Vygotsky and Research

By Harry Daniels

This book provides readers with an overview of the implications for research of the theoretical work which acknowledges a debt to the writings of L.S....

August 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-39593-9 (Routledge)

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Fostering Change in Institutions, Environments, and People

A festschrift in Honor of Gavriel Salomon

Edited by David C. Berliner, Haggai Kupermintz

This volume is comprised of contributions from leading scholars in education and psychology. In part one of the book the authors provide insight into the...

July 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-8058-6386-4 (Routledge)

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The Future of Test-Based Educational Accountability

Edited by Katherine E. Ryan, Lorrie A. Shepard

In recent decades testing has become a much more visible and high-stakes accountability mechanism that is now seen as a powerful tool that can be...

June 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-8058-6470-0 (Routledge)

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Testing Times

The Uses and Abuses of Assessment

By Gordon Stobart

Assessment dominates our lives but its good intentions often produce negative consequences. An example that is central to this book is how current forms of...

March 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40475-4 (Routledge)

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Learners, Learning and Educational Activity

By Judith Ireson

Learners, Learning and Educational Activity offers a new and creative approach to the psychology of learning. The central idea in the book is that learning...

March 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-41406-7 (Routledge)

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Metacognitive Approaches to Developing Oracy

Developing Speaking and Listening with Young Children

Edited by Roy Evans, Deborah Jones

The acquisition of speech and language represent significant achievements for all children. These aspects of child development have received substantial attention in the research literature...

March 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-44766-9 (Routledge)

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Minority Status, Oppositional Culture, & Schooling

Edited by John U. Ogbu

This book is the definitive and final presentation of John Ogbu’s cultural ecological model and the many debates that his work has sparked during the...

February 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-8058-5104-5 (Routledge)

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The Concepts and Practices of Lifelong Learning

By Brenda Morgan-Klein, Michael Osborne

This textbook gives a wide-ranging, research-informed introduction to issues in lifelong learning across a variety of educational settings and practices. Its very accessible approach is...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-42861-3 (Routledge)

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Inquiry in Education, Volume I

The Conceptual Foundations for Research as a Curricular Imperative

By Mark W. Aulls, Bruce M. Shore

Why should inquiry—the engine for independent, curiosity- and interest-driven, life-long learning—be a curricular imperative, and its presence a criterion for excellent education? Is it possible...

2007 | Paperback: 978-0-8058-2742-2 (Routledge)

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At-Risk Children & Youth

Resiliency Explored

By Niall Mcelwee

Discover strategies to reinforce the strengths of the youngest members of society

What assistance can be provided to a disadvantaged youngster to help them bounce...

2007 | Hardback: 978-0-7890-3381-9 (Routledge)

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