspunkt einer konsequent lebensweltorientierten Sozialen Arbeit. Der Körper ist eine zentrale, eigenständige Ressource des Menschen, der genetisch mitbestimmt ist, letztlich aber im sozialen Kontext und den dort vorhandenen Verteilungsprozessen gestaltet wird. Dabei spielen auch historisch entstandene soziale Leitbilder eine Rolle. Der Körper prägt das individuelle Entscheidungsverhalten mit, seine Beachtung und Förderung kann also dieses Entscheidungsverhalten verändern.Table of ContentsTheoretische Positionierung im geschichtlichen und interdisziplinären Diskurs.- Umsetzung in der sozialen Praxis von der Kindheitsphase bis ins Alter.

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Book SynopsisAnne Breuer dokumentiert anhand der empirisch-qualitativen Analyse von Teamgesprächen, wie LehrerInnen und ErzieherInnen an ganztägigen Grundschulen sich zueinander positionieren. Sie arbeitet unterschiedliche Muster der Zuständigkeitsdifferenzierung in Lehrer-Erzieher-Teams heraus und erweitert den oft normativ geführten Kooperationsdiskurs um empirisch-rekonstruktive Befunde. Die Autorin eröffnet neue wissenschafts- und praxisrelevante Perspektiven für die Diskussion über Normen gelingender Kooperation und sich verändernde pädagogische Zuständigkeiten im Ganztagschulbetrieb.Trade Review“... dient als ein Spiegelbild des aktuellen Diskurses um die Kooperation an Schulen und liefert einen exklusiven und äußerst detaillierten Einblick in die Kooperationspraxis von Lehrer(innen) und Erzieher(innen) in der Ganztagsschulpraxis. ... Die gut durchdachte Strukturierung und das sorgsam aufbereitete empirische Material machen das Werk äußerst zugänglich.” (Vladislav Tihonov, in: Jahrbuch Ganztagsschule, 2017)Table of ContentsInterprofessionelle Kooperation.- Lehrer-Erzieher-Teams.- Kooperationsgespräche in der schulischen Praxis und deren empirische Rekonstruktion.

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Book SynopsisSprachliches Handeln ist konstitutiver Bestandteil schulischen Lernens. Es ist flüchtig, situativ, nur bedingt planbar und erfordert in Lehr-/Lernkontexten, sowohl eine Ziel- als auch eine Prozessorientierung. Damit ergibt sich für Lehrer_innen die besondere Herausforderung einer an situativen Prozessen und Interaktionen orientierten Handlungsflexibilität. Dieses Buch bündelt zum einen Perspektiven, die sich für dialogische und partizipative Prozesse in schulischen Gesprächen interessieren; zum anderen wird interaktionsanalytisch und fachdidaktisch rekonstruiert, wie Schüler_innen miteinander und mit Lehrer_innen sowie Eltern in unterschiedlichen Gesprächssituationen agieren, über Lernen sprechen und im Gespräch lernen.Table of ContentsLernen und Partizipation im Gespräch.- Grundlagen dialogischer Gespräche.- Reflexion und Verantwortung als interaktive Aushandlung in Gesprächen zwischen Lehrer_innen, Schüler_innen und Eltern.- Lernprozesse in fachdidaktischen Gesprächen.

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Book SynopsisChristian Lamy untersucht, wie neue Lehrpersonen die externen und internen Anforderungen im ersten Berufsjahr subjektiv wahrnehmen und bewältigen. Er leistet damit einen Beitrag zum besseren Verständnis der Bewältigungsstrategien neuer Lehrkräfte und beleuchtet insbesondere die große Bedeutung selbstbezogener Bedürfnisse als zentrales Merkmal beruflicher Bewältigungsprozesse bei neuen Lehrpersonen. Die Erkenntnisse der Studie tragen zur Diskussion um die gelingende Gestaltung der Ausbildung von Lehrkräften und der Begleitmaßnahmen in deren Berufseinstieg bei.Table of ContentsPräsentation eines Modells für die Analyse der Bewältigung beruflicher Anforderungen durch neue Lehrpersonen.- Bewältigung beruflicher Anforderungen durch neue Lehrpersonen unter einer phänomenologischen Perspektive.- Individuelle Bewältigungsprozesse neuer Lehrpersonen unter einer fallanalytischen Perspektive.- Perspektiven für die Praxis: Steigerung der Unterrichtsqualität durch eine bedürfnisorientierte Begleitung der neuen Lehrpersonen.

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Book SynopsisBernhard F. Sieve untersucht die Nutzung Interaktiver Whiteboards (IWB) im naturwissenschaftlichen Unterricht. Er erfasst zunächst aus Lehrerperspektive vorherrschende Einstellungen, Kenntnisse und Bedürfnisse sowie aktuelle Nutzungsweisen von IWB. Auf dieser Grundlage entwickelt er eine spezifische Fortbildung für Chemielehrkräfte. Inhaltliche Schwerpunkte der Lehrerfortbildung sind die Potenziale digitaler Tafeln für die Planung, Durchführung und Auswertung von Experimenten sowie beim Umgang mit Visualisierungen von Teilchendarstellungen. Die Wirksamkeitsprüfung der Fortbildung zeigt eine deutliche Kompetenzentwicklung hinsichtlich der Einstellungsmuster, der Kooperationsbereitschaft und vor allem der Einsatzweisen digitaler Tafeln im Chemieunterricht.Table of ContentsDigitale Tafeln als innovative Werkzeuge für den Chemieunterricht.- Implementation von Innovationen in der Organisation Schule.- Konzeption und Evaluation einer Fortbildung zum Einsatz digitaler Tafeln für Chemielehrkräfte.

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Book SynopsisMario Gerwig zeigt in diesem Buch sowohl theoretisch fundiert als auch mehrfach in der Unterrichtspraxis erprobt, wie es mithilfe der genetischen Methode Martin Wagenscheins und der Bildungstheorie Wolfgang Klafkis sowie der darauf aufbauenden Lehrkunstdidaktik gelingen kann, den Schülerinnen und Schülern im Mathematikunterricht ein wirkliches, tiefgreifendes Verstehen des Beweisens zu ermöglichen. Drei lehrkunstdidaktisch ausgestaltete Unterrichtseinheiten – Entdeckung der Axiomatik, Satz des Pythagoras, Nichtabbrechen der Primzahlfolge – zeigen, dass eines der markantesten Charakteristika der Mathematik – das Beweisen – im Unterricht kein Schattendasein führen muss.Table of ContentsBeweisen und Beweise in Fachwissenschaft, Fachdidaktik und Unterrichtspraxis.- Geschichte und Konzeption der Lehrkunstdidaktik .- Die genetische Methode Martin Wagenscheins und die Bildungstheorie Wolfgang Klafkis.- Drei mehrfach erprobte Unterrichtseinheiten zum Beweisen: Entdeckung der Axiomatik mit Euklid, Satz des Pythagoras, Nichtabbrechen der Primzahlfolge.

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