Author:
Publisher: UNESCO
ISBN: 9231041290
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 525
Book Description
Children at risk of marginalization in education are found in all societies. At first glance, The lives of these children may appear poles apart. The daily experiences of slum dwellers in Kenya, ethnic minority children in Viet Nam and a Roma child in Hungary are very different. What they have in common are missed opportunities to develop their potential, realize their hopes and build a better future through education.A decade has passed since world leaders adopted the Education for All goals. While progress has been made, millions of children are still missing out on their right to education. Reaching the marginalized identifies some of the root causes of disadvantage, both within education and beyond, and provides examples of targeted policies and practices that successfully combat exclusion. Set against the backdrop of the global economic crisis, The Report calls for a renewed financing commitment by aid donors and recipient governments alike to meet the Education for All goals by 2015.This is the eighth edition of the annual EFA Global Monitoring Report. The Report includes statistical indicators on all levels of education in more than 200 countries and territories.
Reaching the Marginalized
Author:
Publisher: UNESCO
ISBN: 9231041290
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 525
Book Description
Children at risk of marginalization in education are found in all societies. At first glance, The lives of these children may appear poles apart. The daily experiences of slum dwellers in Kenya, ethnic minority children in Viet Nam and a Roma child in Hungary are very different. What they have in common are missed opportunities to develop their potential, realize their hopes and build a better future through education.A decade has passed since world leaders adopted the Education for All goals. While progress has been made, millions of children are still missing out on their right to education. Reaching the marginalized identifies some of the root causes of disadvantage, both within education and beyond, and provides examples of targeted policies and practices that successfully combat exclusion. Set against the backdrop of the global economic crisis, The Report calls for a renewed financing commitment by aid donors and recipient governments alike to meet the Education for All goals by 2015.This is the eighth edition of the annual EFA Global Monitoring Report. The Report includes statistical indicators on all levels of education in more than 200 countries and territories.
Publisher: UNESCO
ISBN: 9231041290
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 525
Book Description
Children at risk of marginalization in education are found in all societies. At first glance, The lives of these children may appear poles apart. The daily experiences of slum dwellers in Kenya, ethnic minority children in Viet Nam and a Roma child in Hungary are very different. What they have in common are missed opportunities to develop their potential, realize their hopes and build a better future through education.A decade has passed since world leaders adopted the Education for All goals. While progress has been made, millions of children are still missing out on their right to education. Reaching the marginalized identifies some of the root causes of disadvantage, both within education and beyond, and provides examples of targeted policies and practices that successfully combat exclusion. Set against the backdrop of the global economic crisis, The Report calls for a renewed financing commitment by aid donors and recipient governments alike to meet the Education for All goals by 2015.This is the eighth edition of the annual EFA Global Monitoring Report. The Report includes statistical indicators on all levels of education in more than 200 countries and territories.
Learning Together
Author: Barbara Rogoff
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780195344615
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
This book advances the theoretical account that Barbara Rogoff presented in her highly acclaimed book, Apprenticeship in Thinking. Here, Rogoff collaborates with two master teachers from an innovative school in Salt Lake City, Utah, to examine how students, parents, and teachers learn by being engaged together in a community of learners. Building on observations by participants in this school, this book reveals how children and adults learn through participation in activities of mutual interest. The insights will speak to all those interested in how people learn collaboratively and how schools can improve.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780195344615
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
This book advances the theoretical account that Barbara Rogoff presented in her highly acclaimed book, Apprenticeship in Thinking. Here, Rogoff collaborates with two master teachers from an innovative school in Salt Lake City, Utah, to examine how students, parents, and teachers learn by being engaged together in a community of learners. Building on observations by participants in this school, this book reveals how children and adults learn through participation in activities of mutual interest. The insights will speak to all those interested in how people learn collaboratively and how schools can improve.
International Community Psychology
Author: Stephanie Reich
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0387495002
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 461
Book Description
This is the first in-depth guide to global community psychology research and practice, history and development, theories and innovations, presented in one field-defining volume. This book will serve to promote international collaboration, enhance theory utilization and development, identify biases and barriers in the field, accrue critical mass for a discipline that is often marginalized, and to minimize the pervasive US-centric view of the field.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0387495002
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 461
Book Description
This is the first in-depth guide to global community psychology research and practice, history and development, theories and innovations, presented in one field-defining volume. This book will serve to promote international collaboration, enhance theory utilization and development, identify biases and barriers in the field, accrue critical mass for a discipline that is often marginalized, and to minimize the pervasive US-centric view of the field.
Toward High-quality Education in Peru
Author:
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 0821370189
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
This book has three main recommendations. First, it is necessary to generate basic standards, quality goals, and quality measurement systems. Second, once quality can be measured, a clear system of accountability should be implemented based on these standards and quality goals. The clients will play a central role in these systems by demanding their rights to quality services; this will only become possible once there are standards and goals that clarify clients' rights. Third, once there are standards and systems of accountability, investment is needed to strengthen the institutional capacity of the providers.
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 0821370189
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
This book has three main recommendations. First, it is necessary to generate basic standards, quality goals, and quality measurement systems. Second, once quality can be measured, a clear system of accountability should be implemented based on these standards and quality goals. The clients will play a central role in these systems by demanding their rights to quality services; this will only become possible once there are standards and goals that clarify clients' rights. Third, once there are standards and systems of accountability, investment is needed to strengthen the institutional capacity of the providers.
EDUCACIÓN INTERCULTURAL
Author:
Publisher: Editorial UNED
ISBN: 8436272706
Category : Education
Languages : es
Pages : 311
Book Description
Este texto se ha elaborado de forma específica como documento de estudio para la asignatura Educación Intercultural, que forma parte del Plan de Estudios del Grado de Pedagogía impartido por la UNED. La selección de contenidos y el enfoque se derivan de los objetivos, competencias y contenidos propuestos en dicha asignatura, así como de las condiciones propias del estudio a distancia. Al mismo tiempo, esperamos que el libro resulte atractivo para todos los lectores que compartan con nosotras el interés por analizar las complejas interacciones entre diversidad humana y equidad en educación, de forma que contribuyamos de forma efectiva al logro de una sociedad más justa e incluyente. El enfoque intercultural se propone como mirada que nos permite comprender la compleja articulación entre diversidad cultural e igualdad en educación. Se reconoce la diversidad humana como normalidad, se sitúa la diversidad cultural en el foco de la reflexión sobre educación y se asume el compromiso ético del educador por la equidad y la justicia social. La perspectiva intercultural es hermenéutica y práctica, es comunicación y relación entre personas. La educación intercultural no es un modelo a alcanzar, sino una perspectiva, una metáfora que nos permite comprender lo que pensamos, decimos y hacemos en relación con la diversidad cultural y equidad en educación. Lo intercultural no se presenta como adjetivo con el que calificar a profesores, escuelas, programas o recursos, sino que es el enfoque, la mirada intercultural, la que hace el objeto. Lo cultural emana y se construye en la interacción entre las personas. Desde estas premisas, se delimita la educación intercultural, se analizan las implicaciones prácticas de adoptar un enfoque intercultural en educación, y se ofrecen ideas y estrategias con las que revisar y proponer prácticas e investigaciones en educación. El texto se organiza en nueve temas agrupados en tres unidades didácticas dedicadas a: 1. Conceptos básicos, 2. Transformación social, 3. Escenarios. Cada uno de los temas se ha estructurado en torno a siete apartados: “para empezar a pensar”, “introducción”, “información”, “actividades”, “recursos para la práctica”, “enlaces”, “evaluación y referencias”.
Publisher: Editorial UNED
ISBN: 8436272706
Category : Education
Languages : es
Pages : 311
Book Description
Este texto se ha elaborado de forma específica como documento de estudio para la asignatura Educación Intercultural, que forma parte del Plan de Estudios del Grado de Pedagogía impartido por la UNED. La selección de contenidos y el enfoque se derivan de los objetivos, competencias y contenidos propuestos en dicha asignatura, así como de las condiciones propias del estudio a distancia. Al mismo tiempo, esperamos que el libro resulte atractivo para todos los lectores que compartan con nosotras el interés por analizar las complejas interacciones entre diversidad humana y equidad en educación, de forma que contribuyamos de forma efectiva al logro de una sociedad más justa e incluyente. El enfoque intercultural se propone como mirada que nos permite comprender la compleja articulación entre diversidad cultural e igualdad en educación. Se reconoce la diversidad humana como normalidad, se sitúa la diversidad cultural en el foco de la reflexión sobre educación y se asume el compromiso ético del educador por la equidad y la justicia social. La perspectiva intercultural es hermenéutica y práctica, es comunicación y relación entre personas. La educación intercultural no es un modelo a alcanzar, sino una perspectiva, una metáfora que nos permite comprender lo que pensamos, decimos y hacemos en relación con la diversidad cultural y equidad en educación. Lo intercultural no se presenta como adjetivo con el que calificar a profesores, escuelas, programas o recursos, sino que es el enfoque, la mirada intercultural, la que hace el objeto. Lo cultural emana y se construye en la interacción entre las personas. Desde estas premisas, se delimita la educación intercultural, se analizan las implicaciones prácticas de adoptar un enfoque intercultural en educación, y se ofrecen ideas y estrategias con las que revisar y proponer prácticas e investigaciones en educación. El texto se organiza en nueve temas agrupados en tres unidades didácticas dedicadas a: 1. Conceptos básicos, 2. Transformación social, 3. Escenarios. Cada uno de los temas se ha estructurado en torno a siete apartados: “para empezar a pensar”, “introducción”, “información”, “actividades”, “recursos para la práctica”, “enlaces”, “evaluación y referencias”.
PISA Under Examination
Author: Miguel A. Pereyra
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9460917402
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
From the 23rd to 26th of November 2009 in La Palma island, in the Canaries, the Comparative Education Society in Europe (CESE) organized an international symposium entitled PISA under Examination: Changing Knowledge, Changing Tests, and Changing Schools. During four days seventeen leading scholars of Europe and America presented their contributions to debate the different problematiques of the remarkable phenomenon represented by the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment or PISA. PISA is not merely an educational event. It is also a media circus which involves the public rehearsal for reasons for failure or success; and even, in some cases, public and political and academic explanations about why 'failure' was not really that, and why 'success' was not really that either. At the centre of all these indications, we find the growing influence of international agencies on education and schooling which is decisively contributing to a marketisation of the field of education, in the context of an increasingly multilevel and fragmented arena for educational governance based on the formulation, the regulation and the transnational coordination and convergence of policies, buttressed at the same time by the diffusion of persuasive discursive practice. Organized in four sections entitled The Comparative Challenges of the OCDE PISA Programme, PISA and School Knowledge, The Assessment of PISA, School Effectiveness and the Socio-cultural Dimension, PISA and the Immigrant Student Question, and Extreme Visions of PISA: Germany and Finland, the contributions of this book offers a comprehensive approach of all these challenging and significant issues written from different and distinct research and academic traditions.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9460917402
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
From the 23rd to 26th of November 2009 in La Palma island, in the Canaries, the Comparative Education Society in Europe (CESE) organized an international symposium entitled PISA under Examination: Changing Knowledge, Changing Tests, and Changing Schools. During four days seventeen leading scholars of Europe and America presented their contributions to debate the different problematiques of the remarkable phenomenon represented by the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment or PISA. PISA is not merely an educational event. It is also a media circus which involves the public rehearsal for reasons for failure or success; and even, in some cases, public and political and academic explanations about why 'failure' was not really that, and why 'success' was not really that either. At the centre of all these indications, we find the growing influence of international agencies on education and schooling which is decisively contributing to a marketisation of the field of education, in the context of an increasingly multilevel and fragmented arena for educational governance based on the formulation, the regulation and the transnational coordination and convergence of policies, buttressed at the same time by the diffusion of persuasive discursive practice. Organized in four sections entitled The Comparative Challenges of the OCDE PISA Programme, PISA and School Knowledge, The Assessment of PISA, School Effectiveness and the Socio-cultural Dimension, PISA and the Immigrant Student Question, and Extreme Visions of PISA: Germany and Finland, the contributions of this book offers a comprehensive approach of all these challenging and significant issues written from different and distinct research and academic traditions.
Failing Gloriously and Other Essays
Author: Shawn Graham
Publisher: Digital Press at the University of North Dakota, T
ISBN: 9781732841086
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Failing Gloriously and Other Essays documents Shawn Graham's odyssey through the digital humanities and digital archaeology against the backdrop of the 21st-century university. At turns hilarious, depressing, and inspiring, Graham's book presents a contemporary take on the academic memoir, but rather than celebrating the victories, he reflects on the failures and considers their impact on his intellectual and professional development. These aren't heroic tales of overcoming odds or paeans to failure as evidence for a macho willingness to take risks. They're honest lessons laced with a genuine humility that encourages us to think about making it safer for ourselves and others to fail.A foreword from Eric Kansa and an afterword by Neha Gupta engage the lessons of Failing Gloriously and consider the role of failure in digital archaeology, the humanities, and social sciences.
Publisher: Digital Press at the University of North Dakota, T
ISBN: 9781732841086
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Failing Gloriously and Other Essays documents Shawn Graham's odyssey through the digital humanities and digital archaeology against the backdrop of the 21st-century university. At turns hilarious, depressing, and inspiring, Graham's book presents a contemporary take on the academic memoir, but rather than celebrating the victories, he reflects on the failures and considers their impact on his intellectual and professional development. These aren't heroic tales of overcoming odds or paeans to failure as evidence for a macho willingness to take risks. They're honest lessons laced with a genuine humility that encourages us to think about making it safer for ourselves and others to fail.A foreword from Eric Kansa and an afterword by Neha Gupta engage the lessons of Failing Gloriously and consider the role of failure in digital archaeology, the humanities, and social sciences.
How to Tell Stories
Author: Daniel Mato
Publisher: Under The Stone Publishing
ISBN: 9781947408265
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A unique collection of references, stories, and practical advice for storytelling from this unique part of the world.
Publisher: Under The Stone Publishing
ISBN: 9781947408265
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A unique collection of references, stories, and practical advice for storytelling from this unique part of the world.
The Role of Information Professionals in the Knowledge Economy
Author: Javier Tarango
Publisher: Chandos Publishing
ISBN: 0128112239
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
The Role of Information Professionals in the Knowledge Economy: Skills, Experiences, Practices and Strategies presents the tools that are necessary for the acquisition and development of a scientific culture. The work and profile of the information professional is no longer limited to the world of libraries. In countries with developing and peripheral economies that are seeking to reduce dependence on knowledge generated by rich countries it is necessary to develop and foster new professional profiles with high expertise in knowledge generation and management in order to support such paradigm shifts. This comprehensive book presents the case for this paradigm shift and is an ideal resource for information professionals who are interested in new avenues of exploration. - Promotes the idea that an information professional is the right person to offer support in the knowledge economy - Provides guidance on how to provide and develop a scientific culture in an institution - Identifies information competencies that are important for information managers in scientific communication - Redefines the profile of professional information graduates and identifies this new skillset as a job opportunity
Publisher: Chandos Publishing
ISBN: 0128112239
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
The Role of Information Professionals in the Knowledge Economy: Skills, Experiences, Practices and Strategies presents the tools that are necessary for the acquisition and development of a scientific culture. The work and profile of the information professional is no longer limited to the world of libraries. In countries with developing and peripheral economies that are seeking to reduce dependence on knowledge generated by rich countries it is necessary to develop and foster new professional profiles with high expertise in knowledge generation and management in order to support such paradigm shifts. This comprehensive book presents the case for this paradigm shift and is an ideal resource for information professionals who are interested in new avenues of exploration. - Promotes the idea that an information professional is the right person to offer support in the knowledge economy - Provides guidance on how to provide and develop a scientific culture in an institution - Identifies information competencies that are important for information managers in scientific communication - Redefines the profile of professional information graduates and identifies this new skillset as a job opportunity
Engaging People in Sustainability
Author: Daniella Tilbury
Publisher: IUCN
ISBN: 9782831708232
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
The book is based on the exchange of professional experiences which featured in an IUCN CEC workshop in August 2002. Practitioners from around the world shared their models of good practice and explored the challenges involved in engaging people in sustainability. The difficulties facing practitioners vary between country and context but some challenges are universal: A lack of clarity in communicating what is meant by sustainable development; An ambition to educate everyone to bring about a global citizenship; Social, organisational or institutional factors constrain change to sustainable development, yet there is an emphasis on formal education, and community educators do not receive the same support; A lack of balance in addressing the integration of environmental, social and economic dimensions leading to an interpretation that ESD is mainly about environment and conservation issues; New learning (rather than teaching) approaches are called for to promote more debate in society. Yet, few are trained or experienced in these new approaches. Practitioners need support to explore new ways of promoting learning. [Foreword, ed].
Publisher: IUCN
ISBN: 9782831708232
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
The book is based on the exchange of professional experiences which featured in an IUCN CEC workshop in August 2002. Practitioners from around the world shared their models of good practice and explored the challenges involved in engaging people in sustainability. The difficulties facing practitioners vary between country and context but some challenges are universal: A lack of clarity in communicating what is meant by sustainable development; An ambition to educate everyone to bring about a global citizenship; Social, organisational or institutional factors constrain change to sustainable development, yet there is an emphasis on formal education, and community educators do not receive the same support; A lack of balance in addressing the integration of environmental, social and economic dimensions leading to an interpretation that ESD is mainly about environment and conservation issues; New learning (rather than teaching) approaches are called for to promote more debate in society. Yet, few are trained or experienced in these new approaches. Practitioners need support to explore new ways of promoting learning. [Foreword, ed].