Standards and Schooling in the United States [3 volumes]
Standards and Schooling in the United States [3 volumes]

Author: Joe L. Kincheloe

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2001-12-07

Total Pages: 1223

ISBN-13: 1576077047

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In this definitive, three-volume set, top scholars illuminate the historical, social, cultural, political, administrative, psychological, and philosophical issues behind the standards debate. The nation's demand for more sophisticated knowledge workers who can easily access information using computers requires that they be able to interpret that information, judge and assess it, and give it meaning. In short, students must be taught how to think. Is education as it now exists in the United States a mere memorization and regurgitation of facts? If so, is this a pseudo-education? In this three volume encyclopedia, a 100 page introductory overview and 41 essays by top scholars present a new vision of education—and educational rigor—in a variety of classroom contexts and subject areas. Essays cover the most important issues in education today: the purpose of education, regulating teachers, school accreditation, testing, nontraditional schools, bilingual education, justice and education, the politics of education, learning theory and cognition, and opposition to standards and more. The encyclopedia also includes a historical timeline of educational reform and an annotated bibliography.

PISA 2018 Results (Volume III) What School Life Means for Students’ Lives
PISA 2018 Results (Volume III) What School Life Means for Students’ Lives

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2019-12-03

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 9264879722

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This is one of six volumes that present the results of the PISA 2018 survey, the seventh round of the triennial assessment. Volume III, What School Life Means for Students’ Lives, focuses on the physical and emotional health of students, the role of teachers and parents in shaping the school climate, and the social life at school. The volume also examines indicators of student well-being, and how these are related to the school climate.

The Oxford Handbook of Assessment Policy and Practice in Music Education, Volume 1
The Oxford Handbook of Assessment Policy and Practice in Music Education, Volume 1

Author: Timothy S. Brophy

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2019-01-02

Total Pages: 929

ISBN-13: 0190248114

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In the music classroom, instructors who hope to receive aid are required to provide data on their classroom programs. Due to the lack of reliable, valid large-scale assessments of student achievement in music, however, music educators in schools that accept funds face a considerable challenge in finding a way to measure student learning in their classrooms. From Australia to Taiwan to the Netherlands, music teachers experience similar struggles in the quest for a definitive assessment resource that can be used by both music educators and researchers. In this two-volume Handbook, contributors from across the globe come together to provide an authority on the assessment, measurement, and evaluation of student learning in music. The Handbook's first volume emphasizes international and theoretical perspectives on music education assessment in the major world regions. This volume also looks at technical aspects of measurement in music, and outlines situations where theoretical foundations can be applied to the development of tests in music. The Handbook's second volume offers a series of practical and US-focused approaches to music education assessment. Chapters address assessment in different types of US classrooms; how to assess specific skills or requirements; and how assessment can be used in tertiary and music teacher education classrooms. Together, both volumes of The Oxford Handbook of Assessment in Music Education pave the way forward for music educators and researchers in the field.

A Compilation of Federal Education Laws. Volume II
A Compilation of Federal Education Laws. Volume II

Author: Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor

Publisher:

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 692

ISBN-13:

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The first of the nine parts of this compilation of laws concerns elementary and secondary education programs and contains: (1) the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, which addresses basic education, critical skills improvement, assistance for magnet schools, special programs, drug education, school dropout problems, and bilingual education; (2) the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, which concerns human services programs; (3) Public Law 874, which deals with financial assistance for local educational agencies; and (4) Public Law 815, relating to the construction of school facilities in areas affected by Federal activities. Part II, which is concerned with the education and training of individuals with disabilities, contains the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986. Laws pertaining to Indian education are presented in part III. These laws are the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, Indian Education Assistance Act, Snyder Act of 1921, Johnson-O'Malley Act of 1934, Education Amendments of 1978, Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988, and Indian Education Act of 1988. Parts IV and V contain the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 and the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act. Title IV of the Hawkins-Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988 is presented in part VI. Title IV deals with the education of native Hawaiians. Part VII contains the Adult Education Act and the National Literacy Act of 1991. Finally, parts VIII and IX contain legislation related to additional programs to improve elementary and secondary instruction and legislation related to public libraries and other public property. (SM)

Foundations of Education
Foundations of Education

Author: M. Cay Holbrook

Publisher:

Published: 2017-02-16

Total Pages: 550

ISBN-13: 9780891286950

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The essential textbook in the field of blindness and visual impairment has been updated for the 21st c. Volume I includes new chapters focusing on crucial topics connecting the education of students with visual impairments to the context of educational theory. Icons in the book direct readers to supplemental materials in an online Learning Center.