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SUSTAINING THE NEW ECONOMY
This work explores the growing tension between the requirements of employers for a flexible work force and the ability of parents and communities to nuture and provide for their children. The author warns of the threat to social stability posed by rapidly changing working practices.
Evaluating Teaching Practices in Graduate Programs
This book proposes a method to evaluate the work of teachers acting in a very specific educational context: graduate programs at higher education institutions. There are many publications on the field of measurement and evaluation of teaching practices, but these studies are usually conducted at the undergraduate level and ignore the nuances of teaching practices at the graduate level. Should professors demonstrate the same skills when they teach in undergraduate programs as they do when they teach in graduate programs? Is it appropriate to use the same assessment tools both at the undergraduate and the graduate levels? Do the teaching practices evolve the same way at the graduate and underg...
Freire and Education
One of the most influential educational philosophers of our times, Paulo Freire contributed to a revolutionary understanding of education as an empowering and democratizing force in the lives of the disenfranchised. In this deeply personal introduction to the man and his ideas, Antonia Darder reflects on how Freire’s work has illuminated her own life practices and thinking as an educator and activist. Including both personal memories and a never-before published, powerful dialogue with Freire himself, Darder offers a unique "analysis of solidarity," in mind and spirit. A heartfelt look at the ways Freire can still inspire a critically intellectual and socially democratic life, this book is certain to open up his theories in entirely new ways, both to those already familiar with his work and those coming to him for the first time.
Improving Urban Schools: Leadership And Collaboration
Drawing on research evidence, Improving Urban Schools addresses the question of how primary and secondary urban schools can be improved in a more inclusive way. The authors argue that urban schools and their communities have within them expertise that tends to be overlooked, and latent creativity that should be mobilised to move thinking and progress forward. They show that new approaches to leadership, various forms of collaborative school-to-school partnerships, and major changes in national policy development are needed to make use of this untapped energy.
Qualitative Research Methods
This text is a collection of readings for students undertaking any kind of social science inquiry. Editor Darin Weinberg has selected articles first and foremost for their conceptual accessibility and provides editorial introductions for students being introduced to research methods for the first time. As a whole, the readings represent classic and contemporary scholarship in the field. Through this volume, students should become acquainted not only with the full range of contemporary qualitative research methods, but the location of these methods in wider scientific breakthroughs. This reading on qualitative methods provides a comprehensive overview that is both accessible and definitive.
Educación y transformación social
Este texto presenta la lógica subyacente al concepto de valor agregado en la educación superior, tomando en cuenta las pruebas censales en educación Saber aplicadas por el Gobierno colombiano. En este orden de ideas, el valor agregado permite concluir el diferencial del aprendizaje teniendo como referente los objetivos de formación individuales e institucionales.
