Textbooks and Educational Media
Author: Staffan Selander
Publisher:
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9789197327107
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CLIL in Spain
Author: David Lasagabaster
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2010-01-08
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 1443818879
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“This book makes a significant and very timely contribution to furthering professional understanding of CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning). The first part brings together the outcomes of CLIL implementation initiatives in different educational sectors in Spain which reflect regional possibilities and priorities. The second part takes a critical look at a variety of teacher education models, both in-service and pre-service. Linking classroom initiatives with teacher education underlines the importance of addressing this often neglected or ignored area. Quite simply, without appropriate teacher education programs, the full potential of CLIL is unlikely to be realised and the approach would be unsustainable. This publication provides the reader with practical suggestions and raises issues for further reflection. The contributors have embraced the ‘educational challenge’ and, in doing so, have made a significant contribution to disseminating CLIL practice across Europe and further afield by raising issues and questions which need to be addressed through future class-based inquiry and scientific research. The collection of case studies is also a celebration of the hard work, endeavour and constant drive by practitioners, teacher educators and researchers to give our young people the best linguistically-rich learning experiences they can possibly have throughout their schooling and further studies.” —Professor Do Coyle, University of Aberdeen
Methodologies for Researching Cultural Diversity in Education
Author: Geri Smyth
Publisher: Trentham Books Limited
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 134
ISBN-13: 9781858565231
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs teachers, education policy makers and school managers seek to meet the needs of students from cultures and languages different from the dominant majority's, research needs to reflect the perspectives of the students themselves and of their parents and teachers, while taking account of the broader socio-political context. This book brings together research conducted in Scotland, Australia, Canada, Norway, Italy, Ghana and Pakistan, which addresses the ethical conduct of education research in culturally and linguistically diverse contexts. The relationship between researched and researcher is crucial, but it can be problematic when the researchers are from the dominant group and not the groups whose experiences they aspire to understand. These authors highlight the challenges of researching in culturally and ethnically diverse contexts, and describe innovative approaches such a mapping, shadowing and photography that give agency to the children who are being researched, rather than to the researchers. The book is of interest to academics and to classroom teachers researching their own practice, and also to education students and social science researchers working in culturally diverse contexts.
Revolutionizing Pedagogy
Author: S. Macrine
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2009-12-21
Total Pages: 278
ISBN-13: 0230104703
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book brings together a group of top international scholars who consider Pedagogy of Critique, Revolutionary Pedagogy and Radical Critical Pedagogy as forms of praxis to examine the paradoxical roles of schooling in reproducing and legitimizing large-scale structural inequalities.
Good Education in an Age of Measurement
Author: Gert J. J. Biesta
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-11-17
Total Pages: 159
ISBN-13: 1317258665
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe widespread use of the measurement of educational outcomes in order to compare the performance of education within and across countries seems to express a real concern for the quality of education. This book argues that the focus on the measurement of educational outcomes has actually displaced questions about educational purpose. Biesta explores why the question as to what constitutes good education has become so much more difficult to ask and shows why this has been detrimental for the quality of education and for the level of democratic control over education. He provides concrete suggestions for engaging with the question of purpose in education in a new, more precise and more encompassing way, with explicit attention to the ethical, political and democratic dimensions of education.
Steps under Water
Author: Alicia Kozameh
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2023-04-28
Total Pages: 171
ISBN-13: 0520917383
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSteps Under Water is a novel drawn from Alicia Kozameh’s experiences as a political prisoner in Argentina during the "Dirty War" of the 1970s. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1997. Steps Under Water is a novel drawn from Alicia Kozameh’s experiences as a political prisoner in Argentina during the "Dirty War" of the 1970s. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of Cali
Bilingual and Multilingual Education in the 21st Century
Author: Christian Abello-Contesse
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Published: 2013-10-30
Total Pages: 348
ISBN-13: 1783090707
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book includes the work of 20 specialists working in various educational contexts around the world to create comprehensive and multidimensional coverage of current bilingual initiatives. Themes covered include issues in language use in classrooms; participant perspectives on bilingual education experiences; and the language needs of bi- and multilingual students in monolingual schools.
CLIL in Action
Author: David Marsh
Publisher:
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781443875578
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume explores the current position of CLIL on the three main fronts where it is attracting particular attention in specialized literature, namely, implementation, research, and teacher training. To this end, it presents evidence from national and international research projects, governmentally-financed pedagogical initiatives, grassroots experiences and investigations, and inter-institutional training programs which offer insights into how CLIL is working in action on the afore-mentioned three levels. The opening section of the book (â oeCLIL in action: Practical considerationsâ ) provides a window into how CLIL implementation is unravelling at the grassroots level vis-à-vis key aspects for CLIL development, such as the design of materials, the use of ICT, and the importance of extramural exposure. The second part (â oeThe effects of CLIL on language learning: Research-based evidenceâ ) explores some key areas for future research, showcasing how engaging in research as a device that drives reflection is the best possible way to continue moving the CLIL agenda forward. Finally, in the third part (â oePreparing teachers for CLIL: Practical proposalsâ ), the interface of research and pedagogy is discussed, as the former informs the latter in a clear instantiation of what Coyle (2011) terms â oeevidence-based practiceâ in setting necessary teacher training actions in place. As such, the volume addresses three burning issues in the CLIL scenario through practical and research-based proposals of tried-and-true CLIL development. If all three strands â " implementation, research, and training â " dovetail and progress in harmony, a solid template will be built for the future and the CLIL agenda will be pushed forward. By pooling together the insights of a set of researchers, teacher trainers, policy makers, and grassroots practitioners, this volume will contribute to this much-needed endeavour.
Jewish Writers of Latin America
Author: Darrell B. Lockhart
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-08-21
Total Pages: 647
ISBN-13: 1134754205
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJewish writing has only recently begun to be recognized as a major cultural phenomenon in Latin American literature. Nevertheless, the majority of students and even Latin American literary specialists, remain uninformed about this significant body of writing. This Dictionary is the first comprehensive bibliographical and critical source book on Latin American Jewish literature. It represents the research efforts of 50 scholars from the United States, Latin America, and Israel who are dedicated to the advancement of Latin American Jewish studies. An introduction by the editor is followed by entries on 118 authors that provide both biographical information and a critical summary of works. Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico-home to the largest Jewish communities in Latin America-are the countries with the greatest representation, but there are essays on writers from Venezuela, Chile, Uruguay, Peru, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Cuba.
Books and Bombs in Buenos Aires
Author: Edna Aizenberg
Publisher: Brandeis University Press
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA courageous study of cultural resistance to xenophobia and terrorism through the prism of influential writings by Borges, Gerchunoff, and their successor Latin American Jewish writers.
