Pacific Crossing
Pacific Crossing

Author: Gary Soto

Publisher: Clarion Books

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13:

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Fourteen-year-old Mexican American Lincoln Mendoza spends a summer with a host family in Japan, encountering new experiences and making new friends.

Alternative Education
Alternative Education

Author: Yoshiyuki Nagata

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-03-30

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 1402049862

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This book examines issues in alternative and mainstream education systems. It presents not only alternative forms of education facing actual issues in societies but also legal and administrative features of education. The book, dealing with issues of minority in education system, addresses school development in the 21st century as well as what kind of educational community should be created in the age of globalization.

Hawaii the Pacific State Skills Book
Hawaii the Pacific State Skills Book

Author: Ann Rayson

Publisher: Bess Press

Published: 1997-04

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9781573060639

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An introduction to Hawaii's history with theories on its origin, and to its geography, culture, and industries.

Comparative and International Education
Comparative and International Education

Author: C. C. Wolhuter

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2019-08-26

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 1787434613

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This book explores the evolution and current state of the scholarly field of comparative and international education over 200 years of development. Experts in the field explore comparative and international education in each of the major world regions.

Handbook of Teacher Education
Handbook of Teacher Education

Author: Tony Townsend

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2006-08-09

Total Pages: 738

ISBN-13: 1402047738

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This book provides a wide-ranging review of the current state of teacher education, with contributions by an international group of teacher educators. It focuses on issues confronting teacher educators today and in the coming decade, including the impact of globalization on the profession of teaching, and the need for teacher education to adapt to changing accountability requirements, and establish a set of minimum standards that qualify a person to teach.

Teaching about Asian Pacific Americans
Teaching about Asian Pacific Americans

Author: Edith Wen-Chu Chen

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 9780742553385

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Teaching about Asian Pacific Americans was created for educators and other practitioners who want to use interactive activities, assignments, and strategies in their classrooms or workshops. Experts in the field of Asian American Studies will find powerful, innovative teaching activities that clearly convey established and new ideas. The activities in this book have been used effectively in workshops for staff and practitioners in student services programs, community-based organizations, teacher training programs, social service agencies, and diversity training.

Exemplary Science for Resolving Societal Challenges
Exemplary Science for Resolving Societal Challenges

Author: Robert Eugene Yager

Publisher: NSTA Press

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 1936137607

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Amid a flurry of national standards and high-stakes assessments, it's easy to overlook the curiosity and invention that is inherent to science and that should be central to any science lesson plan. Similarly, the connections between what students learn in the classroom and the issues facing our society are often lost in the race to cover the content. This title focuses on how to successfully draw on these problems to illustrate the use and understanding of science for all learners."