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Dattilo, John – Sagamore-Venture, 2021
As we grow through leisure education, we tend to manage challenges to leisure and gravitate to positive experiences. These positive encounters transport us toward achieving the ultimate goals of experiencing leisure, being happy, and flourishing. The intention of "Leisure Education Program Planning, fifth edition," is to share…
Descriptors: Leisure Time, Program Development, Learning Experience, Models
Killion, Joellen; Sommers, William A.; Delehant, Ann – Solution Tree, 2022
Collaborative staff development in education is the vehicle to student success, and research shows that the closer professional learning is to daily practice, the more meaningful and impactful it will be. Written with deep respect for the work educators do in their classrooms each day, this practical resource illustrates the importance of…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Workplace Learning, Cooperation, Cooperative Learning
Ruby Batz Ed.; Sheresa Boone Blanchard Ed.; Deborah L. Rooks-Ellis Ed.; Sondra M. Stegenga Ed. – Division for Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children, 2023
The DEC Recommended Practices provide guidance to families and professionals about the most effective ways to improve learning outcomes and promote development of young children, birth through age 5, who have, or at-risk, for developmental delays or disabilities. Leadership: Leading From Where You Are is the ninth edition of the DEC Recommended…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Young Children, At Risk Persons, Developmental Disabilities
Martin R. Textor – Online Submission, 2025
Raising and educating children is always about their future. We want to give them the knowledge and skills they need to be successful in the world of work, build positive relationships with other people and find personal happiness. To achieve this goal, we must ask ourselves: How will today's children live in 20 or 40 years? What kind of world…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Rearing, Child Development, Futures (of Society)
Carbaugh, Eric M.; McCullough, Laura; Raftery, Meghan; Linaburg, Ebbie – ASCD, 2022
This practical guide shows leaders how to implement and sustain a robust microcredentialing program in their school or district. Teachers require rigorous professional learning that ensures mastery rather than simply marking time served. Microcredentials offer a competency-based approach to professional learning that can be tailored to…
Descriptors: Capacity Building, Credentials, Faculty Development, Mastery Learning
Bansal, Rohit, Ed.; Singh, Ram, Ed.; Singh, Amandeep, Ed.; Chaudhary, Kuldeep, Ed.; Rasul, Tareq, Ed. – John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2023
In the current technology-driven era, education systems are undergoing major changes by adopting advanced digital education strategies. Schools, colleges, and universities around the world have swiftly switched to online delivery modes. Students are learning via new platforms and the use of narrated lectures, podcasts, online quizzes, and other…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, Curriculum, Educational Objectives
Kitcher, Philip – Oxford University Press, 2021
Philip Kitcher's "The Main Enterprise of the World" offers a sweeping vision of the goals of education. Kitcher considers the ways in which schools and universities should advance their goals, explores the social changes required to make high-quality education available to all, and argues that these reforms are economically sustainable.…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Quality, Educational Objectives, Social Change
Cross, Tracy L., Ed.; Olszewski-Kubilius, Paula, Ed. – Prufrock Press Inc., 2020
"Conceptual Frameworks for Giftedness and Talent Development" explores current and enduring theories and comprehensive models of giftedness and talent development. Each chapter: (1) Includes a description of the model, theory, or framework; (2) Shares the most important implications of each model, including underrepresentation and social…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Talent Development, Gifted Education, Models
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Honey, Margaret A., Ed.; Dibner, Kenne A., Ed.; Taylor, Tiffany E., Ed. – National Academies Press, 2020
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is one of the United States' leading federal science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) agencies and plays an important role in the landscape of STEM education. In 2015, NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD) created the Science Activation (SciAct) program to increase the…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Science Education, Educational Objectives, Scientific Literacy
Stern, Julie; Ferraro, Krista; Duncan, Kayla; Aleo, Trevor – Corwin, 2021
How do you prepare your students for a future that you can't see? And how do you do it without exhausting yourself? Teachers need a framework that allows them to keep pace with our rapidly changing world without having to overhaul everything they do. "Learning That Transfers" empowers teachers and curriculum designers alike to harness…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Teaching Methods, Curriculum Design, Case Studies
Starr, Joshua P. – Harvard Education Press, 2022
With a visionary approach to school improvement, "Equity-Based Leadership" proposes a framework to support system leaders seeking to organize change and achieve more equitable education. In this ambitious yet pragmatic work, Joshua P. Starr makes the case that intentional and attentive district leadership can bring about continuous…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Educational Change, Educational Strategies, Educational Improvement
Sztajn, Paola, Ed.; Wilson, P. Holt, Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2019
Designed to strengthen the teaching of mathematics in the elementary grades, this book focuses on helping teachers engage in instruction based on learning trajectories (LTs). The authors bring together the experiences and key research-based findings of four different groups of teacher educators that created effective professional development…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Educators
Forstag, Erin Hammers – National Academies Press, 2022
On October 14 and 15, and December 8, 2021, the Board on Science Education at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a virtual Summit entitled Taking Stock of Science Standards Implementation. Participants explored the landscape of state science standards implementation, identified where there have been successes and…
Descriptors: Science Education, Academic Standards, Program Implementation, State Standards
Parker, Walter C. – Teachers College Press, 2023
Our democracy is in crisis. Both political trust and a shared standard of truth are broken. In this book, Walter Parker shows why and how civic education can help. Offering a centrist approach suitable for a polarized society, Parker focuses on two linked curriculum objectives: disciplinary knowledge and voice. He illustrates how classroom…
Descriptors: Democracy, Political Attitudes, Trust (Psychology), Citizenship Education
OECD Publishing, 2016
This report reviews the collection, availability and quality of system-level data and metadata on education from countries participating in the PISA for Development project: Cambodia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Paraguay, Senegal and Zambia. PISA for Development aims to increase low income countries' use of PISA assessments for monitoring progress towards…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Data Collection, Achievement Tests
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