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This book offers eight validated instruments on workplace bullying to support robust mixed methods approaches for social justice research. Workplace bullying is an excellent starting point from which scholars can consider social justice research. The data shows that marginalized and disenfranchised groups (minoritized groups, women, junior faculty, and the LGBTQ+ community) are disproportionately affected. The outcomes included career interruption and severe health disparities. Though there is a demand for workplace bullying instruments, the book also lays a foundation for creating surveys to address these populations more effectively.

This book shares a wealth of educational stakeholder viewpoints about digital distraction from a 1:1 technology integrated high school. Data was collected before, during, and after the start of COVID-19, which provides a unique view into integrated learning and its transformation since the pandemic. The author conducted interviews with both teachers and students who also provided logs of their technology use, allowing for a qualitative and quantitative understanding of digital distraction. Through this insight, the author explores the triggers of digital distraction and strategies to help mitigate the phenomenon.

Ideal for graduate students and more seasoned qualitative researchers, this is the first guide to writing and publishing in a range of both scholarly and popular formats--from journal articles and monographs to op-eds and fictional works. Award-winning author Patricia Leavy covers everything from how to develop a unique writer's voice to how to craft a successful book proposal, understand a publishing contract, establish relationships with editors, and much more. The book is filled with effective tools for using data and theory in different genres of writing, building a profile as a scholar, and getting research findings out into the world. Instructive features throughout include “dos and don'ts,'writing prompts, annotated sample letters and proposals, excerpts from published works, and end-of-chapter writing activities.

While there is an extensive body of evidence about the importance of engagement with faculty for undergraduate students, there is a dearth of scholarly attention to the experiences of graduate and professional students. This edited book examines current and future changes to U.S. college and university environments and the ways in which these shifts affect student-faculty interactions and engagement with graduate students. This volume highlights the distinct ways in which graduate students interact with faculty through research opportunities, advising, collaborations, teaching, mentoring, and socialization. This book also offers practical implications and recommendations for higher education faculty, student and academic affairs staff, faculty development professionals, and leaders for fostering effectual student-faculty experiences in graduate education.

Using an evidence-based model developed by Egbert and colleagues, editors Joy Egbert and Priya Panday-Shukla provide a comprehensive overview of task engagement for teachers and researchers. Research has positioned task engagement as central to student learning, and Egbert and Panday-Shukla now collate this research into a resource that teachers can utilize. The chapters address how task engagement theory, evidence, and instruction can be applied to increase learner achievement. The editors and contributors draw from backgrounds across science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) education and other disciplines to present task engagement and connect its importance to the success of today's students. Chapters include background information, resources, exercises, and ideas for teachers and researchers to extend the research behind individual elements of the task engagement model into practice. Each chapter focuses on one component of the model and includes guiding questions and key points, a “how-to” section, and recommended tasks for K-adult classroom use. Though ideal for teacher education research scholars, students, and faculty, this book is useful for instructors at all levels interested in integrating task engagement principles into their practice.

A concise manual for professionals in the field, this book helps librarians master the skills to conduct, interpret, and analyze their own original research.Many working librarians discover that original research would help them advocate for their libraries, but some graduate programs teach only limited research skills. Designed for all librarians, this book is a practical guide to engaging with the research process, from identifying a problem to sharing findings with others. Authors Caitlin Gerrity and Scott Lanning have packed this introductory guide and reference book with short, to-the-point information that librarians will refer to often at all stages of a research project. From research ethics to statistical significance and everything in between, this primer is the point-of-need resource for librarians in public, academic, and school libraries who wish to use original research to support the profession.

This innovative book presents a new framework for researchers in the field of physical education and youth sport. By examining the complex interplay between values, voice and ethics within the research process, it showcases how the CREATE Principles for Research Design can facilitate meaningful research with/for children and young people.Adopting a design thinking approach – and underpinned by principles of youth voice – the book rethinks educational research with children and young people and offers a new framework for the field. With contributions from leading international experts, this book exemplifies how the CREATE Principles for Research Design can be applied in practice across a range of diverse populations and contexts through ten in-depth case studies. Reflecting contemporary issues in the field, such as gender, race and ethnicity, disability and social disadvantage, these case studies take the reader through the process of applying the CREATE principles as a reflective lens through which to consider research design with/for youth.Designed to support aspiring and experienced researchers alike, this book equips readers with valuable ideas and tools to enhance their research praxis and shape meaningful and relevant research with/for children and young people.

Bringing together African and international scholars, this book gives an account of the present state of the discipline of political science in Africa - generating insights into its present and future trajectories, and assessing the freedom with which it is practiced.Tackling subjects including the decolonization of the discipline, political scientists as public intellectuals, and the teaching of political science, this diverse range of perspectives paints a detailed picture of the impact and relevance of the political science discipline on the continent during the struggles for democratization, and the influence it continues to exert today.

This practical and easy-to-use book offers professional educators of any academic level, subject area, or position the tools, techniques, and strategies to disseminate, share, publish, and promote the results of their action research projects and studies.Acclaimed author Craig A. Mertler offers a clear-cut guide for practitioner-researchers, covering the following: A robust overview of action research/practitioner research, including its characteristics, processes, and professional benefits; Discussion of the main products for disseminating practitioner research, including written reports, presentations, and visual formats; Delivery strategies for disseminating practitioner research, including refereed publications (both practitioner and scholarly), face-to-face and virtual presentations (conferences, local presentations, and elsewhere), as well as social media and electronic media, from blogs and podcasts to Twitter and LinkedIn. Written for any educational practitioner in any role—from in-service and pre-service teachers in PK-12 or higher education settings to scholars, administrators, policymakers, staff, graduate students, and other researchers—this book offers a pragmatic and motivational guide useful for any field of education in which practitioner research is component.

Los autores, profesores de la Maestría en Pedagogías Críticas y Problemáticas Socioeducativas de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la Universidad de Buenos Aires, destacan nuevos rasgos emergentes de las pedagogías latinoamericanas en distintas instituciones y espacios educativos. Los trabajos que se presentan pretenden avanzar en la construcción de teoría no desde afuera de las prácticas sino en diálogo con ellas. Para ello recorren experiencias de docentes y estudiantes en el marco de la escuela pública, orientadas por las políticas y los gobiernos o desplegadas por iniciativa de los sujetos escolares; experiencias de movimientos, redes y colectivos de docentes que investigan sus prácticas; y experiencias político-pedagógicas de movimientos y organizaciones sociales con propuestas formativas autogestionadas y auto-organizadas, basadas en la tradición y los principios de la educación popular, que resignifican y amplian la noción de lo público más allá de lo propiamente estatal. Todas estas experiencias son protagonizadas por actores que avanzan en su autonomía y en una perspectiva emancipatoria, y pueden incluirse en la deconstrucción del pensamiento pedagógico colonial y la reconstrucción de una tradición crítica desde y para Nuestra América plural, diversa, múltiple, democrática.

In academia, the quality of research is intricately linked to the methods and tools used in the research process. Linguistics, a field at the forefront of deciphering the intricacies of language, faces a critical challenge in ensuring the robustness and reliability of its research. Without proper attention to the design and validation of research tools, the foundations of linguistic knowledge are at risk of becoming shaky, undermining the very essence of scientific inquiry. Design and Validation of Research Tools and Methodologies is a beacon of hope in the field of linguistic scholarship, enabling a comprehensive solution to the critical issue of research tool design and validation. It presents an extensive exploration of current and groundbreaking methodologies in linguistics, equipping researchers with the knowledge and tools they need to conduct rigorous and dependable research. This book is devoted to the needs of scholars, academics, and practitioners, which brings together diverse perspectives, case studies, and innovative methods. It opens a vibrant dialogue in the linguistic community and paves the way for future advancements in the field. Whether you are an experienced researcher or just beginning your academic journey, Design and Validation of Research Tools and Methodologies is your gateway to elevating the quality of linguistic scholarship, ensuring that the future of linguistics is built on a foundation of methodological excellence.

This study uses a series of medieval texts to address a set of urgent critical issues in Humanities centring on categories of L/literature, history, periodization, languages, and descriptions of script. These categories are inherited from the foundation of modern disciplines and fields of study, superimposed on what could be more flexible modes of scholarship. They are reinforced by modern academics in ways that hinder nuance, intellectual nimbleness, and new interpretative possibilities. Readers and researchers of English Language, Literature, Book Historical/Media Studies, and History are obliged by delimiting labels to navigate problematic foundational approaches and sources that confine and frustrate scholarly investigation. Through a series of cogent case studies, all situated from 1050 to 1250, the book highlights how restrictive and hierarchical modern scholarly categories can sometimes be.

'Le déficit de gouvernance du système éducatif haïtien'repose sur trois principes fondamentaux. Le premier vise à analyser le processus d'élaboration et de mise en œuvre des curricula dans le système éducatif haïtien, en se concentrant particulièrement sur le curriculum de l'éducation à la citoyenneté du nouveau secondaire. Le deuxième principe reconnaît les défis substantiels de mener à bien un tel projet dans un État fragile et peu responsable. Enfin, le troisième principe souligne l'importance de la concision et de la clarté, des valeurs chères à Bellita Bayard, Ph.D, qui souhaite offrir à ses lecteurs une compréhension affinée du sujet à travers chaque chapitre de l'ouvrage, proposant une approche novatrice et persuasive dans l'enseignement de cette matière cruciale : l'éducation à la citoyenneté.À PROPOS DE L'AUTRICETitulaire de licences en anthropo-sociologie et en sciences économiques, Bellita Bayard, Ph.D est une gestionnaire chevronnée. Elle détient également une maîtrise en sciences du développement et un doctorat en sciences de l'éducation, spécialisée dans la gestion des systèmes éducatifs. Son expérience en tant qu'ancienne cadre au ministère de l'Éducation nationale et de la Formation professionnelle lui a permis d'acquérir une connaissance approfondie du système éducatif haïtien, expertise qu'elle partage à travers l'analyse critique présentée dans cet ouvrage.

Dieses Buch ist ein automatisch generierter und kuratierter Literaturüberblick über die aktuelle Forschung in den Bereichen Connected Learning, Networked Learning, Digital Badges, Micro-Credentials und Lifelong Learning.Das Konzept des vernetzten Lernens – Connected Learning – holt Lernende dort ab, wo sie sind, und das ist längst nicht mehr nur der Klassen- oder Seminarraum. Connected Learning versucht, den Kontext des Lernens und die Motivation der Lernenden zu verstehen, um eine zeitgemäße und effektivere Lernerfahrung zu designen. Darin spielt die Einsicht eine zentrale Rolle, dass Connected Learning kollaborativ ist und in Peer-to-Peer-Netzwerken stattfindet, dass es auf Partizipation, Problemorientierung und Anwendung beruht und dass die Lernenden desto interessierter sind, je personalisierter das Lernen ausgestaltet ist. Die maschinelle Auswahl und Verdichtung der Artikel in diesem Band ermöglicht es Lesern mit begrenzter Zeit, sich einen schnellen Überblick über dasForschungsgebiet zu verschaffen und gleichzeitig bei Bedarf in die englischsprachigen Originalartikel durchzuklicken, um weiter in die Tiefe zu gehen. Zur gleichen Zeit dient das Buch als Inspirationsquelle für die eigene Forschung und hilft dabei, sich eine Übersicht über aktuelle Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler in diesen Forschungsfeldern zu verschaffen.

Durch aktuelle Herausforderungen wie hohe Studierendenzahlen wird es insbesondere in den großen Studiendomänen der Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften zunehmend schwerer, die Lernbedarfe einzelner Studierender frühzeitig zu identifizieren und diese in der Lehre zu berücksichtigen. Die gleichzeitig starke Heterogenität der Studierendenschaft macht es erforderlich, Wege zu suchen, vulnerablen Gruppen über das generelle Lehrangebot hinaus spezifische Angebote zu machen, um die Studierenden adäquat zu unterstützen und somit ein erfolgreiches Studium zu ermöglichen. Das Erreichen individuellen Studienerfolgs ist schließlich ein zentrales Ziel der Hochschulbildung. Eine einheitliche Definition von Studienerfolg liegt jedoch bis heute nicht vor. Die vorliegende Untersuchung fokussiert zum einen die Bildung von Studienerfolgstypologien im Bachelorstudium unter Einbezug zahlreicher Facetten von Studienerfolg, und zum anderen die Prüfung der bisherigen Forschungsbefunde hinsichtlich personenbezogener Merkmale zur Prädiktion von Studienerfolg und damit zur Identifikation vulnerabler Studierendengruppen. Die Analyse zeichnet sich insbesondere durch das ganzheitliche theoretisch-konzeptuelle Studienerfolgsverständnis aus, das empirisch mittels clusteranalytischer Verfahren einer gemeinsamen Betrachtung zugänglich gemacht wird

Wissenschaftlich arbeiten – wie geht das eigentlich in Zeiten von Wikipedia und KI? Diese zentrale Frage stellen sich Studierende mindestens einmal während ihres Studiums. Rödiger Voss geht auf die Herausforderungen ein, die sich vor, während und nach einer wissenschaftlichen Arbeit ergeben. Dazu zählen die Themenfindung, das Zeitmanagement, die Recherche, die Zitierweise, die Lese- und Schreibtechniken sowie die inhaltliche und formale Gestaltung von wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten. Durch aktuelle Beispiele, Tabellen und Merkhilfen vermittelt der Autor alles Wissenswerte und bietet einen leicht verständlichen Leitfaden. Auf den richtigen Umgang mit Künstlicher Intelligenz sowie auf das korrekte Zitieren von z. B. Wikipedia, Statista und YouTube geht er zudem ein. Das Buch, nun in der neunten Auflage, ist ein hilfreiches Must-have für Studierende der Wirtschafts-, Sozial- und Erziehungswissenschaften.

With new chapters and updated content throughout, this second edition of Higher Education Research Methodology is an essential guide to systematic inquiry into higher education. Providing practical and theoretical guidance for students, topics covered include ontology and epistemology, as well as research design approaches and methods of data collection. New to this edition are two brand new chapters on conceptual and theoretical frameworks, and research justification, as well as a comprehensive revision of the chapter on engaging with academic literature. Throughout the book there is a keen focus on quality in both the analysis and evaluation of research and new models are proposed to help the new researcher. The authors provide advice as well as constructive critique of research methods and, in turn, offer a new contribution to the theories of research methodology. Looking beyond the immediate higher education environment, the book concludes by examining the challenges of getting work published and providing guidance on how to do this successfully.Thoroughly revised, this new edition of Higher Education Research Methodology will be of interest to postgraduate students, academic developers and experienced academics from a wide variety of disciplines.

This innovative and practical book offers pedagogical tools to show how drama can be used in educational settings to advance a relational, action-oriented, interdisciplinary, and creative climate education attuned to the social and emotional effects of the climate emergency. Based on a six-year ethnographic research study taking place with teachers, artists, community leaders, and young people globally, and taking its lead from the following provocation – can performance become a site for new imaginaries for socio-ecological justice? – the book explores the unique conceptual and pedagogical ‘discontents'of climate education across geographically and culturally distinct sites of learning. It also examines how artful engagement through drama pedagogies can open up more collective, critical, and hopeful forms of thinking and being.The book is divided into two sections. The first part of the book, Local engagements and encounters, consists of chapters that conduct an in-depth appraisal of the local artistic work from each site, examining how matters of socio-ecological justice are given fresh urgency and complexity through the application of performance as pedagogy. The second part of the book, Pedagogical and artistic innovations, offers substantive praxis chapters on the drama-based pedagogical methods employed in the research. In these chapters, the world-building capacities of theatre-making offer up new, performative pedagogical orientations to the climate emergency beyond those of critique.Global Climate Education and Its Discontents: Using Drama to Forge a New Way is valuable reading for scholars interested in the ontological and epistemological dimensions of the climate emergency, especially within and across the following fields: drama, theatre and performance studies, applied theatre and drama education, educational research, and children/childhood and youth studies. The book also invites a readership of teachers and teacher-educators who are interested in applying drama pedagogies in the classroom to explore matters of socio-ecological justice and the climate crisis.

Fashion education is changing. Not only is it preparing students for induction into the ethos and business practices of a wide variety of design, manufacturing, distribution, marketing, retailing, and promotional activities, it is also offering understanding and empowerment for meeting the challenges of sustainability, decolonisation, and new business models. This book presents 20 essays by cosmopolitan thinkers, activists, and designers to explore new challenges and potentials for fashion education.The chapters comprise case studies, manifestos, and detailed analyses of the realpolitik of collaborating across continents and more sustained overviews of the imminent crises and prospective challenges that face practitioners. Recurring themes include the geopolitics of globalisation, the imbalances between North and South, decolonisation, intersectionality, exploitation, cultural appropriation, and social justice. The thought-provoking contributions show that, although we confront a common challenge in shaping the future of education, we have varied approaches and opportunities to address a transforming industry.This edited collection addresses the issues of greatest concern to students, designers, lecturers and researchers in fashion and allied fields of creative design and as such will find a varied audience.

This book is the result of a collaboration between a human editor and an artificial intelligence algorithm to create a machine-generated literature overview of research articles analyzing importance of role modeling in Educational Settings. It's a new publication format in which state-of-the-art computer algorithms are applied to select the most relevant articles published in Springer Nature journals and create machine-generated literature reviews by arranging the selected articles in a topical order and creating short summaries of these articles. This machine-generated literature review presents an overview of role modeling in education across different fields. Delving into various aspects related to the significance of role models in students'lives, this book caters to the interests of both students and educators. The utilization of AI enabled a more comprehensive and in-depth examination of role modeling. Through automated analysis, it provides abundant research-based evidence highlighting the positive impact of role modeling in education settings.

Researchers in special education have been developing a knowledge base of evidence-based practices that improve the outcomes of students with disabilities. Unfortunately, filtering that knowledge into classrooms implemented by special education teachers has been a challenge. In The Essentials of Special Education Research, Andrew M. Markelz and Benjamin S. Riden directly address the persistent research-to-practice gap by systematically presenting the essential components of research that every special education teacher must know. The first section investigates the foundations of research and why special education teachers should regularly read research articles. It also examines the basic structure of research articles to demystify jargon and provide teachers confidence when reading scientific literature. The second section explores various research methodologies that consumers of research must know. Methodologies such as literature reviews, single-case design, quantitative, qualitative, and others are unpacked so that special education teachers know the critical components of these methodologies, along with their limitations, to become critical consumers of research. The third section focuses on putting this knowledge into practice. Using practical scenarios, the authors demonstrate how a special education teacher can combat common classroom problems by locating and reading relevant research to gain information and implement best practices based on scientific evidence. This step-by-step guide combines the knowledge and skills outlined in this book to truly become a scientific practitioner.

A general broadening of content and methods, a renewed emphasis on student interests, and diverse critical perspectives can currently be seen internationally in art curricula. This book explores ways that visual culture in education is helping to move art curricula off their historical foundations and open the field to new ways of teaching, learning, and prefiguring worlds. It highlights critical histories and contemporary stories, showing how cultural milieu influences and is influenced by the various practices that make up the professional field inside and outside of institutional borders. This book shows students how contemporary art educators are responding, revising, and re-creating the field.

Disinformation Debunked: Building Resilience through Media and Information Literacy examines the way media and information literacy (MIL) can address disinformation in conjunction with fact-checkers and developers, to benefit from the expertise of these fields in fighting disinformation.The book highlights the underlying stakes that are involved in the fight against disinformation, from producing smart tools to generalizing their use beyond the journalistic profession. It considers the MIL theories and methodologies at work in the digital era, especially from the perspective of digital visual literacy. Offering a comparative study of four European national experiences (France, Romania, Spain, and Sweden), the authors also make public policy recommendations to improve the fight against disinformation.This book is of great importance to students, scholars, and educators working on media and information literacy, digital media, journalism, mass communication, misinformation and disinformation.

Impact/Impasse argues for the value of everyday life in college classrooms. Quantifiable categories such as high-impact practice, student engagement, and integrative learning have captured the imagination of a generation of higher education researchers, practitioners, administrators, and policymakers. But they miss those mundane moments, or'impasses,'that resist capture by metrics while nevertheless shaping student outcomes. Impact/Impasse blends critical theories and ethnographic research—conducted before and during the COVID-19 pandemic—to argue that learning happens in ordinary moments. Indeed, in sharing anecdotes from both in-person and virtual classrooms, the coauthors show how the so-called new normal is little different from the old in its neoliberal attachment to data. Impact/Impasse provides a conceptual and practical foundation for an alternative approach to valuing impacts on their own terms, in excess of quantification.

This book takes readers on a comprehensive journey through ten chapters, seamlessly blending insights from the introductory chapter emphasizing the importance of human resource research with subsequent chapters delving into the complexities of evaluation, program conceptualization, and the integration of Theory of Change and Logic Model. The critical examination of prominent evaluation models, exploration of Participatory Evaluation's role, and the need for an integrated evaluation model are highlighted. The narrative culminates in a practical illustration of the integrated model, emphasizing its effectiveness, insights gained, and contributions to the field, while acknowledging limitations and offering recommendations for improvement. The book serves as a valuable resource for HR practitioners, evaluators, and organizational leaders, providing practical guidance and contributing substantively to the improvement of HR practices and organizational performance.

This book provides new and established researchers with innovative methodologies and research strategies to explore European security integration from a different perspective, challenging traditional theoretical interpretations. It takes a step back from well-established theoretical approaches to the European Union's (EU) Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) to ask more fundamental questions about the core assumptions underpinning research on European security integration. It supports methodological innovations with an analysis of the most significant empirical problems of European security governance, including the war in Ukraine or the role of Russia in European security. In the last chapter, the author offers ideas for new pedagogical approaches to teaching European Studies.

Analysing Education Policy: Theory and Method provides a comprehensive overview of key approaches in critical education policy research. With chapters from internationally recognised and established scholars in the field, this book provides an authoritative account of how different questions may be approached and answered.Part 1 features chapters focused on text-based approaches to analysis, including critical discourse analysis, thinking with Foucault, Indigenist Policy Analysis, media analysis, the analysis of promotional texts in education, and the analysis of online networks. Part 2 features chapters focused on network ethnography, actor-network theory, materiality in policy, Institutional Ethnography, decolonising approaches to curriculum policy, working with children and young people, and working with education policy elites. These chapters are supported by an introduction to each section, as well as an overall introduction and conclusion chapter from the editors, drawing together key themes and ongoing considerations for the field.Critical education policy analysis takes many different forms, each of which works with distinctly different questions and fulfils different purposes. This book is the first to clearly map current common and influential approaches to answering these questions, providing important guidance for both new and established researchers.The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Viv Ellis, Lauren Gatti and Warwick Mansell present a unique and international analysis of teacher education policy. Adopting a political economy perspective, this distinctive text provides a comparative analysis of three contrasting welfare state models – the US, England and Norway – following the 2008 Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Arguing that a new political economy of teacher education began to emerge in the decade following the GFC, the authors explore key concepts in education privatisation and examine the increasingly important role of shadow state enterprises in some jurisdictions. This topical text demonstrates the potential of a political economy approach when analysing education policies regarding pre-service teacher education and continuing professional development.

Conceptualizations of Blackness in Education engages the specific junction of educational research and multiple theorizations of Blackness. In this volume, authors narrate how they have come to conceptualize Blackness through reading, writing, research, training, and practice. The contributors reflect a range of personal and political perspectives and experiences, disciplinary roots, and career stages. The stories in each chapter are intended to encourage more theoretically reflexive and vulnerable conversations among scholars of Black Studies in Education committed to reducing inequality in the lives of Black youth. They are not merely stories about theory; the stories are theories themselves.

This textbook introduces students, researchers, and activists to the practice of qualitative inquiry that contributes to fairness, freedom, and flourishing in community life.The book takes a cyclical approach to research and action by using the metaphor of the four seasons (spring, summer, autumn, and winter) and the day cycle (dawn, day, dusk, and dark) to organize the content and activities. It lays out the step-by-step process of community-based research projects and guides readers in how to plan projects with diverse partners, generate data while participating in direct action, reflect on experiences and analyze complex data, and share insights with others through various modes of writing and presentation. Specific skills include planning, fieldwork, interviewing, thematic analysis, modeling, writing, and presenting. This innovative book provides tools for readers to conduct qualitative research that generates knowledge that can aid policy change, political mobilization, social movements, and organizing to meet universal human needs and rights.The book is tailored to advanced undergraduate and graduate students in qualitative research methods courses in communication studies, sociology, education, social work, and public health and is also useful for professionals who use inquiry in their occupation, such as program design/evaluation, solidarity/solutions journalism, nonprofit leadership, and community development.Online resources, including worksheets, lecture slides, facilitation tools, and sample assignments, are available at www.routledge.com/9780367567651

This book presents a new set of ideas to challenge established thinking and to guide researching and designing teacher professional development. Grounded in the work of the Learning4Teaching Project which documented public-sector teachers'experiences and learning from professional development in three countries, the volume presents a sociomaterial perspective on teacher sensemaking. This teacher-centered perspective disputes the'conventional calculus'in which teachers learn content that they apply in their classrooms. Part I outlines conventional issues in how teacher learning and professional development have been conceptualized and studied; Part II introduces a new group of concepts that rethink these assumptions; and Part III offers important insights to inform professional development across disciplines, cultures, and contexts.Written by a leading international teacher educator in an accessible style that incorporates visual representations and project data, the book will appeal to practitioners, scholars, and researchers who design and research how teachers learn in professional development.

Este libro es el resultado de un esfuerzo colectivo y dedicado de muchas personas y entidades que han contribuido de manera significativa al avance en la investigación sobre las altas capacidades. Queremos expresar nuestro más sincero agradecimiento a todas aquellas personas que han hecho posible esta obra.En primer lugar, queremos agradecer a la Cátedra de Altas Capacidades CADIS, cuya dedicación y compromiso con la investigación y la educación de las altas capacidades han sido fundamentales para el desarrollo de este libro. Su apoyo incondicional y su visión innovadora han proporcionado el marco ideal para explorar y comprender mejor las necesidades y potencialidades de las personas con altas capacidades.Igualmente, extendemos nuestro profundo agradecimiento a la Cátedra de Educación en Tecnologías Emergentes, Gamificación e Inteligencia Artificial (EduEmer). Su colaboración ha sido vital mostrando un alto compromiso y sensibilidad hacia el mundo de las altas capacidades.Este libro también es el producto del arduo trabajo y la pasión de los investigadores e investigadoras que han contribuido con los distintos capítulos. Su dedicación a la excelencia académica y su compromiso con el avance del conocimiento en el campo de las altas capacidades son inspiradores. Cada capítulo es un testimonio del esfuerzo, la meticulosidad y el entusiasmo con que han abordado sus investigaciones. Sin su valiosa contribución, este libro no habría sido posible.Deseamos extender nuestro más profundo agradecimiento a las personas y familias con altas capacidades que han participado en los diversos estudios incluidos en este libro. Su disposición para compartir sus experiencias y conocimientos ha sido invaluable para enriquecer la investigación y proporcionar una visión más completa y empática de las altas capacidades. Su colaboración desinteresada y generosa nos ha permitido obtener una comprensión más profunda y matizada de los desafíos y oportunidades que enfrentan.Asimismo, queremos expresar nuestra gratitud al programa DACIU, y a la Fundación AVANZA por su implicación y apoyo continuos. Su compromiso con el desarrollo y la implementación de programas educativos que atienden a las necesidades específicas de las personas con altas capacidades ha sido crucial para el éxito de esta investigación.Estos trabajos han creado un puente entre la teoría y la práctica, proporcionando un entorno propicio para la experimentación y la innovación educativa.En resumen, este libro es el resultado de una colaboración fructífera y multifacética. Cada entidad y persona mencionada, cada investigador/a, las personas que han ayudado en su maquetación y edición, todas han desempeñado un papel esencial en la construcción de este proyecto, y su apoyo ha sido un pilar fundamental para alcanzar los objetivos propuestos.Su dedicación, conocimiento y compromiso han hecho posible esta obra, y confiamos en que el resultado final será una contribución significativa al campo de las altas capacidades, beneficiando tanto a la comunidad académica como a las familias y personas con altas capacidades.

En este libro el turismo educativo se presenta como una estrategia para combinar recreación y aprendizaje. Este apartado analiza cómo el turismo puede ser utilizado para enriquecer la experiencia educativa, ofreciendo oportunidades de aprendizaje práctico y significativo. Sin dejar de laso como la pandemia de COVID-19 ha tenido un impacto profundo en todos los sectores, incluyendo la educación. Este capítulo ofrece un análisis desde la economía de la salud sobre cómo la crisis sanitaria ha afectado el sistema educativo en Ecuador, y las lecciones aprendidas para futuras emergencias.En conjunto, estas temáticas ofrecen una visión integral de las diversas estrategias y enfoques innovadores que pueden transformar la educación en Ecuador. Cada capítulo proporciona una investigación detallada y basada en evidencia, ofreciendo tanto teoría como ejemplos prácticos para guiar a los profesionales en la implementación de estas propuestas. Este libro se presenta como un recurso valioso para educadores, investigadores y responsables de políticas, comprometidos con la mejora continua de la educación en un contexto intercultural e interdisciplinario.

Este libro se adentra en el corazón de la formación docente, explorando cómo podemos cultivar las habilidades y competencias necesarias para que los educadores se conviertan en agentes de cambio social efectivos. Desde el desarrollo de habilidades de liderazgo y trabajo en equipo hasta la promoción de la empatía y la conciencia cultural, cada capítulo ofrece ideas valiosas sobre cómo fortalecer la capacidad de los docentes para abordar los problemas sociales y promover la justicia y la equidad en sus prácticas educativas. Además, se destacan los enfoques innovadores en la formación docente, como el aprendizaje basado en proyectos, la colaboración entre pares y el uso de tecnologías emergentes, que pueden potenciar el impacto de los educadores en sus comunidades y sociedades.

El libro Transformando la Educación desde una Perspectiva Integral: Innovaciones a través de la Investigación'se adentra en el paisaje diverso y vibrante de la educación, explorando cómo la investigación puede impulsar transformaciones significativas en todos los aspectos del proceso educativo. Desde la sala de clases hasta las políticas educativas, este libro examina cómo las innovaciones inspiradas en la investigación pueden abrir nuevos caminos para la educación del siglo XXI.A través de una colección de contribuciones de destacados expertos en el campo, este libro ofrece una visión integral de las tendencias más recientes en investigación educativa y las innovaciones que están dando forma al futuro de la educación. Desde el análisis de enfoques pedagógicos emergentes hasta la evaluación de programas y políticas educativas, cada capítulo presenta perspectivas únicas y reflexiones profundas sobre cómo la investigación puede informar y mejorar la práctica educativa.Este libro no solo destaca los éxitos y avances en el campo de la investigación educativa, sino que también reconoce los desafíos y dilemas que enfrentan los educadores en su búsqueda constante de la excelencia. Desde la equidad y la inclusión hasta la tecnología y la evaluación, cada capítulo aborda temas fundamentales que están en el corazón de la educación contemporánea.En última instancia,'Transformando la Educación desde una Perspectiva Integral: Innovaciones a través de la Investigación'invita a los lectores a reflexionar sobre el poder transformador de la investigación educativa y cómo podemos aprovecharlo para construir un futuro más brillante y prometedor para las generaciones venideras. Con una mirada crítica y esperanzadora hacia el futuro, este libro nos recuerda que la educación es un viaje compartido, impulsado por la pasión, la curiosidad y el compromiso de todos los que participan en él.'

Innovando para las competencias docentes: perspectivas desde la investigación'ofrece una visión integral y práctica de cómo los educadores pueden mejorar su desempeño y adaptarse eficazmente a las demandas cambiantes de la educación contemporánea. Al empoderar a los docentes con las herramientas y el conocimiento necesarios para innovar en su práctica, el libro contribuye significativamente a la misión más amplia de mejorar la calidad y la relevancia de la educación en el siglo XXI.'

This book covers the construction of international education research community in the 1950s-1990s, and the growth of its ‘disembedded'laboratory i.e. networks, spaces, materiality, travelling, translations. The book follows a sociology of science theoretical framework in order to examine the research-archive of the Swedish internationally renowned educational scholar Torsten Husén (1916-2009). The archive reveals the shifting and heterogenous transnational networks that contribute to the development of social science research beyond fixed time and space dimensions, and that extends social science beyond individual ideas, researchers, environments, institutions and universities. These are practices that create, mobilise, sustain and challenge relations between actors in innovations, knowledge creation and various social activities. In other words, the archive represents the socio-material manifestation not only of the intellectual trajectory of a key education actor but the growing organisation of a whole scientific field at the time.

Diante do cenário atual, onde a produção científica circula no universo digital, pode parecer que a abordagem proposta por Sérgio Bairon seja redundante. No entanto, essa suposição é um equívoco que merece ser esclarecido. Bairon apresenta um trabalho que resulta de anos de reflexão e prática, muito antes de o meio digital se ter tornado o epicentro do pensamento científico. O que ele oferece é um mergulho na essência do meio digital, explorando as suas potencialidades de maneira tão revolucionária que transcende a mera adaptação da pesquisa acadêmica. O mais marcante é a forma como Bairon desafia os limites do pensamento científico. As suas obras, programadas em ambientes hipermédia sofisticados, conduzem-nos a uma jornada não linear e hipertextual, percorrendo sequências indeterminadas e tridimensionais. Essa abordagem ousada e radical é comparável à revolução que John Cage trouxe à música. Enquanto Cage transformou o pensamento musical, Bairon revoluciona o pensamento acadêmico na era digital. Além de uma sólida base teórica que atende tanto a acadêmicos quanto a demais curiosos, este livro oferece uma valiosa descrição dos processos de criação presentes em suas obras digitais. Nelas descobrimos a reticularidade de Wittgenstein e a abordagem labiríntica de Lacan. Além disso, aproxima-nos dos fascinantes mundos do Brasil, revisitando a cultura Boe Eru Kurireu e a riqueza dos Reis Congo. Caro/a leitor/a, prepare-se para uma jornada intelectual enriquecedora que abrirá novos horizontes para entender o pensamento na era digital. Guiando-nos por um território onde a inovação é a norma, Bairon acompanha o presente, ao mesmo tempo que molda o futuro da expressão acadêmica. Prof. Dr. Rui Torres

This open access book addresses methodological issues related to researching young children's learning and development, teacher education, and professional development. It pays special attention to research conducted in digital contexts in response to the new societal demands of a global pandemic and crisis. It illustrates and discusses new methods and tools, new study designs, new analysis techniques, and new procedures developed in a time of crisis in two different parts of the world, Australia and Norway. The book suggests that, during the global pandemic, a theoretical crisis in researching children's development in different contexts has emerged, which has not only created the need for new methods and methodologies, but has opened the space for the development of theory itself. Following a cultural-historical perspective, this book theorises these new approaches to create new theoretical concepts and new ways of researching, better understanding, and efficiently supporting childhoods in a continually changing world. This book is a great resource for researchers and students in the fields of early childhood education and educational psychology.

Drawing from in-depth interviews with alumni across the disciplines, this book explores the benefits of undergraduate research: meaningful intellectual engagement, a sense of belonging in the campus community, and vocational clarity and career success after college.What matters to alumni about their research experience is often not what is represented in scholarship. The compelling stories featured in this text describe intellectual and emotional uncertainty and excitement; deeply personal mentoring relationships; and the powerful ways in which undergraduate research shapes and directs career paths. The book brings a novel perspective that begins during the research experience and extends into the years after college, offering practical insight into program design, mentoring, and research-to-career practices that are flexible enough to be implemented in the natural sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities.This book speaks to faculty, staff, and administrators at a wide range of institutions, regardless of experience or comfort level with undergraduate research. Supplemental resources—including discussion questions for each chapter, short videos of dialogue between undergraduate researchers and their mentors, and more—are available at www.centerforengagedlearning.org/books/a-long-view.

Summer Versus. School II: The Balanced Calendar of School, Work and Life, 2nd Edition explores the successes and challenges of moving from the traditional 10-month calendar to implement ones that are more in line with the needs of modern families. Through real case studies from actual school districts in the state of Washington, this book examines research into instructional practices, programmatic challenges, and community involvement with schools that have adapted modified calendars.

This landmark publication for critical researchers develops and exemplifies a new methodology for researching education leadership, which Courtney has called Critical Education Leadership and Policy Scholarship (CELP). Building on the work of Helen Gunter, the chapters transform what Gunter identifies as a critical space, with its knowledge-production traditions and typical tools, into a distinctive and novel methodology specifically for investigating the co-constitution of education leadership and policy. Positioned at the intersection of education, policy, and society, the authors focus on a range of contexts from England, Ireland, Australia, and China, theorising the interrelationship between education leadership and policy whilst showcasing the advancement of a new methodology for exploring education leadership from a critical perspective. Topics discussed include how school leaders are navigating mistrust in politics, barriers faced by women leaders in HEIs in China, and the responsibility of educational leaders to establish a culture of care in their institutions. Bringing together internationally emerging scholars with leading researchers from within the fields of educational leadership and policy, Critical Education Leadership and Policy Scholarship includes an Afterword by Emerita Professor Helen Gunter.

Drawing connections between the findings of a research project following young graduates from the Scottish islands of Orkney and Shetland, current international evidence, and theoretical literature, this book argues that understanding rural and island student transitions can expose the wider dynamics of place and mobility at play during student and early career experiences.Highlighting the importance of a career perspective, Rosie Alexander encourages readers to consider how career pathways develop across time and across transition points, unsettling the notion of a straightforward transition through university into the workplace. The book uncovers how student trajectories are developed through interweaving dynamics of relationships, place, and career routes and unpacks the implications for policymakers and practitioners. It contends that a much greater spatial awareness is necessary to understand and support the educational and career pathways of higher education students.This is a crucial read for higher education researchers, policymakers, and students interested in rurality as well as access to and transition from higher education.

This book collates the practitioner stories of university-school partnerships for the renewal of educator preparation (US PREP) teacher preparation programs across the nation, documenting the programs'efforts to enact scaled transformative practices within their institutions. Examples include the way in which educators engage multiple stakeholders in program improvement, transform the clinical preparation of teacher candidates, develop measures of program success, and create the conditions for transformative change.Each chapter highlights the efforts of one or more of US PREP's 32 university-based teacher preparation coalition programs. Together, the chapters offer insight into how a national coalition can effectively support transformation at the local level while creating opportunities for multilayered collaboration within and across institutions. Contributors include teacher educators and educational leaders, and topics of chapters include using data for program decision-making; applying a change management model; establishing governance over school-university partnerships; developing a vision of teaching shared between universities and school districts; promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion; and improving teacher and teacher educator professional development. Chapters also present solutions for some of the most prominent challenges in teacher education program improvement, including faculty engagement, stakeholder collaboration, university policy alignment, and state and national accreditation.Designed as a textbook, this book provides a series of guiding questions after each chapter to promote further reflection and discussion. Ideal for teacher educators, educational leaders, school practitioners, and graduate students of education, this book offers insider information that can help these stakeholders to better facilitate collaboration and participation in the improvement, scale, and sustainability of clinically rich and culturally diverse teacher preparation.

This is THE classic on creative thinking, written with the clarity, knowledge, and experience of a skilled advertising man. A Technique For Producing Ideas is a step-by-step technique for sparking creativity in advertising or ANY other field.

White Folks explores the experiences and stories of eight white people from a small farming community in northern Wisconsin. Drawing on in-depth interviews with Delores, Frank, William, Erin, Robert, Libby, and Stan, as well as on his own experiences growing up in this same rural community, Lensmire creates a portrait of white people that highlights the profound ambivalence that has characterized white thinking and feeling in relation to people of color for at least the last two hundred years. White people's relations to people of color and their cultures are characterized not just by fear, rejection, and violence, but also by attraction, envy, and desire. There is nothing smooth about the souls of white folks.This second edition of White Folks features a new foreword—by renowned critical whiteness studies scholar David Roediger—that places the book in historical and political context. It also includes an expanded discussion by Lensmire on doing research on race with white people.

The core concept of this book is one that resonates with everyone, yet it is explored and presented in a fresh and unique perspective as envisioned by the author. After delving into and discussing this familiar idea, the author arrives at a profound conclusion: that humans embody contradictions within themselves. This introspection leads back to the timeless question: what truly defines a human? In this insightful exploration, the author proposes that humanity is inherently chaotic and self-contradictory. This raises a compelling question in our current era of digital advancement and artificial intelligence: Are we, as a species, still influenced by an ‘archaic mindset'in this modern age? This book challenges readers to reconsider their understanding of human nature in the context of rapidly evolving technology.

Identify, evaluate, and practice good research using Research and Evaluation in Education and Psychology: Integrating Diversity With Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Methods by renowned scholar Donna M. Mertens. This introductory research methods text incorporates the viewpoints of various research paradigms into its descriptions of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods as well as program evaluation. The work covers five major paradigms: post-positivist, constructivist, transformative, pragmatic, and Indigenous. Special emphasis on conducting research with culturally complex communities, based on the perspectives of feminists, ethnic/racial minorities, and people with disabilities is a hallmark of this text. In each chapter, the author carefully explains each step of the research process, from the literature review to analysis and reporting. Additionally, each chapter includes a published sample study and abstract to illustrate the concepts discussed in that chapter. The Sixth Edition includes more on community engagement, recent advances in mixed methods, new applications of theoretical frameworks, and the latest research examples. Citations and references have all been updated to reflect the seventh edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. Included with this title: LMS Cartridge: Import this title's instructor resources into your school's learning management system (LMS) and save time. Don't use an LMS? You can still access all of the same online resources for this title via the password-protected Instructor Resource Site.

Educational Research is a practical, step-by-step core research text with a truly balanced, inclusive and integrated overview of the processes involved in planning, conducting and evaluating research. It first examines the general steps in the research process and then details the procedures for conducting specific types of quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods studies. Direct guidance on reading research is offered throughout and helpful features provide opportunities for you to practice and apply what you have learned. The 7th Edition features significantly expanded coverage of mixed methods design. New research design tables help you decide what research questions fit research problems and which designs are the best options. New research examples and references keep you updated on the latest trends and methods in the field.