Last Gamble on Education
Author: Jack Mezirow
Publisher: Washington : Adult Education Association of the U.S.A.
Published: 1975
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13:
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The Last Gamble
Author: Katherine Jensen
Publisher:
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen gambling was initiated in Deadwood, South Dakota, in 1989, and in three Colorado towns two years later, it became the dominant industry in these towns. Authors Katherine Jensen and Audie Blevins detail the dramatic changes in communities that stake their economic and cultural futures solely on the gambling industry.
Understanding and Using Challenging Educational Theories
Author: Karl Aubrey
Publisher: SAGE Publications Limited
Published: 2024-08-30
Total Pages: 421
ISBN-13: 1529697298
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntroducing: 20 key educational thinkers who have offered challenging perspectives on education Exploring: Their ideas, how to apply them in practice and their relevance to teaching and learning today. Understanding: The strengths and limitations of each theory and links to other concepts. This third edition includes: Two new chapters on the works of Diane Ravitch and Gloria Ladson-Billings Revamped reflective tasks with a greater practical focus for the classroom Fully updated chapters with links to current educational socio-political developments, and expanded critical commentary This is an essential textbook for any university course that includes learning theory, with particular relevance for initial teacher education, education studies and early childhood degrees. Karl Aubrey has recently retired from his post at Bishop Grosseteste University. Alison Riley is the Programme Leader for the BA Early Childhood Studies at Bishop Grosseteste University. The perfect companion to Aubrey & Riley: Understanding and Using Educational Theories 3e (9781529761306).
Review of Adult Learning and Literacy, Volume 7
Author: John Comings
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2023-05-31
Total Pages: 381
ISBN-13: 1000941914
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReview of Adult Learning and Literacy: Connecting Research, Policy, and Practice, Volume 7, is the newest volume in a series of annual publications of the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) that address major issues, the latest research, and the best practices in the field of adult literacy and learning. Each Review opens with an overview of significant recent developments in the field of adult literacy followed by a set of chapters presenting in-depth reviews of research and best practices on topics of high interest to the field, and concludes with a Resources section. Chapter topics in Volume 7: *Persistence: Helping Adult Students Reach Their Goals *Achieving Adult Education Program Quality *Assistive Technology and Adult literacy *Individualized Group Instruction *Health Literacy *Research on Professional Development and Teacher Change *Opportunities, Transitions, and Risks: Perspectives on Adult Literacy and Numeracy Development in Australia *Adult Basic Education in South Africa *Annotated Bibliography on Workplace Education The Review of Adult Learning and Literacy serves as the journal of record for the field and is an essential resource for all stakeholders who need to know what research can reveal about how best to serve adult learners. The National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) is a federally funded research and development center focused solely on adult learning. NCSALL's efforts are dedicated to improving practice in educational programs that serve adults with limited literacy and English language skills, and those without a high school diploma. For more information on NCSALL, please visit http://www.ncsall.net/.
Literacy in the Lives of Working-Class Adults in Australia
Author: Stephen Black
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2023-12-14
Total Pages: 302
ISBN-13: 1350378135
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAdopting a 'social practice' approach to literacy research based on ethnographic methods, this book provides a strong critique of dominant understandings of the role of literacy in the lives of adults in Australia. It explores how groups of working-class adults can manage the literacy practices of their everyday lives by drawing on social networks of support. It is based on research conducted by the author over a forty-year career in adult literacy education, featuring the voices of varied adult groups, including: prisoners, the long-term unemployed, local council workers, manufacturing workers, adult literacy students, marginalised young people, vocational students, and patients living with a chronic illness (type 2 diabetes). Each chapter explains how dominant society views these adult groups in relation to literacy, and provides a qualitative examination at the local level of how members of these groups manage the literacy practices of their everyday lives.
Adult Education at the Crossroads
Author: Matthias Finger
Publisher: Zed Books
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9781856497510
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAdopting a social action perspective, this book is an assessment of where adult education now stands in the world. It argues that the purposes and rationale of adult education need to be reconceptualised for it to become an effective agent of change.
Critical Multiculturalism
Author: Barry Kanpol
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 1995-02-28
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 0313390045
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection explores the way in which critical theory and practice can unite into a common vision of democratic hope. While each author has his or her own specialty, the thread of shared dreams is portrayed in a call for solidarity. The separate viewpoints are drawn together to constitute a democratic platform for an enlightened critical education agenda. From narrative to critical ethnography, case studies explore the multicultural and power struggles of states, districts, and schools. Intimately connected to all contributions in this collection is the commitment of each author to similarly share a common pregnancy of intention within a language of possibility.
Handbook of Research on Leadership Experience for Academic Direction (LEAD) Programs for Student Success
Author: Salinitri, Geri
Publisher: IGI Global
Published: 2020-02-28
Total Pages: 474
ISBN-13: 1799824314
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLeadership Experience for Academic Directions (LEAD) is a program that was developed as a service learning program for teacher candidates in preparation for the teaching career. As youth populations continue to diversify and as the issues impacting youth continue to surface, it is the responsibility of educators, administrators, and the governments to provide all the opportunities for youth to succeed academically, socially, and personally. Teachers especially are instrumental in making this happen; therefore, it is imperative that teachers come into the profession with the cognitive and non-cognitive skills to motivate youth to succeed. The Handbook of Research on Leadership Experience for Academic Direction (LEAD) Programs for Student Success s a critical scholarly book that explores the many facets of the teaching profession as they relate to working with at-risk youth and helping them reach their full potential. This book provides the groundwork for programs that will succeed at the K-12 education level and at the teacher education level. Featuring a range of topics such as human capital, mental health, and social learning theory, this book is essential for academicians, teaching professionals, administrators, professional development educators, policymakers, researchers, and students.
Computer-Assisted Career Decision Making
Author: Martin R. Katz
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-10-23
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 1317781732
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscussing career decision making (CDM), career guidance, a computerized system of career guidance, and the interplay among them, this book describes the way people sort themselves, or are sorted, into educational and occupational options. The options represent the content of this book, and the sorting represents the process. The sequence of decisions may extend over a lifetime, but several crucial choice-points tend to occur at predictable stages in a career. Career guidance is a professional intervention in CDM; "professional" implies that practitioners conform to a standard of ethics, knowledge, and competence beyond what may be offered by other intervenors. Guidance is partly an art, but it is also partly a science -- at least an application of science, based on a synthesis of logic and evidence derived from research. The computerized System of Interactive Guidance and Information (SIGI) is a designated guidance "treatment," clearly defined and specified. It was developed according to an explicit model, derived from a particular rationale for guidance, using modern technology to amplify the practice of career guidance. The current version -- called SIGI PLUS TM -- is being used at more than a thousand colleges and universities, as well as secondary schools, libraries, corporations, community-based organizations, and counseling agencies. These three interdependent topics are treated in a progression: from a theory of CDM to a rationale and a model for guidance to the design and development of a system. This book weaves together theory (principles, propositions, rationales, and models), research and development. The product of that development, SIGI, helps to define theory, to exemplify it, and to test it.
