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Newell, George; Bloome, David; Hirvela, Alan – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015
Focused on the teaching and learning argumentative writing in grades 9-12, this important contribution to literacy education research and classroom practice offers a new perspective, a set of principled practices, and case studies of excellent teaching. The case studies illustrate teaching and learning argumentative writing as the construction of…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Persuasive Discourse, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes
Daniels, Harry, Ed.; Lauder, Hugh, Ed.; Porter, Jill, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
"Educational Theories, Cultures and Learning" focuses on how education is understood in different cultures, the theories and related assumptions we make about learners and students and how we think about them, and how we can understand the principle actors in education--learners and teachers. Within this volume, internationally renowned…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Brain, Social Environment, Educational Policy
Chafel, Judith A., Ed.; Riefel, Stuart, Ed. – 1996
Reflecting the complexity of the early childhood education enterprise--classroom practice, teacher preparation, research, and conceptualization--this volume reflects an examination of the literature for illumination as to the value of early education theory and its usefulness to practice. The book has 10 chapters divided into three parts that…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childhood Needs, Classroom Environment, Context Effect
Firestone, William A.; Bader, Beth D. – 1992
This book clarifies current efforts to reform teaching by providing a conceptual analysis of what a professional and a bureaucratic view of teaching entail. Case studies are presented illustrating what happens when differing approaches to teachers' work are tried in three school districts. The first chapter describes the two approaches to reform…
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Case Studies, Context Effect, Educational Practices