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Publisher
Penguin Group USA
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"From a renowned education writer comes a paradigm-shifting examination of the rapidly changing world of college that every parent, student, educator, and investor needs to understand. Over the span of just nine months in 2011 and 2012, the world's mostfamous universities and high-powered technology entrepreneurs began a race to revolutionize higher education. College courses that had been kept for centuries from all but an elite few were released...
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
In a Los Angeles neighborhood plagued by guns, gangs, and drugs, there is a classroom known as Room 56. The fifth graders inside are first-generation immigrants who live in poverty and speak English as a second language. They also play Vivaldi, perform Shakespeare, score in the top 1% on standardized tests, and go on to attend Ivy League universities. Rafe Esquith is the teacher responsible for these accomplishments. Here, he reveals his techniques....
65) Leaf activities
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Series
Publisher
Eric Document Reproduction Service
Pub. Date
1982.
Language
English
Author
Series
ERIC reports volume ED252368
Publisher
Annaul American College Personnel Assaociation
Pub. Date
1984.
Language
English
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
1020L
Language
English
Description
Throughout my young days at school and just afterwards a number of things happened to me ... Some are funny. Some are painful. Some are unpleasant ... all are true.' Many remarkable things did indeed happen to Roald Dahl when he was a boy, and maybe that's where some of his marvelous ideas for his world-famous, best-selling books came from. There's the motor car ride which nearly cost him his nose, the terrifying matron who crept silently down the...
73) Community-based environmental education for urban communities a sustainable strategy for a change
Author
Publisher
University Microfilms International
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
76) Differentiation and articulation in tertiary education systems: a study of twelve African countries
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Series
Publisher
World Bank
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Author
Publisher
ProQuest LLC
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"Buddhism and place-based education can be combined to create an environmental education program. This thesis reviews the principles and practices of Buddhism and how they relate to thinking about the environment and education. Design principles of place-based education and other educational methods are also reviewed. The result is an example of how mindfulness, compassion, and interconnectedness can be integrated into environmental education activities...
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
The intent of this paper is to question whether volunteer organizations should be exporting Euro-western pedagogy to indigenous cultures. Specifically, is the exclusion of indigenous culture and knowledge in education detrimental to community development and the ultimate sustainability of societies? The term Euro-western is used in reference to pedagogy that combines European and Western educational methodologies. The term bi-cultural education refers...