School Knowledge For The Masses

Author : John W. Meyer,David Kamens,Aaron Benavot
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351846097

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School Knowledge for the Masses by John W. Meyer,David Kamens,Aaron Benavot Pdf

First published in 1992, this book presents unique quantitative data on the content coverage of primary education in a large number of countries since 1920. It demonstrates that these curricular outlines tend to be surprisingly similar across very disparate countries, and suggests the world processes that produced this result. Specifically, the study shows that the contemporary primary curriculum dates from changes in the late nineteenth century; that there has been a general shift towards a ‘social studies’ subject; that instruction in mathematics and sciences has tended to expand; that there have been substantial increases in foreign language instruction (and changes in the languages taught); and that instruction in the arts and physical education come to the standard world education model much later than other subjects. This work will be of particular interest to those studying primary curriculum, international education and the sociology of education.

Author : John W. Meyer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Education
ISBN : 1850009481

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School Knowledge for the Masses by John W. Meyer Pdf

The book presents quantitative data on national primary curricular emphases for large numbers of countries going back to about 1920. It shows that these curricular outlines tend to be rather similar across very disparate sorts of countries, and suggests world processes that have produced this result.

Author : Aaron Benavot,Cecilia Braslavsky,Nhung Truong
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2007-06-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781402057359

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School Knowledge in Comparative and Historical Perspective by Aaron Benavot,Cecilia Braslavsky,Nhung Truong Pdf

In this special edited volume, scholars with diverse backgrounds and conceptual frameworks explore how economic, political, social and ideological forces impact on school curricula over time and place. In providing regional and global perspectives on curricular policies, practices and reforms, the authors move beyond the conventional notion that school contents reflect principally national priorities and subject-based interests.

Author : Seymour A Papert
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781541675100

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Mindstorms by Seymour A Papert Pdf

In this revolutionary book, a renowned computer scientist explains the importance of teaching children the basics of computing and how it can prepare them to succeed in the ever-evolving tech world. Computers have completely changed the way we teach children. We have Mindstorms to thank for that. In this book, pioneering computer scientist Seymour Papert uses the invention of LOGO, the first child-friendly programming language, to make the case for the value of teaching children with computers. Papert argues that children are more than capable of mastering computers, and that teaching computational processes like de-bugging in the classroom can change the way we learn everything else. He also shows that schools saturated with technology can actually improve socialization and interaction among students and between students and teachers. Technology changes every day, but the basic ways that computers can help us learn remain. For thousands of teachers and parents who have sought creative ways to help children learn with computers, Mindstorms is their bible.

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences,Committee on Developments in the Science of Learning with additional material from the Committee on Learning Research and Educational Practice
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2000-08-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780309131971

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How People Learn by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences,Committee on Developments in the Science of Learning with additional material from the Committee on Learning Research and Educational Practice Pdf

First released in the Spring of 1999, How People Learn has been expanded to show how the theories and insights from the original book can translate into actions and practice, now making a real connection between classroom activities and learning behavior. This edition includes far-reaching suggestions for research that could increase the impact that classroom teaching has on actual learning. Like the original edition, this book offers exciting new research about the mind and the brain that provides answers to a number of compelling questions. When do infants begin to learn? How do experts learn and how is this different from non-experts? What can teachers and schools do-with curricula, classroom settings, and teaching methods--to help children learn most effectively? New evidence from many branches of science has significantly added to our understanding of what it means to know, from the neural processes that occur during learning to the influence of culture on what people see and absorb. How People Learn examines these findings and their implications for what we teach, how we teach it, and how we assess what our children learn. The book uses exemplary teaching to illustrate how approaches based on what we now know result in in-depth learning. This new knowledge calls into question concepts and practices firmly entrenched in our current education system. Topics include: How learning actually changes the physical structure of the brain. How existing knowledge affects what people notice and how they learn. What the thought processes of experts tell us about how to teach. The amazing learning potential of infants. The relationship of classroom learning and everyday settings of community and workplace. Learning needs and opportunities for teachers. A realistic look at the role of technology in education.

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Center for Education,Committee on Programs for Advanced Study of Mathematics and Science in American High Schools
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2002-08-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780309170802

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Learning and Understanding by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Center for Education,Committee on Programs for Advanced Study of Mathematics and Science in American High Schools Pdf

This book takes a fresh look at programs for advanced studies for high school students in the United States, with a particular focus on the Advanced Placement and the International Baccalaureate programs, and asks how advanced studies can be significantly improved in general. It also examines two of the core issues surrounding these programs: they can have a profound impact on other components of the education system and participation in the programs has become key to admission at selective institutions of higher education. By looking at what could enhance the quality of high school advanced study programs as well as what precedes and comes after these programs, this report provides teachers, parents, curriculum developers, administrators, college science and mathematics faculty, and the educational research community with a detailed assessment that can be used to guide change within advanced study programs.

Author : John Taylor Gatto
Publisher : New Society Publishers
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781550924244

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Weapons of Mass Instruction by John Taylor Gatto Pdf

The transformation of schooling from a twelve-year jail sentence to freedom to learn. John Taylor Gatto's Weapons of Mass Instruction , now available in paperback, focuses on mechanisms of traditional education which cripple imagination, discourage critical thinking, and create a false view of learning as a byproduct of rote-memorization drills. Gatto's earlier book, Dumbing Us Down , introduced the now-famous expression of the title into the common vernacular. Weapons of Mass Instruction adds another chilling metaphor to the brief against conventional schooling. Gatto demonstrates that the harm school inflicts is rational and deliberate. The real function of pedagogy, he argues, is to render the common population manageable. To that end, young people must be conditioned to rely upon experts, to remain divided from natural alliances and to accept disconnections from their own lived experiences. They must at all costs be discouraged from developing self-reliance and independence. Escaping this trap requires a strategy Gatto calls "open source learning" which imposes no artificial divisions between learning and life. Through this alternative approach our children can avoid being indoctrinated-only then can they achieve self-knowledge, good judgment, and courage.

Author : Paul L. Briand,Robert K. Baker,United States President of the United States,United States. National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Mass media
ISBN : STANFORD:36105005960476

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Mass Media Hearings by Paul L. Briand,Robert K. Baker,United States President of the United States,United States. National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence Pdf

Author : John Dewey
Publisher : HOLISTENCE PUBLICATIONS
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2024-01-12
Category : Art
ISBN : 9786256646407

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The School and Society by John Dewey Pdf

Author : Bill Bigelow,Tim Swinehart
Publisher : Rethinking Schools
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780942961577

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A People's Curriculum for the Earth by Bill Bigelow,Tim Swinehart Pdf

A People’s Curriculum for the Earth is a collection of articles, role plays, simulations, stories, poems, and graphics to help breathe life into teaching about the environmental crisis. The book features some of the best articles from Rethinking Schools magazine alongside classroom-friendly readings on climate change, energy, water, food, and pollution—as well as on people who are working to make things better. A People’s Curriculum for the Earth has the breadth and depth ofRethinking Globalization: Teaching for Justice in an Unjust World, one of the most popular books we’ve published. At a time when it’s becoming increasingly obvious that life on Earth is at risk, here is a resource that helps students see what’s wrong and imagine solutions. Praise for A People's Curriculum for the Earth "To really confront the climate crisis, we need to think differently, build differently, and teach differently. A People’s Curriculum for the Earth is an educator’s toolkit for our times." — Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine and This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate "This volume is a marvelous example of justice in ALL facets of our lives—civil, social, educational, economic, and yes, environmental. Bravo to the Rethinking Schools team for pulling this collection together and making us think more holistically about what we mean when we talk about justice." — Gloria Ladson-Billings, Kellner Family Chair in Urban Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison "Bigelow and Swinehart have created a critical resource for today’s young people about humanity’s responsibility for the Earth. This book can engender the shift in perspective so needed at this point on the clock of the universe." — Gregory Smith, Professor of Education, Lewis & Clark College, co-author with David Sobel of Place- and Community-based Education in Schools

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : School integration
ISBN : UIUC:30112037964613

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Assessment of Current Knowledge about the Effectiveness of School Desegregation Strategies: Strategies for effective desegregation by Anonim Pdf

Author : Geoff Whitty
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351838719

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Sociology and School Knowledge by Geoff Whitty Pdf

The rise of a radical ‘new’ sociology of education during the early 1970s focused attention on the nature of school knowledge. Although this new approach was set to revolutionize the subject, within a few years, many people considered these developments an eccentric interlude, with little relevance to curriculum theory or practice. First published in 1985, this book offers a more positive view of the new sociology of education and its contribution to our understanding of the curriculum. In doing so, it argues that some of the radical promise of the new sociology of education could be realised, but only if sociologists, teachers and political movements of the left work more closely together.

Author : United States. Office of Education,Isaac Edwards Clarke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1102 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Drawing
ISBN : PRNC:32101074926914

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Art and Industry: (1898) Industrial and technical training in schools of technology and in U.S. land grant colleges by United States. Office of Education,Isaac Edwards Clarke Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015086601112

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The People's Cyclopedia of Universal Knowledge with Numerous Appendixes Invaluable for Reference in All Departments of Industrial Life... by Anonim Pdf

Author : Nathan J. Keirns,Heather Griffiths,Eric Strayer,Susan Cody-Rydzewski,Gail Scaramuzzo,Tommy Sadler,Sally Vyain,Jeff D. Bry,Faye Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-24
Category : Sociology
ISBN : 1947172905

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Introduction to Sociology 2e by Nathan J. Keirns,Heather Griffiths,Eric Strayer,Susan Cody-Rydzewski,Gail Scaramuzzo,Tommy Sadler,Sally Vyain,Jeff D. Bry,Faye Jones Pdf

"Introduction to Sociology 2e adheres to the scope and sequence of a typical, one-semester introductory sociology course. It offers comprehensive coverage of core concepts, foundational scholars, and emerging theories, which are supported by a wealth of engaging learning materials. The textbook presents detailed section reviews with rich questions, discussions that help students apply their knowledge, and features that draw learners into the discipline in meaningful ways. The second edition retains the book's conceptual organization, aligning to most courses, and has been significantly updated to reflect the latest research and provide examples most relevant to today's students. In order to help instructors transition to the revised version, the 2e changes are described within the preface."--Website of text.