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M. Mahruf C. Shohel, Editor; Alex Mortby, Editor – IGI Global, 2024
Scholars and educators worldwide are grappling with the challenge of translating innovative research findings into tangible improvements within their classrooms. The chasm between theory and practice hinders the progress of education and leaves a wealth of untapped potential. The need for a process or approach to bridge these elements is urgent.…
Descriptors: Action Research, Evidence Based Practice, Theory Practice Relationship, Higher Education
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Jill Tussey, Editor; Leslie Haas, Editor – IGI Global, 2025
Supporting cultural and linguistic differences through literacy education fosters inclusive, diverse learning environments where students thrive. By recognizing and valuing students' unique cultural backgrounds and languages, literacy education can be tailored to bridge gaps and promote comprehension, communication, and critical thinking.…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Literacy Education, Outcomes of Education, Inclusion
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Köksal, Dinçay, Ed.; Ulum, Ömer Gökhan, Ed.; Genç, Gülten, Ed. – SpringerBriefs in Education, 2023
This book problematizes digital divide with critical lens by focusing on education in general and specifically second language education with an emphasis on the context of Turkey based on sound methodologies and robust theories of modernity, postmodernity, post-structuralism and post-method framework. In line with this conceptualization, critical…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Disadvantaged, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Keengwe, Jared, Ed.; Onchwari, Grace, Ed. – IGI Global, 2019
Standardized tests have been selected as a key assessment factor in expanding the academic achievement of the national student population. However, these tests position immigrant students at the risk of academic failure, leading education experts to search for new strategies and teaching models. The "Handbook of Research on Assessment…
Descriptors: Guides, Immigrants, Refugees, Land Settlement
Scanlan, Martin, Ed.; Hunter, Cristina, Ed.; Howard, Elizabeth R., Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2019
"Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Education" provides a much-needed blueprint for how school leaders can leverage the power of collaborative learning to create more culturally and linguistically responsive schools. The book describes an innovative network of twenty preK-8 schools located across the United States striving to…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Second Language Learning, Networks, Preschool Education
Norris, John M., Ed.; Davis, John McE., Ed. – National Foreign Language Resource Center at University of Hawaii, 2015
Changes in accreditation policies and institutional practices have led to the emergence of student learning outcomes assessment as an important, increasingly common expectation in U.S. college foreign language programs. This volume investigates contemporary outcomes assessment activity, with a primary focus on useful assessment, that is,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Outcomes of Education, Higher Education, Second Language Programs
Ndlovu, Christopher, Ed. – Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2023
This book brings together a series of papers on education in rural Zimbabwe. It is informed throughout by the generative theory of rurality, which sees rural communities as the most significant agents in solving the challenges they face. Against this theoretical backdrop, the 13 chapters challenge policy makers, researchers and educators to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Schools, Rural Areas, Academic Achievement
Patricia Gándara; Jongyeon Ee – Harvard Education Press, 2021
Using original qualitative and quantitative data, "Schools Under Siege" confronts the many ways, direct and indirect, in which US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) policies and practices disrupt education. The book explores not only the impact of these policies on the six-million-plus K-12 students in the US at risk for being…
Descriptors: Immigration, Immigrants, Law Enforcement, Equal Education
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Sofologi, Maria, Ed.; Kougioumtzis, Georgios, Ed.; Koundourou, Christiana, Ed. – IGI Global, 2023
Children with learning disabilities can be as sharp as their peers; however, they may find it challenging to write, read, reason out information, spell things correctly, or process information. Due to this, it is critical for students to understand the ways of learning that suit them the best. They may not be aware of the different ways they can…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Barriers, Learning Strategies
Breidbach, Stephan, Ed.; Viebrock, Britta, Ed. – Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2013
Content and Language Integrated Learning has received a strong tailwind in European educational and language policies. It is on the verge of becoming a mainstream phenomenon. However, an overly speedy implementation of "CLIL for all" might bear a number of risks for all groups of stakeholders. The purpose of this book is to link the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multilingualism, Bilingualism, Bilingual Education
Little, David, Ed.; Leung, Constant, Ed.; Van Avermaet, Piet – Multilingual Matters, 2013
Diversity--social, cultural, linguistic and ethnic--poses a challenge to all educational systems. Some authorities, schools and teachers look upon it as a problem, an obstacle to the achievement of national educational goals, while for others it offers new opportunities. Successive PISA reports have laid bare the relative lack of success in…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Educational Policy, Teaching Methods, Barriers
Saunders, Marisa, Ed.; de Velasco, Jorge Ruiz, Ed.; Oakes, Jeannie, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2017
This important book explores how education time can be expanded, reimagined, and reorganized in an effort to enhance the educational opportunities and outcomes of disadvantaged students. The editors and contributors address questions of educational equity and opportunity by considering how best to extend learning time in high-poverty schools.…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Time Factors (Learning), Educational Opportunities, Disadvantaged
Koegel, Robert L., Ed.; Koegel, Lynn Kern, Ed. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2019
One of the most respected and widely used autism interventions, Pivotal Response Treatment uses natural learning opportunities to modify key behaviors in children--leading to widespread positive effects on communication, behavior, and social skills. Now the pioneering experts behind PRT have created a comprehensive modern guide to this…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Intervention, Communication Skills
Duran, Elva – Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Ltd, 2012
Students whose first language is not English are the fastest-growing group in public schools in all regions of the United States. Almost 10 million children between the ages of five and 17 live in the homes and communities in which a language other than English in spoken and presently most schools in the U.S. are under-educating many English…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Academic Discourse, Public Schools, Speech Communication
Alfonso, Vincent C., Ed.; Bracken, Bruce A., Ed.; Nagle, Richard J., Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020
"Psychoeducational Assessment of Preschool Children," Fifth Edition, provides academics and school-based practitioners such as psychologists, speech-language pathologists, and social workers with an up-to-date guide to the assessment of young children. Long recognized as the standard text and reference in its field, this comprehensive,…
Descriptors: School Psychology, Educational Assessment, Preschool Children, Psychoeducational Methods
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