Korean Education in Changing Economic and Demographic Contexts

This edited volume offers a comprehensive survey of Korean education in transition. Divided into three parts, the book first assesses the current state of Korean education. It examines how the educational system handles the effects of family background and gender in helping students smoothly transition from school to the labor market.

World Class Initiatives and Practices in Early Education: Moving Forward in a Global Age

This book offers current international initiatives, developed for working with children from “Birth to Eight” by a diverse group of noted professional authors. Their readings present an overview of early education as it evolved from the Froebelian kindergarten to today’s practices in various Early Education settings around the globe. The international voices of the authors represent a balanced perspective of happenings in various nations and lend a conversational approach to each chapter.

The Language of Science Education: An Expanded Glossary of Key Terms and Concepts in Science Teaching and Learning

The original list of more than seventy terms featured an important cross section of many aspects of science education, all of which were worthy of formal definition. The list revealed that science education has truly developed its own language with unique entries and general education terms contextualized with respect to science teaching and learning.

Vocabulary (Language Teaching : A Scheme For Teacher Education)

How are words and idioms organized in a language? How are they learnt and stored? Vocabulary explains the ways in which the various theories relating to these questions have been applied in both teaching and reference materials. A wide range of examples illustrate the text, and will help readers to evaluate and adapt the vocabulary materials they use in their own classrooms.

Testing, Teaching, and Learning: A Guide for States and School Districts

Testing, Teaching, and Learning will be an important tool for all involved in educating disadvantaged students—state and local administrators and classroom teachers.State education departments and school districts face an important challenge in implementing a new law that requires disadvantaged students to be held to the same standards as other students. The new requirements come from provisions of the 1994 reauthorization of Title I, the largest federal effort in precollegiate education, which provides aid to "level the field" for disadvantaged students.