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Equity In Mathematics Education: Influences Of Feminism And Culture

This text provides a critical overview of current thinking about equity issues in the teaching and learning of mathematics. Grounded in feminist theories of curriculum change and a broad range of cultural perspectives, the new approaches described here go beyond "special programmes" and "experimental treatments" designed to correct perceived problems and deficits. Instead they establish how improved instructional practices and a fuller understanding of the nature of the mathematical enterprise can overcome the systemic obstacles that have thwarted women's participation in this important field.; This book will appeal to all those who are interested in the mathematical education of women, including teachers, parents, administrators and researchers.

Equity In Mathematics Education: Influences Of Feminism And Culture

This text provides a critical overview of current thinking about equity issues in the teaching and learning of mathematics. Grounded in feminist theories of curriculum change and a broad range of cultural perspectives, the new approaches described here go beyond "special programmes" and "experimental treatments" designed to correct perceived problems and deficits. Instead they establish how improved instructional practices and a fuller understanding of the nature of the mathematical enterprise can overcome the systemic obstacles that have thwarted women's participation in this important field.; This book will appeal to all those who are interested in the mathematical education of women, including teachers, parents, administrators and researchers.

Equity in STEM Education Research: Advocating for Equitable Attention (Sociocultural Explorations of Science Education #26)

This book focuses on the creative and transformative work of scholars who are advancing social justice through science/STEM education with limited resources. It draws attention to the significant body of work being conducted in various contexts so that readers could reflect and appreciate how much broader and transformative our impact could be if funding agencies, policy makers, and other researchers would widen their perspective and seek to promote social justice-driven scholarship. Public funding for STEM research on K-12 and teacher education that targets special populations is often limited and tends to favor mainstream research. This book contains case studies on innovative and promising STEM research with a focus on equity, diversity and social justice that are funded with limited or no public funding. It also presents anecdotes from authors in relation to their struggles in either securing funding for their reported study or seeking to publish its findings. This provides more context to the challenges of conducting non-mainstream research in science/STEM education. Most of the contributors are scholars of color and/or women conducting research with traditionally marginalized populations in science/STEM. Thus, this book offers an additional venue to share the voices of marginalized scholars and allies seeking to broaden our understanding of the challenges and successes of promoting equity, diversity, and social justice in various educational contexts.

Equity in the Classroom: Towards Effective Pedagogy for Girls and Boys

Concerned with pedagogy and the learning achievement of both girls and boys, this book examines international trends in subject performance throughout schooling and looks critically at a range of interventions in difference contexts and countries, all aimed at enhancing equity in schools and higher education institutions.; The book argues that pedagogy can not be isolated from the overarching gender-education system. What can be done, it claims, is that teachers can be provided with a range of pedagogic strategies which can be used to make education, as it is experienced by students and reflected in their achievements, more just.

Equity in the Classroom: Towards Effective Pedagogy for Girls and Boys

Concerned with pedagogy and the learning achievement of both girls and boys, this book examines international trends in subject performance throughout schooling and looks critically at a range of interventions in difference contexts and countries, all aimed at enhancing equity in schools and higher education institutions.; The book argues that pedagogy can not be isolated from the overarching gender-education system. What can be done, it claims, is that teachers can be provided with a range of pedagogic strategies which can be used to make education, as it is experienced by students and reflected in their achievements, more just.

Equity Issues in Chinese Higher Education Policy: A Case Study of the Enrolment Expansion Policy (ISSN)

Investigating the highly influential enrolment expansion policy in Chinese higher education, this book outlines how educational equity issues were understood and addressed in the formulation and implementation of the policy, and its impacts on the socio-economic fabric of China in the past decades.Drawing on Chinese policy documents and interviews with government and university representatives, Zhang examines the education system under the Mao era and the post-Mao era and outlines the different approaches to equity that have characterized education in China in the 20th and 21st centuries. Stephen Ball’s "policy cycle" is used as a framework to analyse the various contexts (text, discourse, and social practice) in which policy is formed. Zhang argues that education policy was not simply driven by concerns of equity but also by economic interests and political discourse. Zhang further goes on to analyse how education policy was implemented by provincial governments and highlights the tension between central policy and on-the-ground implementation.Bringing analysis of Chinese policy and research to a wider audience, this text will interest education policymakers and academics in the field of educational equity and higher education research.

Equity Issues in Chinese Higher Education Policy: A Case Study of the Enrolment Expansion Policy (ISSN)

Investigating the highly influential enrolment expansion policy in Chinese higher education, this book outlines how educational equity issues were understood and addressed in the formulation and implementation of the policy, and its impacts on the socio-economic fabric of China in the past decades.Drawing on Chinese policy documents and interviews with government and university representatives, Zhang examines the education system under the Mao era and the post-Mao era and outlines the different approaches to equity that have characterized education in China in the 20th and 21st centuries. Stephen Ball’s "policy cycle" is used as a framework to analyse the various contexts (text, discourse, and social practice) in which policy is formed. Zhang argues that education policy was not simply driven by concerns of equity but also by economic interests and political discourse. Zhang further goes on to analyse how education policy was implemented by provincial governments and highlights the tension between central policy and on-the-ground implementation.Bringing analysis of Chinese policy and research to a wider audience, this text will interest education policymakers and academics in the field of educational equity and higher education research.

Equity, Opportunity and Education in Postcolonial Southeast Asia (Routledge Critical Studies in Asian Education)

Equity, Opportunity and Education in Postcolonial Southeast Asia addresses the ways in which colonial histories, nationalist impulses and forces of globalization shape equity and access to education in Southeast Asia. Although increasingly identified as a regional grouping (ASEAN), Malaysia, Indonesia, Burma, Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines are known for their vastly different state structures, political regimes, political economies and ethnocultural and religious demography. The expert contributors to this volume investigate educational access and equity for citizens, ethnic and religious minorities, and indigenous people within these countries. The subject of education is framed within the broader national and local challenges of achieving equity and social justice. This book examines the dimensions of (post)colonialism, nationalism, and globalisation as played out within different international educational contexts. Chapters include: Understanding the Cultural Politics of Southeast Asian Education through Postcolonial Theory Downplaying Difference: Representations of Diversity in Contemporary Burmese Schools and Educational Equity Learner Centered Pedagogy in Post-Conflict Timor-Leste: For the Benefit of the Learner or the Learned Technology of Dominance, Technology of Liberation: Education in Colonial and Postcolonial Cambodia Change and Continuity in the History of Vietnamese Higher Education Colonization by Stealth: The Case of Thailand Education Politics in Postcolonial Malaysia: Ethnicity, Difference and Inequalities The Singapore Education Journey: From Colonialism to Globalism

Equity Or Excellence? Educ & C

First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Equity Or Excellence? Educ & C

First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Equity Policies in Global Higher Education: Reducing Inequality and Increasing Participation and Attainment (Issues in Higher Education)

This book discusses and analyses global policies and practices aimed at promoting equity in higher education participation and attainment. Although the massification of higher education systems has facilitated the participation of students from deprived backgrounds, socioeconomic inequalities persist in access to the most prestigious institutions and programmes. Privileged students benefit from a number of advantages in the competition for selective and scarce places: access to information, lower aversion to debt, higher expectations, better previous schooling and higher academic achievement. The chapters present a critical analysis of equity policies in different countries – with or without affirmative action policies, within a context of neoliberal policies or within a social democratic model – and the reasons why they have failed to promote equity and fairness, preventing students from achieving their full educational potential.This is an open access book.

Equity, Teaching Practice and the Curriculum: Exploring Differences in Access to Knowledge (Routledge Research in Education)

This book explores how different classroom discourses and concepts of knowledge permeate teaching in high- and low-performance classrooms. Drawing on empirical research from classrooms in Sweden, it presents a theory-based framework for classroom research. The book examines the central concepts of knowledge, curriculum, pedagogy and equity to discuss differences in access to knowledge and the implications of these differences for students’ future opportunities and wellbeing. It analyses the relationships between different teaching factors and discusses teaching from democratic perspectives developed within curriculum theory. Combining insights from curriculum theory with insights from sociolinguistic and sociocultural classroom research, this project breaks new ground in how knowledge from curriculum content is recontextualised into concrete teaching practices in the context of a standards-based curriculum. Providing valuable insights into the intersections between classroom practice, student performance and teacher expectations, this book will be of great interest to academics, researchers and post-graduate students in the fields of curriculum research, education policy, teacher education and classroom practice.

Equity, Teaching Practice and the Curriculum: Exploring Differences in Access to Knowledge (Routledge Research in Education)

This book explores how different classroom discourses and concepts of knowledge permeate teaching in high- and low-performance classrooms. Drawing on empirical research from classrooms in Sweden, it presents a theory-based framework for classroom research. The book examines the central concepts of knowledge, curriculum, pedagogy and equity to discuss differences in access to knowledge and the implications of these differences for students’ future opportunities and wellbeing. It analyses the relationships between different teaching factors and discusses teaching from democratic perspectives developed within curriculum theory. Combining insights from curriculum theory with insights from sociolinguistic and sociocultural classroom research, this project breaks new ground in how knowledge from curriculum content is recontextualised into concrete teaching practices in the context of a standards-based curriculum. Providing valuable insights into the intersections between classroom practice, student performance and teacher expectations, this book will be of great interest to academics, researchers and post-graduate students in the fields of curriculum research, education policy, teacher education and classroom practice.

Erarbeitung physikalischer Größen und Gesetze im Physikunterricht der Sekundarstufe I unter Einsatz von Schülerexperimenten (Forschungsberichte des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen #3132)

Erase the Waste and Turn Trash Into Cash: Inquiry-Based Science Lessons for Advanced and Gifted Students in Grades 3-4

Recipient of the 2021 NAGC Curriculum Award Americans throw away 254 million tons of trash every year, and students are naturally curious about where it all goes. Erase the Waste and Turn Trash Into Cash, a 30-lesson interdisciplinary science unit: Is designed to teach high-ability third and fourth graders how to think like real-world environmental engineers. Requires students to reduce, reuse, recycle, and reimagine trash in new and innovative ways. Was designed using the research-based Integrated Curriculum Model. Features challenging problem-based learning tasks and engaging resources. Includes detailed teacher instructions and suggestions for differentiation. In this unit, students study the concept of innovation and learn to manage and dispose of waste in creative and environmentally friendly ways, all while building an understanding of sustainability, recycling, environmental science, and the green economy. Suggestions and guidance are included on how teachers can adjust the rigor of learning tasks based on students' interests and needs. Grades 3-4

Erase the Waste and Turn Trash Into Cash: Inquiry-Based Science Lessons for Advanced and Gifted Students in Grades 3-4

Recipient of the 2021 NAGC Curriculum Award Americans throw away 254 million tons of trash every year, and students are naturally curious about where it all goes. Erase the Waste and Turn Trash Into Cash, a 30-lesson interdisciplinary science unit: Is designed to teach high-ability third and fourth graders how to think like real-world environmental engineers. Requires students to reduce, reuse, recycle, and reimagine trash in new and innovative ways. Was designed using the research-based Integrated Curriculum Model. Features challenging problem-based learning tasks and engaging resources. Includes detailed teacher instructions and suggestions for differentiation. In this unit, students study the concept of innovation and learn to manage and dispose of waste in creative and environmentally friendly ways, all while building an understanding of sustainability, recycling, environmental science, and the green economy. Suggestions and guidance are included on how teachers can adjust the rigor of learning tasks based on students' interests and needs. Grades 3-4

Erblichkeit der Intelligenz: Eine Klarstellung aus biologischer Sicht (essentials)

Dieses Kompendium greift ein umstrittenes Thema auf: Ist Intelligenz erblich? Bei der Beantwortung dieser Frage geraten selbst Fachleute ins Schwimmen. Schuld daran sind missverständliche Fachbegriffe und überzogene Vorstellungen von der Aussagekraft des in der Intelligenzforschung genutzten Erblichkeitsmodells. Karl-Friedrich Fischbach und Martin Niggeschmidt erläutern das Modell aus Sicht der Biologie — jenes Wissenschaftsbereichs also, in dem es ursprünglich entwickelt wurde. Wer sich die Logik des Modells vergegenwärtigt, stellt fest: Intelligenz als "erblich" zu bezeichnen, ist unpräzise und irreführend.

Erblichkeit der Intelligenz: Eine Klarstellung aus biologischer Sicht (essentials)

Ist Intelligenz erblich? Karl-Friedrich Fischbach und Martin Niggeschmidt zeigen, dass „Erblichkeit“ in der biologischen Fachsprache etwas anderes bedeutet als in der Alltagssprache – was fast zwangsläufig zu Fehlinterpretationen führt. Die 2. Auflage dieses essentials wurde um Kapitel zur Aussagekraft von Zwillingsstudien und genomweiten Assoziationsstudien über IQ-Unterschiede erweitert. Wer sich die Logik der Modelle und Methoden vergegenwärtigt, stellt fest: Intelligenz als „erblich“ zu bezeichnen, ist unpräzise und irreführend. Die Autoren:Prof. Dr. Karl-Friedrich Fischbach ist Entwicklungsbiologe und Neurogenetiker. Er war von 1985 bis 2013 Professor für Biophysik und Molekularbiologie an der Universität Freiburg, davon zwei Jahre lang als geschäftsführender Direktor des Instituts für Biologie III.Martin Niggeschmidt ist Redakteur in Hamburg.Stimmen zur 1. Auflage:„... Das zugänglich geschriebene Werk erklärt faktenbasiert und anhand zahlreicher Abbildungen den komplexen Stoff, um so Missverständnisse, aber auch bewusste Falschaussagen aufzudecken.” (Arne Baudach, in: Spektrum der Wissenschaft)„... wirklich lohnenswert, ja verdienstvoll ...“ (Joachim Müller-Jung, in: Planckton, Frankfurter Allgemeine Blogs)

eReaders ed eBooks nelle università

La diffusione degli strumenti portatili per la lettura digitale, eReaders a inchiostro elettronico e Tablet, si sta propagando in modo esponenziale. Anche la lettura su SmartPhone sta diventando un’abitudine ampiamente generalizzata. Inoltre, le generazioni più giovani, ma anche gli studenti universitari, sono utenti assidui del web e delle tecnologie digitali e hanno maturato una familiarità specifica con questa tipologia di contenuti. Questo testo presenta pertanto i risultati di una ricerca quantitativa volta ad esplorare le dichiarazioni di utilizzo, gli atteggiamenti e le opinioni di studenti, professori, bibliotecari e personale amministrativo relativamente agli strumenti di lettura digitale e ai contenuti digitali. Esso offre inoltre una panoramica esaustiva dello stadio evolutivo dell'editoria digitale accademica italiana e internazionale, offrendo spunti interpretativi che aiutino a delineare le prospettive future.

Erfahren – Widerfahren – Verfahren: Körper und Leib als analytische und epistemologische Kategorien Sozialer Arbeit (Zürcher Begegnungen)

In dem Band werden „Körper“ und „Leib“ als Analyse- und Erkenntniskonzepte sowohl auf das Handlungsfeld als auch das Theorie- und Forschungsfeld Soziale Arbeit bezogen. Zentraler Ausgangspunkt ist dabei, dass das Erfahren und das Widerfahren sozialpädagogischer Verfahren(-sweisen) an körperleibliches Wahrnehmen und körperleibliche Interaktionen aller beteiligten Akteur*innen rückgebunden sind. Es werden Zugänge präsentiert, die in unterschiedlicher Weise Aspekte von Körper und Leib in der Sozialen Arbeit als Praxis und Wissenschaft thematisieren und somit einen hybriden Diskussionsraum eröffnen.

Erfahrung als Transformationsprozess: Eine empirische Untersuchung am Gegenstand des Übergangs zur Vaterschaft

Jörg Fertsch-Röver zeigt anhand des Übergangs zur Vaterschaft, dass für die Bewältigung von Krisen- bzw. Bildungsprozessen und die damit verbundene Aneignung neuer Erfahrungen der Zugang zur eigenen Positionalität innerhalb eines neuen Erfahrungszusammenhangs eine zentrale Rolle spielt. Vor dem Hintergrund eines skizzierten Strukturmodells von Familie und Ergebnissen aus der Theory-of-Mind-Forschung entwickelt der Autor die These, dass das Subjekt sich diesen Zugang zur eigenen Positionalität vor allem innerhalb der familiären Strukturdynamik aneignet. Die hier vorgenommene Rekonstruktion von Erfahrungsprozessen bietet damit eine theoretische Alternative zu den drei einflussreichsten Erfahrungs- und Lernparadigmen - dem Behaviorismus, Kognitivismus und Konstruktivismus -, die aufgrund ihrer dualistischen Grundkonzeption Schwierigkeiten haben, die Entstehung und Aneignung des Neuen zu erklären.​

Erfahrung - Erfahrungen

​Pädagogisches Handeln ist auf Erfahrungen angewiesen und auf sie bezogen. Dabei werden einerseits Erfahrungen und die Fähigkeiten, sie zu bearbeiten, immer schon vorausgesetzt. Andererseits besteht Erziehung geradezu darin, Erfahrungen zu ermöglichen bzw. herzustellen und sie zu bearbeiten. Immerhin definieren wichtige Traditionslinien in der Geschichte der Pädagogik alles erzieherische Handeln geradezu über die Manipulation von Erfahrungen. Der Band setzt sich sowohl mit den eher generellen Bedingungen von Erfahrung auseinander als auch mit den jeweils unvergleichlichen, spezifischen Erfahrungen, die menschliches Leben bestimmen.​

Erfahrung und Inklusion: Herausforderungen und Konzepte der Lehrer*innenbildung

In Bezug auf Inklusion steht die Lehrer*innenbildung vor der Herausforderung, dass im deutschen Schulsystem Inklusion bisher unzureichend realisiert wurde und dass die Erfahrbarkeit erfolgreicher Inklusion in dieser schulischen Wirklichkeit mit ihren inklusionsfremden Selektionsmechanismen für Lehramtsstudierende und Lehrpersonen stark eingeschränkt erscheint.Im vorliegenden Band wird dieses Spannungsverhältnis in Form unterschiedlicher Herausforderungen thematisiert, die entstehen, wenn erlebte schulische Praxis und Resultate wissenschaftlicher Erfahrung in der universitären Lehre aufeinandertreffen.Ziel ist, Analyse und Diskussion von relevanten Konzepten darzustellen und Wirklichkeit und Möglichkeit von Erfahrungen mit Inklusion in unterschiedlichen Feldern der Lehrer*innenbildung sowie im Bereich von Mehrsprachigkeit und Sprachbildung aufzuzeigen.

Erfahrungsraum Spezialschule: Rekonstruktion eines musikpädagogischen Modells (Pädagogik)

Die Frage nach der Förderung von hochqualifiziertem musikalischen Nachwuchs hat die Ausbildungsinstitutionen in den vergangenen Jahren vor große Herausforderungen gestellt. In diesem Zusammenhang wurden immer wieder die vier ehemaligen Spezialschulen der DDR als Vorbild beschworen. Eine wissenschaftliche Auseinandersetzung mit diesem Modell blieb bislang allerdings aus. Anhand qualitativer Interviews zeichnet Wolfgang Lessing den Erfahrungsraum dieser Schulen nach und liefert damit wertvolle Impulse für all jene, die sich mit musikalischer Begabungsforschung und der Frage nach einer bestmöglichen Förderung des musikalischen Nachwuchses auseinandersetzen.

Erfolg bei Studienarbeiten, Referaten und Prüfungen: Alles, was Studierende wissen sollten

Dieser Ratgeber richtet sich an Studierende aller Disziplinen. Er vermittelt den Lesern Techniken, um Leistungsnachweise aller Art erfolgreich zu bestehen. „Erfolg bei Studienarbeiten, Referaten und Prüfungen" zeigt Ihnen die nötigen Lesemethoden und Schreibtechniken, um die Anforderungen im Studium zu erfüllen. Sie erfahren darüber hinaus, wie Sie sich gezielt auf Referate vorbereiten sollten und was an der Hochschule von Ihnen erwartet wird. Schließlich schildern Dozenten selbst ihre Erfahrung mit Studierenden und geben wertvolle Hinweise, wie Sie Ihr Studium meistern können. Dieser interdisziplinäre Ratgeber für Studierende präsentiert das geballte Wissen vieler Hochschulabsolventen und bietet damit alles, was Sie für ein erfolgreiches Studium wissen sollten!