Filter by
The philosophy of mathematics education
This survey provides a brief and selective overview of research in the philosophy of mathematics education. It asks what makes up the philosophy of mathematics education, what it means, what questions it asks and answers, and what is its overall importance and use? It provides overviews of critical mathematics education, and the most relevant modern movements in the philosophy of mathematics. A…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783319405698
- Collation
- 26 p.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 510.71 PHI p
Reading With My Eyes Open: Embracing the critical and the personal in languag…
Untangling the various approaches to language teaching and their history, Gerdi Quist maps recent thinking in language studies at university. Using an interdisciplinary theoretical framework, drawn from educational philosophy, cultural studies, intercultural studies and language pedagogy, the author discusses the many tensions and currents in contemporary language teaching. The author puts forw…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781909188228
- Collation
- ix, 198p. : ill.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 418.00711 QUI r
Teaching mathematics at secondary level
Teaching Mathematics is nothing less than a mathematical manifesto. Arising in response to a limited National Curriculum, and engaged with secondary schooling for those aged 11 ̶ 14 (Key Stage 3) in particular, this handbook for teachers will help them broaden and enrich their students’ mathematical education. It avoids specifying how to teach, and focuses instead on the central principles a…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781783741397
- Collation
- vii, 316p. : ill.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 510.712 GAR t
Approaches to English for Specific and Academic Purposes : Perspectives on Te…
This volume presents a selection of eight papers presented at three symposia on English for Specific Purposes (ESP) and English for Academic Purposes (EAP) that were held at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy. The experiences detailed in the chapters offer a representative sample of the diversity of approaches to teaching and assessing ESP and EAP that were shared on those occasions. T…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9788860461704
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 808.02 ENN a
Diversity in unity : perspectives from psychology and behavioral sciences
The book highlights both the challenges and opportunities in the field of psychology and behavioral sciences, with an emphasis on identifying practical implications for professionals, educators and administrators, and researchers in Asia and Pacific regions. Societies in the said regions have experienced massive changes to their social system, changes that are endured by societies worldwide, su…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781138626652
- Collation
- xiv, 648p. : ill.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 150.7091823 DIV d
The lecturer's guide to quality and standards in colleges and universities
A follow-up volume to "Managing Teaching and Learning in Further Education and Higher Education", this text provides a guide to managing quality and standards from the lecturer's point of view. It covers key issues such as teaching, learning, student support, assessment, evaluation, course design, bidding for and managing resources, marketing and research.; Based on the model of lecturer as ref…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780203975534
- Collation
- viii, 224p. : ill.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 378.1250941 ASH l
Power to teach : learning through practice
This book illustrates hitherto unexamined connections between the present state of teacher education in the UK and past models of practice. It locates contemporary debates within ongoing historical tensions over what constitutes a sound and proper start to a career in teaching. Questions as to the constituents of a professional training, the essential skills, knowledge and attitudes desired of …
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780203507285
- Collation
- xi, 153p. : ill.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 370.715 ROB p
The social sciences in the Asian century
In this collection of essays, we reflect on what it means to practise the social sciences in the twenty-first century. The book brings together leading social scientists from the Asia-Pacific region. We argue for the benefit of dialogue between the diverse theories and methods of social sciences in the region, the role of the social sciences in addressing real-world problems, the need to transc…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781925022599
- Collation
- xi, 213p. : ill.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 300.95 SOC s
A background to primary school science
The Australian Academy of Science has had a long standing interest in the provision of science education to Australian school students. Recognising that skills and attitudes in science are acquired at an early age, the Academy in 1994 launched a major program in science education at primary school level under the title Primary Investigations. Since science teachers at primary and lower secondar…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781921934056
- Collation
- viii, 181p. : ill.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 371.33 FLE b
Deep stories : practicing, teaching, and learning anthropology with digital s…
Have you ever wondered what makes storytelling and digital media a powerful combination? This edited volume examines the opportunities to think, do, and/or create jointly afforded by digital storytelling. The editors of this volume contend that digital storytelling and digital media can create spaces of empowerment and transformation by facilitating multiple kinds of border crossings and conver…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783110539363
- Collation
- xiv, 194p. : ill.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 360 DEE d
Computer Science, Information & General Works 
Philosophy & Psychology 
Religion 
Social Sciences 
Language 
Pure Science 
Applied Sciences 
Art & Recreation 
Literature 
History & Geography