The principal question this book seeks to explore is: does teaching indeed constitute the most potent form of learning?
We extend our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who contributed to this monograph project. First and foremost, we thank our contributing authors for their willingness to share their stories, demonstrating vulnerability for the benefit of others
This book intends to provide the reader with a comprehensive overview of the different models of educational leadership.
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the Scottish education system, highlighting its distinctiveness within the UK context. It examines recent developments in legislation and practice, drawing comparisons with the English system. Key topics include administration and management, professional competence of teachers, early years education provision, the National Curriculum in Scotland, …
This book explores how education and skills development can support inclusive growth and sustainable development in Asia, particularly through the promotion of green jobs and environmentally sustainable economies. Drawing on case studies from across the region, it highlights how governments, industries, and education providers are working to align curricula, vocational training, and workforce d…
As an early childhood educational institution, the kindergarten has the task of helping children in their development and contributing to their education.
The Deakin Studies in Education Series aims to present a broad critical perspective across a range of interrelated fields in education. The intention is to develop what might be called a ‘critical educational science’: critical work in the philosophy of education, curriculum, educational and public administration, language education, and educational action research and clinical supervisi…
Buku Paket Pelatihan untuk Sekolah dan Masyarakat merupakan bagian dari program peningkatan mutu pendidikan berbasis partisipasi. Buku ini dirancang untuk memberikan panduan pelatihan awal bagi kepala sekolah, guru, komite sekolah, dan masyarakat sekitar agar mampu mewujudkan manajemen sekolah yang partisipatif dan transparan.
Buku ini merupakan panduan paket pelatihan awal untuk sekolah dan masyarakat yang disusun oleh pemerintah (kemendikbud) bersama mitra seperti UNESCO, UNICEF, dan NZAID, dalam rangka menerapkan Manajemen Berbasis Sekolah (MBS).
Buku Bioteknologi Modern membahas perkembangan mutakhir dalam pemanfaatan ilmu biologi dan teknologi untuk mengatasi permasalahan di bidang pertanian, kedokteran, industri, dan lingkungan. Fokus utama buku ini adalah teknik-teknik bioteknologi seperti rekayasa genetika, kultur jaringan, kloning, produksi vaksin dan antibodi monoklonal, serta penggunaan organisme transgenik.
Buku Pengembangan Keprofesian Berkelanjutan (PKB) Guru Kimia SMA membahas strategi sistematis untuk meningkatkan kompetensi profesional guru kimia jenjang Sekolah Menengah Atas.
This special issue on “Contemporary Teacher Education: A Global Perspective” contains eleven articles focused on varied current topics in teacher education all over the world.
This book examines how schools and educational institutions have established new collaborative relationships in the competitive educational marketplace. Through case studies, it describes examples of collaborative structures, such as educational consortia, which serve as vehicles for professional and curriculum development, sources of mutual support, and conditions for mutual survival. As local…
This eBook explores lessons for community-university research partnerships by reflecting on the experiences, achievements and challenges of the Canadian Social Economy Research Partnerships (CSERP). Between 2006 and 2012, the six regional nodes and the national hub of CSERP were funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) to conduct research on the socia…
This chapter considers the work of a large-scale project, the Centre for Sustainable Healthy Learning Cities and Neighbourhoods (SHLC), funded within the UK’s government’s Global Challenges Research Fund, part of its Official Development Assistance Programme. In particular, the focus of the chapter is the ways in which the capacities of researchers in the global south can be strengthened th…
Early-career researchers encounter distinct challenges, balancing intense competition with the demands of securing funding and publishing their work. These pressures have increased anxiety and depression, impacting their performance and overall well-being. Yet, their mental health remains a low priority for both society and institutions. This study adopts a qualitative research approach, employ…
This study aims to investigate the role played by the mother tongue in the process of second language acquisition within a bilingual educational model, with particular attention to the development of an appropriate academic register
Computational thinking (CT) is an approach to problem-solving that has its roots in computer science. However, its inherent value in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines cannot be over-emphasized, considering that we are in the fourth industrial revolution. The chapter draws attention to its close affinity to problem-solving and programming, and the impact of…
For centuries, medical education was obtained by serving an apprenticeship with established physicians or obtaining a degree from an established University. Incorporating new knowledge and skills into one’s practice requires a commitment to lifetime learning. Traditional Continuing Medical Education (CME) had no formal requirements for many centuries, although there is ample documentation…
This volume brings together 37 authors from 14 countries to examine how the social purposes of adult education are (re)interpreted across time and contexts—from the Global North to the Global South. Inspired by the inclusive, post-colonial vision of Lalage Bown
The overspread of the novel coronavirus—SARS-CoV-2—over the globe has caused significant damage to manufacturing and service businesses, regardless of whether they are commercial, public, or not-for-profit sectors.
This book is about the Physical Education (PE) curriculum in the Czech Republic – and it is also about dichotomies. It summarises the fi ndings from the author’s research over the past ten years into the PE curriculum in the Czech Republic and internationally, predominantly in Europe but also in the USA. Its primary purpose is to present this research into the quality of the Czech PE cu…
Buku ini membahas strategi pengembangan dan pemberdayaan Kelompok Kerja Guru (KKG) dan Musyawarah Guru Mata Pelajaran (MGMP) sebagai wadah peningkatan kompetensi profesional guru.
training, research of this dissertation was focussed on an in-depth analysis of informal communication processes between participants as well as trainers, that occurred outside the formal session times. The international science teacher training had been designed in a blended-learning structure with two online phases and – in between – one face-to-face week, including lectures, seminars…
Paket Pelatihan melalui Manajemen Berbasis Sekolah, dengan Perencanaan Belajar dan Fokus pada Mata Pelajaran, namun pada modul ini merupakan Seri Ke-3
Pengembangan Modul Pembelajaran IPA Berbasis Project-Based Learning untuk Meningkatkan Kemampuan Kolaborasi Siswa Kelas 5 SD/MI Tujuan penelitian: Mendeskripsikan prosedur pengembangan modul, kelayakan modul, serta efektivitasnya dalam meningkatkan kemampuan kolaborasi siswa.
Buku Rumah Tahan Gempa membahas pendekatan teknis dan praktis dalam merancang serta membangun rumah yang mampu menahan getaran gempa
Tentang Paket pelatihan Peningkatan Mutu Pendidikan Dasar, namun buku modul ini seri ke-2
Buku ini tentang Paket Pelatihan Seri Ke-1 melalui manajemen berbasis sekolah
Buku ini membahas konsep dan praktik menciptakan lingkungan yang ramah bagi penyandang disabilitas fisik melalui penerapan ramp atau tanjakan aksesibel di ruang publik dan fasilitas umum.
Buku untuk pembelajaran STEM + Computaional Thinking
Tentang Pelatihan Praktik yang Baik dalam Fasilitasi juga Pendampingan
Buku tentang pelatihan Praktik yang Baik di Sekolah Dasar/Madrasah Ibtidaiyah
Buku ini tentang cara praktik yang baik bagi Sekolah Menengah Pertama/Madrasah
Buku Belajar dengan PAKEM Matematika sekolah dasar/sekolah menengah pertama
Belajar dengan Pakem Kelas Awal Untuk Sekolah Dasar/Madrasah Ibtidaiyah
Buku ini tentang paket pelatihan kepala sekolah/madrasah mengenai pengajaran profesional dan pembelajaran bermakna.
Educational authorities around the world share the consensus that timely and flexible policies should be made for fostering students to start their journey of computational thinking education (CTE) in schooling life (Grover and Pea 2013; Hsu, Irie, and Ching 2019). This consensus leads to the growing need and trend of implementing computational thinking (CT) curricula in the K−12 sector aroun…
This introductory chapter aspires to sketch a map of diverse views and perspectives that are at play, as the authors of this book set out to explore crafting relationships with nature through creative practices. Crafting in a more-than-human world demands explorations of new ways to communicate. The chapter suggests reimagining a language older than words and studying how it plays out when …
Games are a natural activity—we all know how to play. Perhaps this is the key feature that explains the increase in the use of game-based learning (GBL) strategies: Applying games to education converts education into a universal activity.
This book explores innovative approaches to science education that promote student engagement with sustainability issues. It brings together international research and classroom practices that aim to help students not only learn scientific concepts but also apply them in real-world contexts, particularly in addressing environmental and societal challenges.
Since its emergence in medieval Europe, the idea of a university has developed and expanded continuously. Today, universities are drivers of progress and innovation as well as hotspots of dynamic international knowledge exchange. Motivated by the aim of providing both learners and educators for a globally interconnected world, universities are massively strengthening their internationalization …
Significant technological challenges are affecting societies across the world and online technology continues to assume a pivotal place in all organizations: commercial and noncommercial, governmental and non-governmental, and all forms of education. The reasons for this are threefold. First, the normal evolution of digital technology is highly competitive. Well-resourced global corporations s…
Blended learning is not a new topic for educational research in Higher Education (HE). However, before the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, blended learning was studied by a “niche” of researchers and educators interested in technology integration in teaching and learning. It was not difficult to meet HE professionals who had never or had only poorly reflected on the topic of how to …
This book is the outcome of a joint effort over several years to develop an understanding of and a framework for science education as a human right. The idea was born at the first International Symposium on Human Rights and Equality in STEM Education, which took place at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of the Sciences on October 1 , 2018, in Berlin. We, the editors, prepared and organized this s…
We have some preconceived ideas about genius—that it is a divine mystery, a gift given to just a few, something both inexplicable and inaccessible to ordinary people. Marvin Minsky was a recognized genius, but it was the nature of his particular form of genius to question the very idea of innate talent and apti- tude and the mystifications that surround it. To Marvin, the idea that the mind (…