Learning from Shanghai: Lessons on Achieving Educational Success
The Shanghai school system has attracted worldwide attention since its impressive performance in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) in 2009. The system ranks as a ‘stunning success’ according to standards of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Shanghai also stands out for having the world’s highest percentage of ‘resilient students’ – students from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds who emerge as top performers. Learning From Shanghai: Lessons on Educational Success offers a close-up view of the people and the policies that have achieved such world-class performance.
Educators and educational psychologists recognize transfer of learning as perhaps the most significant issue in all fields of instruction. Transfer of learning cuts across all educational domains, curricula, and methods. Despite its importance, research and experience clearly show that significant transfer of learning in either the classroom or in everyday life seldom occurs.
Highly respected in the introduction to educational foundations market, Foundations of Education provides a comprehensive overview and analysis of topics and material typically taught in foundations courses. This text is written for the student who is preparing for a teaching career and needs to understand the key educational issues and policies affecting American education.
This study describes research on the acquisition and use of language at home and in the primary school. We seek to clarify everyday school decisions made by school personnel based on the child's performances in particular classroom and testing situations that influence the child's educational career early in life. A central question addressed in our work includes how the child's world comes to be formulated and reformulated by adults in educational settings by utilizing often uncorrelated data based on routine classroom lessons, educational testing, promotion interviews,and teacher-administrative meetings.
Design in Educational Technology - Design Thinking, Design Process, and the Design Studio
This book is the result of a research symposium sponsored by the Association for Educational Communications and Technology [AECT]. The fifteen chapters were developed by leaders in the field and represent the most updated and cutting edge methodology in the areas of instructional design and instructional technology. The broad concepts of design, design thinking, the design process, and the design studio, are identified and they form the framework of the book.
