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Direct linkKolencik, Patricia Liotta; Hillwig, Shelia A. – Peter Lang New York, 2011
Drawn from a combination of the current metacognitive research and the authors' extensive educational backgrounds, this book is a compilation of essential metacognitive strategies to challenge students to "learn to think" and to "think to learn." After first reviewing the concept of metacognition--its dimensions, distinctiveness, and importance as…
Descriptors: Role Models, Independent Study, Educational Psychology, Academic Achievement
de Abreu, Belinha S. – Peter Lang New York, 2011
This book, a resource for educators, uses the theme of media literacy as a lens through which to view and discuss social networking and Web 2.0 environments. There is ongoing and positive research on the participatory culture created by youth who are heavily involved in the new digital technologies, yet schools tend to avoid these mediums for fear…
Descriptors: Media Literacy, Internet, Social Networks, Electronic Publishing
Rosa, Joao J.; Rosa, Ricardo D. – Peter Lang New York, 2011
Supported by critical theoretical frameworks, this book is a purposeful engagement with bodies of knowledge rooted in popular culture, yet routinely excluded from "common sense" visions of curriculum. Aimed at teachers as well as teacher-educators, the book examines areas such as Disney, African American stand-up comedy, intersections of…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Video Games, Democracy, Educational Environment
Graham, Linda J., Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2010
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has achieved celebrity status in many Western countries, yet despite considerable effort to prove its existence as a "real" disorder, ADHD still suffers from a crisis of legitimacy. Nonetheless, diagnosis and prescription of medication has grown at a phenomenal rate since the late 1980s, particularly…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Discipline, Identification, Foreign Countries
