Miracle Of Education

Author : Hannele Niemi,Auli Toom,Arto Kallioniemi
Publisher : Springer
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789463007764

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Miracle of Education by Hannele Niemi,Auli Toom,Arto Kallioniemi Pdf

"Finnish pupils’ success in international student assessment tests and the characteristics of the Finnish educational system are the focus of interest all around in the world. The significance of Finnish educational policy and societal atmosphere are continuously discussed. This book provides explanations, answers and reflections to these questions. Over 30 expert authors have contributed to this book by bringing their own specific research-based points of view.The second edition of the book introduces the new national curriculum for basic education that now provides guidelines for school-based curricula. Students’ learning with engagement and schools as learning communities are core visions of the reform. The authors also reflect on the PISA 2012 results. The book gives an example on how to use PISA information for national improvements. In Finland, all evaluations are enhancement-led and this also includes PISA measurements.The book illustrates how teaching and learning of different subjects is realized in Finnish schools and describes the essential characteristics and methods of teaching, learning materials and research on these issues.The book provides important insight and reflections to international researchers, teachers, students, journalists and policy makers, who are interested in teaching and learning in Finnish schools. It shows the results of the systematic and persistent work that has been done on education and schooling in Finland.The main features of education in Finland are: Strong equity policy.Teachers as autonomous and reflective academic experts.Flexible educational structures and local responsibility for curriculum development.Evaluation for improvements, not for ranking.No national testing, no inspectorate.Research-based teacher education.Teachers’ high competence in content knowledge and pedagogy.Trust in education and teachers."

Author : Seymour Fliegel,James MacGuire
Publisher : Crown
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015026970361

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Miracle in East Harlem by Seymour Fliegel,James MacGuire Pdf

Through this heartwarming, real-life success story, Fliegel and James MacGuire make a convincing case for public school choice. They show that if it can happen in East Harlem, it can happen anywhere.

Author : Hannu Simola
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135084080

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The Finnish Education Mystery by Hannu Simola Pdf

Finnish education has been a focus of global interest since its first PISA success in 2001. After years of superficial celebration, astonishment and educational tourism, the focus has recently shifted to what is possibly the most interesting element of this Finnish success story: that Finnish schools have been effectively applying methods that go against the flow of global education policy with no testing, no inspection, no hard evaluation, no detailed national curriculum, no accountability and no hard competition. From a historical and sociological perspective the Finnish case is not merely a linear success story, but is part of a controversial and paradoxical struggle towards Utopia: towards egalitarian schooling. Bringing together a collection of essays by Hannu Simola and his colleagues, this book analyses the key dimensions of schooling in Finland to provide a critical, analytical and uncompromising picture of the Finnish education system. Going beyond the story of success, the book reveals the complexities of educational change, but also identifies opportunities and alternatives for smart political action in complex and trans-national societies. Including a selection of key chapters on Finnish education policy and governance, teacher education and classroom cultures, the book will be of interest to researchers, academics and postgraduate students in comparative education, teacher education, educational policy and educational reform.

Author : Hannele Niemi,Auli Toom,Arto Kallioniemi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789460918117

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Miracle of Education by Hannele Niemi,Auli Toom,Arto Kallioniemi Pdf

Finnish pupils’ success in international student assessment tests is a hot topic everywhere in the world. The significance of Finnish educational policy and society are continuously discussed. This book provides explanations, answers and reflections to these questions. Over 30 expert authors have contributed to this book by bringing their own specific research-based viewpoints to these issues. The book describes the wholeness of the Finnish educational system, on both structural and administrative levels. It introduces the framing factors and societal conditions of education in Finland. It also explains how the Finnish educational system and teacher education function in everyday life. The book illustrates how teaching and learning of different subjects is realized in Finnish schools, and describes the essential characteristics and methods of teaching, learning materials and research on these issues. The book provides important insight and reflections to international researchers, teachers, students, journalists and policy makers, who are interested in teaching and learning in Finnish schools. It shows the results of the systematic and persistent work that has been done on education and schooling in Finland. The main features of education in Finland: - Strong equity policy - Teachers as autonomous and reflective academic experts - Flexible educational structures and local responsibility for curriculum developmentEvaluation for improvements, not for ranking - No national testing, no inspectorate - Research-based teacher education - Teachers’ high competence in content knowledge and pedagogy - Trust in education and teachers

Author : James P. Comer
Publisher : Plume Books
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Education
ISBN : 0452276462

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Waiting for a Miracle by James P. Comer Pdf

It is the thesis of this provocative book that the deteriorating state of America's public school system is actually a reflection of the problems in our culture and society. In "Waiting For A Miracle," James P. Comer M.D., Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry at the Yale University Child Study Center and the author of Maggie's American Dream, and co-author of Raising Black Children, outlines the cause of these afflictions and presents an inspiring paradigm for a new way of thinking and acting with regard to children and family.At the root of the problem, he states, is a social failure to make a commitment to families, and to community and child development.Using many examples from his personal experience of growing up poor, and from more than thirty years of community involvement, Comer argues that schools can be the most important instrument of change in a society. He spells out how private, public and non-profit sectors can collaborate to enable children, families, and communities to survive and thrive.

Author : Michael Kutz
Publisher : Azrieli Fndtn
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 1897470355

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If, by Miracle by Michael Kutz Pdf

The compelling story of a courageous and resilient young boy who narrowly escapes death at the hands of the Nazi killing squads.

Author : Douglas N. Harris
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780226694788

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Charter School City by Douglas N. Harris Pdf

In the wake of the tragedy and destruction that came with Hurricane Katrina in 2005, public schools in New Orleans became part of an almost unthinkable experiment—eliminating the traditional public education system and completely replacing it with charter schools and school choice. Fifteen years later, the results have been remarkable, and the complex lessons learned should alter the way we think about American education. New Orleans became the first US city ever to adopt a school system based on the principles of markets and economics. When the state took over all of the city’s public schools, it turned them over to non-profit charter school managers accountable under performance-based contracts. Students were no longer obligated to attend a specific school based upon their address, allowing families to act like consumers and choose schools in any neighborhood. The teacher union contract, tenure, and certification rules were eliminated, giving schools autonomy and control to hire and fire as they pleased. In Charter School City, Douglas N. Harris provides an inside look at how and why these reform decisions were made and offers many surprising findings from one of the most extensive and rigorous evaluations of a district school reform ever conducted. Through close examination of the results, Harris finds that this unprecedented experiment was a noteworthy success on almost every measurable student outcome. But, as Harris shows, New Orleans was uniquely situated for these reforms to work well and that this market-based reform still required some specific and active roles for government. Letting free markets rule on their own without government involvement will not generate the kinds of changes their advocates suggest. Combining the evidence from New Orleans with that from other cities, Harris draws out the broader lessons of this unprecedented reform effort. At a time when charter school debates are more based on ideology than data, this book is a powerful, evidence-based, and in-depth look at how we can rethink the roles for governments, markets, and nonprofit organizations in education to ensure that America’s schools fulfill their potential for all students.

Author : Cindi Hemm
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781449714536

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Miracle on Southwest Boulevard by Cindi Hemm Pdf

In the midst of poverty a leader emerges. A school in which people had given up hope. A prayer warrior and woman of faith steps into the position of principal at Eugene Field Elementary. Faced with unimaginable circumstances as the new administrator at Eugene Field, Cindi Hemm steps up to create the impossible, a community school in which children are learning and thriving. An outstanding school of excellence able to stand up to any school in the nation. Eugene Field Elementary a place where hearts are mended, lives are touched, God is present, the hungry are fed, but it is never easy. Live this journey with Cindi that will change your heart and mind about the amazing miracles that can and will happen if you work hard and believe.

Author : Angela Valenzuela
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2010-03-31
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781438422626

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Subtractive Schooling by Angela Valenzuela Pdf

Provides an enhanced sense of what’s required to genuinely care for and educate the U.S.–Mexican youth in America.

Author : Robin Fox
Publisher : Laugwitz Verlag
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Dramatists, English
ISBN : 3933077303

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Shakespeare's Education by Robin Fox Pdf

Author : David Wagner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317264422

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Miracle Worker and the Transcendentalist by David Wagner Pdf

Helen Keller and her teacher, Annie Sullivan, remain two of the best-known American women. But few people know how Sullivan came to her role as teacher of the deaf and blind Keller. Contrasting their lives with Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, the era's prominent abolitionist, this book sheds light on the gender and disability expectations that affected the public perception of Sullivan and Keller. This book provides a fascinating insight into class, ethnicity, gender, and disability issues in the Gilded Age and Progressive-Era America.

Author : Purvi Shah
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-15
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780810140394

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Miracle Marks by Purvi Shah Pdf

In her second full-length poetry collection, Miracle Marks, activist Purvi Shah charts women’s status through pointed explorations of Hindu iconography and philosophy and powerful critiques of American racism. In these searing, revelatory poems, Shah reminds us that surviving birth as an infant girl and living as a woman is miraculous—as such, every girl is a miracle mark. And because education is often denied to girls, writing by women is a miracle. In Miracle Marks, Shah probes belonging, devotion, and social inequity, delving into what it means to be a woman, and what it means to be. Through sound energy and white space, these poems chart multiple realities, including the miracles of women’s labors and survivals. This collection spurs dialogue across audiences and communities and lights a way for brown girls and women who relish in spirit, intellect, politics, and justice.

Author : Gabriel Heller Sahlgren
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Education
ISBN : 1910627089

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Real Finnish Lessons by Gabriel Heller Sahlgren Pdf

Author : Jacqueline Woodson
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2006-06-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781101077061

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Miracle's Boys by Jacqueline Woodson Pdf

From a three-time Newbery Honor author, a novel that was awarded the 2001 Coretta Scott King award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize For Lafayette and his brothers, the challenges of growing up in New York City are compounded by the facts that they've lost their parents and it's up to eldest brother Ty'ree to support the boys, and middle brother Charlie has just returned home from a correctional facility. Lafayette loves his brothers and would do anything if they could face the world as a team. But even though Ty'ree cares, he's just so busy with work and responsibility. And Charlie's changed so much that his former affection for his little brother has turned to open hostility. Now, as Lafayette approaches 13, he needs the guidance and answers only his brothers can give him. The events of one dramatic weekend force the boys to make the choice to be there for each other--to really see each other--or to give in to the pain and problems of every day.

Author : Julie Yip-Williams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780525511359

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The Unwinding of the Miracle by Julie Yip-Williams Pdf

Born blind in Vietnam, Julie Yip-Williams narrowly escaped euthanasia by her grandmother, and then fled the political upheaval of the late 1970s with her family. She made it to Hong Kong and, ultimately, America, where a surgeon at UCLA gave her partial sight. Against all odds, she became a Harvard-educated lawyer with a husband and two children. At age thirty-seven, Julie was diagnosed with terminal metastatic colon cancer. This book grew out of a blog Julie kept through the past four years of her life.